American Caesar (album)

American Caesar
Studio album by Iggy Pop
Released	September 1993
Recorded	Kingsway Studio, New Orleans and Bearsville Studios, New York, United States
Genre	Hard rock[1]
Length	71:32
Label	Virgin
Producer	Malcolm Burn
Iggy Pop chronology
Brick by Brick (1990) American Caesar (1993) Naughty Little Doggie (1996)

American Caesar is the studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop, released in September 1993 by record label Virgin.

Production

After the success of Brick by Brick, Pop opted to continue with that album's lyrical themes while toughening up the musical foundation. The album is often considered one of his stronger 1990s albums.

Videos were made for "Wild America" and "Beside You", and the album has a cover of the 1960s standard "Louie Louie" (made famous by The Kingsmen) for which Pop wrote his own set of politically fueled lyrics.

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

The first single from the album, "Wild America", reached number 25 on Modern Rock Tracks. The album was not as commercially successful as its predecessor.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Iggy Pop, except where noted.

1. "Character" (Pop, Eric Schermerhorn) – 1:07
2. "Wild America" (Pop, Schermerhorn) – 5:52
3. "Mixin' the Colors" – 4:49
4. "Jealousy" – 6:04
5. "Hate" – 6:56
6. "It's Our Love" – 4:09
7. "Plastic & Concrete" – 2:55
8. "Fuckin' Alone" (Pop, Eric Schermerhorn) – 4:56
9. "Highway Song" – 3:44
10. "Beside You" (Steve Jones, Pop) – 4:29
11. "Sickness" – 3:15
12. "Boogie Boy" – 4:53
13. "Perforation Problems" – 3:15
14. "Social Life" – 4:12
15. "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) – 3:47
16. "Caesar" (Pop, Eric Schermerhorn) – 7:09
17. "Girls of N.Y." – 4:15

B-sides and alternate versions

• "Les Amants" (featuring Les Rita Mitsouko; B-Side To "Beside You" Single) - 5:16
• "Louie Louie" (Live; B-Side To "Beside You" Single) - 5:32
• "Beside You" (Acoustic Version; B-Side To "Beside You" Single) - 3:52
• "Evil California" (featuring Annie Ross & The Low Note Quintet; B-Side To "Beside You" Single)
• "Home" (Live At The Feile Festival Summer 1993; B-Side To "Beside You" Single) - 4:10
• "Mixin' The Colours" (Spanish Version; B-Side To "Louie Louie" Single) - 4:10
• "Wild America" (Radio Edit)
• "Credit Card" (B-Side To "Wild America" Single) - 2:25
• "Come Back Tomorrow" (B-Side To "Wild America" Single) - 5:08
• "My Angel" (B-Side To "Wild America" Single) - 4:10

Personnel

• Iggy Pop - guitar, vocals
• Eric Schermerhorn - guitar
• Malcolm Burn - guitar, keyboards, harmonica
• Hal Cragin - bass
• Larry Mullins - drums, percussion
• Jay Joyce - guitar on "Wild America" & "Mixin' The Colours"
• Bill Dillon - "atmospheric" guitar on "Mixin' The Colours"
• Darryl Johnson - percussion on "Mixin' The Colours"
• Henry Rollins - backing vocals on "Wild America"
• Katell Keineg - backing vocals on "Mixin' The Colours"
• Lisa Germano - backing vocals on "Beside You"

Technical

• Mark Howard - recording
• Trina Shoemaker - engineer

References

External links

• American Caesar at Discogs (list of releases)