Lou Reed & Metallica - LULU

Tracklist:
Brandenburg Gate
The View
Pumping Blood
Mistress Dread
Iced Honey
Cheat On Me
Frustration
Little Dog
Cheat On Me
Junior Dad

Lulu was inspired by German writer Frank Wedekind’s plays “Earth Spirit” and “Pandora’s Box,” which tell a story of a young abused dancer’s life and relationships.

The plays, originally published in 1904 and set in Germany, Paris and London in the 1890s, whirl between the points of view of Lulu, an inverted-Eve-like cipher-mirror of desire and abuse, and the people who fall desperately in love with her. Lulu is the great femme fatale. She was conceived as immoral. Or amoral.

The LULU album was produced by Lou Reed, Metallica, Hal Wilner, & Greg Fidelman and mixed by Greg Fidelman. All songs composed by Lou Reed with significant arrangement contributions by Metallica

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Gorillaz Plastic Beach

(picture added 1/19/10)

I've been patiently waiting for the Gorillaz new album, Plastic Beach for a whiiiiiiiiiiiiile now. It is said to be the most pop-like album they've made, which makes me not too happy but features Lou Reed, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Barry Gibb, Mos Def, and The Horrors. It's really good to hear that Mos Def is in it...and hopefully De La Soul's joints will make it into the album, as well...