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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.nov-13-2011 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2011 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........cd1: 6 cd2: 4 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.metallica.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Lou Reed & Metallica Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Lulu Label : Universal ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ This album will beat all the scores on any metal ║ │
│║ portal. This collaboration record between the ║ │
│║ old and tired experimental rock singer Lou Reed ║ │
│║ and the aged thrash metal legend Metallica will ║ │
│║ probably get the lowest average rating ever by ║ │
│║ the fans. My rating score will probably be ║ │
│║ amongst the most favourable reviews because I ║ │
│║ try to analyze this output from an objective and ║ │
│║ not an emotional point of view. I may accord a ║ │
│║ score of twenty-five to this album but ║ │
│║ emotionally, this is not even worth half of this ║ │
│║ score indeed. Let's take a look on what ║ │
│║ happened. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Lou Reed and Metallica decided to work together ║ │
│║ after having played together live at the Rock ║ │
│║ and Roll Hall Of Fame 25th anniversary show. Lou ║ │
│║ Reed had been working on a conception album ║ │
│║ featuring passages inspired by the controversial ║ │
│║ German playwright Frank Wedekind. Lulu tells the ║ │
│║ story of a desperate and disillusioned woman ║ │
│║ that is only a shadow of her past and lives a ║ │
│║ fatal emotionless circle of sex, abuse and ║ │
│║ despair. The emotionless spoken word vocals by ║ │
│║ Lou Reed, the minimalist instruments, the ║ │
│║ experimental style of this album and the cold ║ │
│║ and simple album cover underline the concept. ║ │
│║ LetÆs note that this album doesnÆt feature much ║ │
│║ of James HetfieldÆs vocals and only a few lost ║ │
│║ thrash riffs. This album is eighty percent Lou ║ │
│║ Reed and maybe twenty percent Metallica and this ║ │
│║ estimation is eventually even quite optimistic. ║ │
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│║ So far, so good but the music itself is even ║ │
│║ harder to digest as the story itself. The two ║ │
│║ artists created a lot of overlong tracks with a ║ │
│║ lack of variation, emotion and diversity. This ║ │
│║ is no accident but an effect they really wanted ║ │
│║ to create to bring the story to life and give an ║ │
│║ authentic and unique twist to this experimental ║ │
│║ collaboration. The final result included though ║ │
│║ too many emotionless overlong passages that may ║ │
│║ even bore the most open-minded and intellectual ║ │
│║ music fan in the world to death. After two or ║ │
│║ three minutes, everything is said but the songs ║ │
│║ are stretched at least three times too much with ║ │
│║ a peak of almost twenty minutes of dumb and ║ │
│║ hypnotizing boredom in the final "Junior Dad". ║ │
│║ Metallica sad that the section of classic music ║ │
│║ in the second half of the track made them cry ║ │
│║ and really touched them but I never heard such a ║ │
│║ boring and closed minded piece of classic music. ║ │
│║ There are a few additional musicians that play ║ │
│║ viola, cello, violin and electronic instruments ║ │
│║ but everything sounds as one big indefinable ║ │
│║ potpourri. Don't even think about symphonic ║ │
│║ metal bands such as Therion, Apocalyptica or ║ │
│║ even Savatage if you read about those guest ║ │
│║ musicians who know how to mix metal music with ║ │
│║ classic passages. Even Metallica's controversial ║ │
│║ "S&M" experiment which I actually liked was way ║ │
│║ more convincing than this failure. ║ │
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│║ Almost all songs are overlong, boring and dumb ║ │
│║ but I really must point out the track "Little ║ │
│║ Dog". This is by far the worst metal song I have ║ │
│║ ever listened to in my life. Well, I would not ║ │
│║ even call this music. It has a more than ║ │
│║ minimalist and exchangeable instrumental work ║ │
│║ while Lou Reed uses a completely emotionless and ║ │
│║ blurry murmured voice to put some almost random ║ │
│║ spoken word passages over the music for eight ║ │
│║ long minutes. He has no charisma, no variation ║ │
│║ and no energy. This can't even be defended by ║ │
│║ the fact that the band wanted to bring a ║ │
│║ desperate and emotionless character to life. ║ │
│║ Music, vocals and lyrics just don't fit ║ │
│║ together. If you are at this kind of emotional ║ │
