The Artist

A legend of reinvention and raw nerve, Iggy Pop has long been the beating heart of rock’s wildest impulses. From his feral early days with The Stooges to his magnetic collaborations with David Bowie, he’s blurred the lines between art and chaos, poetry and provocation. Equal parts philosopher and frontman, Iggy remains one of music’s most enduring forces — a performer who never stopped testing the limits of what it means to be alive on record.

The Record

Recorded in just eight days amid the creative storm of Berlin, Lust For Life (1977) marked Iggy’s triumphant return from the brink. His second album with David Bowie that year, it’s a sharper, more hard-edged counterpart to The Idiot — a record that traded mood for muscle and found Iggy once again at the centre of the noise. With the locomotive pulse of its title track and the sly cool of ‘The Passenger’, Lust for Life captures the moment survival became celebration.