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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 5, 2011
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Nov 8, 2011
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Nov 26, 2011So many people have come out against this album and I really don't understand why. Lou Reed's albums are all one large work, each song compliments the others. I think its really incredible how easily Metallica fit into his style. The album is challenging and engaging if you give it the time it deserves to be absorbed.
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Dec 9, 2011
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Apr 6, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Mar 5, 2023Metallica fans hate this album, people who venture beyond listening to one genre don’t. This is not a Metallica album, they were effectively Lou’s session musicians for his poetic, cacophonous and riveting swan song. One thing ‘Lulu’ isn’t is boring and one thing it is, is a work of the most accomplished musical genius.
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Aug 27, 2017ntmmmm .
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Nov 1, 2011
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Nov 5, 2011
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Dec 1, 2016Lou Reed and Metallica has brought something never done in music history. Reed's eccentric poetry fits in with the thrash metal riffs and experimental sounds made by Hetfield, Ulrich and company. I know, both artists risked doing Lulu and it's need more than one hearing to appreciate this work. Also, this album is not for everyone.
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Nov 17, 2012The year
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Nov 10, 2011
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Oct 10, 2013
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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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Oct 28, 2013
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Sep 6, 2013
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Sep 7, 2019
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Nov 6, 2011
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Nov 6, 2011
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Nov 1, 2011
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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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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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Nov 2, 2011
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Nov 3, 2011
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Mar 8, 2012A bigger disaster, this album, Lulu is horrible, I don't like the music of Metallica, but I believe that is a great band, but my problem is that I like the music of Lou Reed, but this CD is terrible.
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Apr 20, 2012Why Mettalica? One of the greatest bands of all time falls into the greasy hands of the old geaser Lou Reed. He talks, not sings, and you would not be able to tell this was Mettalica. For the die hard fans, my heart goes out to you, haha. But really, everything is garbage, I respect a change from the hard rocking band, but I did expect a change that was higher in quality than this.
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May 25, 2012
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Nov 30, 2011
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Nov 8, 2011I laughed at times. Specifically at Reed's vocal efforts. He sounds like a confused old man without any muscial abilities.
Summary: Metallica wasted riffs on this album. Lou Reed's poetry would be better off in text form. -
Dec 5, 2011I dont know what to say of this album. Lou Reed and Metallica, separately, are both awesome. But this album left me confused. The music is without doubt very good. But the singing part (or the speaking part actually) is what i dont get. It confuses me.. Creeps Me out. I tried to expand my taste in music and hear this album but its not what i want!
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]