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((Infobox album
| name       = Brick by Brick
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Iggy Pop]]
| cover      = Iggy Pop Brick by Brick.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 1990
| recorded   = February 15 – March 23, 1990
| venue      =
| studio     =
*[[Ocean Way Recording|Ocean Way]], Hollywood
*Hollywood Sound, Hollywood
| genre      = ((flatlist|
*[[Hard rock]]<ref name="Deming">((cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/brick-by-brick-mw0000308508 |title=''Brick by Brick'' – Iggy Pop |last=Deming |first=Mark |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 7, 2016))</ref>
*[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref>((cite web |last1=Horton |first1=Ross |title=This reissue of Iggy's Zombie Birdhouse is every bit as frustrating and fascinating as the original |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/iggy-pop-zombie-birdhouse-album-review |website=The Line of Best Fit |access-date=June 17, 2021 |date=July 4, 2019))</ref>))
| length     = 54:09
| label      = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| producer   = [[Don Was]]
| prev_title = [[Instinct (Iggy Pop album)|Instinct]]
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [[American Caesar (album)|American Caesar]]
| next_year  = 1993
))

'''''Brick by Brick''''' is the ninth studio album by American singer [[Iggy Pop]], released in June 1990 by [[Virgin Records]].

== Production and content ==

After attracting mixed reviews for much of his 1980s output, Pop hired producer [[Don Was]], who was a longtime fan of Pop's earlier group [[The Stooges]], as producer and opted for a [[hard rock]] sound.<ref name="Deming"/> Many songs on the album incorporate a lyrical theme of the United States facing dangers of cultural decay and implosion.<ref name="Deming"/> [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] and [[Duff McKagan]] of [[Guns N' Roses]] fame were featured on the album as songwriters and performers. The cover was drawn by American cartoonist [[Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns]].<ref name= "burns">((cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Darcy |url= http://www.tcj.com/the-charles-burns-interview-by-darcy-sullivan/ |title=The Charles Burns Interview by Darcy Sullivan |work=[[The Comics Journal]] |date=February 1992 |access-date=April 13, 2018))</ref> The album's personnel includes studio musicians [[Waddy Wachtel]] and [[Kenny Aronoff]]. The album is the first studio album that features Pop contributing guitar. He plays a majority of the guitar parts along with Wachtel and Slash. Was would go on to produce Pop's album ''[[Avenue B (album)|Avenue B]]'' (1999).

== Release ==

The album peaked at number 90 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and stayed on the charts for 37 weeks.<ref>((cite web|title=Iggy Pop – Chart history for Billboard 200|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/276499/iggy-pop/chart|website=Billboard |access-date=14 July 2017|archive-date=13 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513033430/http://www.billboard.com/artist/276499/iggy-pop/chart))</ref> The song "Livin' On the Edge of the Night" was released before the album as a soundtrack for the hit movie ''[[Black Rain (American film)|Black Rain]]'' starring [[Michael Douglas]] and [[Andy García]]. The song reached number 16 on Modern Rock Tracks.<ref name="alternative">((cite web |title=Iggy Pop – Chart history for Alternative Songs |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/276499/iggy-pop/chart?f=377 |website=Billboard |access-date=14 July 2017 |archive-date=23 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723141412/http://www.billboard.com/artist/276499/iggy-pop/chart?f=377))</ref> "Candy" reached number 30 on Mainstream Rock Tracks, number 5 on [[Modern Rock Tracks]] and number 28 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The first single from the album, "Home", reached number 2 on Modern Rock Tracks.<ref name="alternative"/>


== Reception ==
((Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = ((Rating|4.5|5))<ref name="Deming"/>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2score = ((Rating|3.5|4))<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-07-22-9003010792-story.html |title=Pop On Pop: Iggy Rates His Own Music (And So Do We) |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=July 22, 1990 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809175923/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-07-22-9003010792-story.html |url-status=live ))</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = ((Rating|3|5))<ref>((cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=Iggy Pop|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|location=London|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8))</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4score = ((Rating|4|5))<ref>((cite journal |last=Evans |first=Paul |date=August 9, 1990 |title=Brick by Brick review |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/brick-by-brick-19900809 |access-date=April 7, 2016))</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = ((Rating|3.5|5))<ref>((cite book |chapter=Iggy Pop |last1=Coleman |first1=Mark |last2=Kemp |first2=Rob |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |location=New York City |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/645 645–646]))</ref>
| rev6     = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev6score = 4/5<ref>((Cite magazine |last=Perry |first=Neil |date=August 1990 |title=Exile on Main Street |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |page=104))</ref>
))

The album gave Pop some of his strongest reviews since his [[David Bowie]] collaborations,((citation needed|date=May 2016)) and "[[Candy (Iggy Pop song)|Candy]]", with [[the B-52's]] vocalist [[Kate Pierson]], became his first [[MTV]] hit. The video for the song found fairly heavy rotation on that station. Videos were also made for "Home", "Butt Town" and "Livin' on the Edge of the Night".

"Butt Town" received high praise from the MTV animated duo [[Beavis and Butt-Head]]; the latter stated, "This song has the best lyrics I've ever heard."((cn|date=April 2024))

==Track listing==
All songs written by Iggy Pop, except where noted.

