New York Dolls

Gloriously camp.

For being a genre that lastet like 10 years, Punk surely had a lot of pioneers that ALL belong in this book/list.

It was ok I guess. Didn't enjoy it so much.

The title of track 6 sums up this album perfectly for me

1.25

I dug it. This would have been totally awesome live.

Everyone is saying how influential this album was. I'm sure they're right. It's also a great album.

Trash. 1.63

Seems like a bit of an experiment gone off the rails. Pretty aggressive and anti-establishment, but better as a concept than actual music. It's okay, I'll allow the proto-punk label (because I am, yes, the official in charge of allowing labels, suck it). Entertaining.

After listening to New York Dolls' self-titled album. I can safely say that it was unfortunately not as good as i hoped but still not terrible. I was expecting the album to sound a little more full of itself but the songs were handled as well as they could be in this situation. The songs could also have some pretty infectious melodies (some of which i could see getting stuck in my head). Its an okay album but not as good as i was hoping
Best Song: Jet Boy
Worst Song: Personality Crisis

When looking at the genres for this album, you may expect something closer to David Bowie, perhaps The Stooges, or maybe even KISS. What I was not expecting was the Rolling Stones performed by another band. Obviously these are all original tracks, but everything exudes the same energy as the rock 'n' roll tracks you'll find on Exile on Main St, with very little to make it feel like its own thing, save for a lyric or two being a bit more eclectic comparatively. It leads to an album that I'm sure is fun for that roots rock approach with a tinge of punk mentality, but in my eyes it is an album with a poor singer (and not gruff; poor) and songs that tend to drag, which the album itself does. There are times where it decides to be more appealing and take a momentary break from the electric guitar, but then the before mentioned vocals kill it for me. At best, you're listening to something that would probably be more fun to actually perform than listen to, so boot up that copy of Rock Band and go at it, I guess. I'll sit this session out, you have fun.

On its own and out of context, this album could blend in with numerous others at this point. Thing is, nothing like this existed at that point. That's wild to think about, given how many mirror image and derivate albums came after it.

It's a good to great album. But it's even more important than it is great, the NY punk scene in the late 70s and early 80s would not exist the way it did without the Dolls.

And Trash is such a banger.

New York Dolls is a landmark album that paved the way for punk rock and glam rock, blending raw energy, catchy hooks, and outrageous style. I would describe it as The Rolling Stones meets Punk meets Glam Rock.

This album was ahead of its time and influenced many bands and artists that followed, such as the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, Kiss, or Guns N’ Roses. It challenged the trend of musical sophistication and virtuosity in popular music, particularly progressive rock, and embraced a more simple and direct approach.

A classic and deserves a lot of respect for its originality, influence, and impact. It is is a cracker of an album, that comes out the traps fighting, mixing glam rock with what would become to be known as punk music.

Though stand alone It’s not a perfect album with a few filler tracks in there. But the album is a must-listen for any fan of punk or rock music. I give it 4 stars out of 5.

New York Dolls is the ultimate proto-punk album. A glorious mix of Stooges, glam rock, Rolling Stones, 50s rock 'n' roll and catchy pop tunes. I can fully see how this was a groundbreaking album in 1973. So unpretentious, so 'down & dirty', this is rightly called a classic.

And you can hear the huge influence they've had on music to come. Fun fact: Morrissey used to be chairman of the fanclub of this gang of transvestites.

New York Dolls is a great blueprint of the decadent, less exemplary part of New York city life in the early 70s and a great source of inspiration for the entire punk movement that would come later. But besides that, it's just incredibly entertaining, sleazy rock 'n' roll! Big 4/5.

I found this quite boring. I know it's proto punk, but it's really closer to the Rolling Stones than punk. I didn't find the songwriting very interesting.

I wanted to like this, but I found it a bit grating and annoying. You can feel their influence on later bands though.

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.

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

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

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