USA Today Music — Heavy metal legend Megadeth returns with its 13th studio album. Also: Lou Reed with Metallica, more. more info

Said the Gramophone — A Tribe Called Quest - "Can I Kick It". [buy] "But they can't do this," shrieked Lou Reed. "It's my song! They're just taking my song?" "Are they really, Lou?" said the Buddha. "Yes! Listen to it! It's 'Walk... more info

NME — Florence And The Machine, Metallica And Lou Reed and Beyonce have new stuff out more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Their take on a work by German playwright Frank Wedekind is getting as rough a critical reception as the original did a century ago. Yet it has its moments.Their take on a work by German playwright Frank Wedekind is getting as rough a critical recept... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Their take on a work by German playwright Frank Wedekind is getting as rough a critical reception as the original did a century ago. Yet it has its moments. The German playwright Frank Wedekind had a theory about the connection... more info

Guardian Music — (Vertigo)Based on the work of early 20th-century expressionist playwright Frank Wedekind, Lulu features some of Lou Reed's more "challenging" lyrics set to Metallica's misfiring metal. It's not a successful union: the songs are too close to aimless, ... more info

ContactMusic — Metallica have combined forces with American rockstar Lou Reed for a new album titled Lulu Both Metallica and Lou Reed have produced this collaborative effort set for release this Halloween 31st Oct 2011 However it is not the first time that the... more info

Chicago Tribune — 1 star (out of 4) more info

Popdose — Want two tastes that don't go together at all? Here's "Lulu." more info

Guardian Music — (Vertigo)An album of songs based on the taboo-busting fin-de-siecle plays of Frank Wedekind that opens with a lyric in which the female protagonist offers to "cut my legs and tits off" clearly isn't intended to be a barrel of laughs. Even so, it's im... more info