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Oct 31, 2011Much advance word of Lou Reed and Metallica's excursion has been one of bewilderment and dismissal. It may well be, though, that in the fullness of time this is an album that is given the praise it deserves.
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MojoJan 10, 2012The shock in this collaboration is that it sounds savagely natural. [Dec. 2011, p.93]
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Oct 31, 2011You're unlikely to play this record at your next soirée but the breadth and ambition is to be applauded.
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Oct 26, 2011One must reconcile with the absurd fact that Lulu exists before realizing how genuinely brilliant it is--when it's working.
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The WireDec 8, 2011Metallica's unrelenting sledgehammer style works as the perfect complement to Reed's vision of compassionless love, with monolithic chords deployed with almost surgical precision wile he dissects relationships w of masochism and power. [Dec 2011, p.63]
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UncutNov 11, 2011While nothing else here is quiet as astonishing, ["Junior Dad" is] a perfect ending to the most extraordinary, passionate and just plain brilliant record either participant has made for a long while. [Dec 2011, p.80]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 36 out of 233
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Mixed: 24 out of 233
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Negative: 173 out of 233
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