New York Dolls

Really good

Cracking album. Changed the way people looked and music and helped spawn a whole genre.

Such fun

3 stars

If this is “Your favorite band’s favorite band’s favorite band”, then can it really be considered one of the greatest ever? Like how doctors have learned to not bleed people to get the sickness out, hair metal has evolved.

C- Personality Crisis - 2. Looking For a Kiss - 2. Vietnamese Baby - 3. Lonely Planet Boy - 2. Frankenstein - 3. Trash - 3. Bad Girl - 1. Subway Train - 3 Pills - 1 Private World - 2 Jet Boy - 2

hm

Glam gets gritty. Great protopunk.

I never really got into the New York Dolls, they weren't really my thing. They're not very good, are they? Shite. 1 / 5 stars.

Actively disliked this one

I know nothing about the New York Dolls but I really like this album. I think if this album was to release now it'd be more accepted but I understand how it contributed to a lot in the 70s.

Popone una estetica curiosa, tiene un sonido interesante. Hay una cantidad inmesa de energia e ideas buenas que invaden al disco de carisma 6/10.

Idk how to explain this but I kept thinking they're using song templates or something. One song just like the other

pussy repellant music

Achava que já conhecia alguma coisa da banda. Certamente não é nada deste disco. Que tem a sua importância na formação do punk, segundo a wiki. Não me empolgou, som no máximo divertido.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah, was decent as an introduction to them Favourite song: Track 6 - Trash

Good punk with a good progressive message. It leans a bit too heavy towards the glam side for my taste in punk, but I like it.

Sound quality overall bad on Spotify, didnt really want to listen to most of the album. Album sounds like a really bad version of 70s summer feel good music.

4/5, good album and love the vibe

One of the main influences in early punk bands and hair metal bands, this album ran so others like "Nevermind the Bollocks" by Sex Pistols and "Appetite for Destruction" by Guns n Roses could takeover their scene. Some great riffs on the album and you can see where other bands have taken influence from them. There's a couple of songs that don't make as much of a mark as others but my only complaint is that they were apparently a massive influence on Morrissey, and I fucking hate Morrissey 😅

3.5

Let's be honest - that was one of the worst albums on this list so far, and I'm pretty sure this is not just my opinion. After doing some research, New York Dolls seem to be the best when performing live on stage. And hopefully that's true, because the quality of recording and total lack of energy or any special features is astounding. If someone will feel an urge to torture me in the future, just tie me to a chair, put this album on, and maybe for further punishment put it at 0.75x.

This album is an incredibly influential one. The aggression and energy in most of the songs would influence punk in the next few years. The bands look would be a major influence on hair bands. Every song is great and still hold up. The album is very striking it really gets your attention. It makes you think what the band will sound like. I’m sure people then were surprised looking at guys who dressed that way, then listened to the album and heard the deep voice of David Johanssen.

Filled with personality and that great early chugging of NYC Hard Rock, this is a stand out for sure. Nothing crazy or overcomplicated, the dolls delivered a fun album while telling Homophobia to fuck off.

Excellent. Though don’t know if id play again intentionall.

Good Rock

Nice

Some bops on here for sure

pretty decent album. nice punk feel to it

Good punk rock, in the style of the Ramones. But i think this band was first and probably an example for the Ramones. Good melodies, nice sing along songs. I already knew and like the opening song, the other songs are new discoveries.

Awesome! Punchy drums, fun lyrics. Great listen!

Raw, raucous and energetic. You can hear how many other sounds were influenced by these guys.

It's a lot more interesting to me hearing the source of inspiration for so many other artists than it is as a music album. I'm sure they put on a great show

top notch down and dirty rock and roll with a punk twist and a glam aesthetic with the raw and gritty vocals of david johansen (a.k.a. buster poindexter) at the forefront of this aural assault. good times… highlights: “frankenstein” “bad girl” “pills”

I am so underwhelmed by this album, but I can only recall how I felt about other albums which redefined music during that era, such as the Stooges or Velvet Underground. Today, this is a 2. After a couple more listens, I could see that improving.

The influential album that influenced the influencers. Raw, gritty and similar to what Iggy & The Stooges were putting out at the same time. 4/5.

Early American punk sounds. Very much in the same vein as iggy pop. Decent sounds, but very much an influential band. Not high on my list to listen again

Highlights: "Personality Crisis," "Vietnamese Baby," "Jet Boy" The vocal delivery sells this. It trails Bowie and The Stooges by a hair in the early punk scene, but when you hear about how hard and gnarly The Stooges are, *these* are the vocals you expect. I also dig the way its campiness manifests as mimetic gags musically, the panning flanger machine gun on "Vietnamese Baby" and the train whistle double stop bends on "Subway Train". The guitar's indulgence of noise over note values builds to chaotic finales that are ahead of their time. Sometimes it's just too long in getting there. You could fault it for having incoherent lyricism, sometimes seeming cryptic and other times seeming like the singer can't remember the lines. Not exactly progressive so much as transgressive, or just confusing. You could say this set a new standard if only because it brings the intensity and the performance you expect of this genre. I would prefer this lesser-known act over several contemporaries.

Yeah I guess it does sound like a shitty punk version of the Rolling Stones

Man, I’ve really liked what I’ve heard of with the New York Dolls. Great 70’s punk rock that helped lead to the Ramones/The Clash/Pistols, etc….. Whole album is pretty darn good but I’ve always been partial to the song Trash. Something about the changes in it. And you can tell Johnny Thunders had the blue print for You can’t wrap your arms around a memory with Lonely Boy Planet. Great record and I’m glad I finally listened to it all.

Proof that punk and drag are not new

10/10 heard this for the first time today, but I really think this is one of the best punk albums I’ve ever heard perfect from beginning to end

It's fine. Not really into early punk.

