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Free Music Review: A Musical Train Wreck
Hit: 5 Stars
Back in junior high and high school, Creem magazine was my bible and so it goes to follow, it was where I first heard about The New York Dolls. This album came out when I was in 9th grade and I dutifully rode my bike up to Dearborn Music (in my hometown of Dearborn, MI), plunked down $3.99, and innocently rode off, not knowing that what I would find within those grooves would send me on a life-long quest for some of the quirkiest, most obscure and outrageous vinyl I could get my hands on. Sometimes dismissed as the American Rolling Stones, with Johnny Thunders playing Keith to David Johansen's Mick, the Dolls sounded as if they had some sort of tenuous grasp of how to play their instruments, but it also seemed as if it could all fall apart at any moment. For me, however, therein lay the appeal. After hearing glorious assaults on the senses like "Personality Crisis," "Trash," and "Pills," people would just look at me and shake their heads in pity, but I could not have cared less. But, alas, the Dolls flame burned bright but short. Believe everything you've heard about this band. Important, essential, and highly recommended.Free Music Review: A classic slab of proto -punk, sludgy blues
Hit: 5 Stars
What can you say about the band every Brit- Punk and a few american bands used as the template for their sound. Glam, trashy and bluesy. The New York Dolls .(David Johansen,Johnny Thunders, Arthur Kane, Jerry Nolan and Syl Slyvian) were a more real American Rolling Stones unlike Aerosmith (who suck). Todd Rundgren's peerless production who bought out their strengths, as a band they couldn't play their instruments as well as the Stones But made up for it with passion, great lyrics and punk attitude from "Personality Cirsis" to "Frankenstein" These chuck berry/ classic stones three chord rock songs were back to basics rock-n- roll that would give rise to The Punk movement(great) and mid to the late 80's american hair metal wave. (very, very, bad ugh remember Posion? )But this album is more influential because it to me it is the first true punk album along with "Raw Power" released in 1973. Get this album and you will throw away your Stink -182, Good Harlot, and Wimp out Boy cds in the trash and find out what 5 guys in drag with three chords and a lot of attitude could do.Free Music Review: New York Dolls!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
The New York Dolls first disc is a classic. With a two guitar attack from Johnny Thunders and Sylvain Sylvain, the growling vocals of David Johansen, the bass work of Arthur Kane and the frenatic drumming of Jerry Nolan. Buddy Bowser provided saxophone and producer Todd Rundgren provided extra piano work. The songs are great as well Trash, Jet Boy. Vietnamese Baby and Pills to name a few.
Their loud guitar crunching sound was somewhat softened by Todd Rundgren's straight forward production.
Mercury Records took a chance on the Dolls. But they gave in after another album due to "poor record sales". More likely the band was on a road to self-destruction and they didn't want anything more to due with them. Forget all that. Just sit back and relax and listen to the music. Hey if there were no New York Dolls their would be no Kiss and definetly
no Aerosmith (they stole their look and music) and Slash would have to copy off someone else (check out Sylvain Sylvain's outfits from that era).
Highly recommended.
Free Music Review: the only review you need is this one
Hit: 5 Stars
Some of these reviews make me sick. "only buy this for historical value"..."if you like glam or punk buy this". Listen,do you like your rock raunchy or clean?--that's all you need to know.As for glam,someone who loves Bowie and T Rex wouldn't necessarily give this album more than one spin. Also, if the power pop side of "punk" is your thing-Jam,Clash(yes Clash--sorry there's not a lot of serious rockin' goin' on there)- this may seem unpolished and hard to swallow. However, if you are a fan of rock you can strut and dance to like the Stones' "brown sugar" , or "jumpin'jack flash"(and the nasty guitar runs and leads)you could dig this music a lot and find that it is the coolest thing you've come across in quite a while. Yes,it is similar to the Stooges(especially the ultra raunchiness of RAW POWER and the other recently released stuff from 1972),-but if you know that then chances are you know this and "understand" it. The problem is that some people don't know much about "music",they know what they like,but they don't know what it's about.Free Music Review: What? You don't already own this?
Hit: 5 Stars
Having just re-listened to this album a few days ago, the same recurring thought hit me every time the record ends: why can't they make 'em like this anymore?From beginning to end, this is uber-classic rock'n'roll at its finest, and what's still amazing is that over 30 years later, it's still as vital and fresh as ever.
From the gutter-punk raunch of "Trash", "Personality Crisis", and "Looking For A Kiss", the album subtle melds Chuck Berry to Iggy & The Stooges, but injects more than its fair share of original licks that have yet to be topped even to this very day. "Lonely Planet Boy" is the doo-wop classic that never was, and "Pills" sounds just as potent unplugged as it does here in this steamrolling version.
My personal favourite has to be "Subway Train", which crystalizes the ethos of the Dolls in under 4 1/2 minutes. The follow-up "Too Much Too Soon" is equally good, but less rife with classics. Get 'em both anyway.