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Zeitkratzer and Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music
by John Eyles
Zeitkratzer and Lou Reed Metal Machine Music Asphodel 2007
The original Metal Machine Music (RCA, 1975) may be the most notorious and controversial album ever released by a major rock star. Possible competitors? Two Virgins (Apple, 1968)? Self Portrait (CBS, 1970)? Not even close. When first released, MMM was almost universally panned, returned by record numbers of purchasers and soon withdrawn from sale.
In contrast to preceding Lou Reed albums such as ...
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