The Idiot is the debut studio album by American musician Iggy Pop, released on March 18, 1977, through RCA Records. After the break-up of his band the Stooges in 1974, Pop struggled with drug addiction. Although attempts to get sober proved unsuccessful, by 1976, he was ready to end his addiction.

The Idiot, Iggy Pops solo debut, decisively shut the gates on his time with the Stooges. Where once he was infernal and freewheeling, he now became cool and restrained under David Bowies careful, calculated producers hand.

He still sang in a tone of abjection, still retained his sense of being a debased and decrepit subject, but where he once showed a grimace he now wore a smirk. His Berlin, Cold War surroundings provoked icy, glib reflections; taking cues from Kraftwerk over in Dsseldorf, Bowie and Pop adopted cool detachment as a primary artistic mode.

Predictably, The Idiot enraged those who championed the Stooges for their unhindered squalls; the legendary music critic Lester Bangs called it phony bullshit. And its easy to see how a voice beloved for its fire would turn fans cold after dimming its spark.

But by reining in Pop, Bowie and his effete European sensibilities drew out a new range of nuance in the singer. The Idiot may lack fury, but it compensates with sardonic humor and perfectly tuned melodramaboth tools that would become wildly popular across all artistic media in the 1980s. (Pitchfork)

Vinyl, LP, Reissue, 180 Gram

Tracklist:
Sister Midnight 4:23
Nightclubbing 4:18
Funtime 2:53
Baby 3:20
China Girl 5:12
Dum Dum Boys 7:12
Tiny Girls 3:03
Mass Production 8:28