Too rowdy for me

Finally heard were Vietnamese Baby came from xD Kidding aside, I see the appeal even as someone who doesn't listen to Rock often. The topics of lust and addiction are dealt with very well and with some remarkable guitar riffs I need to look into.

I liked the sounds on this one. The heavy guitar was great. The problem is that it’s too repetitive, no melodies here are that great or memorable. Don’t think i’ll be revisiting soon.

This was just okay. I love how upbeat it was and it had a '50s rockabilly sound to it. The vocalist is very good, with intense vocals. However, I didn't really care much for any of the songs. Nothing was bad but nothing seemed that great to me either. I really liked "Bad Girl" in particular, though.

Meh.

Pretty solid. It's nothing special in my opinion, but I can definitely see it as an important "transition piece" between the late-60's punk scene and the late 70's metal scene. Worth a listen.

This was a lot of fun to listen to. If I'm honest, this isn't the sort of rock music that I normally enjoy, but I think I was in just the right mood for something like this. I don't know much about the New York Dolls, but given the year this album was released, and the way it sounds, I have to guess that they must have been extremely influential. Standout tracks: "Trash," "Lonely Planet Boy," "Subway Train"

Solid album to start off with. Liked the overall sound, vocals and lyrics were solid. Only negative was the weird kissing noises at the end of one of the songs. Not my usual style but did enjoy it fair play

Not enougth oi, too tame

Lame plastic punk, no sense of righteous anger

Jolly good, but I wasn't angry enough to appreciate it.

While I can see their influences and who they influenced, there's probably a reason I hadn't listened to New York Dolls before. It's fine, feels very much if it's time.

Terrible

Not a fan :-(

Its a cool proto punk album, though its a little clunky and sludgy for me.

Trash is my favorite or PrivateWorld. I like how they lean in to the old school rock n roll thing. I don’t like his vocals. Some cool stuff at the end of Jet boys. Most of this album didn’t really do any thing for me.

Love the sleazy trashy vibe. According to the band, this record did a good job of capturing their live sound, but I kind of feel like it doesn’t translate super well. This is a band you have to see in a basement venue where the floor smells like beer

What a cool album cover. I feel like this would have been so cool to see live and it doesn’t translate super well to recordings.

Pas tant mon genre, mais faut reconnaitre à quel point ils étaient en avance sur leur temps côté style. Clairement le premier album hair/glam.

first song is basically just wailing, the instrumentals aren't bad though. Lookin for a kiss is essentially the same as personality crisis. Couldn't really tell you what vietnamese baby was like. Lonely Planet Boy is actually pretty decent. Frankenstein had some refreshing punk vibes. Bad girl gives me some AC/DC vibes and I dig it. Subway train is actually a well put together song that you can just cruise around town with.

Whack as fuck lmfao

I didn't listen to this album super closely, but I am familiar with the song "Looking for a Kiss". It's well produced and poppy and was an enjoyable listen.

Rokkaa niin pirusti ja meno vitun punk! 5/5

Hmh cool ja silleen, mut en kyllä musapuolesta erityisemmin välittänyt.

Hauskaa rämistelyä, mutta en ihan päässyt vielä kiinni. 3/5

Glam-punk-rock. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

Eentje voor de stapel van platen waarvan ik het te veel moeite vind om er een mening over te vormen.

Ik doe echt mijn best, maar het kwartje balt gewoon niet.

Over het algemeen heb ik niet veel met ouwe punk-rock, maar New York Dolls kan ik best hebben.

Hier zit toch niemand echt op te wachten?

I get how this would be revolutionary but fuck early american punk kinda sucks. annoying but I respect their vibe. best tracks: personality crisis, trash

qsy 6/10

Generic punk. All sounds the same. Fine but forgettable

Perfect loose RnR!

Listened Before? N So much influence here. These guys are listed under influences for SO many bands (especially punk) and I've never listened to them before. It was good. Raw, loud, unapologetic... I really like it. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Personality Crisis

Fun glam rock

While I enjoyed a song or two, the whole album felt waaay toooo loooonngggg

hoe matig is dit?

Ihan menevää varhaista 70-luvun punkkia.

Protopunk that plays more like the Stones through a glam filter.

Can't speak a lot to the impact of this record because I'm pretty in the dark, but I enjoyed it! Maybe it started to sound a little bland halfway through, but I guess that's because people have copied what these guys were doing. So props to them for doing it first, I guess! Also, they rock that cover!

Not really a fan of Glam punk

Good, but not great; a clear influence on the punk movement that followed, especially The Clash.

Best: Jet Boy Worst: Bad Girl

Kinda cool. Old British rock band

More generic punk. Just kind of boring. I get it's super influential and my favorite bands probably wouldn't exist without it, but I MAKE THE RULES HERE. Two outta fiiive

Ok, gibt aber bessere Proto-Punk Bands (Stooges etwa.)

Love this album. Proto punk at its best. 4/5

Some of the loudest, nastiest, sleaziest proto-punk you’ll ever hear, and that’s just how it should be. The New York Dolls laid the groundwork for so many bands they followed, yet they remain underappreciated.

This was a treat, had more depth to it than I had anticipated. Lead singer David Johansen sounds like a punk brand of Mick Jagger and it’s fantastic. The band mostly keeps a frantic pace going throughout with swirling guitars, fast drums and a true New York grimy sound. I found it interesting that Todd Rundgren produced this one, there’s definitely pop punk aspects on this, he clearly did an excellent job. There aren’t any songs that missed the mark for me, favourites were Vietnamese Baby and Trash. 4 stars

The Dolls were punk before there was punk. The album, without the visual effect of their glam style, sounds like the same formula duplicated on each song. Even with Todd Rundgren producing he couldn’t save this. I’ll take early Stooges over this any day

Excellent

This album is a lot of fun. Raucous, trashy proto-punk that never gets old. The music is rough edged and fall-down-the-stairs messy, but served up with humor and sass. The Dolls were destined not to last very long, but wow, what an impression they made. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Trash, Jet Boy, Subway Train, Private World, Vietnamese Baby, Looking for a Kiss, Personality Crisis, Pills, Bad Girl, Lonely Planet Boy, Frankenstein

Obvious influence on punk. Sounds like punks emulating Rolling Stones with added aggression and poor vocals. Not awful, but not my taste.

