LOU REED & METALLICA - First Week International Chart Entries For Lulu Album Available
November 6, 2011, 13 years ago
First-week chart international positions for the controversial LOU REED & METALLICA collaboration, Lulu, have been revealed. They are as follows:
Australia: #33
Belgium: #30
Finland: #20
Netherlands: #17
Norway: #11
Sweden: #9
UK: #36
Lulu was projected to sell between 12,000 and 15,000 copies in the US in it's first week of release, according to industry website Hits Daily Double. Watch for exact figures to be revealed later this week.
On Friday evening, November 11th, Lou Reed and Metallica will be performing live for a special radio broadcast in Germany on 1LIVE, that will also be webcast on Einslive.de and Metallica.de.
Four hundred lucky fans will be in the audience, some even getting a chance to ask the guys about Lulu! The broadcast will also air on a number of Germany’s public broadcast network stations either live or at a later point, and all participating stations will also host the live stream on their websites.
For more info on the 1LIVE radio live broadcast/online-webcast, or to enter to win tickets to the event held in Cologne, please visit Einslive.de and Metallica.de. Met Club members should log in to Metallica.com for a chance to win tickets through the Club.
This event will only be webcast in Germany, however within hours of completion, it will be on LouReedAndMetallica.com for you in its entirety.
Lou Reed & Metallica's Lulu album is out now disturbing fans worldwide! LouReedMetallicaTV have posted highlights from the Lulu Listening Party that took place on October 24th in New York City.
The complete Lulu tracklisting is as follows:
'Brandenburg Gate' (4:19)
'The View' (5:17)
'Pumping Blood' (7:24)
'Mistress Dread' (6:52)
'Iced Honey' (4:36)
'Cheat On Me' (11:26)
'Frustration' (8:33)
'Little Dog' (8:01)
'Dragon' (11:08)
'Junior Dad' (19:28)
The entire album is streaming online here.
Lulu was co-produced by Reed, Metallica, Hal Willner who has produced albums for Reed, MARIANNE FAITHFUL, and LAURIE ANDERSON, among others and Greg Fidelman. Fidelman also mixed the record. A full EPK for Lulu can now be seen below: