Reviews (page 5 of 15)
Good album
Certainly some bangers, but not my cup of tea
Another album I already own. Obviously Bang a Gong is the one everyone will know, but my personal favorite is Lean Woman Blues. It does always surprise me this album was made in the early 70s as I think it has more of that late 70s sound.
Cue the 70s rock speech. Ok but this is interesting. I actually am liking this one. Ok hello! I think I'm picking up what you're putting down. Yeah girl I do love you like dr strange. Ok yeahhh. Yes I could be convinced to like this. Me if I was dancing when I was 12. Big dancers over here. This is quite Bowie. Very glam rock beginnings. Are they British? They sing like they're phonetically British. It's not bad per se. At least not on these guys. These are just love songs I like it. Oh don't hurt em now. Ok vocals. This is jiving, I need a perm, halter, and some bell bottoms stat. Why are we taking someone's daughter leave her alone. Sometimes you're visually fine but mentally dyin it happens. Really liked this one definitely a gem. They really didn't think too hard about the lyrics huh. Favourite: Mambo Sun Least favourite: Rip Off
The album is great but I hate the songs about women, especially raw ramp.
I found this much celebrated record to be full of fine rock 'n roll, but nothing that really got me grooving until the last track.
An easy listen to a very normal rock album
Last song slapped tho
Overall Rating - 3.41/5 (6.82/10). Well done album.
Man that’s some slinky guitar and vocals. Some of this is decent, some of it delightful.
Very enjoyable, 70s rock is just really good with the right bsnd
I really enjoyed this album. My only previous exposure was, like everyone else, Get It On. Although the record is quite raw and primitive in many ways, the sparseness of the arrangements and the intentional simplicity, especially in the drums, actually sounds weirdly modern. Equally there are some quite 'out there' production choices which are really cool. Its massive influence on subsequent rock music is obvious - aside from Noel Gallagher stealing the Get It On riff, there are echoes of this in Arctic Monkeys' AM, for example. I can see how the nonsensical words and odd vocal delivery might annoy some people but I'm actually here for it - it feels individual to Bolan, like it really means something to him, even if I have no idea what he's on about. I enjoy an intentionally obtuse vocal delivery. I like the subtle strings and the creative backing vocals. I think the overall vibe is sometimes stronger than the songs themselves, which often are basically one idea repeated for three minutes with the occasional left turn. Again this works for me, but I can see how some might find it a little boring. There are some dated moments for sure - see Lean Woman Blues - but in general it's impressive how well this record stands up 55 years on.
I enjoyed the listen but didn't find it very memorable.
Didnt listen well (like past 1 song at all lol), not my kinda music!
Nie znalem, a fajnie siadło
musica chill molto approvata, il mio genere
Hell yes. Thank you glam rock.
An immensely cool album, led by a frontman dripping with charisma. So good
This album is the most boring white boy guitar stuff I've ever heard. Not completely unlistenable but I wouldn't choose to listen to it again on purpose.
saai van wat ik heb geluisterd. Ik heb niet het hele album geluisterd…
Beklager T-Rex, men dette likte jeg ikke særlig godt. Klarte så vidt å fullføre albumet. Sterk en stjerne da
kafkaesque
I wish it rocked harder but this album is really great, obvious inspiration to Ween.
What a trip that Marc Bolan and Mark Volman are both on the same album. The stars aligned for this one.
With the name T. Rex and the genre Glam rock, I didn't expect much. But it was a fun listnen with Get It On and Hot Love as my favorites.
Loved the gritty, sexy spin on bubblegum psychedelic pop.
Enjoyed this. I haven't listened to much T. Rex beyond the hit songs, and this time around I heard quite a lot of the late 50s early 60s influences.