Sommige nummers leuk, maar sommige erg zeikerig 1.5

Hard rock.

Nee man

Voor het weekend geluisterd dus heb niet meer echt goed in mijn hoofd hoe het was, maar heb ook geen zin om het een tweede keer te luisteren dus dat zegt genoeg. btw Nien ik heb nog wel wat losse flarden van bourbon street!

Heb niks met glamrock, al klonk dit op momenten prima

Whether or not this is ground zero for punk rock is largely irrelevant. What the Dolls accomplish on this record is a youthful exuberance which threatened to change pop music in a very dangerous way. As a diehard (yet reluctant) Morrissey fan, my exposure to the band came largely as a result of the latter's passion for their music. In the mind of one of pop music's most literate voices, this is the pinnacle. The songs are rammed with memorable hooks thanks to Johnny Thunders' ear for a melody, and David Johansen's flamboyant snarl obliterated the boundaries of 'taste' for the next several decades. They were a band ultimately blighted by misfortune, and Todd Rundgren's less than flattering production slightly dulls some of the energy of certain tracks. But this is a bonafide classic - from 'Trash' to 'Subway Train', this is all killer no filler. Enough with the banalities already, it's a five star masterpiece.

Had this straight after Magazine, and they seem to be the same band, separated by an Ocean. Decent pre-punk

I understand that this is a foundational album but I found it hard to listen to. It makes me wonder how much of their contribution came from their image/what they projected into the world vs. the actual music.

4.1 - Proto-punk that surpasses almost all other acts that would follow. Equal parts glam and grime set against an NYC background that shines with dirtbag immediacy. In my opinion, this record makes the Sex Pistols and Ramones feel wan and derivative by comparison (why even bother?).

The New York Dolls appeared alongside The Stooges and Velvet Underground with a proto-punk sound - there are some good tracks in there.

Just okay. Not a huge glam rock fan, the whole album sounded like one long continuous song on a loop

Ooof

Punk stuff

J'aime le glam rock, j'aime leur attitude, j'aime leur univers et comment ils essaient de bousculer les codes.

C'est le genre de punk rock que j'aime beaucoup, ca s'écoute super bien et je n'ai pas eu envie de skip aucune chanson. 3.5

um...

4.0

1.5

I liked this-- I think it sounds really ahead of its time!

The root of my beloved late 90s early 00s Detroit rock and roll and part of the tapestry of punk so big ups to the NY Dolls

NYD are like the granddaddies of everything I like in music, and are badass in their own right. I’ll take all of it you got.

🥵

Rock clásico con un puñado de buenas canciones. Grupo sin estridencias, pero bien conjuntados

A big old glam rock stomper - Think you need to be in the right mood for it, I can see why it's good but I shouldn't have put it on for a Monday morning listen!

Apparently if punk gets proto enough I end up really liking it because this was super fun hard rock. Personality crisis and the song about falling in love with the nurse treating your overdose were standouts but the whole album was rocking. This is one of those albums where I want a documentary about it because I feel like being a queer/androgynous hard rock band in 70s New York would be wild in addition to pioneering punk and glam rock

Fun glam rock.

Hell yeah. Glam rock me.

New York Dolls are without a doubt a legendary band, although it's kind of hard to shake the feeling that they were really just a Velvet Underground inspired band sprinkled with some proto-punk on top. But it simply works. A plethora of bands followed in the slipstream of New York Dolls with Ramones being the most obvious example. But this debut is so much better than anything Ramones put out. Here you actually have plenty of variety while still maintaining a whirlwind of raw energy - exemplified by the frantic panning of the guitar solo on 'Vietnamese Baby'.

Legendary debut by notorious New York proto-punkers. Tightly packed with interesting takes on the quickly evolving punk scene with “Personality Crisis” being the perfect opener for what’s to come. Other highlights include the insane “Vietnamese Baby” with its heavy use of panning and “Frankenstein” being almost an epic. The synergy between Sylvain Sylvain and Johnny Thunders is as if made to be and David Johansen delivers one powerful performance after another. This might not be perfect. And there might be better musicians to be found in New York. But this? This is just damn effective.

Serious Rolling Stones vibes. Good stuff.

I think I've had a similar reaction as with Motorhead. Lots of sound and fury but doesn't go anywhere or mean anything to me. Good to listen to as a "history lesson," but nothing much to return to.

Very good, surprisingly cheeky for being smiths inspo

Trash felt more modern than it was. Tony Hawk music. 4 stars.

Don't really like punk but I respect it.

