Track Listing
1. Courageous Cat Theme - (previously unreleased)
2. Trash
3. Personality Crisis
4. Babylon
5. Looking For a Kiss
6. Lone Star Queen - (previously unreleased)
7. Vietnamese Baby
8. Lonely Planet Boy
9. Frankenstein
10. Private World
11. Chatterbox
12. Bad Girl
13. Don't Mess With Cupid - (previously unreleased)
14. Subway Train
15. Who Are the Mystery Girls?
16. Stranded in the Jungle
17. It's Too Late
18. Puss 'N' Boots
19. Jet Boy
20. Human Being
21. (Untitled) - (hidden track)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 78 min. | | Distributor: | Fontana Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
New York Dolls: David Johansen (vocals, harmonica, gong); Johnny Thunders (vocals, guitar); Sylvain Sylvain (guitar, piano, background vocals); Arthur Kane, Jr. (bass); Jerry Nolan (drums, percussion).
Producers: Shadow Morton, Todd Rundgren, Paul Nelson.
Compilation producers: Richard Bauer, Bill Levenson, Marty Thau.
Recorded at Record Plant Studios, Mediasound Studios and A&R Studios, New York, New York in 1973-74. Includes liner notes by Lenny Kaye.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
As the precursors to punk, and an afterthought to the seedy sexuality of the Rolling Stones and the Velvet Underground, the New York Dolls linked '60's rock to American punk.
Their campiness was appropriated from glam rock, but it was also influenced by a variety of cultural elements. David Johansen's vaudevillian phrasing two-stepped all over the band's material; while lead guitarist Johnny Thunders' screeching leads were urban backdrops, sounding more like sirens and subway cars than rock music. With their plodding, raunchy, rhythm anchor of bassist Artur Kane, Jr. and drummer Jerry Nolan, The Dolls affirmed that rock's primal three-chord foundation didn't end in the '60's.
ROCK 'N ROLL captures the Dolls in all their ragged glory. By their choice of covers--"The Courageous Cat Theme," the Cadets' "Stranded In The Jungle," and the use of a well-known Shangri-Las lyric--the group displayed their all-consuming love for rock 'n' roll, while originals like "Trash," "Bad Girl" and "Subway Train" elevated urban teen anthems of a street-corner doo-wop and girl-group aesthetic into a durably rocking byproduct.
Editorial Reviews
3 Stars - Good - ...In short, the Dolls were bloody cool, if glitter-in-the-gutter was your particular brand of sauce...
Q (11/01/1994)
8 - Excellent - ...They rocked like the Rolling Stones would have done if they had been comprised of five Keefs...
NME (11/05/1994)
...With their back-alley, blues-based thrash, the early-`70s Dolls became a model for punks... - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (10/21/1994)
3 Stars - Good - ...In short, the Dolls were bloody cool, if glitter-in-the-gutter was your particular brand of sauce...NME (11/5/94, p.48) - 8 - Excellent - ...They rocked like the Rolling Stones would have done if they had been comprised of five Keefs...Entertainment Weekly (10/21/94, p.67) - ...With their back-alley, blues-based thrash, the early-`70s Dolls became a model for punks... - Rating: B
Q (11/01/1994)
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