Reviews

Doll By Doll: Remember (Automatic K56618) – „Dull by Doll“

Publication: Sounds
Author: Dave McCullough
Date: 24 March 1979
Language: English
Access: Paywall

Dave McCullough's Sounds review of Doll By Doll's debut Remember (Automatic K56618) carries the headline “Dull by Doll”, a pun with “dull” standing in for “Doll”. The Rock's Backpages archive lists the review with two stars. The headline is apparently the earliest documented source of the nickname, which the press officer Mick Houghton later describes as current (“Dull By Dull”). The full text of the review is available to subscribers only.

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Dull by Doll

Pun on the band's name (“dull” for “Doll”). Publicly visible teaser of the review, with two stars.

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Remember 1979 · Doll by Doll