The archaeopteryx of rock. Like how the paradigm-smashing fossil established the evolutionary connection between the dinosaurs and the birds, the New York Dolls are the missing link between so much of 70s rock. Along with the hard rock instrumentation, the most obvious strand to their DNA is glam: just look at the cover. But this is not the elegant, new aristocracy glam of Bowie and Roxy Music, but a base, trashy glam of crassness, crapulence and good bad taste. This trash glam had its cohorts in Jayne County and its progeny in the Cramps and, later, hair metal (Guns N Roses covered the Dolls' Human Being on "The Spaghetti Incident?"?. But combine that trash glam with short, fast, raucous and devilish music, and the resultant mutation is late 70s punk rock (Malcolm McLaren managed the New York Dolls for a short while, ludicrously trying to give the Dolls a communist image). This punk link has led many acts, particularly British ones, to cite the Dolls on the educational section of their CVs. Indeed, the New York Dolls are Morrissey's favourite band, and he once wrote a fan history of the group and got the surviving members to reunite at a festival he was curating. Yet the New York Dolls' bluesiness shows that the main forefathers of the Dolls were the Rolling Stones, and David Johansen's cockwalk is a straight lift from Mick Jagger's peacock strut. Extrapolating their influences further, plenty of the New York Dolls' oeuvre reveals an iron connection to 60s garage rock (the genre-defining garage rock compilation Nuggets came out in 1972). In any case, like the archaeopteryx, the New York Dolls also had a few feathers. Still. historical importance is not the same as quality. Amalgamating so many trends in rock may just mean you don't fully satisfy anyone. Now, I like the New York Dolls, both the band and the album, but I need to digest before I can judge whether I find them filling. Well, let's start squirting some enzymes onto this bad boy. Firstly, the titles are brilliant. Personality Crisis, Looking for a Kiss, Trash, Bad Girl, Pills: those are exactly the names of the songs you want from a band looking like this. You don't put on this record expecting a soundtrack to acupuncture at the spa, you want to hear this while you score (a line or a fuck) in the most mould-encrusted bathroom imaginable. So, on the first front, the New York Dolls win that battle. But the war, as I see it, shall be fought on two fronts: whether the music is good and whether the aesthetic is worthwhile. I know I'm being cautious in my assessment, because I love many of the songs on here, and I love the sleaze of the New York Dolls. I love the idea that the trash, the bums, the losers are the ones having the most fun, with their sucking dick to get some green to blow on Chinese rocks (and yes, I understand the reality is not quite so gleeful). Hell, I prefer the New York Dolls to the Ramones; it's safe, conservative even, to like the Ramones. You don't even need to listen to them, you can just buy the t-shirt. At least the New York Dolls aren't quite so corporate. With hindsight, it's evident that the New York Dolls could only produce at most two albums at their peak. Their stance was not conducive to a sustained career, they were too troubled, the limitations of their skills at the time would have meant their style would have quickly become formulaic. That said, they only produced two albums at their peak, so such counterfactuals are moot. And I'm just reviewing one album here, which happens to be their best. Why am I dancing around instead of praising this album efflusively? Well, the most signifcant flaw to this album is the production. The producer was Todd Rundgren, who by his own admission was not simpatico with the New York Dolls or the juvenile punk movement. As such, the occasional song feels a tad underpowered, but not enough to devalue the songs themselves. But the main reason for my dithering goes back to that list at the beginning of what the New York Dolls were. Yes, they were a crucial fusion of glam, punk, bluesy rock and hard rock, but they were not the best at any of those genres. They were not the best glam group, duh, that was Bowie, with Roxy Music the clear silver medallists. They weren't the best punk groups (the Sex Pistols, who also did trash better), nor even the best American punk group (the Stooges). The best Rolling Stones ripoffs were probably still the Rolling Stones. They were not the hardest rocking band in hard rock, which surely discounts them from the title of best hard rock band. They were not the best New York band (although the standard answer is the Velvet Underground, I'll go for the wondrous Suicide). They weren't the most sordid band of the time (Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, or is it technically Gary Glitter?). They weren't even the best band managed by Malcolm McLaren. You want some superlative to attach to the New York Dolls, but for any adjective you suggest, you can always think of a band who were just a little bit more. After all, does anyone have the archaeopteryx as their favourite dinosaur? Mine's the deinonychus. Still, brilliant album, so 5 stars for that. NoRadio, signing off.

Best Song: Personality Crisis. Kicking the album off aggressively, before you realize that this is the only setting this band has. Worst Song: Looking For A Kiss. I hate this desperate, clingy, girl-harassing motif common to music of this era. Overall: Noisy in an ugly way.

I still have a bit of an issue with glam - it all sounds pretty much the same to me. However this one is a bit different and I guess that’s because they were among the pioneers and I can appreciate the value it must have added back in the day. You can definitely hear how bands like The Clash or Pixies were influenced by this album. Still, this sounds exactly as I was expecting - like a bridge between The Rolling Stones and punk, which is a great thing to get a better understanding of music history. But it still does not have much replay value to me at this point. I really enjoyed the guitar playing on this especially considering that they’re not put in the forefront. Don’t care too much about the vocals which sound too Jaggery for my taste. Cover art is super cool! makes me want to get a vinyl copy even if I don't care as much about the music. Favourite tracks: Personality Crisis, Frankenstein. 3/5

I have nothing against it but it’s all been done so much better and this doesn’t add anything to the world

I never listened to this band, and I see know how I always heard about them being a big influence on 80’s hair metal. Very similar stylistically to Crue and Poison in the way the songs are written and the playing style of the guitar. This album definitely has more of a punk edge to it though than the bands that they influenced.

Glam-punk-rock. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

Punk. Mezcla de Rollings y Punk. Está bien.

Interesting but I'm unlikely to return to it.

Some good strong punk, just not where my head was at today though.

They were imitating the Ramones and Sex Pistols on a few songs. This is before they got their signature sound. But you can hear it on a few songs.

Badly made punk rock. Energy somewhat there but still very boring. Not animalistic, tongue-in-cheek, or classy. They wear their inspirations on the sleeve but are otherwise naked. VU, Rolling Stones, Bowie I assume. Feels like I have heard the same songs done better 100x over. Fav song - pick any of them they all sound the same

Every song sounds identical and uses the same 12 bar blues riff. I definitely did not need to listen to this before dying Fav song: lonely planet boy

I have heard of but never listened to New York Dolls. Starting out they get at least 2 stars just for the album cover. So let's take this record for a spin. Personality Crisis is a great opener, I think I love this band. ... After the first few songs I feel like the material doesn't shine quite to brightly. By the end I've concluded that they are good, great at times, but not destined to become a new favorite. Fun listen overall. May well belong on this list.

