“Anyone that gets to side four is dumber than I am.”

— Lou Reed

Of his 'Metal Machine Music' double album, as quoted at BBC - collective - Lou Reed: RR Buyer's Guide http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A2580725 (and elsewhere; please put the original here if you know it.)

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