Beat 'Em Up

Beat 'Em Up
Studio album by Iggy Pop
Released	June 18, 2001
Recorded	Hit Factory Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre	Punk rock
Length	72:27
Label	Virgin
Producer	Iggy Pop
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Iggy Pop chronology
Avenue B (1999) Beat 'Em Up (2001) Skull Ring (2003)

Beat 'Em Up, recorded at Hit Factory Criteria studios in Miami Beach, Florida, is the first Iggy Pop album in which The Trolls were credited. The Trolls were: Iggy Pop, Whitey Kirst, Pete Marshall, Alex Kirst, Lloyd 'Mooseman' Roberts.

Background

Beat 'Em Up was the first self-produced album by Iggy Pop. Art Collins, Pop's manager, said on the work: "I'm not saying this is another Raw Power, but if Raw Power is a true Iggy album, then this is another true Iggy album". He added there would be some "ranting on the album, some humor, some rock on it."^[1]

Release

The album was released on June 18, 2001, and included as an unmentioned bonus the song acknowledged as "Sterility" on tour playlists^[2], featured right after "VIP". "Sterility" was a rhymic rant, but not in the aggro-core vein of "Mask", "L.O.S.T", "Howl", or the title track. "Sterility" is an anthem for those who do disdain the current landscape of American popular music, and culture, and exemplifies Iggy Pop's ability to contemporize country music, blues and soul. Iggy asks "Where is the soul?" in "Mask", and apparently answers in "Sterility" there isn't a home for the soul in contemporary American culture.

Reception and Aftermath

Though the track "Mask" was included on the compilation A Million in Prizes: The Anthology, Beat 'Em Up appears forgotten among fans and critics^{[citation needed]}. The murder by drive-by shooting of bassist Lloyd 'Mooseman' Roberts, a former member of Ice T's Body Count and a Troll at the time of his death, postponed plans to tour, though "Mask" was performed to great effect on the David Letterman Show, cementing Iggy's place as the rock favorite for people who disdain the current landscape of American popular music, regardless of genre, and the eventual Spring and Fall Beat 'Em Up tours were well received.

Track listing

All songs composed by Iggy Pop and Alex Kirst, except where indicated.

1. "Mask" (Iggy Pop, Lloyd "Mooseman" Roberts, Alex Kirst, Whitey Kirst) - 2:53
2. "L.O.S.T." - 3:24
3. "Howl" - 5:05
4. "Football" - 3:52
5. "Savior" - 4:37
6. "Beat 'Em Up" - 4:26
7. "Talking Snake" - 4:28
8. "Jerk" - 3:44
9. "Death is Certain" - 4:38
10. "Go for the Throat" (Pop, Mooseman, Kirst, Kirst) - 3:56
11. "Weasels" - 2:59
12. "Drink New Blood" - 4:33
13. "It's All Shit" - 4:57
14. "Ugliness" - 5:37
15. "V.I.P." (Pop, Mooseman, Kirst, Kirst) (includes bonus track "Sterility") - 13:11

B-Sides And Alternate Versions

• "Mask" (Single Edit) - 2:53 (Presumably Same As Album Track)

Personnel

• Iggy Pop - vocals

The Trolls

• Whitey Kirst
• Pete Marshall
• Alex Kirst
• Lloyd 'Mooseman' Roberts - bass

References

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