Metal Machine Music

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Metal Machine Music (subtitled *The Amine β Ring) is the fifth solo album by the American rock musician Lou Reed. It was released as a double album in July 1975 by RCA Records, but taken off the market three weeks later. A radical departure from the rest of his catalog, Metal Machine Music features no songs or recognizably structured compositions, eschewing melody and rhythm for layers of feedback and distortion at various speeds. A supposedly "quadraphonic" version of the album was said by Reed to be produced by playing two copies simultaneously on two different record players. While the album sold 100,000 copies on release, it quickly became the most returned album in RCA's history, leading them to pull the record from distribution. The album cost Reed his reputation in the music industry and was universally panned by critics. Simultaneously, it opened the door for some of his later, more experimental material, and is often considered a progenitor of modern noise and industrial music...

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