New York Dolls - New York Dolls (japanese remaster 2009)

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There are hints of girl group pop and more than a hint of the Rolling Stones, but The New York Dolls doesn't really sound like anything that came before it. It's hard rock with a self-conscious wit, a celebration of camp and kitsch that retains a menacing, malevolent edge. The New York Dolls play as if they can barely keep the music from falling apart and David Johansen sings and screams like a man possessed. The New York Dolls is a noisy, reckless album that rocks and rolls with a vengeance. The Dolls rework old Chuck Berry and Stones riffs, playing them with a sloppy, violent glee. "Personality Crisis", "Looking for a Kiss", and "Trash" strut with confidence, while "Vietnamese Baby" and "Frankenstein" sound otherworldly, working the same frightening drone over and over again. The New York Dolls is the definitive proto-punk album, even more than anything the Stooges released. It plunders history while celebrating it, creating a sleazy urban mythology along the way.

01. Personality Crisis
02. Looking For A Kiss
03. Vietnamese Baby
04. Lonely Planet Boy
05. Frankenstein (Orig.)
06. Trash
07. Bad Girl
08. Subway Train
09. Pills
10. Private World
11. Jet Boy

all arrangements by New York Dolls
Produced by Todd Rundgren
Engineered by Jack Douglas & Ed Sprigg
Recorded at Record Plant Studios, New York

additional musicians:
- Buddy Bowser - saxophone
- Todd Rundgren - piano, moog synthesizer

• David Johansen - vocals, harmonica
• Johnny Thunders - guitar, background vocals
• Sylvain Sylvain - guitar, piano, background vocals
• Arthur Harold Kane - bass instrument
• Jerry Nolan - drums

Original Release Date: 1973
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Universal Music Japan