Cause I Sez So

The New York Dolls strutted onto the scene in the early 1970s with an irresistible mix of proto-punk rebellion, Stones-y swagger, and a glam, gender-bending blur of lipstick and platform boots. Their self-titled 1973 debut LP - #213 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - was produced by pop-rock wizard Todd Rundgren, who reunited with the band for 'Cause I Sez So, the fourth studio album of their intermittent yet highly influential career. Recorded at Rundgren's Utopia Sound Studio in Kauai, the album features original Dolls David Johansen (vocals) and Sylvain Sylvain (guitar) plus Steve Conte (guitar), Brian Delaney (drums), and Sami Yaffa (bass). The 12-song track list features 11 new originals plus a send-up of "Trash," a standout from their '73 debut that Rolling Stone praised as a "nonsensical, good-rocking ass-shaker."