Dancing Backward in High Heels
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Dancing Backward in High Heels is the fifth studio album
by the New York Dolls
. It was released on March 15, 2011 on 429 Records
. Dancing Backward in High Heels can best be described as a departure from the New York Dolls hard rock, punk, sound and a return to the girl group, 1960's rock invasion genre that both David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain have claimed to love. With the only song featuring the trade-mark attitude of the Dolls, Dancing Backwards in High Heels focuses on pure power-pop, doo-wop, and the style of the 1960s.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the New York Dolls
New York Dolls
The New York Dolls is an American rock band, formed in New York in 1971. The band's protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later...
. It was released on March 15, 2011 on 429 Records
429 Records
429 Records is an American record label. It is a subsidiary label of Savoy Label Group/Nippon Columbia focusing on indie rock and adult album alternative performers. In addition to releasing new material from musicians such as Dr...
. Dancing Backward in High Heels can best be described as a departure from the New York Dolls hard rock, punk, sound and a return to the girl group, 1960's rock invasion genre that both David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain have claimed to love. With the only song featuring the trade-mark attitude of the Dolls, Dancing Backwards in High Heels focuses on pure power-pop, doo-wop, and the style of the 1960s.
Track listing
- Fool for You Baby (Dom Dom Dippy) - (featuring David Johansen/Jason Hill/Sylvain Sylvain)
- Streetcake - (featuring David Johansen/Frank Infante/Jason Hill/Sylvain Sylvain/Brian Delaney)
- I'm so Fabulous - (featuring David Johansen/Frank Infante/Sylvain Sylvain/Brian Delaney)
- Talk to Me Baby - (featuring David Johansen/Frank Infante/Jason Hill/Jamie Toms/Tess Hirst/Stephanie Clift/Nubiya Brandon/Sylvain Sylvain/Brian Delaney)
- Kids Like You - (featuring David Johansen/Frank Infante/Sylvain Sylvain/Brian Delaney)
- Round and Round She Goes - (featuring David Johansen/Frank Infante/Jamie Toms/Sylvain Sylvain/Brian Delaney)
- You Don't Have to Cry - (featuring David Johansen/Jason Hill/Alastair Lord/Hanna Want/Hanna Duff/Matthew Kibble/Sylvain Sylvain/Brian Delaney)
- I Sold My Heart to the Junkman - (featuring David Johansen/Frank Infante/Jason Hill/Alex Leathard/Alastair Lord/Jamie Toms/Hannah Want/Hanna Duff/Tess Hirst/Stephanie Clift/Nubiya Brandon/Sylvain Sylvain)
- Baby, Tell Me What I'm On - (featuring David Johansen/Frank Infante/Jason Hill/Jamie Toms/Sylvain Sylvain)
- Funky But Chic - (featuring David Johansen/Frank Infante/Alex Leathard/Alastair Lord/Jamie Toms/Tess Hirst/Stephanie Clift/Nubiya Brandon/Mara Hennessey/Sylvain Sylvain/Brian Delaney)
- End of the Summer - (featuring David Johansen/Frank Infante/Jason Hill/Adam Sinclair/Anna Victoria Best/Stephanie Clift/Nina McDonnell/Newcastle Dolls/Mara Hennessey/Sylvain Sylvain/Brian Delaney)
Personnel
- David Johansen – lead vocals
- Sylvain Sylvain – guitar, vocals
- Frank InfanteFrank InfanteFrank Infante is an American guitarist and bassist best known as a former member of the punk/new wave band, Blondie.Prior to Blondie, he established himself playing guitar in heavy, electric blues groups such as The Elegant End and World War III. In 1975, he joined Sniper, an early, American glam...
– guitar - Jason Hill - bass, vocals
- Brian Delaney - drums