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Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration]



2.1 | 1133 votes |
Release date: 31 October 2011
Style: Alternative metal

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Disc I
01. Brandenburg Gate
02. The View
03. Pumping Blood
04. Mistress Dread
05. Iced Honey
06. Cheat On Me

Disc II
01. Frustration
02. Little Dog
03. Dragon
04. Junior Dad

Bottom 20 albums of all time: 1

Additional info
Composed by Lou Reed with significant arrangement contributions by Metallica.

Produced by Lou Reed, Metallica, Hal Willner and Greg Fidelman.

Recorded by Greg Fidelman and Mike Gillies
Additional engineering by Jim Monti, Dan Monti, Sara Lyn Killion and Kent Matcke.
Mixed by Greg Fidelman.
Assisted by Geoff Neal.

Recorded at Metallica HQ.
Mixed at Sunset Sound.

Mix coordination by Lindsay Chase.

Mastered by Vlado Meller at Masterdisk.

Wax mannequin (about 1900) and other objects: collection of Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge, Berlin.

All music by Lou Reed and Metallica.
All lyrics by Lou Reed.
All Songs © 2011 Lou Reed Music (BMI)/Creeping Death Music (ASCAP).

© 2011 Sister Ray Enterprises Inc/We're Only In It For The Music.

Staff review by
Daniell
Rating:
2.0
Some people righteously claim that this is not a real Metallica release and thus it can't be viewed as such. I agree. Metallica decided to co-operate with Lou Reed in his interpretation of Alban Berg's opera based on Frank Wedekind's plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Büchse der Pandora". The history behind that opera is as complicated and dramatic as one can imagine, assuming what a dark story it tells.

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published 04.11.2011 | Comments (163)

Guest review by
AndMetalForAll
Rating:
4.3
Lulu brings back Metallica in a collaboration album with Lou Reed. A German visionary named Frank Wedekind wrote a collection of plays about a woman called Lulu who was both a muse and a mystery, the first form of woman. Most of the songs have death, sexuality, love and spite themes. Although it's not a Metallica album, the expectation was off the charts but the result is terrible.

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published 14.11.2011 | Comments (18)

Guest review by
ScreamingSteelUS
Rating:
7.4
The worst thing you can possibly do is treat this like a Metallica album. It is not. Lulu is a Lou Reed album that just so happens to feature the guys from Metallica as his backing band. Of course, Metallica still had to go and put their name on it, which recklessly raised people's expectations, and the heavy criticism weighed at this album is largely true no matter how you spin it. Nonetheless, while this was a disappointment, it is not totally devoid of merit, and more of an interesting experiment than a Son-of-St. Anger-sized failure.

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published 17.08.2013 | Comments (13)

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26.11.2011 - 04:00
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Elite
Written by [user id=35037] on 26.11.2011 at 03:58

I finally listened to a couple songs from Lulu and honestly don't see how it's any better or worse than anything these guys have released in the past.

Please specify past. if you can't hear the difference in quality between this and the ground breaking albums Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning than you are more than deaf
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26.11.2011 - 10:59
Rating: 1
ashadows92iq
I wish I can rate this a zero :|
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27.11.2011 - 18:33
bluegreengod
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 26.11.2011 at 04:00

Written by [user id=35037] on 26.11.2011 at 03:58


Please specify past. if you can't hear the difference in quality between this and the ground breaking albums Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning than you are more than deaf

I suppose the term 'better' was a poor choice of words. Lulu just failed to pique my interest in much the same way as Metallica's other catalog selections, old and new alike.

