Zombie Birdhouse

Artist: Iggy Pop
Label: Pilot
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 800945017121
EAN: 0800945017121
ASIN: B0000A1M4Q

Release Date: 2003-09-09

Zombie Birdhouse

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Tracks:

Run Like A Villain
The Villagerrs
Angry Hills
Life Of Work
The Ballad Of Cookie McBride
Ordinary Bummer
Eat Or Be Eaten
Bulldozer
Platonic
The Horse Song
Watching The News
Street Crazies
Pain & Suffering

Tracks:

The Villagers (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Fall In Love With Me (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Ordinary Bummer (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
The Horse Song (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Angry Hills (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Bulldozer (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
The Ballad Of Cookie McBride (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Platonic (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Life Of Work (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Kill City (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Loose (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Search & Destroy (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Run Like A Villain (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Bang Bang (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Eat Or Be Eaten (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Sixteen (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)
Street Crazies (Live In Toronto 28/10/1982)

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Album Description

Special edition digitally remastered reissue of the godfather of punk's 1982 album which includes 2 CDs featuring 13 tracks on CD 1, including 1 bonus track, 'Pain & Suffering', and 18 tracks, 'The Villagers', 'Fall In Love With Me', 'Ordinary Bummer', 'The Horse Song', 'Angry Hills, 'Bulldozer', 'The Ballad Of Cookie McBride', 'Platonic', 'Life Of Work', 'Kill City', 'Loose', 'Search & Destroy', 'Run Like A Villain', 'Bang Bang', 'Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell', 'Eat Or Be Eaten', 'Sixteen' & 'Street Crazies', on CD 2, entitled Breaking Point recorded live in Toronto 10/28/82. Produced by Chris Stein, who also plays bass on the album along with co-Blondie-bud Clem Burke on drums. Alchemy. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Really 3 1/2 stars - bonus for the live disc.......2005-06-04

After the fairly bland-sounding "Party" with its failed attempt at a big dance hit ("Bang Bang"), Iggy and Arista Records went their seperate ways. Retooling with members of Blondie, Pop turned in a solid album that is occasionally very catchy and funky, but also suffers at times from really awful singing. Nobody expects Iggy Pop to sing like Pavarotti, but even so he could have made a bit more effort to stay on pitch ...

Having said that there are some good rockers here, like the opening track "Run Like A Villain," and some softer tunes like "Ordinary Bummer" which rank among Iggy's prettiest. The bonus track, "Pain & Suffering," is just plain weird.

The bonus disc is a warts-and-all live recording of a Toronto show from the tour of this album. Virtually the entire "Zombie Birdhouse" track list is represented, along with a handful of older solo/Stooges tunes. Sound quality is so-so at best ... It sounds like a sound-board recording. But it's still a neat audio snapshot from this period of his career. I just wish we could get a live disc of the "Soldier" tour.

Not the best Iggy solo album - That would be either "Soldier" or "The Idiot" in my opinion - but one of his better efforts.

New Reissue Worth Rebuying!.......2003-09-24

Before "Avenue B", there was "Zombie Birdhouse". Actually, this isn't as much of a departure as "AveB" considering the album that came before it: "Party". There is more of an emphasis on his poetry reading (I've heard that the Doors wanted him to replace Morrison 30 years ago) & concepts rather than attempts at hit songs. The side openers "Run Like a Villain" & "Eat or be Eaten" sure are catchy though & "Bulldozer" is hard enough it sounds like he should have kept it for "Instinct" (which for me is a good thing). He has more to say here. Even though some of the later songs don't work very well, "Villain" especially seems to equate the jogging craze that started in the eighties with running away from responsibility for the greed & corruption of that decade. "Street Crazies" is another favorite, talking about the homeless being those left behind "as we try for the better, for the higher in man... they may as well be apes". The best moment, I think, is at the end of "Watching the News" when he starts to sing "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" as a tribute to Simon & Garfunkel. The album might seem softer, but it's heavier in another way. The live disc turns in heavier versions of most of "Z.B"'s songs, but knowing Iggy, they're also sloppier. They start off strong with an improvement on "The Villagers" which I always thought was a little too dance-y. From there it's the usual Iggy banter (i.e. obscenities) & clumsy versions of Stooges songs. The big surprise is the absence of "Lust For Life" or "The Passenger" which I thought he was required by law to play. The bottom line I guess is that if your a big fan, you're thrilled by anything new that comes along, & if not, it's a pretty good value for the few songs you'll like right away & then "discover" it later in your collection.

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