Beat 'Em Up

{{About|the Iggy Pop album|the game genre|Beat 'em up}} {{Original research|date=May 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Beat Em Up | type = studio | artist = Iggy Pop | cover = IggyPopBeatEmUp.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2001|7|17}}<ref name=AllMusic/> | recorded =  | studio = Hit Factory Criteria (Miami) | genre = Hard rock<ref name="iggypop.org"/> | length = 72:27 | label = Virgin | producer = Iggy Pop | prev_title = Avenue B | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = Skull Ring | next_year = 2003 }}

'''''Beat Em Up''''' is the thirteenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop. Recorded at Hit Factory Criteria studios in Miami Beach, Florida, it is the first Iggy Pop album in which the Trolls were credited. The Trolls were: Iggy Pop, Whitey Kirst, Pete Marshall, Alex Kirst and Lloyd "Mooseman" Roberts.

==Background== Art Collins, Pop's manager, said of the album: "I'm not saying this is another ''Raw Power'', but if ''Raw Power'' is a true Iggy album, then this is another true Iggy album". He added there would be some "ranting on the album, some humor, some rock on it."<ref name="iggypop.org">{{cite web|url=http://iggypop.org/beatemuptour1.html|title=Iggy Pop: Beat Em Up Tour 2001|publisher=|accessdate=2 October 2016}}</ref> The album was self-produced.

==Release== ''Beat Em Up'' was released on July 17, 2001,<ref name=AllMusic/> and included as an unmentioned bonus the song acknowledged as "Sterility" on tour playlists,<ref name="iggypop.org"/> featured right after "VIP". The album was dedicated to Mooseman, who had been killed in a drive-by shooting after its recording.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iggypop.org/beatemuptour2.html|title=Iggy Pop: Beat Em Up Tour: Fall 2001 USA|website=Iggypop.org|accessdate=21 December 2020}}</ref>

==Reception and aftermath== ===Reception=== {{Music ratings | MC = 58/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/beat-em-up/iggy-pop|title=Beat 'Em Up by Iggy Pop|website=Metacritic|publisher=|accessdate=2 October 2016}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/beat-em-up-mw0000005388 |title=''Beat Em Up'' – Iggy Pop <nowiki>| Songs, Reviews, Credits |</nowiki> AllMusic |last=Deming |first=Mark |website=AllMusic |accessdate=}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Blistering'' | rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |first= David L. |last= Wilson |title= Iggy Pop – "Beat 'Em Up" (''Virgin'') |work= Blistering |url= http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/288/tempidx/4/menuid/2 |accessdate= June 15, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201759/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/288/tempidx/4/menuid/2 |archive-date= 2016-03-04 |url-status= dead }}</ref> | rev3 = ''The 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|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev4score = 2.5/10<ref name="PF">[http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20981/Iggy_Pop_Beat_Em_Up Pitchfork Media review] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517051918/http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20981/Iggy_Pop_Beat_Em_Up |date=May 17, 2008 }}</ref> | rev5 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev5score = {{Rating|2.5|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> }}

''Pitchfork'' was largely dismissive of the record, proclaiming its content "third-rate bar band stuff".<ref name="PF" />

===Aftermath=== "Mask" was included on the compilation ''A Million in Prizes: The Anthology''. The murder by drive-by shooting of bassist Lloyd 'Mooseman' Roberts, a former member of Ice-T's Body Count and a member of the Trolls at the time of his death, postponed plans to tour, though "Mask" was performed to great effect on ''The Late Show with David Letterman''.

==Track listing== All songs composed by Iggy Pop and Whitey Kirst, except where indicated. Track 15 (7:10 + 1:01 silence + 4:59) features a hidden track, "Sterility".

# "Mask" (Iggy Pop, Lloyd "Mooseman" Roberts, Alex Kirst, Whitey Kirst) – 2:53 # "L.O.S.T." – 3:24 # "Howl" – 5:05 # "Football" – 3:52 # "Savior" – 4:37 # "Beat Em Up" – 4:26 # "Talking Snake" – 4:28 # "Jerk" – 3:44 # "Death is Certain" – 4:38 # "Go for the Throat" (Pop, Mooseman, Kirst, Kirst) – 3:56 # "Weasels" – 2:59 # "Drink New Blood" – 4:33 # "It's All Shit" – 4:57 # "Ugliness" – 5:37 # "V.I.P." (Pop, Mooseman, Kirst, Kirst) – 15:31

==B-sides and alternate versions== * "Mask" (Single edit) – 2:53

==Personnel== * Iggy Pop – vocals

'''The Trolls''' * Whitey Kirst – guitar * Pete Marshall – guitar * Alex Kirst – drums * Lloyd "Mooseman" Roberts – bass

with: * Danny Kadar – theremin on "L.O.S.T.", mix engineer, mixing * Pete Marshall – rhythm guitar on "Ugliness" * Todd James – cover illustration

==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Beat 'Em Up'' ! Chart (2001) ! Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Germany|70|id=3732|artist=Iggy Pop|album=Beat 'Em Up|rowheader=true|access-date=November 17, 2021}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Discogs master|293344}}

Category:2001 albums Category:Iggy Pop albums Category:Virgin Records albums Category:Hard rock albums by American artists