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Pre sell for 10-17-25Disc 1 Side 1’CAUSE I SEZ SO 03:05MUDDY BONES 02:59BETTER THAN YOU 03:19LONELY SO LONG 04:03MY WORLD 03:24THIS IS RIDICULOUS 03:13Disc 1 Side 2TEMPTATION TO EXIST 04:00MAKING RAIN 04:04DROWNING 03:29NOBODY GOT NO BIZNESS 02:57TRASH 03:49EXORCISM OF DESPAIR 02:42American standard-bearers for glam rock and important precursors to punk rock, The New York Dolls reunited (at the personal request of longtime fan Morrissey) nearly three decades after their early-1970s heyday. Original Dolls David Johansen and Syl Sylvain still have all the sass and swagger of their prime on CAUSE I SEZ SO. Todd Rundgren had helmed the band’s debut and returns in the same capacity for this 2009 Atco album, helping the quintet push its sonic envelope a bit beyond the Stonesy racket of yore. A reggae-tinged reworking of their ’70s classic Trash may be the most striking example of this, but the beautiful pop melody of Lonely So Long and the propulsive R&ampB of Nobody Got No Bizness show the Dolls can wear any style and make it look great. We’ll give CAUSE I SEZ SO another spin in memory of the band’s drummer Jerry Nolan, who passed away on this day in 1992.