{"product_id":"new-york-dolls-new-york-dolls","title":"NEW YORK DOLLS - New York Dolls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Black Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVinyl Lovers 2008 Reissue, originally released in 1973.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"55\" data-end=\"680\"\u003eWhen \u003cstrong data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"83\"\u003eThe New York Dolls\u003c\/strong\u003e released their debut album in 1973, they managed to be named both \u003cem data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"165\"\u003eBest New Band\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"170\" data-end=\"182\"\u003eWorst Band\u003c\/em\u003e in \u003cstrong data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"204\"\u003eCreem Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e's annual reader's poll, and it usually takes something special to polarize an audience like that. And the \u003cstrong data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"320\"\u003eDolls\u003c\/strong\u003e were inarguably special—decades after its release, \u003cem data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"388\"\u003eNew York Dolls\u003c\/em\u003e still sounds thoroughly unique, a gritty, big-city amalgam of \u003cstrong data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"461\"\u003eStones\u003c\/strong\u003e-style R\u0026amp;B, hard rock guitars, lyrics that merge pulp storytelling with girl group attitude, and a sloppy but brilliant attack that would inspire punk rock (without the punks ever getting its joyous slop quite right).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"1548\"\u003eMuch was made of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"713\"\u003eDolls'\u003c\/strong\u003e sexual ambiguity in the day, but with the passage of time, it's a misfit swagger that communicates most strongly in these songs, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"847\" data-end=\"865\"\u003eDavid Johansen\u003c\/strong\u003e's vocals suggest the product of an emotional melting pot who just wants to find some lovin' before \u003cstrong data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"978\"\u003eManhattan\u003c\/strong\u003e is gone—preferably from a woman who would prefer him over a fix. 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