LOU REED & METALLICA's Lulu album will be released by Warner Bros. Records on November 1st in North America (October 31st elsewhere).

In the video footage below from the Associated Press, Metallica's James Hetfield and Lou Reed explain their confusing-to-many collaboration with Reed:

A full EPK for Lulu can now be seen below:

The entire album is streaming online here.

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)

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.

The idea for these two giants of modern music to work together was born after the 25th anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame concerts in New York City in October 2009. Metallica -singer/guitarist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Rob Trujillo - played with Reed on VELVET UNDERGROUND classics, 'Sweet Jane' and 'White Light/White Heat'.

"We knew from then that we were made for each other," Reed says.

After that triumphant performance, Reed suggested they all make a record together. At first they planned to record an album of Reed's older material, what Ulrich describes as "some of Lou's lost jewels - songs that he felt he'd like to give a second spin, and we could do whatever it is we do to some of those songs." That idea "hung in the air for a couple of months." Then, a week or two before that session was to begin, "Lou called up and said, 'Listen, I have this other idea.'"

That idea was to record a series of songs Reed had written for American avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson and German theater group the Berliner Ensemble's production of the Lulu Plays, which premiered in Aprilat theTheatre am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, founded by Bertolt Brecht. The songs are inspired by German expressionist Frank Wedekind's early 20th century plays Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box, and were a rewrite of Edgar Allan Poe's, The Raven, which emerged as a graphic novel on Fantagraphics Press.

Lou Reed & Metallica have issued the following update:

"We already told you that Lou and Metallica will be appearing on the Jools Holland Show in the UK on November 8th and 11th. The guys couldn't make just one stop while we are visiting this part of the world, so television shows in Paris, France and Milan, Italy are now on the schedule for November 9th and 13th respectively. Met Club members will have chances to win tickets to both tapings and be part of the studio audience.

On November 9th, Lou and Metallica will be taping the Taratata show in Paris, performing two songs live that will air later in the month. For more info, please visit MyTaratata.com. Met Club members who would like to attend the evening taping should log into Metallica.com for details on how to win tickets.

November 13th, Lou and the band will be traveling to Milan for Che Tempo Che Fa, performing one song airing that evening. Check out CheTempoCheFa.rai.it for more details about the show. Again, Met Club members who would like to attend for the afternoon taping should log into Metallica.com for details on how to win tickets."