Loved the album, the guitar and hippie dippie poetry lyricism made it for me. Favourite track was probably Jeepster, defo would listen again
Nothing really stranding out from this album, wouldn't seek it out. Best song is Get It On, but just due to familiarity
Wonderous album
T. Rex are another one of those British rock bands who seismically shifted the sound and style of music in their home nation, but whose impact overseas (particularly in my own home country of the US) was more limited. that being said, the influence of their frontman Marc Bolan and the songs he wrote for Electric Warrior can be felt in a ton of future rock music from both sides of the pond. this is credited as the first glam rock album ever recorded, and it catapulted Bolan to an astounding, albeit briefly lived, level of fame in the British Isles. plenty of subsequent bands in both Britain and America were formed by people who heard records like this and iterated on their successes, resulting in the creation of rock musics like punk, indie, alternative and many more. personally, I've heard "Jeepster" and "Bang a Gong" quite a few times over the years, but the rest of this album was brand-new to me. that being said, a lot of the people involved in its production were not! as I quickly came to realize, before Tony Visconti was known as the guy who produced nearly all of David Bowie's classic albums, he was known as the producer for T. Rex. his touch as a producer and musical curator here is unmistakable in much the same way it would be on next year's Ziggy Stardust and many of the subsequent Bowie collaborations which I'm much more familiar with. plus, there's some recognizable session players in the mix here: King Crimson's Ian McDonald on saxophone, prolific session trumpeter Burt Collins on flugelhorn, and the one and only Rick Wakeman playing keys on "Bang a Gong", recorded shortly before he joined Yes (and two months before the release of Bowie's Hunky Dory, another album where he plays the snot out of some piano)! oh, also Flo & Eddie. despite all the star power, I think my expectations for this album were a little different. I was not prepared for quite this level of camp! a fella like me sees this album title (ELECTRIC WARRIOR!!!) paired with this incredible cover of Bolan wielding a guitar in front of a massive stack of amps, and I expect the riffs to come out and stay out, like a bulge through a pair of spandex pants you can't look away from. some of the tracks here definitely do that, but many of them are quite silly. the lyrics in particular are almost always silly, actually. I'd like to return to this with the knowledge that this album sounds Like This, and see if I can meet it more where it's at the next time. as it stands, I liked it quite a bit, but there I go again with my preconceived notions. decent 7/10.
surprised.
I liked the songs but they just felt a bit too steady? Like go crazy guys, you’re allowed to rock out!! Also wanna shoutout the brass in Girl because I loved that.
Rip Off and Planet Queen were my favorites here.
I recognize one of these songs
I enjoyed this album, there were a couple of songs that I didn’t enjoy on it such as Planet Queen, but it is a solid example of early 1970s pop rock. It reminded me of Penelope isles quite a bit.
Sympa mais pas mémorable
Still sounds interesting and innovative after all this time.
Not my thing again
meh
There’s a fair amount of repetitive melodies and ideas on this record, but for some reason I just really vibed with the music. Very enjoyable listen. The record takes a lot of 60s pop and rock ideas and turns them into something a little different. Will listen again.
Own this. Love this. Almost perfect. 4.5 stars for sure.
Um punhado de canções simples, valorizadas pelos arranjos e interpretações maravilhosas que traduzem a riqueza sonora deste álbum. Cordas, saxofone (Ian McDonald), flugelhorn, violões e a guitarra reinando soberana. Um verdadeiro clássico!
Pop oriented glam. Bolan started it Jeepster Monolith Bang a gong Rip off
Good, but not great. I went in expecting a lot more straight-up rock from a band called T. Rex and an album titled Electric Warrior. Instead, it leans more Bowie-adjacent than raw rock. That said, there’s a nice funky groove running through most of it, and I enjoyed a handful of tracks—“Get It On,” “Mambo Sun,” and “Jeepster” being the standouts for me.
Outside of Bang a Gong, I haven’t been familiar with T. Rex. Wow. Great album. Definitely something to revisit.