│║ degree, you are already more than suicidal. Even ║ │
│║ a dog would moan and run away by listening to ║ │
│║ this incredible piece of garbage and try to ║ │
│║ commit suicide by biting his own tail off until ║ │
│║ there is no blood left to be shed. This song is ║ │
│║ an open insult to psychedelic rock, Krautrock ║ │
│║ and any progressive Stoner metal as any amateur ║ │
│║ band of any of these kinds is better and more ║ │
│║ authentic than what Lou Reed and Metallica ║ │
│║ deliver with this anti-effort. This sounds like ║ │
│║ Johnny Cash on a heavy dose of cannabis just ║ │
│║ before his death. I declare this the worst metal ║ │
│║ song ever. ║ │
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│║ Compared to this disasterpiece even the really ║ │
│║ bad tracks on this overlong double-album merit a ║ │
│║ few low percentage ratings and vary between ║ │
│║ horrible and pretty bad. The longer the tracks ║ │
│║ are, the worse they get. Many critics laughed ║ │
│║ about the weird "The View" with its strange and ║ │
│║ ridiculous lyrics but this track turns out to be ║ │
│║ the most dynamicle and diversified track on the ║ │
│║ album which is only beaten by the solid opener ║ │
│║ "Brandenburg Gate" which is simply too short to ║ │
│║ get redundant even if the chorus is already ║ │
│║ repeated way too much. I want to underline that ║ │
│║ we talk about acceptable to mediocre songs and ║ │
│║ not about good efforts but next to the eight ║ │
│║ disasterpieces that follow these songs sound ║ │
│║ like a relief. Anybody that bashed "The View" ║ │
│║ will be stunned by the high degree of failure of ║ │
│║ the rest of the record if he or she is tough ║ │
│║ enough to make it entirely through this record. ║ │
│║ Sometimes, you can skip five minutes within the ║ │
│║ song and everything still sounds the same. Let ║ │
│║ me give you an advice: Don't waste your time and ║ │
│║ money on that. Don't buy this because you have ║ │
│║ all the other Metallica records. Don't expect ║ │
│║ this to grow on you. It will probably even get ║ │
│║ worse the more youi listen to this. If you ║ │
│║ didn't like "The View", you'll hate the rest ║ │
│║ even more. If you liked "The View", chances are ║ │
│║ elevated you may nevertheless hate the rest. ║ │
│║ This is the kind of record one person among ten ║ │
│║ thousand will like but I'm not into this at all. ║ │
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│║ In the end, the acceptable two first tracks, the ║ │
│║ story and the at least interesting concept ║ │
│║ itself and the acceptable sound of the record ║ │
│║ add a few points to a very bad final rating. I ║ │
│║ always defended Metallica and I liked all of ║ │
│║ their experimental works in the past. I'm one of ║ │
│║ those who adored "Load" and especially "ReLoad" ║ │
│║ quite a lot and who was able to accept the "St. ║ │
│║ Anger" record which really grew on me over the ║ │
│║ years and happens to be among my favourite ║ │
│║ Metallica albums. "Lulu" just won't grow. There ║ │
│║ is no diversity. There is no energy. There is no ║ │
│║ authenticity. Even harsh critics must admit that ║ │
│║ the controversial "St. Anger" is a masterpiece ║ │
│║ compared to this, anybody else is really out of ║ │
│║ his mind. The release date of this garbage is a ║ │
│║ hard day for the heavy metal universe. But let's ║ │
│║ see this from a positive point of view. No ║ │
│║ matter what Metallica will record in the ║ │
│║ beginning of the next year, the band's upcoming ║ │
│║ solo record can definitely only be an ║ │
│║ improvement. But they surely lost a lot of fans ║ │
│║ with "Lulu" who won't give them any new chance ║ │
│║ and I can really understand this. What did ║ │
│║ Metallica think by doing this? I really think ║ │
│║ they do whatever they want and donÆt give a damn ║ │
│║ about anything else. ThatÆs artistically ║ │
│║ interesting but commercially suicidal. There is ║ │
│║ no excuse this time. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ - cd1 [ ] │
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│ 01 - Brandenburg Gate [04:22] │
│ 02 - The View [05:21] │
│ 03 - Pumping Blood [07:24] │
│ 04 - Mistress Dread [06:53] │
│ 05 - Iced Honey [04:38] │
│ 06 - Cheat on Me [11:26] │
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│ - cd2 [ ] │
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│ 01 - Frustration [08:34] │
│ 02 - Little Dog [08:02] │
│ 03 - Dragon [11:10] │
│ 04 - Junior Dad [19:29] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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