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29.11.2011 - 23:15
Rating: 1
Big-Al
Written by ashadows92iq on 26.11.2011 at 10:59

I wish I can rate this a zero :|

oh come on, it doesn't deserve a zero... I think 1 is a fair score.
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30.11.2011 - 20:28
Nemo Atkins
Why do I suspect jokes about being a table are going to be made for years to come? In fact, I picture something like this happening in 20 years:

James Hetfield: We'll never stop, we'll never quit, cause-
Crowd: I am the table!
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30.11.2011 - 21:45
vezzy
Stallmanite
Written by Nemo Atkins on 30.11.2011 at 20:28

Why do I suspect jokes about being a table are going to be made for years to come? In fact, I picture something like this happening in 20 years:

James Hetfield: We'll never stop, we'll never quit, cause-
Crowd: I am the table!

I honestly hope they disband by then, seriously.
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04.12.2011 - 11:37
Constantine
Written by Nemo Atkins on 30.11.2011 at 20:28

Why do I suspect jokes about being a table are going to be made for years to come? In fact, I picture something like this happening in 20 years:

James Hetfield: We'll never stop, we'll never quit, cause-
Crowd: I am the table!

I loled so hard, this one is brilliant
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04.12.2011 - 12:03
ErnilEnNaur
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Written by Nemo Atkins on 30.11.2011 at 20:28

Why do I suspect jokes about being a table are going to be made for years to come?

Let's just make all of the table jokes now, shall we? Ride The Table, Master Of Tables, St. Table, Re-Table, And Table For All, Enter Table, Table Magnetic, Phantom Table, Seek & Table, No Table, Am I Table? Fight Fire With Table, Creeping Table, Trapped Under Table, Table Messiah, The Table That Should Not Be, Disposable Table, Table Inc. To Live Is To Table, Table Of The Beholder, The Shortest Table, New World Table, Table Of Sorrow, The Frayed Ends Of Table, Sad, But Table, Of Wolf And Table, Don't Tread On Table, Holier Than Table, Through The Table, My Friend Of Table, That Was Just Your Table, The Judas Table, The End Of The Table, Ain't My Table, Hero Of The Table, Bleeding Table, Mama Table, Poor Twisted Table, The Outlaw Table, Carpe Diem Table, Prince Table, Bad Table, Devil's Table, Low Man's Table, Where The Wild Tables Are, Some Kind Of Table, Dirty Table, Invisible Table, Sweet Table, The Unnamed Table, All Within My Table, Cheat On Table, Iced Table, Brandenburg Table, Impersonate Clark Table.
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04.12.2011 - 13:57
Rating: 1
Slayer666
Seeing 400+ comments on a thread about Lulu while threads about some other brilliant releases this year remain next to completely empty saddens me greatly...
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04.12.2011 - 14:09
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Slayer666 on 04.12.2011 at 13:57

Seeing 400+ comments on a thread about Lulu while threads about some other brilliant releases this year remain next to completely empty saddens me greatly...

Yet you are adding to this pool of wasted and pointless comments?!
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04.12.2011 - 14:10
Rating: 1
Slayer666
Written by [user id=4365] on 04.12.2011 at 14:09

Yet you are adding to this pool of wasted and pointless comments?!

Yes, I'm afraid I've adopted the "if you can't beat them, join them" mentality.
I suck.
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04.12.2011 - 14:15
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Slayer666 on 04.12.2011 at 14:10


I suck.

Only for the right price, or so I've heard.
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04.12.2011 - 14:16
Rating: 1
Slayer666
Written by [user id=4365] on 04.12.2011 at 14:15

Only for the right price, or so I've heard.

I'm still only practicing, so I'm giving freebies to anyone interested. Once I get really good, then I'll be taking some real cash.
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04.12.2011 - 16:44
heteo
After coming back with a very good album : death magnetic, here comes the absolute dissapointment, like load and reload or st anger!!!!!! same sh-t different day! it's not really a metallica release....
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07.12.2011 - 00:33
John Shock
Written by [user id=105293] on 04.12.2011 at 12:03

Written by Nemo Atkins on 30.11.2011 at 20:28

Why do I suspect jokes about being a table are going to be made for years to come?

