T. Rex /Glam Rock/

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T. Rex - Electric Warrior

released: 1971

A & M Records/Polygram UK

Lossless (flac)

covers

Electric Warrior is the sixth album by British rock group T. Rex, and is widely considered to be one of the quintessential glam rock releases. Electric Warrior reached number thirty-two in the US; it went to number one for several weeks in the UK, becoming the biggest album of 1971.

In 2003 it was ranked number 160 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The album contains two of T. Rex's most popular songs, "Get It On" and "Jeepster." In the United States, "Get It On"'s title was modified to "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" to distinguish it from Chase's song "Get It On," which was also released in late 1971. (The printing of the song title "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" on the back cover of original Reprise Records U.S. copies of Electric Warrior is obviously in a different typefont from the surrounding text, with the song's original title retained when printing the lyrics.) "Get It On" was T. Rex's biggest single and their only U.S. hit (#10).
The album that essentially kick-started the U.K. glam rock craze, Electric Warrior completes T. Rex's transformation from hippie folk-rockers into flamboyant avatars of trashy rock & roll. There are a few vestiges of those early days remaining in the acoustic-driven ballads, but Electric Warrior spends most of its time in a swinging, hip-shaking groove powered by Marc Bolan's warm electric guitar. The music recalls not just the catchy simplicity of early rock & roll, but also the implicit sexuality -- except that here, Bolan gleefully hauls it to the surface, singing out loud what was once only communicated through the shimmying beat. He takes obvious delight in turning teenage bubblegum rock into campy sleaze, not to mention filling it with pseudo-psychedelic hippie poetry. In fact, Bolan sounds just as obsessed with the heavens as he does with sex, whether he's singing about spiritual mysticism or begging a flying saucer to take him away. It's all done with the same theatrical flair, but Tony Visconti's spacious, echoing production makes it surprisingly convincing. Still, the real reason Electric Warrior stands the test of time so well -- despite its intended disposability -- is that it revels so freely in its own absurdity and willful lack of substance. Not taking himself at all seriously, Bolan is free to pursue whatever silly wordplay, cosmic fantasies, or non sequitur imagery he feels like; his abandonment of any pretense to art becomes, ironically, a statement in itself. Bolan's lack of pomposity, back-to-basics songwriting, and elaborate theatrics went on to influence everything from hard rock to punk to new wave. But in the end, it's that sense of playfulness, combined with a raft of irresistible hooks, that keeps Electric Warrior such an infectious, invigorating listen today.

Personnel
* Marc Bolan – vocals, guitars
* Mickey Finn – conga drums, bongos
* Steve Currie – bass guitar
* Bill Legend – drums
* Howard Kaylan – backing vocals
* Mark Volman – backing vocals
* Rick Wakeman – keyboards on "Get It On"
* Ian McDonald – saxophone
* Burt Collins – flugelhorn

Tracks:

01. Mambo Sun
02. Cosmic Dancer
03. Jeepster
04. Monolith
05. Lean Woman Blues
06. Get It On
07. Planet Queen
08. Girl
09. The Motivator
10. Life's A Gas
11. Rip Off



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