New York Dolls: One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This

CML call number: CD/ROCK/New
Will Hermes wrote in the New York Times: "Its brashly classic sound points to the band's often-overlooked roots in blues and Brill Building pop. It is smartly written and well played … by [David] Johansen, [Sylvain] Mizrahi and a seasoned gang of New York-based rockers: the bassist Sami Yaffa … the guitarist Steve Conte, the keyboardist Brian Koonin, and the drummer Brian Delaney. Iggy Pop, a fellow punk forefather, adds backing vocals, as does R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, a longtime fan of the Dolls. But what's perhaps most striking about the new record is its tone. Alongside characteristic, happily debased romps like 'Fishnets and Cigarettes' and 'Rainbow Store' (in which the singer apparently gets swept off his feet by a tough girl at a lesbian boutique) is a wistfulness and a sort of wisdom, plus a quality you could almost call spiritual, a word that wouldn't have been used to describe the old Dolls except in reference to alcohol. … The new record's best song, 'Dance Like a Monkey,' is a rock 'n' roll answer to a timely theological question. Trying to woo a 'pretty creationist,' the singer invites her onto the dance floor. …" (7/23/06).