Metal Machine Music - Definition

Metal Machine Music
LP by Lou Reed
Released	1975
Recorded	?
Genre	Noise Rock
Length	64 min 11 s
Record label	Buddha
Producer	Lou Reed
Professional reviews
Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com)	Very Negative	link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/189177)
AMG (http://Allmusic.com)	1 star out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=SUB030412142050&sql=10:aekmikb6bb79~T1)
The Onion AV Club (http://www.theonionavclub.com)	Cautiously Positive	link (http://www.theonionavclub.com/review.php?review_id=3941)
Creem Magazine (http://www.creemmedia.com)	???	link (http://www.creemmedia.com/BeatGoesOn/LouReed/MetalMachineMusic.html)
Lou Reed Chronology
Sally Can't Dance (1974)	Metal Machine Music (1975)	Coney Island Baby (1976)

Metal Machine Music is a two-disc LP (now audio CD) by Lou Reed. It was released by R.C.A. Records in 1975. The album was re-released by BMG in 1998 and again by Buddha in 2000.

In its original form, the four tracks each lasted 16:01 minutes. The album consists primarily of guitar feedback. It is generally considered to be either a joke, a begrudging fulfillment of a contractual obligation, or an early example of experimental noise rock.

In an interview with rock journalist Lester Bangs, Reed claimed that he had intentionally placed sonic allusions to classical works like Beethoven's Eroica and Pastoral in the distortion. It is not clear whether he was being serious.

Track List

• 1. Metal Machine Music, Part 1 (16:10)
• 2. Metal Machine Music, Part 2 (15:53)
• 3. Metal Machine Music, Part 3 (16:13)
• 4. Metal Machine Music, Part 4 (15:55)

External links

• A humorous essay on the 25th anniversary of Metal Machine Music (http://www.dancingaboutarc.com/essays/e050101.html)
• Review at Gyrofrog (http://www.gyrofrog.com/mmm.html)