"Electric Warrior" cannot be underestimated for the songs that land like a steel bucket of glitter painted railroad ties. Each of the album's high points, "Mambo Sun", "Cosmic Dancer", "Jeepster", "Get it On", "Life's a Gas", and "Rip Off" are each distinct and effective in their own way. Each seemingly could have birthed entire individual genres on their own accords of majesty and originality, but, even as I try to find direct pairs, each remains unparalleled and a still live on as little universe of their own. "Mambo Sun", although exploring similar Cajun and country-plucking territory to West Coast bands like Little Feat and CCR, Bolan's breathy delivery, buoyed by falsetto fantasy-chorus, has us long departed from the dusty dirt of the former's Americana, and off onto another planet entirely. "Cosmic Dancer" and "Life's a Gas", both, in spirit, rather than via sonics, foretell if not ordain, the escape in languid hedonism and dancing of Balearic music (which would give its own birth to children of Rave.) "Jeepster" and "Get it On" both presage the gleaming grit of the image-first rock of the 80s. There's a smudge of motor oil on the chrome, foreshadowing the rides you're gonna go on, but first you are just gonna look at the cars and take in all their muscular, gleaming glory. Speaking of legacy and influence, we can't ignore Bolan's deliberately unserious lyrics, as well as similar joking-riffing intentionally sloppy lead licks that get played throughout "Electric Warrior" with as much studio polish and zeal as the competently flashy ones. This sort of 'anti-polish' would in legacy support between try-hard metal and can't-be-bothered grunge, evident in Jerry Cantrell and Kim Thayill's effortless-in-effort anti-cool, as well as other indies such as Jay Mascis, Doug Marsch, and Steve Malkmus, and even modern McGee, who each take raw technical ability as not necessarily interesting in itself, and explore wilder expressions through solos thick with petina of distortions and effects. We also get bands that marry absurdity and musical chops, such as Ween and Phish (whether or not you are grateful like I am, or understandably spiteful for their existence and rabid fandoms). In the same way that Bolan saw the utility of competent and flashy playing, but in the fashion that grew Glam, technicality was an essential but minor part of a bigger show. There are some low points, here, which I won't pass aside for adulating the greats: "Lean Woman Blues", although lyrically funny and interesting, is at the end of the day, a blown out, straight ahead blues. "Girl", which is mainly solo acoustic with a cheeky and pleasant flugelhorn, is ungrounded in flimsy fantasy and too insubstantial to hold its own with the rest of the album. It feels like a planned smoke break. To credit, it is possibly the only time I will ever forgive a "witch/ditch" rhyme (Rob Zombie gets no pass). "The Motivator", although primed with stompy glee, energetically feels like it was racing on foot, and couldn't catch up to the hot cars of "Jeepster" and "Get it On". All given and on the table, and even despite it's lowest points (which are only so relatively low due to the soaring successes) "Electric Warrior" took off for space 55 years ago and we have still been getting vibrant, inspiring, and wholly relevant transmissions from it, since.
My rating 3.0. Besides Bang a Gong and Jeepster what do you really have???? Mediocre pop.
It’s kind of ok and then it’s not at the same time. Not for me!
loved every song
mej skeptical pa 'ko sa ganitong genre pero maganda siya
Incredible album. Familiar with a few songs on here but loved listening to the whole thing in full. Somewhere between David Bowie and an 80s rock album. Love the vibe, love the energy. Such a sexy and cool album!
Best album cover ever. Lifes a gas a highlight. Good but a bit samey
Pretty good. Find I'm enjoying the spacier songs but overall, I like it. Favorites: Monolith, Bang a Gong, Planet Queen Would I listen to it again: Yes
fine low bop ratio. Not much variety
Album tracks were better than I was expecting and the singles are still great, especially Get It On.
The 70s version of mumble rap
Tältä levyltä oli ainoa tuttu biisi ”Get It On” ja se olikin levyn parasta antia. Aika samasta puusta oli biisit veistetty ja aika samankaltaisia hivenen tylsähköjä biisejä.
A fun album, but doesn’t really bring anything spectacular to the table. I did like how it’s sort of a blend of 60s groovy rock and 70s power rock. Nothing to write home about, but no real complaints. A fine, above average listen. 3/5
A classic for sure. Lots to love. A bit of meh sprinkled in there as well. Love the guitar work, it laid the groundwork for a lot of bands to come!
Really interesting
Love this album - have listened multiple times before but felt I properly listened this time. Favs are Planet Queen, Jeepster, Girl, obvs cosmic dancer
Listened to 2003 remastered edition. Electric glam rock giving off Bowie vibes. 1 song added to playlist.
Pretty good. I recognized some songs. Not my fave ever, but I see the appeal.
Not a bad album, this is glam rock and it feels like a good representation of its time.
This album feels like it could have come out in the late 2010's. Has a very classic indie pop-rock feel that was an unknown formula I hadn't known so many bands I like have been utilizing.
Not really my bag but I liked the second half of the album. Rip off is a standout track tho!
Eh, it was fine, but honestly not as good as I had hoped for a band I had heard about a lot but hadn't actually heard very much music from.
3.4 It's fine. Not sure how it started glam rock, doesn't feel very glam. Feels like a nice, levelled, strip back bit of rock. Something that Black Keys revived many decades later. Actually a lot different than I expected based on status, thought it would be a lot heavier but felt like they played it incredibly safe. Can't see it having great longevity in anyone's playlist which is probably why these guys never really transcended the decades.
