New York Dolls
by New York Dolls
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New York Dolls bestography
New York Dolls is ranked as the best album by New York Dolls.
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New York Dolls track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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New York Dolls rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 86 Music Albums of 1973 | 3/86 | 5 |
| 2026 |  serpico | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 39/99 | 12 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 54 Music Albums of 1973 | 36/54 | 2 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1973 | 34/56 | 2 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1973 | 20/20 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Milhaud | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 71 Music Albums of 1973 | 7/71 | 5 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 28 Music Albums of 1973 | 26/28 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 85 Music Albums of 1973 | 24/85 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0501-0600 | 45/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 360 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,732 | |||
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New York Dolls ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/12/2026 07:07 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2026 19:45 |  dihansse | 6,392 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 15:07 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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New York Dolls forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026 dihansse 08/09/2026 19:56 in My discoveries per yearNew York Dolls comments
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swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/03/2014 20:01 | #123277 | TOP COMMENT
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The New York Dolls' first LP is a confident sounding release chock full of good rockin' catchy tunes. The band plays with a sense of wild abandon that is infectious.
Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/03/2014 18:05 | #118635 | TOP COMMENT
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Raw, nasty and in-your-face....incredibly far ahead of it's time for 1973.
Myke1 04/11/2013 16:07 | #72434 | TOP COMMENT
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1973..... I saw the Dolls on the Old Grey Whistle Test and loved their image and music. At a time when I couldnt afford an album I asked for this for Christmas and it still remains a treasured gift. Excellent.
Jboy56 12/08/2021 07:58 | #277234 | TOP COMMENT
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Album has very good production, it sounds raw and heavy.
There is a certain sameness in the songs considering the album as a whole.
Fast rockers with that proto-punk rhythmic background, only a couple mid-tempo songs.
but all come with great riffs and catchy lyrics.
Best tracks:
- Personality - Best track, with a gritty 3 chord riffing.Punky
- Pills - Quite punky and with funny lyrics.
- Looking For a Kiss
- Bad Girl, with punky and even thrash-metal heaviness in the axes.
- Trash - Another protopunk,
- Jet Boy - The heaviest and grittiest track, AC/DC comes to mind.. (Edited)
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/06/2012 22:46 | #47970 | TOP COMMENT
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It's good but if the house was on fire I don't think I'd instinctively reach for it.
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