Home / Music / Iggy Pop recorded The Idiot at Château d'Hérouville in France and at Musicland in MunichMusic linernotes album music iggy-popIggy Pop recorded The Idiot at Château d'Hérouville in France and at Musicland in MunichRecording began in June 1976 at the Château d’Hérouville in Hérouville, France, and continued in August 1976 at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesIggy Pop called The Idiot 'a cross between James Brown and Kraftwerk'The Idiot is Iggy Pop's debut solo albumDavid Bowie produced The Idiot and composed most of the music.Clive Davis saw Patti Smith at CBGB and offered her a seven-album dealBreakfast in America held No. 1 for six weeksExploreVan Morrison name-checks Wilde, Poe, and Thoreau in Fair PlayLowell George played slide guitar on Rickie Lee Jones' debutSo Amazing by Luther Vandross makes the Essential 80's Love cutNiki Haris performed on four Madonna toursAndrew Gold was Linda Ronstadt's go-to session musician in the 1970sPrevious Ivo Watts-Russell advanced The Breeders $11,000 to make Pod.Next Iggy Pop called The Idiot 'a cross between James Brown and Kraftwerk'