Damn this really rocks, and what an influence it had - I knew of this band but hadn't given them a proper listen. Very impressed.

Undeniably influential and ahead of its time. The first proto punk band that basically sounds like early NYC punk... or a strung out Rolling Stones. Good sleazy fun.

I know a lotta folks are influenced by the New York Dolls, but it doesn’t do much for me. It’s like proto-punk and glam’s cousin.

Pre punk Glam Rock. Don't ya love the can of Schlitz in the cover art? This just makes me wanna get surly. Influenced so many bands. I just love this thing.

Instruments are great but vocals are a bit much for me. All things considered I’ll call it a 3 overall

In between a 3 and a 4 for me I think a little closer to a 4 though

The New York Dolls. F*ing Rock and Roll baby.

Doet me een beetje aan de Rolling Stones denken. Niet meteen iets waar ik heel erg van geniet. Leuk groepje dat muziek maakt. Het zal live vast gezellig zijn. **

noice

I'm certain that the makeup and stage presence may have been very off-putting for a lot of people. That's the only reason I can think of for why they weren't as commercially successful as other bands of the time. Pretty good mix of punk and "rock" music. This is take it or leave it music for me, but I do recognize how fresh this must have sounded when it was released.

Very much feels true to the punk ethos - disruptive and forward thinking with strong simple riffs. A bit more theatrical than most though.

Good shit. Such a quintessential sound that basically laid the groundwork for punk rock and was absolutely a defining element of rock and roll. I agree that everyone should hear this. 4/5

A wonderfully punky glam-rock album that slaps hard! Really enjoyed this and will be coming back to it. Favourite: Trash

Helt jees

Chill swwag

Solid rockers

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Interesting to hear some very early 'punk'

Groundbreaking. CBGB. Enjoyed it!

I didn't think I was going to know any of these songs. Immediately knew the first one. The cover of this album made me think we were getting glam rock or something with a big sound. This was just regular rock music. Good but a little boring 4/10

A rightful classic, and must’ve been an absolute breath of fresh air at the time. Would have benefited from some variety in style, though.

Classic.

Campy in your face with a edge, slight punk vibes to it and I'm sure I could bang frankenstien

Glitzy, Glammy fun from a band that inspired so many bands that I love.

Hmm, wish I had more to say. Not bad, not great.

Really interesting kinda pre-punk thing, lots of the reception to this seems to indicate it was very influential to genres I’m not otherwise super checked into

Ok

I can't believe they were playing like this, not to mention dressing like this, in 1973. Talk about OG. Compared to Sex Pistols, these guys could actually lay down some decent guitar.

I suppose they were one of the pre-punk pioneers along with other American bands like the Stooges & Ramones, but to me, NYD don't have the punk spirit - I get more of a kitschy rock n' roll vibe from them. I'm surprised so many critics loved them from the start. Usually bands like this get praised in retrospect.

I have to give a nod to this album for its cutting edge influence on punk in the early 70s when everyone else was into prog, but I think the Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Ramones did it better.

Looking for a kiss was bad, kissy noises RUINED it. Otherwise a boring punk album

The album that spawned a whole genre(or two) after it released. Proto punk Rock, this is a cool record, they didn't give a damn about technical prowess or pop appeal. They just played it from the hip, fast, loose, sloppy.

Definitely can hear how their sound influenced the punk rock movement that was soon to hit the airwaves a few years after this album was recorded and released. And good for them for being so gutsy in a time of extreme homophobia! I'm impressed by the risk they took on at a dangerous time. Overall, the music is catchy and fun. It's outside the usual parameters of what I'm drawn to, but of course, that's one of the main attractions of this whole project.

Classic and fun.

Not flowy enough for my liking. Also, didn’t like the voice, too much screaming, not enough singing.

Mostly good, raw garage punk fun, but also some rather forgettable ones.

old school punk rock I think these are drag queens which is something

Reapply solid album.

3.3/5

Wait, so does this album imply that overproduced punk = glam rock? No wonder both genres can be annoying.

Personality Crisis is obviously a banger. I've never latched on to another Dolls song in quite the same way, big points for influence and legacy though, fun album. Trash is the most obviously memorable one, and probably most influential. Frankenstein is about 3 minutes too long. I get it, it's a frankenstein.

Fun love the guitar

Geluisterd, maar niet voor herhaling vatbaar..

Fun, sounded like green day sometimes and classic rock other times, enjoyed it but dont think I'll go back to it

Just fine

I can definitely see how this was a precursor to punk rock, but I didn't enjoy it much. None of the tracks really grabbed my attention.

Started off thinking I didn't like this but by the end I really did! The more punky tracks towards the end I really liked. Frankenstein, trash Almost sounded like rancid or the clash. Some of it is very punk but some more rock. Guess it's still early days of punk...

Meh, nothing special.

Would hardly have been a hit today. But those were different times.

Starts off so Stones-Y - with an edge. One of the precursors to punk. Jet Boy - a stone cold classic.

I just recently listened to a "The Ongoing History of New Music" podcast episode about The History of Alt Rock. In the episode, Alan Cross talks about the influence of the New York Dolls had on punk and glam rock. This can absolutely be heard when listening to this album. The fast guitar and drums, the gravelly tone of the singer's voice... The New York Dolls were definately ahead of their time, which is a shame, because they didn't get the fame they deserve until later on, but their music is teriffic! Favourite songs: Personality Crisis, Trash, Subway Train, Pills Least favourite song: Lonely Planet Boy 4/5

Est-ce qu'un jour je pourrai réapprendre à aimer autre chose que de la pop

trop occupée à trimballer ma vie dans un sac ikea, j'ai possiblement oublié ce que j'ai écouté

One of the most influential and important bands of my music listening career. Paved the way for Glam, Punk, and Post-Punk.

