Lou Reed + Metallica's collaborative Lulu album has a 39 on metacritic.

After listening to some of the songs, I am not surprised. Are you surprised?

Listen to a song of this album,.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LWtb621DRg

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I listened to it and I think most of it is listenable. His voice and his "singing style" does not mix well at all with Metallica.

I hope Metallica are gonna be in the studio soon working on their own album.

Its horrible. Avant-garde junk. Just write good songs damn it.

I found it quite good myself. [spoiler] jk lol [/spoiler]

Awful just awful. I don't consider it Metallica. It makes St. Anger look good and thats saying ALOT! Metallica should've made an album like their last one, Death Magnetic. I liked Death Magnetic it was like Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightnting, and Their 5th album. C'mon Metallica get it right! ;o

I heard some of songs and it was trully awful.

It's absolute s*** and I expected it to be such. Lou Reed's never been good (the acclaim this man gets is seriously beyond me), and Metallica are more than a decade past their expiration date.

It's absolute s*** and I expected it to be such. Lou Reed's never been good (the acclaim this man gets is seriously beyond me), and Metallica are more than a decade past their expiration date.

worlock77

Agreed. I respect bands that stay with the style that created them, not change to adapt to a new culture just to prolong their existance. Doing that is a great big middle finger to your original fans.

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It's absolute s*** and I expected it to be such. Lou Reed's never been good (the acclaim this man gets is seriously beyond me), and Metallica are more than a decade past their expiration date.

sailor232

Agreed. I respect bands that stay with the style that created them, not change to adapt to a new culture just to prolong their existance. Doing that is a great big middle finger to your original fans.

Eh, the way I see it a band or artist should not adapt new styles just to adapt new styles, but neither should they stick to the same formular just for the sake of it. They should do whatever it is they're moved to do. If a band like Iron Maiden sticks to the same tried-and-true formula because that's honestly what they want to play then more power to them. By the same token if a band gets tired of doing the same thing and honestly wants to branch out then they should do so. Metallica seem to veer wildly all over the place for the sake of seeming "experiemental" (all while keeping things in a safe, easy-to-digest verse-chorus-verse format), and we've probably been cheated of at least a few good, consistent metal albums because of it. On the other hand if Ulver had stuck to the black metal they did early in their career we would have been robbed of some truely incredible music from those guys over the years.

It is laughably bad. At one point, James Hetfield calls himself a table and repeatedly insists on that fact. Lou Reed, I love you, but try to stay away from awful metal bands next time ok?majoras_wrath

Actually I'm quite sure you can blame all of those terrible lyrics on Lou Reed. Anyway I wasn't expecting anything at all so no surprises here, Lou Reed doesn't suit Metallica and vice versa so I'll just wait for their own material to be released. I will say though Jaymz's voice is sounding the better than it has for a while now.

[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"]It is laughably bad. At one point, James Hetfield calls himself a table and repeatedly insists on that fact. Lou Reed, I love you, but try to stay away from awful metal bands next time ok?Iceozo

Actually I'm quite sure you can blame all of those terrible lyrics on Lou Reed. Anyway I wasn't expecting anything at all so no surprises here, Lou Reed doesn't suit Metallica and vice versa so I'll just wait for their own material to be released. I will say though Jaymz's voice is sounding the better than it has for a while now.

I'm tempted to listen to this now actually...doubt it's on Spotify though (Metallica....)Ravensmash

its not even worth your time.

I streamed a couple of songs and couldnt believe they managed to top St Anger.

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[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"]It is laughably bad. At one point, James Hetfield calls himself a table and repeatedly insists on that fact. Lou Reed, I love you, but try to stay away from awful metal bands next time ok?majoras_wrath

Actually I'm quite sure you can blame all of those terrible lyrics on Lou Reed. Anyway I wasn't expecting anything at all so no surprises here, Lou Reed doesn't suit Metallica and vice versa so I'll just wait for their own material to be released. I will say though Jaymz's voice is sounding the better than it has for a while now.

Aaaaand what about Lou Reed's drunken rambling?

That's a pretty low blow...

