New York Dolls "New York Dolls" 2023-05-26 protected by a top-of-the-line Stoughton

protected by a top-of-the-line Stoughton gatefold tip-on jacket

For their fifth full-length After the Party

the band - Lovering

and incomparable crooner Spike Slawson

New York Dolls "New York Dolls" 2023-05-26 protected by a top-of-the-line StoughtonWhen the New York Dolls released their debut album in 1973, they managed to be named both "Best New Band" and "Worst Band" in Creem Magazine's annual reader's poll, and it usually takes something special to polarize an audience like that. While New York Dolls clearly came from a very specific time and place, this album still sounds fresh and hasn't dated in the least this is one of rock's greatest debut albums, and a raucous statement of purpose