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Beat 'Em Up

This article is about the Iggy Pop album. For the game genre, see Beat 'em up.

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.

Beat Em Up
Studio album by
Iggy Pop
ReleasedJune 18, 2001
RecordedDecember 2000
StudioHit Factory Criteria (Miami)
GenreHeavy metal
Length72:27
LabelVirgin
ProducerIggy Pop
Iggy Pop chronology
Avenue B
(1999) 		Beat Em Up
(2001) 		Skull Ring
(2003)

Background

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'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

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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

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Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic58/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
Blistering     [5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [6]
Pitchfork2.5/10[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

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"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

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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

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  • "Mask" (Single edit) – 2:53

Personnel

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  • Iggy Pop – vocals

The Trolls

with:

  • Danny Kadar – theremin on "L.O.S.T.", mix engineer, mixing
  • Pete Marshall – rhythm guitar on "Ugliness"
  • Todd James – cover illustration

Charts

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Chart performance for Beat 'Em Up
Chart (2001) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 70

References

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  1. ^ a b "Iggy Pop: Beat Em Up Tour 2001". Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Iggy Pop: Beat Em Up Tour: Fall 2001 USA". Iggypop.org. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Beat 'Em Up by Iggy Pop". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. ^ Deming, Mark. "Beat Em Up – Iggy Pop | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Wilson, David L. "Iggy Pop – "Beat 'Em Up" (Virgin)". Blistering. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Iggy Pop". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  7. ^ a b Pitchfork Media review Archived May 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Beat 'Em Up by Iggy Pop, retrieved 2021-01-05
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Iggy Pop – Beat 'Em Up" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
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