Iggy Pop - Après

2022 CD reissue, of Iggy's 2012 Francophile venture.

In a million years, was it really foreseeable that one of rock n’ roll’s most unrepentant exhibitionists, self-mutilators and all-round garage-band icons would eventually record a faithful, irony-free version of the Beatles’ Michelle? Yes, the Ig has returned in crooner mode, following up his 2009 album of French chansons, Préliminaires, with a fairly similar late-night disc – half of it in la langue de Molière, with Pop gleefully embracing the language and not rolling his “r”s. In his deep bass rumble, the 65-year-old singer offers marvelous interpretations of classics written not only by the likes of Gainsbourg, Piaf and Brassens, but also by Yoko Ono, Nilsson and Cole Porter. At a concise 28 minutes, Après takes its leave just as you’re getting comfortable, leaving you wanting much, much more.

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