Too Much Too Soon

Too Much Too Soon  is the 1974 second studio album by the American hard rock band New York Dolls.  The group was dissatisfied with the recording of their 1973 self-titled debut album, leading the band’s frontman David Johansen to enlist veteran producer Shadow Morton for Too Much Too Soon.  To complete Too Much Too Soon, they covered older songs and re-recorded their past demos.  Johansen impersonated different characters while singing some of the novelty covers, and Morton incorporated many studio sound effects and female backing vocals in his production.  For the album, lead guitarist Johnny Thunders wrote and recorded “Chatterbox”, his first recorded performance singing lead.  Too Much Too Soon was released by Mercury Records on May 10, 1974, to poor sales and only charted at number 167 on the Billboard 200.  Like their debut album, Too Much Too Soon became one of the most popular cult records in rock music and has since been viewed by music journalists as a precursor to punk rock.  (More from Wikipedia)