Let's just make all of the table jokes now, shall we? Ride The Table, Master Of Tables, St. Table, Re-Table, And Table For All, Enter Table, Table Magnetic, Phantom Table, Seek & Table, No Table, Am I Table? Fight Fire With Table, Creeping Table, Trapped Under Table, Table Messiah, The Table That Should Not Be, Disposable Table, Table Inc. To Live Is To Table, Table Of The Beholder, The Shortest Table, New World Table, Table Of Sorrow, The Frayed Ends Of Table, Sad, But Table, Of Wolf And Table, Don't Tread On Table, Holier Than Table, Through The Table, My Friend Of Table, That Was Just Your Table, The Judas Table, The End Of The Table, Ain't My Table, Hero Of The Table, Bleeding Table, Mama Table, Poor Twisted Table, The Outlaw Table, Carpe Diem Table, Prince Table, Bad Table, Devil's Table, Low Man's Table, Where The Wild Tables Are, Some Kind Of Table, Dirty Table, Invisible Table, Sweet Table, The Unnamed Table, All Within My Table, Cheat On Table, Iced Table, Brandenburg Table, Impersonate Clark Table.

Nice one, table ....love The Judas Table...i laugh a lot!
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07.12.2011 - 16:41
TedManowar
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.11.2011 at 14:24

Written by RavenKing on 18.11.2011 at 00:49

Written by [user id=124004] on 17.11.2011 at 10:26

I really don't know what some people are still expecting from this "band"...

What a shite album to have under the Metallica brandname... Everything for the money, as always with these guys...

I agree but Manowar is not different.

the same thing I was thinking when I saw his nickname.

I know, I ought to change it, but all my friends have been calling me that since the stone age !
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09.12.2011 - 07:59
PowerThrash
Overrated
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09.12.2011 - 08:14
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by PowerThrash on 09.12.2011 at 07:59

Overrated

Are you being serious? Most people, even in the mainstream media, have panned the album... how can such a vilified album be overrated?
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09.12.2011 - 09:05
Rating: 1
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Staff
Written by Angelic Storm on 09.12.2011 at 08:14
Are you being serious?

I think he's serious. Anyone like me who thinks this isn't worth anything more than a 1 looks at 2.3 as overrated. I mean that's more than twice my rating.
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09.12.2011 - 20:03
Dedcalm
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Pure s**t
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10.12.2011 - 00:36
Rating: 1
Troy Killjoy
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Staff
Written by [user id=108863] on 09.12.2011 at 20:03
Pure s**t

In this instance, feel free to spell it out. In all-caps.
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11.12.2011 - 19:56
Rating: 2
Nightfall
Best tablecore album released to date.
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12.12.2011 - 01:16
Rating: 1
Troy Killjoy
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Staff
Written by Nightfall on 11.12.2011 at 19:56
Best tablecore album released to date.

A new genre has spawned.
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13.12.2011 - 10:16
Dedcalm
Account deleted
Written by Troy Killjoy on 10.12.2011 at 00:36

Written by [user id=108863] on 09.12.2011 at 20:03
Pure s**t

In this instance, feel free to spell it out. In all-caps.

Lol. Yeah probably should but i dont like too.
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23.12.2011 - 02:02
John Shock
Written by Troy Killjoy on 12.12.2011 at 01:16

Written by Nightfall on 11.12.2011 at 19:56
Best tablecore album released to date.

A new genre has spawned.

Spawned be thy genre!
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29.12.2011 - 06:45
Rating: 2
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Imma rate it a 1 just becuase everybody else did.
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30.12.2011 - 17:15
Cuca Beludo
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Seven peoples rated it with an 10... Lou Reed fans?
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30.12.2011 - 20:59
adace1
I wish we lived in an alternate universe where this album never existed.
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01.01.2012 - 09:34
John Shock
I bet with many of you that this album is one of the most commented here, on Metal Storm! ...If not the most commented....i mean...it's already in 9 pages....fuck
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11.01.2012 - 03:28
Rating: 2
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
This is the one album, that everybody should illegally download.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
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