Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu |
Published October 30 2011
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Brandenburg Gate |
| Genre | Avant-garde Metal |
Lou Reed/James Hetfield
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Vocals
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| Tracks | 10 |
James Hetfield
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Guitar
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| Running time | 87 Min. |
Kirk Hammett
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Guitar
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| Label | Warner Bros Records |
Lou Reed
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Guitar
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| Release | 31 October 2011 |
Rob Trujillo
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Bass
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| Country | USA |
Lars Ulrich
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Drums
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| Producer | Greg Fidelman/Hal Willner |
Keyboard
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| Similar artists | --- | ||
Reviewing what will definitely be the most hated album of the year is hard. It's easy to just fall into the angry mob, write some semi-clever sentences of how much it sucks and then get on with your life. But what if there is something really good and everybody are too busy to notice it, while joking about James Hetfield singing that he is a table? Metallica have always had a special place in my heart. Hell, I even liked St Anger which makes us, what, a total of 5 people? Surely there must be something of quality here?
Many people might hate Lulu because they're expecting a Metallica album when it is in fact rather a Lou Reed album with Metallica as a backing band. With that said, I want to take this moment to reassure everyone that if you take the time to listen to it with another point of view it's actually kind of... no, wait, it's still rubbish. Absolute rubbish.
It's not even the concept that kills it; I can actually imagine that this collaboration might work under the right circumstances. There are occasional glimpses of good ideas but unfortunately they are lost in an endless mass of boring riffs, pseudo-poetic lyrics and way too long, unproduced songs. On top of this, all parts where James is singing seem to be written an octave too high which makes it almost painful to listen to.
I was hoping, to the last second, that something good
would come out of this collaboration but I honestly never want to listen
to this record again.
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Vocals
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Summary
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2 chalices of 10 - Bjorn |
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