Lulu

Lulu is a collaborative studio album by the American rock singer-songwriter Lou Reed and the American thrash metal band Metallica, released on October 31, 2011, through Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Vertigo Records elsewhere. The album is the final full-length studio recording project that Reed was involved in before his death in October 2013. It was recorded in San Rafael, California, from April to June 2011. The lead single, titled "The View", was released on September 27, 2011. Lulu is a double album and a concept album based on the two "Lulu" plays by the German playwright Frank Wedekind. The music largely consists of spoken word poetry by Reed over music by Metallica, with occasional backing vocals by Metallica frontman James Hetfield. Upon its release, Lulu received polarized reviews, and an extremely negative response from many fans of both artists and several prominent critics. As of May 2025, Lulu has sold 280,000 copies worldwide. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulu_(L...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)