Kind of a fun trashy punk 'n' hair band. I can see why this album has some swag and I really enjoyed it for the most part. Some of the lyrics are a bit top heavy on sniffing glue, but otherwise, I surprised myself by enjoying and humming a long to it more than I expected! The clean interludes on 'Vietnamese Baby' were technically great. 'Subway Train' was catchy.

I don't want to work, I want to bang on the drum all day! Waking up early enough to catch the bus in high school was terrible, thankfully, the 'Q Morning Zoo' used to play the 'drum song' to get me outta bed. Hilariously, I learned that Mr. Drum Banger himself, Todd Rungren, was the first to sign the New York Dolls in '73. Everyone talks about this band being the ones to start off the whole scene in NYC. Perhaps their live shows were amazeballs, but the music I just listened to was just, kind of, meh. Placing all the Dolls in order it would go as follows: • Dresden Dolls (tie) • New York Dolls (tie) • Goo Goo Dolls

Proto-punk is a spot-on genre description for New York Dolls. There is still enough pop, rock, and blues to be recognizable and not too revolutionary for the time, but the parts that inspired the evolution of punk music are clear and insistent.

The guitar work shines the most on this album. I liked the punkish Personality Crisis the best. Their style is somewhere between rock and punk. The harmonica threw me off. And the lead singers vocals are too raw for my taste. Overall a good album, a nice debut, but not great.

One of the most powerful end revolutionary albums in the history of music where almost every track is a masterpiece and the others are also beautiful and where the music is as perfect as the ideas behind it. Fantastic record from the start to the finish!

Some foundational rock and roll there!

no. i don’t know really what to say but just no. you either like this music or you don’t and i very much do not.

If one were to take a list of major label acts in history that weren't successful but deemed to be influential due to "attitude" over talent and songwriting and then cross-reference it with acts I don't like.... the Venn diagram is probably a circle. Hello New York Dolls. Here: let me introduce you to an album of 2-3 chord songs with horrible singing, poor musicianship, and barely-held-together arrangements. Ah but they were bucking social tradition! ...which I support 100%. But insert the modern meme here: "um...sirs, this is a Wendy's" - you're recording an album here. I suspect this became a critics' darling kinda album because of how shocking their act/dress were at such a legitimately dangerous time for it. Would and do completely support that, it's just the simple problem that this is unquestionably and definitively not one of the 1001 (10001) albums I'd like to hear again before I die. As with all of them, I'm judging this on the music. Put this in my Venn file and toss it in the dumpster. 2/10 1 star

I'm working through this slowly. On my third listen. I want to like this. They probably don't want me to like this. But the entire album tells an incredible story even if some of the music is a bit weird - the high standard of production seems to clash with the ethos of the band, and yet... It improves it. So many contradictions. A 4 today, it would have been a 5 yesterday. Don't know about tomorrow.

Never heard of them before, but they’re basically a poor man’s version of “if the rolling stones went down the punk path”

Pretty damn good little proto-punk record. It's no 'Funhouse' but it does what it sets out to very well. 3.5/5

Good upbeat punk album. Had sorta the same vibe all the way through. They knew who they were as a band and executed in a fun way. 4/5 Good lesson in knowing who you are and writing catchy songs.

It may be easy to judge this record with modern ears several decades after it was released, but this is lazy, unoriginal music based on the standard '50s-revivalist framework of the same tired chord progressions we've heard over and over for far too long - even for back then. It's only dangerous in the sense that it sounds like somebody gambled on marketing an LP made by brain-damaged Lesser Apes on a booze-and-cocaine bender during one of those "lost weekends" that should have stayed lost. Next to the Stooges and the MC5, this is bubblegum from the bottom of your shoe. (Use Lou Reed to scrape it off, but be sure to wash thoroughly after.)

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This was an unexpected joy. Best track: Subway Train

Not my personal fave.

Never heard any songs before, had a very classic rock feel to it.

You remember Buster Poindexter? I only remember him because he'd pop up on SNL every now and then. I had no other frame of reference for him. He was kinda scary and kinda corny, big showman vibe but with a low-rent central casting look? He was the cabby in Scrooged. You remember. Anyway, David Johanssen in great. I wish I'd known about New York Dolls before Buster Poindexter. I might have found it all a lot funnier. Regardless, I like this album. Each song is catchy in the exact same way. I really like Personality Crisis, but it might be the only one I really remember. Either way, fun album, good sound. Thanks Buster.

Love this album - grimy, sleazy and above all, the harbinger of a bunch of stuff to come that I love. Unqualified love. 'Jet Boy' whips ass.

Hmm. This website totally thinks I'm in a different time zone. It's 11pm and a few moments ago it was telling me this album was tomorrow's album, and didn't show me The Byrds one at all. (Which I listened to and found pleasant enough. I liked "Thoughts and Words.") I didn't have much fun with the Dolls here. I get the appeal of attitude and image. I don't want to undersell the importance of that stuff and get all snooty about songs and musicianship and whatnot, because I like plenty of bands and songs that aren't performed by the most skilled musicians ever. But good crikey the bulk of this record sounds like a less nuanced version of the Stones to me. This is like Greta Van Fleet level imitation. And without being able to visually appreciate the attitude and image, I didn't have much to cling to. I sort of like the "Frankenstein" song, but it should've ended a solid thirty seconds before it actually ended. There were a few others in the back half that felt like they were approaching something at least less obviously influenced by The Rolling Stones, but overall... this feels to me like a band that probably got a lot of press simply by having the words "New York" in their name. So I'm giving them 2 New York stars.

Along with the Velvets and the Fall, a real influencers band. Unlike them the music is fine, but not amazing. Another in the endless series of New York bands where the look was at least 50% of the appeal.

riktigt många fina bitar alltså. pills var en riktigt bra låt

4.5

Cool sound, you can hear the mix of influences of rock and roll mixed with what would eventually become punk rock

Pretty, good. Will probably listen again.