It was alright, very different but somehow exactly the same as everything else Songs a bit boring, no interesting twists or melodies
Good but dated and not for me
I love T. rex
I think everyone is aware of all the T Rex singles and to be fair there’s not a bad one amongst them. This is the first time I’ve listened to a full album and I was pleasantly surprised that there was more to them than that sound. Some really cool relaxed tracks but some absolute shockers ( rip off ). It’s an album of its time and probably not one I’ll revisit
Electric Warrior is a lot quieter and slinkier than I expected. As the progenitor of glam rock, I thought it would be quite a bit heavier, but it's actually perfect the way it is. The influence on Bowie was tremendous, and you can hear why. Marc Bolan's grooves are hypnotic, his lyrics hilariously juvenile, the guitar rock raucously sloppy. Fantastic stuff. FOUR STARS
Ass
Me gustó el ritmo alegre / nostálgico, ya había escuchado la canción de “life’s A Gas” Me deleite con ese ritmo lento y conmemorado del amor. Un álbum corto y 100% disfrutable. Estoy paseando a mi perro mientras lo escucho.
Probably the first in a long line of albums I will have to research as I listen to understand the era in which it came out. It initially sounded like a lot of 70s/80s rock, but it makes more sense that the sound is one that the album helped pioneer. It is weird because this seems to land somewhere between psychedelic rock and prog rock without being too hard into either. This makes more sense with appearances with members of Yes and King Crimson. 6/10 - Relatively solid album, all of the songs are catchy but not catchy enough for me to want to listen again. For a 40 minute album, it feels long.
yeah a couple tracks i like a decent bit, and the overall feel is pretty good
Strong start and I was like "oh, glam rock actually sounds quite good", then after the Gong was Banged, it's fairly lacklustre.
94/1001 Memorable riffs, Great production and a cool confident vibe. Flo and Eddies backing are the cherry on top. 7/10
Album 1020 of 1089 Electric Warrior - T. Rex (1971) Rating : 4.5 / 5 This one has me reconsidering a long-held opinion. I’ve always thought The Slider might be their best, but after listening to this again, I’m not so sure. T. Rex is instantly recognizable, and I mean that as a compliment. From the very first note, you know exactly what you’re getting - and that’s a big part of the appeal. There’s a confident, swaggering sound here that never wavers. It’s glam rock done with conviction, charm, and just the right amount of grit. These are fun songs full of energy and spirit, carried by Marc Bolan’s distinctive style and presence. Nothing feels overthought or forced - it just rolls along, sounding cool and self-assured the whole way through. Electric Warrior doesn’t try to reinvent anything, and it doesn’t need to. It delivers exactly what a great T. Rex album should.
That was great, thanks!
it was alright
Certain songs remind me of early Pink Floyd. It was okay.
i knew 3 of their songs off of this album beforehand, but why did NOBODY TELL THAT THIS ENTIRE ALBUM IS AMAZING
80
So very chill relaxed rock and roll. I can see the smoke filled room and band moving slowly in my mind as this plays. Last few tracks on this album take it down from perfect, but it captures a vibe and tone so well.
It's very nice glam rock with heavy psych influences. It's also very playful, the songs have fun grooves and catchy choruses while also maintaining the elegant arrangements that make the genre so special. Cosmic Dancer is the standout to me, the whole first side is pretty great. After that it slows down a bit but never really dips in quality significantly or anything.
not revolutionary but pretty ok. i liked a few 5.5/10
Glam rock ruled in early 70’s UK, and this is the album that kicked off the whole shebang. That’s only right and proper as Electric Warrior is a joyous romp from beginning to end, a collection of swaggering, sexy, mystical pop songs, including two of the finest singles of period in Jeepster and Get It On. Both tracks are utterly enthralling, timeless classics, but the joy of Electric Warrior is the strength of the material around them. Life’s A Gas is gloriously slinky with one of the great opening lines - “I could have loved you, girl, like a planet, I could have chained your heart to a star” – yep, I’m in. Cosmic Dancer – recently covered by Nick Cave – is probably my favourite of the lot and is especially affecting because of Marc Bolan’s early demise. Those strings… 10/10
I'd get high to this album, but I'm not sure I could listen to the whole thing again without some sort of substance.
