METALLICA — Lulu (with Lou Reed) (review)

METALLICA — Lulu (with Lou Reed) album cover Album · 2011 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
progshine
People are funny, really funny. The ones called 'trolls' are all over the internet. You can't make anything different cause they'll complain, but if you release the same record every year... they'll complain as well.

I've been never a Metallica fan, always thought Load better than the Black Album, ...And Justice For All better than Master Of Puppets and despite the fact I don't like it, I do understand St. Anger. Never been a Lou Reed fan as well, just heard the 1972's Transformer and I don't like Velvet Underground, yeah, maybe I'm not the best one to listen Lulu, but, who cares?!?

What made me listen this record, that is still available for streaming (www.loureedmetallica.com/listen-to-lulu.php) was the fact that something different was being made on our tired musical world.

For me, the only thing that is really awfull in Lulu are the drums being beated by Lars, but, at this point, everybody is used already to his terrible drums.

Some of the songs here are quite too long and James definitely had to sing more cause he have a very good voice and Lou sounds too tired for me (maybe the years are being really heavy on him). Metallica at the end brought some very good riffs and great melodies, but, really, nothing really outstanding, fantastic or original.

The album as a whole, is very experimental, and if you open your head, and really stop to listen it, not just play it as a soundtrack while you 'troll' someone on Facebook or Twitter, it's possible to find a lot of good moments, even not being an album for all moments But of course, the silly Metallica fans that will eternally have 15 years old (even if they're 40) will not do that. They'll just say it's the wors thing ever. Maybe the Lou Reed fans get it.
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progshine wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Hum, so maybe I wasn't very clear on my point. But I'll not gonna change the review now :)

Well, I've been listening the album quite often and singalong with it, I think my 4 stars are quite right with my opinion. Which, by the way, rating things it's all about, taste and opinion :)
Vic wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I don't get the 4 stars based on that review. You basically said that the good thing is it is very experimental and has a lot of good moments. Otherwise, terrible drumming, tired vocals, good riffs and great melodies but nothing really outstanding.

You are like the anti-troll.

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