''Après'' is the sixteenth studio album by American rock singer
Iggy Pop
James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Called the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of ...
.
Background
Consisting partly of covers sung in
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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, it was released on 9 May 2012 on Thousand Mile Inc 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."
The album has been described as containing ″crooning vocals, Cole Porter covers, soft melodies, and an all-around sense of everything suave″.
When asked by Bill Flanagan if he had heard any good records lately,
Bob Dylan mentioned ''Après''.
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
Personnel
Adapted from
Discogs.
*Iggy Pop – vocals
*Hal Cragin – guitar (tracks 1–9), bass guitar, piano (tracks 3–5, 7, 8), vocals (track 9)
*Steven Ulrich – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2)
*Danny Blume – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2), electric guitar (track 9)
*Jerry Zaslavsky – organ (tracks 1, 2)
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Jon Cowherd
Jon Cowherd is an American pianist, composer, arranger, and record producer born to a trombone player (father) and classically trained violinist (mother), both of whom were also educators. Jon began piano lessons at the age of five and trumpet an ...
– piano (track 10)
*Ben Perowsky (tracks 5, 9),
Jerry Marotta (tracks 4, 7), Kevin Hupp (tracks 1–3) – drums, percussion
*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 – horn arrangement (track 2)
Technical
*Hal Cragin – producer, engineer, mixing
*Andy Tommasi – additional production, engineer
*Guillaume le Grontec, Sophie Blondy – photography
Charts
References
External links
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Iggy Pop albums
2012 albums
Covers albums