Name: New Values
Brand: Culture Factory
SKU: 47711200
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New Values

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Album: New Values
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Tell Me a Story	More Info...	0:03
2)	New Values	More Info...	0:02
3)	Girls	More Info...	0:03
4)	I'm Bored	More Info...	0:02
5)	Don't Look Down	More Info...	0:03
6)	The Endless Sea	More Info...	0:05
7)	Five Foot One	More Info...	0:04
8)	How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part	More Info...	0:03
9)	Angel	More Info...	0:03
10)	Curiosity	More Info...	0:02
11)	African Man	More Info...	0:03
12)	Billy Is a Runaway	More Info...	0:02

Album: New Values
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Tell Me a Story	More Info...	0:03
2)	New Values	More Info...	0:02
3)	Girls	More Info...	0:03
4)	I'm Bored	More Info...	0:02
5)	Don't Look Down	More Info...	0:03
6)	The Endless Sea	More Info...	0:05
7)	Five Foot One	More Info...	0:04
8)	How Do Ya Fix a Broken Part	More Info...	0:03
9)	Angel	More Info...	0:03
10)	Curiosity	More Info...	0:02
11)	African Man	More Info...	0:03
12)	Billy Is a Runaway	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Personnel: Iggy Pop (vocals); Scott Thurston (guitar, harmonica, keyboards, synthesizer); James Williamson (guitar); Dave Brock (strings); John Harden (horns); Jackie Clark (bass); Klaus Kruger (drums); Earl Shackelford, The Alfono Sisters (background vocals).
Producer: James Williamson.
Reissue producer: Rob Santos.
Recorded at Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. Includes liner notes by Ben Edmonds.
Digitally remastered by Elliott Federman (SAJE Sound. New York, New York).
Personnel: Iggy Pop (vocals); Scott Thurston (guitar, harp, keyboards, synthesizer); James Williamson (guitar); David Brock (strings); John Harden (horns); Klaus Kruger (drums); Earl Shackelford, The Alfono Sisters (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: James Williamson; Peter Haden.
Recording information: Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, California.
After the David Bowie-produced classics THE IDIOT and LUST FOR LIFE (both released in 1977), Iggy Pop released the in-concert TV EYE LIVE in '78, and planned his next move. Instead of continuing in the groundbreaking art-rock direction of the two aforementioned albums, Iggy reunited with ex-Stooges guitarist James Williamson for a more straight-ahead rock approach, resulting in 1979's NEW VALUES. Although not as consistent as its predecessors, NEW VALUES contains several tracks that showed Iggy was still capable of composing gripping rock.
Produced by Williamson, the album is not as over-the-top or raging as Williamson and Pop's last major studio release, Iggy & the Stooges' RAW POWER (1973)--icy new wave sounds are merged with the expected red-hot guitar rock. The title track combines a bouncy guitar riff with Iggy's contagious energy, while the snide "I'm Bored" is a forgotten new wave classic. Other standouts include "Girls," "The Endless Sea," "Five Foot One" and "Don't Look Down." Also, the track "African Man" marked Iggy's first foray into ethnic music (later explored again on 1982's ZOMBIE BIRDHOUSE).

Professional Reviews

Uncut (10/00, p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A surreal foray into Iggy's increasingly pop-orientated mind..."