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The New York Dolls: The New York Dolls (Mercury)

Ira Robbins, Trouser Press, January 1980

This seminal slab of early-70s punkitude, produced by unlikely Todd Rundgren, defines the sound and style of New York’s contribution to new wave: a raunchy and sloppy brand of untogether brilliance.

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