David Johansen - From Pumps to Pompadour: The David Johansen Story

Primary Artist
David Johansen
Album Title
From Pumps to Pompadour: The David Johansen Story
Release Date
October, 1995 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Drawing from all three phases of David Johansen's career, From Pumps To Pompadours: The David Johansen Story is a comprehensive of the hard rocker's career. Only three songs date from his influential days with The New York Dolls ("Trash," "Personality Crisis," "Babylon"), but that has been the most well-documented period of his career. While his biggest hits -- in fact, his only hits -- are the five Buster Poindexter tracks at the end of the disc, the middle portion of the album, which selects the highlights from his overlooked solo albums of the late '70s and early '80s, is where most of the best material lies. Read More