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Lulu is a collaborative album between rock singer-songwriter Lou Reed, and heavy metal band Metallica. The album will be released worldwide on October 31, 2011, worldwide, and on November 1 in North America.[3]
The conception of the collaboration project began in 2009 when both Metallica and Lou Reed performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th Anniversary Concert.[3] After that performance, they began "kicking around the idea of making a record together,"[4] but did not start working together until two years later. In February 2011, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett announced that in May 2011 the group would start working on something that's "not 100 percent a Metallica record. It's a recording project, let's put it that way."[5] The project was revealed to be a collaboration with Lou Reed once the recording of the album had been completed in June 2011.[3]
The collaboration was originally intended to be Metallica re-recording various previously unreleased tracks Reed had written over the years.[6] Among these unreleased demos was a collection of songs composed for a play called Lulu—a theatrical production of two plays originally written by the German playwright Frank Wedekind.[7] Reed shared the demos of these songs with the members of Metallica to help bring the "piece to the next level,"[8] and the group provided "significant arrangement contributions" to the material.[9] David Fricke of Rolling Stone heard at least two of the songs from the project in June 2011—"Pumping Blood" and "Mistress Dread"—and described their sound as a "raging union of [Reed's] 1973 noir classic, Berlin, and Metallica's '86 crusher, Master of Puppets."[9]
Reception
The track "The View" was released for streaming online in late September 2011. Examining reaction to the track and a previously released 30-second preview of the same, The New Zealand Herald reported that there was much negative reaction by fans online, and that the song had about twice as many "dislikes" as "likes" on YouTube.[10] However, not all reaction was negative; some critics were quite complimentary towards the song.[11][12]
German Metal Hammer rated the album with four out of seven stars. The magazine's reaction to the album was mixed. According to the review, Lou Reed and Metallica have created an avant-garde-theatrialic soundtrack which is not easy to listen to and rather recommendable for Lou Reed fans, Metallica fans "will mostly ignore Lulu - and listen to Master of Puppets".
Track listing
Disc 1
All lyrics are written by Lou Reed; all music is composed by Lou Reed, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Brandenburg Gate" | 4:19 |
| 2. | "The View" | 5:17 |
| 3. | "Pumping Blood" | 7:24 |
| 4. | "Mistress Dread" | 6:51 |
| 5. | "Iced Honey" | 4:36 |
| 6. | "Cheat on Me" | 11:26 |
| Total length: | 39:50 | |
Disc 2
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Frustration" | 8:34 |
| 2. | "Little Dog" | 8:01 |
| 3. | "Dragon" | 11:08 |
| 4. | "Junior Dad" | 19:29 |
| Total length: | 47:12 | |
Personnel
- Band
- Lou Reed – guitar, continuum, lead vocals [15]
- James Hetfield – rhythm guitar, second vocals
- Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
- Robert Trujillo – bass
- Lars Ulrich – drums
- Additional Musicians
Sarth Calhoun - Electronics Jenny Scheinman - Violin, Viola & String Arrangements Megan Gould - Violin Ron Lawrence - Viola Marika Hughes - Cello Ulrich Maas - Cello on "Little Dog" and "Frustration" Rob Wasserman - Stand Up Electric Bass on "Junior Dad" Jessica Troy - Viola on "Junior Dad"
- Additional personnel
- Anton Corbijn – photographs for album packaging[8]
- Greg Fidelman – production, mixing and engineering[16]
- Metallica – production[16]
- Lou Reed – production[16]
- Hal Willner – production[16]
References
- ^ "Metallica and Lou Reed post clip of new single 'The View' online - audio". NME. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Metal Hammer Review (German)
- ^ a b c Kane, Tyler (August 19, 2011). "Lou Reed/Metallica Collaboration Gets a Release Date". Paste. Wolfgang's Vault. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Bojalad, Alec (June 16, 2011). "Metallica Records New Album with Lou Reed". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Sciarretto, Amy (February 15, 2011). "Metallica Working on a Project That Is 'Not 100 Percent a Metallica Record'". Noisecreep. AOL. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ NME Staff (August 30, 2011). "James Hetfield: 'Lou Reed asked us to stamp Metallica on Lulu'". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ Thiessen, Brock (August 19, 2011). "Metallica and Lou Reed Set Release Date for Collaborative Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ a b "Metallica's Collaboration With Lou Reed: More Details Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. August 21, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
- ^ a b Fricke, David (June 15, 2011). "Exclusive: Metallica and Lou Reed Join Forces on New Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ "Full Metallica-Lou Reed track hits net". NZ Herald. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
{{cite news}}: More than one of|work=and|newspaper=specified (help) - ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/the-view-20110928
- ^ http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/lou-reed-metallica-the-view-song-review-4-5-out-of-5-stars/9240803
- ^ http://www.loureedmetallica.com/lulu.php Tracklist
- ^ "Metallica And Lou Reed: Complete Lulu Track Listing Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. September 6, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
- ^ Fricke, David. "Fall Music Preview: The Season's Hottest Albums". Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Metallica's Collaboration With Lou Reed: More Details Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. August 29, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
