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Artist: New York DollsBrand: NEW YORK DOLLS
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Island / Mercury
Soundtracks:
- Personality Crisis
- Looking For A Kiss
- Vietnamese Baby
- Lonely Planet Boy
- Frankenstein (Orig.)
- Trash
- Bad Girl
- Subway Train
- Pills
- Private World
- Jet Boy
Music reviews of New York Dolls
Music Review: Good time rock'n'roll and boogie rock. 77.5/100
Rating: 4 Stars
This is a review of the regular cd, not the product description given here. New York Dolls is one of those bands I've heard OF here in Australia but never actually heard. You never hear them played on commercial FM radio over here. They do have some songs which might make good candidates for radio over here, I think, which I'll go into in a moment. Found the sound quality on the cd to be excellent. As for the music, I'd describe it as good time rock'n'roll, of the boisterous sort. Maybe you could describe the band as an alternative Sha Na Na too. They have some boogie rock songs on this cd and they have a punk guitar sound at times without the kind of rhythms you associate with that genre. There is a good booklet which comes with the cd and it has an amusing photo on the flipside...a couple of the band members look like they are smuggling guinea pigs in their trousers! Anyway, on first listen to this album, I was inclined to give it around 70+ out of 100, but on second listen I've bumped that up to 77 1/2 out of 100. Nowadays bands tend to pack the start of their cds with their best tracks. For me, on second listen, I started liking the songs on the B side more second time around. Actually, the last track of what was the vinyl release's A side, up to the second last song of the old B side impressed me more second time around. My thoughts on the songs:
The best tracks:
Private world - has a heavy bass intro; elements of the song are familiar to me (e.g. the rhythm), but I can't place them exactly...perhaps "Louie Louie" is an inspiration for this song. A catchy song, more so second time around; has hand clapping parts too. The guitar solo at the start and the end also seem familiar. Some of the guitar is of the heavy rock kind, at times. There is a funky piano bit in this song which just gets catchier on subsequent listens.
Frankenstein - at 6 minutes in length, this track sustains interest with its catchy groove. Although I'm not really familiar with The Cramps, perhaps you could liken this song to something by them, or perhaps The B-52s. Has screeching vocals but the vocal melody is catchy.
Next best track:
Trash - this song strikes me as a proto-Ramones song...it has the same kind of influences, but the bands produce something different even though they share a taste in certain kinds of music. Also, this song makes me think that The Strokes' great song "Last nite" may have been influenced by this track. Sound wise, it has a jive, jitterbug type vibe to it, and I like the backing vocals. In fact, the lead vocals are just as catchy as the backing vocals. The lead guitar is nice in this song, and a solo features. Bassy track too.
On second listen, songs I liked more:
Bad girl - a rock'n'roll track with a boogie rhythm to it. Has a catchy 1950s style vocal rhythm to it...think "Get a job" without that line from the song. The guitar sound is heavy, hard rock. Lead guitar parts too.
Subway train - a 1950s style ballad with a touch of Mick Jagger-ish vocals and a nod to The Doors' "L.A.woman". I like the part of this song which reminds me of "Last kiss", which I first heard, probably, in a Pearl Jam compilation where this cover song is included. A mid-tempo rock song with some grating guitar to boot. Bassy, with backing vocals at the end.
Not bad:
Pills - features the harmonica. Catchy vocals and the chorus is simple, but also catchy. Dual rhythm guitar and backing vocals. There is a good 1950s style lead guitar solo.
The rest:
Jet boy - has some heavy metal-ish guitar, hand claps and nice backing vocals, which is sometimes quite laddish in style.
Personality crisis - rock'n'roll song with some honky tonk piano. R'n'r style lead guitar solos and some screechy vocals at times too.
Looking for a kiss - boogie rock. Sometimes the rhythm guitar and drums remind me of T-Rex's classic song "Get it on". Song has drug references.
Vietnamese baby - boogie rock which is grating to a certain extent, but mildly so. Has a whiny lead guitar. The drums get an interesting swooshy effect at one point in the song...a studio created effect.
Lonely planet boy - pleasant, dual accoustic guitars, vaguely reminiscent of The Byrds (I think) and a certain Barry McGuire song. There is a nice bit in the song which is made by the saxophone, I think, or some such instrument. In a way this song is a bit like splicing The Velvet Underground with The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, in mild mode...i.e. the vocals are quite smooth here.
Recommendations:
AC/DC: Let there be rock. Perhaps the ultimate example of Australian pub rock. Like the New York Dolls, they do rock'n'roll and boogie rock.
Description of New York Dolls
Limited edition Japanese pressing has been remastered and comes packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Along with the Stooges, the New York Dolls were largely responsible for pioneering the sound and attitude of punk, and this, their self-titled debut, is one of the founding documents of post-'60s rock. Outrageous, shambolic, and bursting with energy, the Dolls borrowed from the amped-up, bluesy swagger of the Rolling Stones, the pop confections of Phil Spector, and the campy theatricality that would flower with the glam movement, yet brought it all together with a visceral impact that recalled the jolt of early rock & roll. Mercury. 2006.In 1972, when rock & roll was all but dead in Manhattan, five cross-dressing glam punks from the boroughs convened and began hammering out crude, sub-Chuck Berry rock for the downtown in-crowd. It took another year before a record company dared to sign them, thus foisting The New York Dolls on an essentially uninterested world. Taking their cue from the band's guitarist/Keefalike Johnny Thunders, hardcore Dolls fans pooh-poohed Todd Rundgren's production as wimpy: twenty-five years after its release, songs like "Personality Crisis" and "Looking for a Kiss" sound more trashily invigorating than ever. With the Rolling Stones finished as a vital force by '73, the doomed Dolls were there to step into the void. A classic. --Barney Hoskyns
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