Poor Metal Machine Music. Lou Reed's 1975 valentine to noise continues to languish on worst-album-ever lists while his 1976 follow-up, Coney Island Baby, reaps all the accolades. And now, Coney Island Baby is due to receive the deluxe reissue treatment on August 15 courtesy of RCA/Legacy. The expanded album will contain new liner notes by Reed and six bonus tracks. According to Billboard.com, those extra cuts are "Nowhere at All", "Downtown Dirt", and "Leave Me Alone" (the latter two having only been previously available on a 1992 Reed box set), as well as never-before-released versions of "Crazy Feeling", "She's My Best Friend", and "Coney Island Baby" that were recorded with former Velvet Underground member Doug Yule during rehearsals in 1975.

As for Metal Machine Music, well, according to the new Coney Island Baby liner notes (via Billboard.com), "Metal Machine Music had an unusually high number of returns and was taken off the market in three weeks. I had no money and no guitars. The roadies had taken them when they hadn't been paid. I was in debt to everyone including the musicians union. RCA put me up in a hotel while the future fell, to be decided." Out of all that, Coney Island Baby was born.



http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/n...Reissued#37127

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Has anyone heard Metal Machine Music? I haven't, but I've always been curious to hear it, even though by all accounts it has been slammed critically and otherwise...

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well
from what ive heard, its not music. heh.

its like, 2 hours of guitar feedback, apparantly.

yet, when Sunn O)) does it, it's called art? yikes.

Lou is the man.

I was once seconds away from spending about 60 bucks (that I could not afford to spend) on the (rather pointlessly) fancied up version a few years ago, but then sense took control of me. I asked for a listen at the listening post, and it was just howling feeback, basicaly; as promised. Now that I have money to waste, I think I may buy a copy, just to say I own it. It could be a good album to turn up when the kids in class are not being on task. Might scare them back into line!

Sounds like it should be renamed: Lou Reed's Party Music to Clear the Room.

Nevertheless, I still love Lou.

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There is much to love. They need to make a dance mix of Metal Machine Music. Bet they could. Computers can do anything.

Sadly I bet some bad trance producer would totally do this. I can see it now: All Tomorrow's Dance Partiez: Lou Reed, Tha Remixez.

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Some spooky shit indeed.

Lmfao.

I probably wouldn't buy the reissue if I were sure I'd have access to the 6 extra tracks to listen to. But I probably wont, so I guess I'll be splurging once I accumulate some cash.

I actually liked Metal Machine Music for a spell. Wasted many a listening session trying to appreciate and see worth in what was essentially Lou being a total tit.

That's commitment! You are a brave person.