Après
2012 studio album by Iggy Pop
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Après is the sixteenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop.
| Après | ||||
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| Released | 9 May 2012 | |||
| Recorded | February 2010 – June 2011 | |||
| Studio | Silverlake Sound, Los Angeles; Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, Florida; The Groove Room, San Rafael, California; Bedford Studios | |||
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| Length | 28:33 | |||
| Label | Thousand Mile Inc | |||
| Producer | Hal Cragin | |||
| Iggy Pop chronology | ||||
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Background
Consisting partly of covers sung in French,[1] it was released on 9 May 2012 on Thousand Mile Inc[2] after the album was rejected by Virgin EMI Records. Pop said his record company would have 'preferred that I do a rock album with popular punks' and that "They didn't think they would make any money, they didn't think my fans would like it - very sensible attitudes for a sensible sort of person - but that's a different sort of person than I am."[3]
The album has been described as containing ″crooning vocals, Cole Porter covers, soft melodies, and an all-around sense of everything suave″.[4]
When asked by Bill Flanagan if he had heard any good records lately, Bob Dylan mentioned Après.[5]
The cover photo is referring to the figure La Conscience played by Iggy Pop in the French movie L'Étoile du jour (Morning Star) by Sophie Blondy.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Et si tu n'existais pas" | lyrics: Vito Pallavicini, Pierre Delanoë, Claude Lemesle; music: Pasquale Losito, Salvatore Cutugno | Joe Dassin | 3:36 |
| 2. | "La Javanaise" | Serge Gainsbourg | Serge Gainsbourg | 2:33 |
| 3. | "Everybody's Talkin'" | Fred Neil | Fred Neil | 2:51 |
| 4. | "I'm Going Away Smiling" | Yoko Ono | Yoko Ono | 2:40 |
| 5. | "La Vie en rose" | lyrics: Édith Piaf; music: Louis Guglielmi | Édith Piaf | 2:09 |
| 6. | "Les Passantes" | lyrics: Antoine Pol; music: Georges Brassens | Georges Brassens | 4:12 |
| 7. | "Syracuse" | lyrics: Bernard Dimey; music: Henri Salvador | Henri Salvador | 2:06 |
| 8. | "What Is This Thing Called Love?" | Cole Porter | Cole Porter | 2:51 |
| 9. | "Michelle" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | The Beatles | 2:45 |
| 10. | "Only the Lonely" | lyrics: Sammy Cahn; music: Jimmy Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra | 2:51 |
Personnel
Taken from CD booklet.[6]
- Iggy Pop – vocals (all tracks)
- Hal Cragin – bass (all tracks), guitar (tracks 1–9), piano (tracks 3–5, 7, 8), vocals (track 9)
- Steven Ulrich – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2)
- Danny Blume – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2), guitar (track 9)
- Jerry Zaslavsky – organ (tracks 1, 2)
- Jon Cowherd – piano (track 10)
- Ben Perowsky – drums (tracks 5, 9)
- Jerry Marotta – drums (tracks 4, 7)
- Kevin Hupp – drums (tracks 1–3)
- Jainardo Batista – percussion (tracks 1, 2)
- Aaron Halva – tres guitar (tracks 1, 2)
- Lucie Aimé (tracks 1, 5), Sarah Fimm (tracks 1, 2, 9) – backing vocals
- Tim Ouimette – horn arrangements (tracks 5, 8), horns (track 5), trombone (track 8)
- Lulu Gainsbourg – string arrangement (track 2)
Technical
- Hal Cragin – production, mixing, and engineering (all tracks)
- Andy Tommasi – additional production and engineering (tracks 1, 2)
- Alfred Figueroa – engineering (tracks 1, 2), additional engineering (tracks 3–10)
- Kevin Hupp – engineering (tracks 1, 2), additional engineering (tracks 3)
- Adam Armstrong – additional engineering (tracks 4, 7)
- Tim Ouimette – additional engineering (tracks 5)
- Dave McNair – mastering (all tracks)
- Guillaume le Grontec, Sophie Blondy – photography
Charts
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] | 61 |