Release Date: 14 March 2011
The title of the New York Dolls' fifth studio album, "Dancing Backwards In High Heels", might be seen as a reference to their long lost penchant for provocateur drag, as seen on the inconic black, white and pink cover of their 1973 debut. The album's one cover, Patti LaBelle & the Blue Bells' 1962 hit, "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman," is a tipoff to some of the sensibilities at play. But you won't exactly be mistaking the Dolls for a girl group. Yes, the melodies are sweeter, the arrangements are more sophisticated, and they venture a good distance from their trademark roaring-guitar sound. Yet for all the increased craft apparent in the production, there probably hasn't been as much pure, unadulterated swagger from David Johansen on a Dolls album since their first personality crisis back in '73.
Streetcake Talk To Me Baby Fabulous Rant Im So Fabulous Fool For You Baby Kids Like You Round and Round She Goes You Dont Have To Cry I Sold My Heart To The Junkman Baby Tell Me What Your On Funky But Chic 12. End Of The Summer