The album was recorded in Berlin at the same time that Bowie was recording Low and Heroes. It was the first album of Iggy's (including his stuff with The Stooges) that had charted in the UK. Two singles were released Sister Midnight and China Girl, both had the same B-Side Baby! Neither single charted but six years on from this David Bowie would have a massive hit single with China Girl when he included it on his Let's Dance album.
It's a very different sound to Raw Power that was released in 1973. But on the UK Tour and parts of the US tour the shows still had a real Stooges-like feel, and if you didn't notice on the keyboards and backing vocals was a certain chap called David Bowie! Here's a recording of a show from Birmingham 1977. They hadn't quite mastered getting many of the tracks from The Idiot into the live setting with only three songs from the album featured in the set.
The Idiot - Iggy Pop
RCA
Produced by David Bowie
Released 18th March 1977
US Chart #72
UK Chart #30
Personnel
Iggy Pop – vocals
David Bowie – keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, piano, saxophone, xylophone, backing vocals, production
Carlos Alomar – guitar
Dennis Davis – drums
George Murray – bass guitar
Phil Palmer – guitar
Michel Santangeli – drums
Laurent Thibault – bass
Iggy Pop – vocals
David Bowie – keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, piano, saxophone, xylophone, backing vocals, production
Carlos Alomar – guitar
Dennis Davis – drums
George Murray – bass guitar
Phil Palmer – guitar
Michel Santangeli – drums
Laurent Thibault – bass
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