# "Home" – 4:00
# "Main Street Eyes" – 3:41
# "I Won't Crap Out" – 4:02
# "[[Candy (Iggy Pop song)|Candy]]" (with [[Kate Pierson]] of [[The B-52's]]) – 4:13
# "Butt Town" – 3:34
# "The Undefeated" – 5:05
# "Moonlight Lady" – 3:30
# "Something Wild" ([[John Hiatt]]) – 4:01
# "Neon Forest" – 7:05
# "Starry Night" – 4:05
# "Pussy Power" – 2:47
# "My Baby Wants to Rock & Roll" (lyrics: Pop; music: [[Slash (musician)|Slash]]) – 4:46
# "Brick by Brick" – 3:30
# "Livin' on the Edge of the Night" ([[Jay Rifkin]], Eric Rackin) – 3:38

; Alternate versions
* The 1990 Virgin cassette version of ''Brick by Brick'' (7567-91381-4) lacks the song "Livin' on the Edge of the Night".
* "Pussy Power" (Acoustic [[Demo (music)|demo]] version released on "Candy" [[Single (music)|single]]) – 2:38
* "My Baby Wants to Rock and Roll" ([[Acoustic music|Acoustic]] demo version released on "Candy" single)
* "The Undefeated" (Acoustic demo version released on "Candy" & "The Undefeated" singles) – 3:37
* "Butt Town" (Acoustic demo version released on "Candy" single)
* "L.A. Blues" (Acoustic demo version released on "The Undefeated" single) – 2:21
* "Brick By Brick" (Acoustic demo version released on "The Undefeated" single) – 3:32
* "Livin' on the Edge of the Night" ([[Remix]]) – 3:11

==Personnel==
* Iggy Pop – vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks: A2, A3, A5-A7, B1, B3, B6), electric guitar (tracks: A3, A4, B2, B4, B5)
* [[Waddy Wachtel]] – acoustic guitar (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B6), electric guitar (tracks: A2, A4, A6, B2)
* [[Charley Drayton]] – bass (tracks: A2-A4, A6, B1-B3)
* [[Chuck Domanico]] – acoustic bass on "Moonlight Lady"
* [[Duff McKagan]] – bass (tracks: A1, A5, B4, B5)
* [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] – electric guitar (tracks: A1, A5, B4, B5)
* [[Jamie Muhoberac]] – keyboards (tracks: A2, A4, A7, B2, B5, B6); piano on "The Undefeated"; organ on "Starry Night"
* [[Kenny Aronoff]] – drums (tracks: A1-B5)
* [[David Lindley (musician)|David Lindley]] – violin, mandolin on "Main Street Eyes"; slide guitar, bouzouki on "I Won't Crap Out" and "Moonlight Lady"; electric guitar, slide guitar on "Starry Night"; saxophone on "My Baby Wants to Rock & Roll"
* David McMurray – saxophone on "Neon Forest"
* [[Kate Pierson]] – duet on "Candy"
* [[John Hiatt]] – duet on "Something Wild"
* [[Ed Cherney]] – "annoying vocal whine" on "Something Wild"
* Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry Bowens, Donald Ray Mitchell – backing vocals on "Neon Forest" and "Starry Night"
* Alex Brown – backing vocals on "Pussy Power"
* The Leeching Delinquents (Tom Black, John James, [[Whitey Kirst|Whitehorn Kirst]], Kreg Sludgemottom, Scott Slam, Joe Cooper, Josh Richmond, Paul H. Saylor, Scott Philips, Joel Randell, Darrell Spades, Brian Small, Ewreck Benson, Mickey Finn, Billy Rowe, Man Ray Wheaton, Mike Savage, E. Shepherd Stevenson, Bobby Durango) – backing vocals on "The Undefeated" 
* [[Scott Hackwith]], Dale Lavi – backing vocals

'''Technical'''
* Produced by [[Don Was]]
* [[Ed Cherney]] – recording, mixing
* Clark Germain, Dan Bosworth, Eric Rudd, Martin Schmelzle – engineer
* Mastered by [[Greg Fulginiti]]
* Suchi Asano Osterberg – production coordination
* Melanie Nissen – art direction
* [[Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns]] – cover illustration

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Brick by Brick''
! Chart (1990)
! Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>((cite Ryan|page=221))</ref>
| 81
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Albums/CDs (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=1004&|title=Top RPM Albums: Issue 1004|date=17 July 2013 |publisher=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=November 26, 2023))</ref>
|83
|-
((album chart|Netherlands|43|artist=Iggy Pop|album=Brick by Brick|rowheader=true|access-date=November 17, 2021))
|-
((album chart|Germany4|34|id=1089|artist=Iggy Pop|album=Brick by Brick|rowheader=true|access-date=November 17, 2021))
|-
((album chart|Norway|19|artist=Iggy Pop|album=Brick by Brick|rowheader=true|access-date=November 17, 2021))
|-
((album chart|Sweden|13|artist=Iggy Pop|album=Brick by Brick|rowheader=true|access-date=November 17, 2021))
|-
((album chart|Switzerland|35|artist=Iggy Pop|album=Brick by Brick|rowheader=true|access-date=November 17, 2021))
|-
((album chart|UK2|50|date=19900715|rowheader=true|access-date=November 17, 2021))
|-
((album chart|Billboard200|90|artist=Iggy Pop|rowheader=true|access-date=November 17, 2021))
|}

==References==

((reflist))

== External links ==

* ((Discogs master|38116))

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[[Category:Iggy Pop albums]]
[[Category:1990 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Don Was]]
[[Category:Virgin Records albums]]
[[Category:Hard rock albums by American artists]]
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