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New York Dolls

'Cause I Sez So

The reformed protopunks, reunited with Todd Rundgren, producer of their 1973 debut, with their fourth studio album

ADM rating[?]

5.3

Label
Rhino
UK Release date
04/05/2009
  1. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    No one really expects the Dolls to eclipse or even match the dizzying heights of their first two albums, least of all the Dolls themselves. Even if the music’s a bit different, the spirit’s still there. And with a band like the Dolls, attitude is everything.
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  2. 6.0 |   The Independent

    It's far better than we had any right to expect.
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  3. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Seldom deviate too far from the original Dolls trash-glam formula (Ronettes via Stooges, roughly). And why would they?
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  4. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Maybe it's because this is only New York Dolls' fourth studio album in 30 years, but this album is better than it ever ought to be. Even if the strut is more tentative and the recollections come with a twinge of regret,
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  5. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The reconstituted New York Dolls stack up awfully well against the original Seventies band
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  6. 6.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Second reunion album is the band's tidiest ever, and their most contemplative
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  7. 5.0 |   Spin

    Ultimately as trifling as their '73 debut was essential.
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  8. 5.0 |   The Observer

    This is a mixed bag and unlikely to generate interest much beyond their existing fanbase.
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  9. 5.0 |   The Scotsman

    It's business as one might expect.
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  10. 2.0 |   Scotland on Sunday

    This latest one is rather limp and grey. Perhaps they should now be known as the New York Trolls, the musical equivalent of your granny strutting her stuff on the catwalk in spandex.
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