Track Listing

1. Home
2. I Won't Crap Out
3. Butt Town
4. Moonlight Lady
5. Neon Forest
6. Pussy Power
7. Brick By Brick
8. Main Street Eyes
9. Candy
10. Undefeated
11. Something Wild
12. Starry Night
13. My Baby Wants To Rock 'n' Roll
14. Livin' On The Edge Of The Night

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25172 in Music
• Released on: 1990-07-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

CD Description
BRICK BY BRICK began a long association with Virgin Recordsfor Iggy Pop, and as one of Iggy's biggest commercial successes, it kicked off the relationship auspiciously, going Gold and spawning the pop hit "Candy". A marked contrast to themurky punk/metal monochrome of its predecessor, INSTINCT, BRICK BY BRICK, was richly produced by Don Was, who brought in a wide array of session players and guest stars to frame Iggy for maximum accessibility. While the duet with B-52's singer Kate Pierson on the melodic torch tune "Candy" is a highlight, and many of the tunes are softer than the Igster's usual fare, there are plenty of hard-rocking moments here too, like the churning "Neon Forest" and metal-tinged "My Baby Wants to Rock & Roll".

Customer Reviews

Iggy Pop's Bid for Mainstream Recognition
For all his obvious talents, Iggy Pop has never quite found a commercial niche--and this 1980 release was his most significant bid for mainstream recognition. At the time, BRICK BY BRICK received considerable critical and popular attention, and several cuts enjoyed a great deal of airplay. But twenty years later the failures of the release are all too obvious.

There are a lot of good cuts here, but the trouble is that very few of them actually sound like Iggy Pop; instead, they sound like songs that Lou Reed, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen might have done, and done quite a bit better. "Candy," a duet with Kate Pierson of The B-52's that charted, is enjoyable enough but it is essentially a throwaway; probably the best cut from BRICK BY BRICK is "Moonlight Lady," a completely unexpected and remarkably beautiful ballad.

Perhaps the single worst flaw in BRICK BY BRICK is that the sound becomes repetitive. The first half of the recording is interesting, often intriguing, and it leads you to wonder what Pop is building toward. Unfortunately, the second half of the recording is merely more of the same, and after a certain point you begin to feel that you've heard it all before earlier on.

While there are things to enjoy here, BRICK BY BRICK is neither hardcore Iggy Pop enough to please his cult fans nor slick enough to make much of a wave in purely pop circles. If you're determined to have everything that Iggy Pop has done, go ahead--but don't expect too much from this particular title.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

Excellent collection!!
One of my favourite albums, each track has a different format and sound, which can be a bit disappointing if you just want Iggy rocking, but I love it! From the opening track "Home" through some slower more melodic tracks, the pure pop of "Candy" and the heavy rock of "I Won't Crap Out", there is nothing here that is sub-standard. If all you need is rock, then this may not be the best Iggy album to buy, but if you want some fun with it then give it a go!. I'm on my third copy of the cd now, I've played the others to death...

it deserves six stars!!
i have nothing to say really, after all this years, it remains iggy's most memorable album.
it marks an opening of his new era, it showed hope and health in a natrual way. unlike instinct and blah, they are also healthy ones, but they are sythesised. this one contains a diversity of songs, fantastic performance. if you are lucky to see the show for this album, kiss my blood, it's more trhan great.
he then changed his appearance, longer hairs.
two best iggy;s own albums, brick and caeser.