Too Much Too Soon

The New York Dolls' first album expanded their cult from Manhattan to the rest of hard-core, hard-rock America. As a result, Too Much Too Soon is less specifically rooted in Manhattan, though its bluster and swagger are no less urban. Rather than the specifically New York City "Subway Train" of their first LP, there's "Babylon," the town on Long Island, the Philadelphia soul of "There's Gonna Be a Showdown," and the Chinese accents of "Bad Detective." Too Much Too Soon is plainly about moving a lot and not going anywhere. "All dressed up/Got nowhere to go," sings lead guitarist Johnny Thunders and he is aching for release.