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One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 21 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 19 votes
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Album Info
Label: Roadrunner
Release Date: 25 July 2006
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock
Summary
The first album in 32 years for the legendary glam-punk band features guest appearances from Michael Stipe, Bo Diddley and Iggy Pop. Only David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain return from the Dolls' original lineup, however.
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What The Critics Said
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E! Online
Let's hope we don't have to wait until 2040 for something else this good.
Read Full Review >Observer Music Monthly
It's the kind of rollicking, party-rockin' fandango which, genuinely, nobody has the spirit or wit to put together these days.
Read Full Review >Filter
Fans will love it; hipster kids can hear what the Strokes would sound like if they suddenly had the subtlety bludgeoned out of them. [#21, p.100]
Entertainment Weekly
If you're heavily invested in the Dolls mythos... you'll be disappointed.... Still, One Day pleases us, especially since Johansen, Syl, and the new Dollettes don't try to replicate the old sound but opt for the rowdy professionalism of Johansen's '70s/'80s solo efforts.
Read Full Review >Billboard
This first new Dolls album in 32 years is not just a legitimate entry in their catalog, it's a great one.
Read Full Review >Blender
From the orgiastic "We're All In Love" to the painfully mortal "Take a Good Look at My Good Looks," they're all clearly Dolls for life. [Aug 2006, p.113]
Uncut
It kicks ass. [Aug 2006, p.99]
Mojo
What's most remarkable is just how like the old Dolls this new record sounds. [Aug 2006, p.92]
Spin
[A] striking return to form. [Aug 2006, p.82]
All Music Guide
If it's not quite a triumph, it's challenging and ambitious stuff that rocks on out and doesn't tarnish the memory of what Johansen and Sylvain accomplished so many years ago.
Read Full Review >Dot Music
It has fire in its belly and an admirable abandon and as a whirlwind tour of rock'n'roll decadence it makes, say, Jet look like the fey, foppish tourists they are.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone
[They] have honed the legendary mania of the early records into a tightened combustion that is part "Personality Crisis" but also packs the matured anxiety and tattered-Sixties classicism of Johansen's 1978 solo debut. [24 Aug 2006, p.90]
Alternative Press
Remember's strength is in its time-warp atmosphere. [Sep 2006, p.228]
Austin Chronicle
One Day is a rollicking carnival ride that turns its off-the-cuff attitude into something approaching transcendence.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
A career highlight. [Sep 2006, p.109]
Pitchfork
So no shocker then that One Day sounds less the work of punk provocateurs than a Keith Richards solo album: grizzled rock vets backed by a nominally gritty if too-well-rehearsed troupe of young(er) hired guns.
Read Full Review >The Guardian
The Dolls' capacity for romance and nostalgia has matured - even if they haven't.
Read Full Review >Paste Magazine
While One Day is a passable throwback rock recrod, it doesn't rise to the level of a true celebration of the Doll's legacy. [Sep 2006, p.80]
New Musical Express
What's left of the genius glam-punksters has returned in the guise of an above-average pub-rock band. [22 Jul 2006, p.31]
NOW Magazine
All the reckless abandon the New York Dolls name conjures, the spontaneous handclaps, sloppy guitar-slashing and youthful over-indulgence that made those early Dolls recordings such a kick are sadly nowhere to be found here.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
A band that is only one-third New York Dolls--no matter how good their intentions--still sounds like it.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Wilson S gave it a10:
This is astonishingly good, an amazing accomplishment.
Todd W gave it a3:
It's a story as old as rock-n-roll. Boys meet each other; Boys form band; Band gets discovered; Band gets friggin' huge; Boys succumb to offstage temptations; Lifestyle vagaries kill some boys; Band disbands; Survivors reform band years later; Reformed band releases new album; Album sucks. See Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, The Doors, Queen, Chicago, INXS, The Grateful Dead, and even The Beatles (who pitifully and greedily released two John Lennon outtakes under the guise of new music). Such is also the sad story of the "new" New York Dolls. Once the kick-ass toast of the soft white underbelly of New York City, their latest is not even in the same zip code as their epic debut or Too Much Too Soon. Oh, I forgot one final chapter in the sad story. Dead members roll over in their graves. One day it will please me to forget all about this.
poison o gave it a10:
I give it a 10 because there's true joy on this disc - even if it's a "maimed happiness". It's the most good-naturedly ridiculous thing I've seen in years! The companion DVD (included) is worth the price on its own. I never paid any attention to the Dolls back when they were being heavily promoted by Cleveland's WMMS due to the fag nature of the band, but time wounds all (high) heels, and the two surviving members have matured, and beautifully, too. It sounds like a cross between the Stones and the J. Geils Band, with a little of The Boss and The Ramones thrown in, none of which is surprising - in other words, it's the first guitar rock album out of New York in a helluva long time! Give Syl credit for honing his guitar chops over the years - this guy really knows his rhythm guitar! It may sound like 3-chord rock, but there's a lot of solid theory in what he's doing with that big shiny Rickenbacker guitar. And Johanson is one of the very few baritones left who can put a song across - this was the downfall of Eric Burdon & the Animals, and Keith Relf of the Yardbirds. JoJo does in fact sound like Keith Richards when he wants to, but at least he's not permanently stuck in the vocal gravel pit. And finally, give Jack Douglas credit for producing and mixing the album - it's not quite as punchy on the low end as we've come to expect these days, but it's a very listenable, seamless mix. Let's all hope they follow this up with more, and at least as good!
Christian gave it a9:
This is terrific stuff from a band too many have dismissed as just "real loud and fun." There's depth to be found in the ballads and good times to be discovered in the rockers, of which there are several. O.K., not everything's essential. A few songs could have been excluded and there wouldn't have been a loss, but on the whole, this is the punk-classic rock-jam collection of the year. Tip to the band: Don't wait so long for a follow up!
Chad M gave it a10:
This is the best album of the year, for the genre. It stays true to the old Dolls sound while expanding on it and making it sound fresh. This is going to be remembered as one of the better albums of 2006...critically, not commercially.
Early storm gave it a7:
A great surprise!
the kid gave it a9:
I'm lucky enough to have caught most of the lively incarnations of Mr. D. Jo - from his solo work, to the early days of Buster P. on 14th St. at the old Tramps playing 3 sets a night of blues, jazz and soul until everyone and their mother started to realize what a fantastic talent this mofo was (Brian Koonin of the new dolls played guitar for Buster P. and his Banshees of Blue). And now David Jo and Sylvain have come full circle back to replant their roots with everything else they have experienced over the years thrown in for good measure. The music is catchy and relevant in a way that no "new" band out today can even compete with, and the lyrics come straight out of David's romantically twisted soul. This cd is an instant addition to anyone's top twenty great cds of the new century. Thanks boys!
