Metal Machine Music
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| Label (s) | RCA Records |
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4th |
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64:04 |
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Metal Machine Music is an experimental album by Lou Reed from 1975. It is subtitled The Amine β Ring . The album contains no rhythms , no melodies and no vocals - it is essentially made up of noise , distortion and feedback . Because of this cacophonic sound, which sometimes sounds like a tinnitus , Metal Machine Music met with little understanding from record companies, the press and the public. In the meantime, however, the album is considered to be a style-defining tool for the noise and industrial genres .
admission
Lou Reed recorded Metal Machine Music in what was then the New York City loft, mostly in the early hours of the morning and always alone. He mainly used guitars , effects devices and amplifiers . About his concept for the recordings , Reed said that he had generated feedback with several guitars, which then superimposed on each other, which in turn resulted in new sounds: “Just guitars, guitars, guitars. I tried to play the ultimate guitar solo. "
Pieces
Metal Machine Music contains four unnamed pieces:
- page 1
- 1. Metal Machine Music A-1 - 4:01 pm
- Page 2
- 2. Metal Machine Music A-2 - 4:01 pm
- Page 3
- 3. Metal Machine Music A-3 - 4:01 pm
- page 4
- 4. Metal Machine Music A-4 - 4:01 pm
During the first pressing, the last piece gets stuck in an endless groove .
Publications
Metal Machine Music was released in July 1975 by the RCA label as a double album on LP . In the following years it was re-released by several labels in different formats: 1991 by Great Expectations and 1992 by BMG on CD and LP. In 2000 it was re-released through the Sony subsidiary Buddha Records. In 2010 Lou Reed released a remaster of the stereophonic and quadrofonic mix on Blu-ray Disc and DVD .
live
In 2002 Ulrich Krieger transcribed Metal Machine Music for the Zeitkratzer ensemble . Lou Reed was so impressed by this project that he took part in a concert in Berlin. Later, Krieger and Reed formed the Metal Machine Trio, which played live improvised music in the style of Metal Machine Music .
reception
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The contemporary reactions to Metal Machine Music have been extremely negative. There are various urban legends in circulation that emphasize this rejection: for example, several record companies are said to have written “metal-machine-music clauses” in their contracts that forbade musicians to record such albums. In addition, Metal Machine Music is one of the most frequently exchanged albums in music history, as many buyers assumed that their record was defective because of the disturbing sounds. In addition, it has been claimed that listening to Metal Machine Music can lead to epileptic seizures .
The fact is that most music critics , the album when it first appeared panned . An exception was Lester Bangs , who wrote a hymn to metal machine music for the music magazine Creem in March 1976 under the title The Greatest Album Ever Made . However, the article also contains elements of the Gonzo : Bangs claims that he played the album Idi Amin , who then decided to make Metal Machine Music the national anthem of Uganda . But, according to Bangs, he talked him out of that. His review closes with the conclusion: “ Metal Machine Music is the greatest album in the history of the human eardrum . Number two: Kiss - Alive! "
In retrospect, the special qualities of Metal Machine Music were also recognized in more serious reviews and the album was certified to have a great influence on the development of various genres - including those of noise and industrial .
The avant-garde magazine The Wire took Metal Machine Music in the 100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One What Listening) on.
See also
Web links
- The Quietus: Metal Machine Music (History & Interview with Lou Reed)
- Rocknroll: Metal Machine Music (Lester Bangs review)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.allmusic.com: Metal Machine Music (review)
- ↑ www.thequietus.com: Metal Machine Music (history of impact & interview with Lou Reed)
- ↑ Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music (Liner Notes)
- ↑ a b www.thequietus.com: Metal Machine Music (review)
- ↑ a b www.bbc.co.uk: Metal Machine Music (review)
- ↑ Review by Mark Deming on AllMusic.com (accessed April 24, 2019)
- ^ David Marchese: Discography Lou Reed, in: Spin 11/2008, p. 67.
- ↑ Review by Mark Richardson on Pitchfork.com (accessed April 24, 2019)
- ↑ www.rocknroll.net: Metal Machine Music (review by Lester Bangs)