Endless Party

Rock · 1991 · 17 tracks

Endless Party

Nineteen tracks of unvarnished proto-punk history. A gritty, tape-hiss-heavy collection of demos and live cuts capturing the Dolls at their most dangerously loose.

1991 · Munster Records

Endless Party is the sound of a band that does not care about your expectations of competence or polish. It is a document of 1970s New York City at its most feral: a collision of girl-group melodies, Chuck Berry riffs, and a burgeoning punk attitude that was still figuring out its own name. The recording quality is unapologetically lo-fi, with every track sounding like it was captured on a cassette recorder hidden in the back of a smoky club or a drafty rehearsal space.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks

01

7 Day Weekend

3:25

02

Frankenstein

5:47

03

Mystery Girls

2:57

04

Showdown

1:33

05

Back in the U.S.A.

2:18

06

Endless Party

6:22

07

Human Being

5:43

08

It's Too Late

3:29

09

Bad Detective

3:29

11

Subway Train

4:49

12

Private World

3:44

13

Trash

3:06

15

Don't Start Me Talkin'

3:21

16

Hootchie Cootchie Man

4:31

17

Great Big Kiss

3:34

18

Vietnamese Baby

3:33

19

Babylon

3:24

Moments Worth Listening For

The moment the feedback screeches into the opening riff of Trash, signaling a total lack of studio polish.

David Johansen's improvised yelps and banter between tracks that make the listener feel like they are in the room.

The sloppy, glorious drum fill that nearly falls apart halfway through the demo version of Jet Boy.

Where This Album Departs

How does Endless Party sound next to the rest of New York Dolls's catalogue?

Party Celebration+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into party celebration than the rest of the catalogue.

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