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Zombie Birdhouse
Rock · 1982 · 12 tracks · 39m

Zombie Birdhouse

Iggy Pop

Primitive drum machines and jagged guitars meet Iggy's deep baritone. A murky, experimental detour into Haitian-inspired rhythms and surrealist urban poetry.

September 1982 · Chrysalis

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A restless, surrealist exploration of urban anxiety through primitive electronic rhythms.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 39m
01
Run Like a Villain
3:05
02
The Villagers
3:52
03
Angry Hills
3:01
04
Life of Work
3:57
05
The Ballad of Cookie McBride
3:00
06
Ordinary Bummer
2:44
07
Eat or Be Eaten
3:16
08
Bulldozer
2:19
09
Platonic
2:42
10
The Horse Song
2:58
11
Watching the News
4:13
12
Street Crazies
3:58
Moments Worth Listening For
The hypnotic, repetitive synth pulse of Run Like a Villain that feels like a frantic heartbeat.
Iggy's bizarre, deadpan cowboy caricature on The Ballad of Cookie McBride.
The unsettling, layered vocal chants on Street Crazies that close the album in a fever dream.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Zombie Birdhouse sound next to the rest of Iggy Pop's catalogue?

Surreal Abstract+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into surreal abstract than the rest of the catalogue.

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