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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 233 Ratings
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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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Nov 6, 2011
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Oct 28, 2013
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Nov 6, 2011
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Sep 6, 2013
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Nov 16, 2011An album that just sounds like nobody knows what's going on. Simple as that. Lou Reed sounds like he's in a different country, and Metallica, well, kinda saves the album, but like always, Lars can't really keep steady time. This is Metallica's worst album, but not Lou Reed's. (see Metal Machine Music)
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Jun 20, 2012Personally, the instruments sound awesome (because it's Metallica). They always sound good. It's the singing/talking that drives me wild. I mean, it's ok, but it just gets creepy after you listen to it for a while. So basically, the 5 comes from the Metallica part of the album, where as the other 5 that aren't there come from the Lou Reed part of the album.
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 1, 2011
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Jan 3, 2012It has the balls to not be conventional, and it has some decent songs where the two seemingly opposite Lou and Metallica find a common ground. Not a great album but far from the utter failure most people claim it is. The production of the record, IMO, if better could have improved the final result of the mixed styles.
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Sep 7, 2019
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Oct 10, 2013
Awards & Rankings
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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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Q MagazineDec 13, 2011Occasionally it's so insane that you can't help but be swept along with it. Mostly, however, it's so over the top the more likely reaction is to run it off and make sure you don't hear it again in a hurry. [Dec. 2011 p. 122]
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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]