Instinct (Iggy Pop album)

Instinct
Studio album by Iggy Pop
Released	20 June 1988 (UK)
Recorded	1988
Studio	Sorcerer Sound and B.C. Studio in New York City
Genre	Heavy metal hard rock glam metal
Length	43:38
Label	A&M; Universal Special Products
Producer	Bill Laswell
Iggy Pop chronology
Blah-Blah-Blah (1986) Instinct (1988) Brick by Brick (1990)
Singles from Instinct
"Cold Metal" Released: 1988 "High on You" Released: 1988 "Easy Rider" Released: 1988 (Germany only)

Instinct is the eighth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop. It was released in June 1988 by A&M Records.

Style

After the relative commercial success of Blah Blah Blah, A&M expected another hit record from Pop; however, he instead recorded the heavy, hard-rocking Instinct. The album features Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and was produced by Bill Laswell.^[1]

Release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Robert Christgau	C+[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

The album performed poorly in the US, peaking at number 110 on the Billboard 200 chart. The first single from the album, "Cold Metal," charted at number 37 on mainstream rock charts and earned Pop a Grammy Award nomination for Best Hard Rock/Metal performance in 1989. Except for a few plays of "Cold Metal" the album was largely ignored by commercial rock radio. A&M released videos for "Cold Metal" and "High on You."

Legacy

The album was ranked number 69 on Kerrang!s "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" list.^[8]

The song "Cold Metal" was briefly played in the 1990 science fiction-horror film Hardware, which also featured Iggy Pop as the voice of Angry Bob, a radio DJ.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Iggy Pop, except where noted.

1. "Cold Metal" – 3:27
2. "High on You" – 4:48
3. "Strong Girl" (Steve Jones, Pop) – 5:04
4. "Tom Tom" – 3:17
5. "Easy Rider" (Steve Jones, Pop) – 4:54
6. "Power & Freedom" (Steve Jones, Pop) – 3:53
7. "Lowdown" – 4:30
8. "Instinct" – 4:12
9. "Tuff Baby" – 4:27
10. "Squarehead" (Steve Jones, Pop) – 5:06

Alternate versions

• "Tuff Baby" (12" version released on "High on You" single) – 6:40
• "Tuff Baby" (Dub version) – 5:18
• "High On You" (7" edit) – 4:33
• "Cold Metal" (Rock version) – 5:05
• "Cold Metal" (Dub version) – 4:10

Personnel

Musicians

• Iggy Pop – vocals
• Steve Jones – guitar
• Seamus Beaghen – keyboards
• Leigh Foxx – bass
• Paul Garisto – drums

Technical

• Bill Laswell – producer
• Robert Musso – tracking engineer
• Martin Bisi – vocal engineer
• Jason Corsaro^[9] – mixing engineer
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Nicky Skopelitis – keyboard programming
• Jeff Bova^[9] – keyboard programming
• Gary Grimshaw – cover design
• Donald Krieger – cover graphics
• Paul McAlpine – cover photography

Charts

Chart performance for Instinct

Chart (1988)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]	54
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11]	28
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12]	20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	28
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	61
US Billboard 200[15]	110

References

1. Instinct - Iggy Pop | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 26 May 2023
2. Deming, Mark. Instinct at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
3. Kot, Greg (22 July 1990). "Pop On Pop: Iggy Rates His Own Music (And So Do We)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
4. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Iggy Pop". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
5. David Fricke (22 September 1988). "Instinct | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
6. Coleman, Mark; Kemp, Rob (2004). "Iggy Pop". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York City: Simon & Schuster. pp. 645–646. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
7. Robert Christgau review
8. https://rateyourmusic.com/~warpigcat. "Kerrang! The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of all Time or the worst List that belongs to the History of Hard Rock & Metal - RYM/Sonemic". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 26 May 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
9. Instinct - Iggy Pop | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 26 May 2023
10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Iggy Pop – Instinct" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
11. "Charts.nz – Iggy Pop – Instinct". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
12. "Swedishcharts.com – Iggy Pop – Instinct". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
13. "Swisscharts.com – Iggy Pop – Instinct". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
14. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
15. "Iggy Pop Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2021.

External links

• Instinct at Discogs (list of releases)