The Most Underrated Metallica Song On Every Album

Lulu, the 2011 album Metallica recorded with Lou Reed, is ... weird. The final studio recording by the legendary Reed, the album is based on two plays by playwright Frank Wedekind. Reed wrote the lyrics and sang, while Metallica largely wrote and arranged the music. It's a fascinating collaboration and totally unlike anything Metallica had ever done before.

While most of the album is a bit too experimental for most Metallica fans, the closing track, "Junior Dad," is, simply put, a beautiful song. Pivoting off a gently catchy guitar riff, it builds to what Metal Injection calls "symphonic grandeur," with Reed's moody, tragic vocals the perfect match to the elegiac tone of the music.

As Blabbermouth reports, guitarist Kirk Hammett isn't shy about giving this song the credit it's due. He singled out the song, saying that it was "one of the best things we've ever been associated with, in terms of real art and literature and music coming together. That, to me, is a real accomplishment, just as much as 'Ride The Lightning' is." This song might not be every Metallica fan's cup of tea, but you owe it to yourself to give it a listen, if only to know what the band is capable of.

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