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Après (2012)

Where the lyrics of Après take you, and where it was really made.

Virgin EMI rejected this album, and its first copies were sold only through a French private-sales website, for three days.

Key places

Recorded at Silverlake Sound (2012)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Silverlake Sound in Los Angeles is one of the studios where this album was recorded. The point is shown at city-center level, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Crescent Moon Studios (2012)

Recording site The Hit Factory Criteria — Crescent Moon Studios is one of the studios where this album was recorded. The point is shown at Miami city-center level, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Groove Room (2012)

Recording site Tarpan Studios — The Groove Room in San Rafael is one of the studios where this album was recorded. The point is shown at city-center level, not at the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Sixteenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop
• Partly made of covers sung in French
• Released 9 May 2012 by Thousand Mile Inc
• Earlier rejected by Virgin EMI Records
• Recorded between February 2010 and June 2011
• Produced, mixed and engineered by Hal Cragin
• Track list mixes French songs with songs by other artists, including The Beatles and Yoko Ono

Background

• Virgin EMI Records rejected the album, which led to its release on Thousand Mile Inc
• Pop said his record company would have preferred that he make a rock album with popular punks
• The company did not think the album would make money, nor that his fans would like it

Recording

• Recording took place at several studios
• Silverlake Sound in Los Angeles
• Crescent Moon Studios in Miami
• The Groove Room in San Rafael
• Mastering by Dave McNair, mastered at Sterling Sound

Cover

• Cover photo refers to La Conscience, a figure Iggy Pop played in the French film L'Étoile du jour
• The film is by Sophie Blondy
• Photography by Guillaume le Grontec and Sophie Blondy

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• James Newell Osterberg Jr., born April 21, 1947 in Muskegon, Michigan, known as Iggy Pop.
• Began as drummer in Ann Arbor high school bands, including the Iguanas and the Prime Movers, where he got the nickname "Iggy".
• Formed the Psychedelic Stooges with Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton and Dave Alexander; he became the lead vocalist, nicknamed "Pop".
• Signed with Elektra Records in 1968, following the Doors.

Members

• Original Stooges lineup: Iggy Pop (vocals), Ron Asheton (guitar), Scott Asheton (drums), Dave Alexander (bass).
• Later lineup included James Williamson (guitar) and Scott Thurston; the band reunited with Mike Watt and Steve Mackay in 2003-2005.

Career

• The Stooges' albums sold poorly, but they became known for confrontational live performances, including self-mutilation and stage-diving.
• Raw Power (1973) became influential on the Sex Pistols, the Smiths and Nirvana.
• Solo debut with David Bowie: The Idiot and Lust for Life (1977), with Bowie producing; "China Girl" was later a hit for Bowie in 1983.
• Only Top 40 US hit "Candy" (1990), a duet with Kate Pierson of the B-52's.
• "Lust for Life" was featured in the film Trainspotting (1996).
• The Stooges were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010; Pop received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.
• Also an actor and voice performer in films and television, and hosts the radio show Iggy Confidential on BBC Radio 6 Music.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Album described as containing crooning vocals, Cole Porter covers, soft melodies, and an all-around sense of everything suave
• Pop said his record company would have preferred that he make a rock album with popular punks
• He said the company did not think the album would make money, nor that his fans would like it
• Bob Dylan named Après when Bill Flanagan asked whether he had heard any good records lately

Records

• The first commercial copies were sold exclusively through the French website Ventes Privées
• That sale ran for three days only, 16 to 18 May 2012
• Made in France by MPO

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Trivia

• Bob Dylan, asked by Bill Flanagan whether he had heard any good records lately, mentioned Après.
• The cover photo refers to La Conscience, a figure Iggy Pop played in the French film L'Étoile du jour, which is by Sophie Blondy.
• The French track list includes Les Passantes, credited to Antoine Pol and Georges Brassens.
• The covers include songs by The Beatles, Frank Sinatra and Yoko Ono.
• The album is housed in a 4-panel Digisleeve with a red cardboard inner and a 12-page booklet.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · es.wikipedia.org

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