Soldier
by Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop bestography
Soldier is ranked 12th best out of 36 albums by Iggy Pop on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Iggy Pop is Lust For Life which is ranked number 515 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,375.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Soldier track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/30/2025 05:59 | Olli | 6,755 | 63/100 | |
| 01/12/2025 21:43 |  MadhattanJack | 5,647 | 66/100 | |
| 08/31/2024 03:46 | dhbarrett | 8,356 | 65/100 | |
| 04/11/2024 14:43 |  hoyquarlow | 527 | 76/100 | |
| 08/28/2023 06:35 |  MetalMan67 | 5,998 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.9/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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OldToad 01/17/2019 03:27 | #229844
The only Iggy Pop album I really like. The Idiot hasn't aged well for me, and the rest of his non-Stooge albums always seemed like weak sauce. This one is fun and smart--it's got a feminist anthem in it, for crying out loud, and it's sprinkled with lots of obscure oldies rock 'n roll references. You can be listening to a 50s song somewhere and suddenly, hey it's that line from Iggy's Soldier.
The famous story about this album is: the reason it sounds a little open and spacy is the lead guitar track was (mostly) stripped from the recording after Bowie, who produced it, hit on the guitarist's lady, got punched by the guitarist, and took the guitar off the record. Apparently true. So you get these tracks where the keyboard and the rhythm section are prominent, and it sounds cool.
Brandon8 05/05/2016 02:54 | #165230
A solid album with some very interesting and fun songs. Highlights for me are Mr. Dynamite, Play it Safe, Low Life, I Need More, Dog Food but all are pretty good.
hoyquarlow 11/18/2015 04:36 | #153078
It's a good new wave / rock album, though it won't go down as one of Iggy's finest for sure. Highlights includes great goofy songs like Dog Food and I need more.
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