Ehh from just that one song I cannot make a judgement call I love metallica but it seems that one shouldn't look at it as metallica metallica but something they wanted to experiment with.

It's a Lou Reed album, therefor it sucks. Sucks bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVNGY1pInfI&ob=av3e

Lou Reed was great on that The Killers song.

lou reed's creepyness + metallica's overratedness(in general) puts up into one bad album.

Awful just awful. I don't consider it Metallica. It makes St. Anger look good and thats saying ALOT! Metallica should've made an album like their last one, Death Magnetic. I liked Death Magnetic it was like Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightnting, and Their 5th album. C'mon Metallica get it right! ;o

ToastRider11

I don't like it personally but I prefer to keep it to myself, unlike all of the other Metallica fans who make us all look bad.

Good...Lord, that was horrific. Shouldn't be surprised though. Metallica just continues to embarrass themselves. I wonder if they know they suck by now. They need to put out one more magical album that's actually thrash metal like the first four, blow everyone's mind, then ride off into the sunset.

None of you are artistic enough to get the song. "I am the table" That lyric is sooo deep. It is a genius lyric that only genius minds will understand. What he is saying in the line is that he is static. Tables are static. He has a static personality and doesn't change which is why the song has a dark tone. People like to use him like people use tables. We don't realize how much we need tables in our life until we are without them. This is how the character of the song feels. He feels like a table.

None of you are artistic enough to get the song. "I am the table" That lyric is sooo deep. It is a genius lyric that only genius minds will understand. What he is saying in the line is that he is static. Tables are static. He has a static personality and doesn't change which is why the song has a dark tone. People like to use him like people use tables. We don't realize how much we need tables in our life until we are without them. This is how the character of the song feels. He feels like a table.

MacBoomStick

Metallica last great album came out in 1988 (And Justice for All. The Black Album was goodish, but everything since then has been garbage), and Lou Reed is welll....Lou Reed. This should surprise no one.

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None of you are artistic enough to get the song. "I am the table" That lyric is sooo deep. It is a genius lyric that only genius minds will understand. What he is saying in the line is that he is static. Tables are static. He has a static personality and doesn't change which is why the song has a dark tone. People like to use him like people use tables. We don't realize how much we need tables in our life until we are without them. This is how the character of the song feels. He feels like a table.

Pirate700

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None of you are artistic enough to get the song. "I am the table" That lyric is sooo deep. It is a genius lyric that only genius minds will understand. What he is saying in the line is that he is static. Tables are static. He has a static personality and doesn't change which is why the song has a dark tone. People like to use him like people use tables. We don't realize how much we need tables in our life until we are without them. This is how the character of the song feels. He feels like a table.

MacBoomStick

Well when you combine Lou Reed and Metallica, what do you expect?

Good...Lord, that was horrific. Shouldn't be surprised though. Metallica just continues to embarrass themselves. I wonder if they know they suck by now. They need to put out one more magical album that's actually thrash metal like the first four, blow everyone's mind, then ride off into the sunset.

Pirate700

The Velvet Underground are one of my favorite groups ever and I love Lou Reed..

But this sucks

None of you are artistic enough to get the song. "I am the table" That lyric is sooo deep. It is a genius lyric that only genius minds will understand. What he is saying in the line is that he is static. Tables are static. He has a static personality and doesn't change which is why the song has a dark tone. People like to use him like people use tables. We don't realize how much we need tables in our life until we are without them. This is how the character of the song feels. He feels like a table.

MacBoomStick

Oh James... :D

On the Metal Archives, 3 reviews=10% average. :lol:rockguy92

I went into that optimistic but man that has to be one of the worst things I've ever heard. I have no clue what they were thinking. Were they even trying to do quality music. dkdk999

I agree with top YouTube comment, it's like mixing milk and orange juice.

[QUOTE="dkdk999"]I went into that optimistic but man that has to be one of the worst things I've ever heard. I have no clue what they were thinking. Were they even trying to do quality music. Pirate700

ugh metacritic rates albums too ? I hate all this rating nonsense. dkdk999