Lou Reed and Metallica: Lulu – review

(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 impossible to over-emphasise just how gruelling the hour-and-a-half you spend in the company of Lou Reed and Metallica is. That's partly because the lyrics are harrowing, and furthermore sung from a female viewpoint: this means that, at one juncture, y...

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20:45 on October 27 2011

Lou Reed and Metallica: Lulu – review

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... more info

05:34 on October 28 2011

Album review: Lou Reed and Metallica, 'Lulu'

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

Lou Reed Lulu Metallica

23:05 on October 29 2011

Lou Reed & Metallica: Lulu – review

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 mi... more info

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