I remember ordering Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music from the Columbia record club many moons ago, excitedly opening the package when it arrived, popping it into the old tape deck, and being stunned to find that it was, well, just noise. Lots of noise. And it was the same when I played a minute of it next day. And a year later. Wikipedia says the 'album' was considered a joke when it appeared, 'a grudging fulfillment of a contractual obligation', or a forerunner of 'noise rock'. Apparently, Lou later claimed to have intentionally incorporated references to Beethoven. Ha!
That man missed his calling. Should have gone into politics.