Après

Après
Studio album by
Released9 May 2012
RecordedFebruary 2010 – June 2011
StudioSilverlake Sound, Los Angeles; Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, Florida; The Groove Room, San Rafael, California; Bedford Studios
Genre
Length28:33
LabelThousand Mile Inc
ProducerHal Cragin
Iggy Pop chronology
Préliminaires
(2009)
Après
(2012)
Post Pop Depression
(2016)

Après is the sixteenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop.

Background

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Consisting partly of covers sung in French,[2] it was released on 9 May 2012 on Thousand Mile Inc[3] 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."[4]

The album has been described as containing ″crooning vocals, Cole Porter covers, soft melodies, and an all-around sense of everything suave″.[5]

When asked by Bill Flanagan if he had heard any good records lately, Bob Dylan mentioned Après.[6]

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

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No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Et si tu n'existais pas"lyrics: Vito Pallavicini, Pierre Delanoë, Claude Lemesle; music: Pasquale Losito, Salvatore CutugnoJoe Dassin3:36
2."La Javanaise"Serge GainsbourgSerge Gainsbourg2:33
3."Everybody's Talkin'"Fred NeilFred Neil2:51
4."I'm Going Away Smiling"Yoko OnoYoko Ono2:40
5."La Vie en rose"lyrics: Édith Piaf; music: Louis GuglielmiÉdith Piaf2:09
6."Les Passantes"lyrics: Antoine Pol; music: Georges BrassensGeorges Brassens4:12
7."Syracuse"lyrics: Bernard Dimey; music: Henri SalvadorHenri Salvador2:06
8."What Is This Thing Called Love?"Cole PorterCole Porter2:51
9."Michelle"John Lennon, Paul McCartneyThe Beatles2:45
10."Only the Lonely"lyrics: Sammy Cahn; music: Jimmy Van HeusenFrank Sinatra2:51

Personnel

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Adapted from Discogs.[7][better source needed]

  • 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)
  • Jon Cowherd – 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

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2022 chart performance for Après
Chart (2022) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 61

References

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  1. ^ "Iggy Pop – Après". Discogs.
  2. ^ "Iggy Pop Announces Album of Mostly French Covers". Rollingstone.com. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  3. ^ Jaroslav Špulák (25 April 2012). "Iggy Pop vydá album s coververzemi". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Iggy Pop album shuns 'humiliating' record labels". The Daily Telegraph. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. ^ Maren McGlashan (22 June 2012). "Iggy Pop: Après Album Review". Louderthanwar.com. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Q&A with Bill Flanagan | The Official Bob Dylan Site". Bobdylan.com. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Iggy Pop – Après (2012, Digisleeve, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Iggy Pop – Après" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
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