Rock'n Roll baby

Love it! Cool hard rock music that is at the stage just before it becomes punk rock. Love the energy and rawness.

Decent and typical punk rock album without any highlights or standout moments

Very glam punk fun

I know these guys were very influential, but it's not something I need to listen to again.

I like this straight forward rock/punk album.

Was alright. Definitely hear the Stone’s influence.

I thought i was gonna like it but I didn’t really care for it. I found it fairly forgettable and not very unique. It’s not as energetic as punk but it’s not as interesting as glam rock. The Wikipedia says “New York Dolls was an influential precursor to the 1970s punk rock movement as the group's crude musicianship and youthful attitude on the album challenged the prevailing trend of musical sophistication in popular music, particularly progressive rock.” I will never understand this. yeah I get that the point of punk rock was to make oversimple, unimaginative music just to stick it to the old rock gods. Just because that was the point doesn't somehow make the music worthwhile. Punk rockers wanted to be cool but they didn't have any musical ability or understanding, so they tried to convince everyone that having talent and songwriting ability was pompous and arrogant. Sophistication is super cool, if you can also write good music. I know this is somewhat tangential to my thoughts about this specific album, but why should I care

Missed this one out for ages so had to go back. Yeah it was fine.

Nice punky sound. Bit like kiss. Enjoyable

Punky!

Nice! Never listened to the whole thing before. It's heavy!

This album just isn't for me. I don't really like the vocals and the songs feel like they drag on forever.

I hadn't ever listened to the New York Dolls despite knowing they influenced a lot of artists I did listen to. This is a fun record and more musical than I would have expected - a nice mix of rock & roll and brash, punkish rock. Pretty amazing how good this is given the questionable aspirations of most members in the group and their age at the time. I also have to assume New York Dolls had a massive influence on many 80s hair-metal bands that adopted similar crossdressing stage personas (Motley Crue, Poison, etc). "Personality Crisis," "Frankenstein," and "Trash" were my favorites.

I was never a fan of the New York Dolls. I thought their style and persona made them more popular than their musical ability. Looking back at early punk, I think the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed and John Cale were much more creative and talented.

Childhood!

New York balls.

This was a grower for me. When I first heard this album over a year ago, I hated it. I never liked the glam rock genre besides Roxy Music and T Rex (and even those took a few listens for me to appreciate). I just clicked like on "Personality Crisis" and moved on. But after listening to punk albums, Spotify would automatically spam "Trash" in my "related songs" and eventually I started to really like it. I played the album a few more times over the year, and even played their sequel "Too Much Too Soon" and actually enjoyed it. Maybe it was too hyped up as the universally agreed best proto-punk album. Maybe I'm used to glam rock or this group, but I genuinely enjoy most of the songs now. The chords are simple, tending to repeat themselves, which is very similar to the minimalism of punk. The lead vocalist is by far the highlight, yelling into the mic and exploding in energy and personality. A very fun listen, and I could hear his voice being used in less spontaneous genres like post-punk. Their appearance and sound is reminiscent of the hair metal groups that would follow over a decade later, so they're influential to more than just punk. Objectively speaking, only maybe 3 or 4 songs are genuinely good all throughout. For most of the songs, there's equally stuff that I like as much as stuff I dislike, usually in regards to the uninspired generic rock sound. Many of the solos are just a bore. But if you just think about it like rocking out to a bunch of rockstars playing whatever the hell they feel like, it can actually be a very fun experience to dance and sing to. I will replay this album if I'm looking for this specific sound and mood. Favorites: Personality Crisis, Lonely Planet Boy, Frankenstein, Trash, Subway Train

The songs blended together, still a decent listen.

Nothing special; it was alright but most songs kind of blended together and sounded the same. But decent.

Okay. Nothing stood out for me.

Not for me.

What could be a serviceable garage rock LP is cratered by over-the-top, cringe-inducing lyrics. Instrumentals and production generally bop, just can't stand the lead singer trying way too hard to wring comedy from what should be an easy performance to nail

Awesome

Sounds like a mix of punk and Billy Joel style piano riffs. Kind of Rolling Stones-esque too. Saved "Trash" to my spotify and giving it a 2nd listen. Good overall!

Listened to on 8/2/22 3/5 Favorite song: Personality Crisis Big 70s fluffy hair banging energy - a few songs were great but the latter part of the album was too chaotic for my taste. Personality crisis was 10/10 though

Decent pink influencing music

Productions alright. By no means a perfect album. There's some great tracks on it and you can see the influence on some great later bands that followed. Favourite tracks Jet Boy, Trash, Personality Crisis

Punk rock em seu nascedouro. Muito bom!

3.0⭐

Cool to hear the very beginnings of punk taking shape. You can hear how the genre progressed from here while at the same time hearing the contemporary glam, hard rock and other sounds.

Marvs!

Glam rock as it should be.

Yes

Different to what I expected but good

Great album!

Fun album. Has read a ton about this one but never really listened. 4/5

not even glam rock that i like

So many of the albums on this list are just there for context; like to say ’this was the first time such and such was done’ but on their own they are not good albums. It’s so good when one of these is super influential, but it still absolutely goes.

noice 4/5

feeling generous, but more like 3.5

They have a distinctive high energy sound.

Fun to listen to. Kind of punky rock and roll. I enjoyed would probably listen to some of them again. 4/5

good listen, nice and different punky piano, nice shame it’s not on apple music 7.1/10

quite enjoyed it. rock and roll baby 3.9/5

Not mind blowing, but pretty solid glam rock Favorites: "Personality Crisis", "Trash", "Jet Boy"

Good album, holds up now, strong from start to finish though I preferred the first half.

