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Written by: David Johansen, Johnny Thunders
Produced by: Todd Rundgren
Released: Aug. '73 on Mercury
Charts: Did not chart

No song better captured the New York Dolls' glammed-out R&B than "Personality Crisis," the opening track on the group's debut album. Produced by Rundgren during an eight-day session, "Personality Crisis" was the trashy sound of an identity meltdown. Soon after, the Dolls fell victim to one themselves and dissolved amid a haze of drugs.

Appears on: New York Dolls (Mercury)

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