The remaining tracks were co-written by Bowie, who also produced the album with David Richards but, unlike his previous work with Pop, The Idiot and Lust for Life (both 1977), did not play any instruments, although he did contribute with backing vocals.

[citation needed] Described by AllMusic as "the most calculatedly commercial album of Iggy's career",[3] Blah-Blah-Blah was certified gold in Canada (more than 50,000 copies sold).

[9] Rolling Stone's contemporary review complained of a "nagging homogeneity to side one" but continued that "even at its most familiar, Blah-Blah-Blah is as spiritually outraged and emotionally direct as commercial pop gets these days".

[10] The same magazine also described the song "Cry for Love" as "a ripping fusion of classic Iggy rage, Bowie cabaret and unexpected romantic vulnerability".

[11] All tracks are written by Iggy Pop and David Bowie, except where notedThere are demo versions of some songs in circulation online.