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1 Background  





2 Release  





3 Reception and aftermath  



3.1  Reception  





3.2  Aftermath  







4 Track listing  





5 B-sides and alternate versions  





6 Personnel  





7 Charts  





8 References  





9 External links  














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Beat Em Up

Studio album by

Released

June 18, 2001

Recorded

December 2000

Studio

Hit Factory Criteria (Miami)

Genre

Heavy metal

Length

72:27

Label

Virgin

Producer

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop chronology

Avenue B
(1999)

Beat Em Up
(2001)

Skull Ring
(2003)

Beat Em Up, is the thirteenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop. Recorded at Hit Factory Criteria studios in Miami Beach, Florida, it is the first Iggy Pop album in which the Trolls were credited. The Trolls were: Iggy Pop, Whitey Kirst, Pete Marshall, Alex Kirst and Lloyd "Mooseman" Roberts.

Background[edit]

'Art Collins, Pop's manager, said of the album: "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] The album was self-produced.

Release[edit]

Beat Em Up was released on June 18, 2001, and included as an unmentioned bonus the song acknowledged as "Sterility" on tour playlists,[1] featured right after "VIP". The album was dedicated to Mooseman, who had been killed in a drive-by shooting after its recording.[2]

Reception and aftermath[edit]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores

Source

Rating

Metacritic

58/100[3]

Review scores

Source

Rating

AllMusic

[4]

Blistering

[5]

Encyclopedia of Popular Music

[6]

Pitchfork

2.5/10[7]

The Rolling Stone Album Guide

[8]

Pitchfork was largely dismissive of the record, proclaiming its content "third-rate bar band stuff".[7] Several critics noted the similarity of the album to the nu metal bands of the time.[9]

Aftermath[edit]

"Mask" was included on the compilation A Million in Prizes: The Anthology. The murder by drive-by shooting of bassist Lloyd 'Mooseman' Roberts, a former member of Ice-T's Body Count and a member of the Trolls at the time of his death, postponed plans to tour, though "Mask" was performed to great effect on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Track listing[edit]

All songs composed by Iggy Pop and Whitey Kirst, except where indicated. Track 15 (7:10 + 1:01 silence + 4:59) features a hidden track, "Sterility".

  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) – 15:31

B-sides and alternate versions[edit]

Personnel[edit]

The Trolls

with:

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for Beat 'Em Up

Chart (2001)

Peak
position

German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]

70

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Iggy Pop: Beat Em Up Tour 2001". Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  • ^ "Iggy Pop: Beat Em Up Tour: Fall 2001 USA". Iggypop.org. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  • ^ "Beat 'Em Up by Iggy Pop". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  • ^ Deming, Mark. "Beat Em Up – Iggy Pop | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  • ^ Wilson, David L. "Iggy Pop – "Beat 'Em Up" (Virgin)". Blistering. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  • ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Iggy Pop". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  • ^ a b Pitchfork Media review Archived May 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ Coleman, Mark; Kemp, Rob (2004). "Iggy Pop". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York City: Simon & Schuster. pp. 645–646. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  • ^ Beat 'Em Up by Iggy Pop, retrieved 2021-01-05
  • ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Iggy Pop – Beat 'Em Up" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  • External links[edit]

    Studio albums

    Solo

  • Lust for Life
  • New Values
  • Soldier
  • Party
  • Zombie Birdhouse
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  • Beat 'Em Up
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  • Every Loser
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    Kill City

    Live albums

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  • Compilation albums

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  • "Gardenia"
  • "I Wanna Be Your Slave"
  • Other songs

  • "Nightclubbing"
  • "Tonight"
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  • The Trolls
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  • Teatime Dub Encounters

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