- Brick by Brick
Infobox Album
Name = Brick by Brick
Type =Album
Artist =Iggy Pop
Released = June 1990
Recorded =February 15 -March 23 ,1990 Oceanway and Hollywood Sound
Genre =Rock and Roll ,Hard rock ,Punk rock
Length = 54:09
Label = Virgin
Producer =Don Was
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:y6de4j670way link]
Last album = "Instinct"
(1988)
This album = "Brick by Brick"
(1990)
Next album = "American Caesar"
(1993)"Brick by Brick" is an
album released in June 1990 by the American singerIggy Pop . After attracting mixed reviews for much of his 1980s output, Pop hired longtime Stooges fanDon Was as producer and opted for a hard-rock sound. Many songs on the album incorporate a lyrical theme of the United States facing dangers of cultural decay and implosion.
Slash andDuff McKagan ofGuns N' Roses fame were featured on the album as songwriters and performers. The cover was drawn by American cartoonist Charles Burns. The album's personnel includes studio musiciansWaddy Wachtel andKenny Aronoff . The album is the first studio album that features Pop contributing guitar. He plays a majority of the guitar parts along with Wachtel and Slash.The album gave Pop some of his strongest reviews since his
David Bowie collaborations, and "Candy" , with the B-52's vocalist Kate Pearson, became his firstMTV hit. The video for the song found fairly heavy rotation on that station. Videos were also made for "Home", "Butt Town" and "Livin' On the Edge of the Night".The album peaked at number 90 on the
Billboard 200 and stayed on the charts for 45 weeks. The song "Livin' On the Edge of the Night" was released before the album as a soundtrack for the hit movie "Black Rain" starringMichael Douglas andAndy Garcia . The song reached number 16 on Modern Rock Tracks. "Candy" reached number 30 on Mainstream Rock Tracks, number 5 onModern Rock Tracks and number 28 on theBillboard Hot 100 . The first single from the album, "Home", reached number 2 on Modern Rock Tracks."Brick by Brick" became Iggy's first RIAA certified gold album with more than 500,000 copies sold. After completing the album, Iggy conducted a successful world tour; his 1991 performance in
Paris was recorded and later released on DVD. Several famous fans appeared on stage with Iggy during the tour, including longtime fanJohnny Depp .Fact|date=February 2007Track listing
All tracks composed by Iggy Pop, except where noted
# "Home" – 4:00
# "Main Street Eyes" – 3:41
# "I Won't Crap Out" – 4:02
# "Candy" – 4:13
# "Butt Town" – 3:34
# "The Undefeated" – 5:05
# "Moonlight Lady" – 3:30
# "Something Wild" (John Hiatt ) – 4:01
# "Neon Forest" – 7:05
# "Starry Night" – 4:05
# "Pussy Power" – 2:47
# "My Baby Wants to Rock and Roll" (Pop/Slash) – 4:46
# "Brick by Brick" – 3:30
# "Livin' on the Edge of the Night" (Jay Rifkin ) – 3:07Credits
* Produced by
Don Was
* Engineered byEd Cherney
* Mastered byGreg Fulginiti
*Waddy Wachtel - guitar
*Charley Drayton - bass
*Duff McKagan - bass
* Slash - guitar
*Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards
*Kenny Aronoff - drums
* David Lindley - violin, mandolin
*Kate Pierson - duet on "Candy"
*John Hiatt - duet on "Starry Night"References
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