Loved this, it's the best punk album we've had so far IMO. Given it's a punk record, goes without saying that it's full of energy and edge, but they hold it together really well. It teeters on the edge of being a bit too sleazy, but just stays on the right side of the line and is all the better for that. Solid consistency all the way through, it's a few yeras after the Stooges record we had recently and it seems to have taken that sound and refined it to make something that bit better. 4/5.

Okay, so I know everyone says this was the original punk album, but I see this more as an American Slade - with the pop hooks, heaviness and sense of fun. Y'am Alllllllllright if you will. It's good fun, especially Trash and Frankenstein, and I can see how it blew American minds - bless em, they've always been a few years behind the civilised world.

Good

I think it would have been a kick-ass time to see this band live back in the day. Exuberant and naughty. I just don't feel that I ever need to listen to this record again. Not something I enjoy listening to outside of that context. My old nerves.

I have heard of the New York Dolls, but I never bothered to give them a listen, just assuming that I wouldn't really be into them. Honestly, in my younger years, I probably wouldn't have even been all that interested in listening to the entire album. But today, I was surprised at how entertaining that I found them to be. Honestly, my tolerance for them is limited and I am not ready to jump on the fan-wagon, but I am glad I have now been properly introduced.

Glad to have listened to New York Dolls so that I can say I have.

I imagine I have listened to the New York Dolls before, but I didn’t recognize anything on the first listen. This sounds a bit like The Rolling Stones gussied up with lipstick and a chainsaw. The album cover drew me in immediately and perfectly reflects the rough and raw contents right down to the can of Schlitz next to the high-heel clogs. I love it… and I like to think I could make it with Frankenstein!

Fuck Whispering Bob Harris, this rocks as well as anything did in 1973.

This is very enjoyable. A classic?

Spirited, energetic, in your face rock and roll, rate this how you want the Dolls don’t care. A riot.

A few good tracks but I’m a bit burnt out on punk

i’m kind of burnt out on punk at this point, not sure i took the time with this album that i should have

It took a few songs but I got into it eventually. The clarity on this album is impressive given the quality of other Profi punk records. There’s a lot to like about this album. The melodies are catchy, and the musicianship is better than I was expecting based on what I had read. The singing is a bit flat sometimes but is overall good. This album sounds ahead of its time and clearly influenced the New York punk scene that would emerge.

loud rock, but nothing that I could latch onto

Not too bad party music!

I love this era of glam rock. This album was a jam.

This was a lot of fun. I didn't appreciate this as much as it deserves on previous listens

Crap! Why have I never listened to this? So much pure energy coming from this band. They could power Vegas for a few years.

A fine racuous rock record. There was nothing here that pushed you away, but there always wasn't anything amazingly catchy and exciting. It would seem the perfect band that would be an amazing live energy, but the album doesn't quite catch it the same way.

It was ok

Half really good, and the other half annoying as fuck. Liked Trash the most with Jet Boy close behind.

Pretty decent for a debut album

Tak zmylkowej okladki dawno nie bylo, czlowiek spodziewal sie babskiego grania z nowego jorku w synthowej stylowce, a dostal harde rokowanie, ktore podchodzi nawet pod punka, w wydaniu przebierancow cancelowanych z powodu hamerykanskiej homofobii lat 70, ktorzy najbardziej kojarza mi sie z rolujacymi stonesami, debiutancki material new york dollsow to 42 minutowy album z 73, piecioosobowy sklad, wiec niby klasyka, ale sporo dziwnych rzeczy dzieje sie tam instrumentalnie, pierwsza beda uzyte gongi, harmonijki piania, czy moogowe synthy, ktore najlepiej slychac na traku vietnamese boy, jesli chodzi o sam styl muzyczny to bandzie udalo sie uchwycic livowy vibe, bo sluchajac plyty czuje sie jakby bylo sie w prawdziwej nowo jorskiej spelunie w ktorej czuc grajacych ze sceny, nie ma tutaj dopieszczenia szczegolow, a raczej czuc energie i ducha zespolu jaki zostal przelany na ten krazek, do tego dochodza odwazne, dziwne i nieodpowiednie do radiowego odtwarzania teksty, ktore lubieznoscia potrafia nawet dorownywac stonesowych kompozycja, ale najwazniejsze ze czuc ze calosc byla pisana z jakims konceptem, bo czuc z krazka miejskosc zespolu, smrod i brud miasta przelany na wynylaka, wiec nie dziwie sie ze mieli cultowy fanbejs, jesli tak brzmia krazki, to co dopiero musialo sie wyprawiac na koncertach, ciezko dojsc do tego czy wokal pana Davida Johansena jest dobry, bo poza tym ze pasuje do klimatu calego krazka, to mocno zalezy od danego kawalka, do tego sporo jest chorkowania pozostalych czlonkow bandy, ktorych zwlaszcza slychac na utworze trash, teksty sa creditowanie glownie dla spiewajacego pana, ale poza panem Nolanem drumiarzem kazdy czlonek jest zcreditowany na przynajmniej jednym kawalki, do tego dochodzi tez jeden cover, pills od Diddley Bo, z pickow na liste dodam wspomnianego trasha, pillsa i openingowego personality crisis, chociaz calosc jest niesamowiscie sluchalna i pomimo tego, ze nie jest to jakis koncept album, to czuc z niego tozsamosc zespolu, ktora sama za siebie sprzedaje plyte dla mnie

These dolls have balls, I’ll give them that. They’re alright, but when I need 70’s New York punk I’ll always prefer the Ramones.

Meh

The album started off sounding like classic Rock'n'Roll with a little glam sprinkled in (think Rocky Horror Picture Show), but ended very much sounding like the Rolling Stones. It's good, but not great. 3/5.

Good listen.

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It's not a great album is it? Very influential, but not one that I'm going to go back to and listen to regularly. I wish I could hear more of the guitars and less of the piano generally. Maybe I should look up some live shows.

it was okay