4/5 I really liked the variance of the tracks and the overall sound of the album. Without knowing who influenced who, the sound reminds me of Lennon and Bowie, but still different enough that I wouldn’t say that anyone copied one or another.
7.5/10 - Easy listening, recognised 1 song from the album
Cosmic dancer banger: Rob has joined
Good folk music but nothing special
My mom gave me her copy of this when I was 15 or so. The Power Station (seriously, google it. Educate yourself) covered Bang A Gong. I love this album. Not only is it great but it holds a lot of sentimental value. It makes The Black Album look Beige
Quite good idk what to say
3.5+
7/10
Love it!
Great album. Had never listened to it before, but had heard Bang a Gong, of course. Will be revisiting it, for sure.
Such a fun, cool and easy listen. Love the 70s glam rock.
This one hit a lot of positives for me- pretty solid rock music, interesting presentation, and giving songs some different character throughout. I can't say it did everything right, but it did what it did very well. The sound was just cool, if simple. It managed to follow pop stylings without going too poppy. It didn't overdo the rock aspects, which seems to happen on occasion with the "glam" descriptor. There seemed to be one thread leading each song as it went, and everything built off of that. Adding much more to the mix probably would've overcomplicated it for the worse. What was put down all really came together to make something memorable and enjoyable. It felt like stripped down Bowie or Prince at times. I did have a few critiques. One was that some of the songs sounded too similar, even if they were good. Also, I found the weakest aspect of the album to be the vocals. They worked well for the way the music was presented, but they really didn't do much to elevate the song. Only a few times did it really feel like the voice on the music did more than just blend into the mix. Adding those issues together, I could see the album getting a little boring if it had gone on much longer than it did. As a whole, I thought this was a pretty good album. It had a few really good songs and plenty of good/fine songs. I really didn't think any of the tracks were bad. I would listen to it again. Overall: 3.6/5
Truly caught off guard by my strong feelings for this one one. Of course I love to bang a gong and get it on, but was totally unfamiliar with the rest of T. Rex's other music. It turns out this album is full of enjoyable music!
I'm of two minds - Some of this was good! But I think this is the kind of music that isn't supposed to lose your focus and this very much lost my focus for most of the album, and it wasn't interesting enough for me to listen to again today. Maybe next year. Wild how popular it is in the UK and I'd never heard of even their top US single
This was good, but not great. It had a couple stand-outs. 3.5/5
Brilliant glam rock album. One of their best.
Grasa de ballena
Good
Really not my thing
Straight white man Rock'n'Roll. Every other song is just about 'some girl'. I am very bored. Melodies are unmemorable and to me there's nothing interesting happening here. If it played on the radio, I wouldn't switch the station but I won't go out of my way to listen to more. Taking another star off for stupid lyrics.
A bit closer to home British rock, didn't recognise them at first until I heard Get It On (AMAZING TRACK, really got to appreciate it this time). I really really enjoyed the vocal choices in the chorus. The harmonies, especially the processing on the higher vocal is ethereal saves the whole project for me. It is SO 70s Rock. Other than that this is not the usual style of music I listen to - so it was hard for me to get into it. Fav songs - Cosmic Dancer and Get It On Overall - 6.5/10
я забула дослухать але доволі прикольно, спокійна музика, мені зайшло але навряд колись переслухаю
chill with some rock elements. mambo sun and life’s a gas are my fav
unreal loved it all
Ripoff >
If I was in need of a 70’s soundtrack, this would be a contender
Sounds like David Bowie… it is glam rock so it makes sense.
Nice
I am never impressed with this album. It sounds like a Rolling Stones album, I don’t really see why this band was adding to the conversation at that time. And I don’t really think that they wrote amazing songs either I did like rip off and life’s a gas. Daniel Gang is fine too, but it also reminds me of just how similar this band sounds to the Rolling Stones. I know I like it/it’s only rock ‘n’ roll came out after Daniel Gang, but I also don’t really know why I would listen to one over the other.
Not bad. Bit slower than I expect of 70s rock but decent. Surprised I'd only heard 1 song from this previously.
I think I quite liked it?
I've never listened to a T Rex record before and only really knee the singles but this was a fun listen.
Groovy, fun
Não é muito meu estilo. Curti "Planet Queen". 1,5
3,5
This was a perfect fun listen while sitting outside in the sunshine!
Love love love
He danced himself out the womb, ya hear?
Despite The Cure being my entry point as a music fan, I’ve never really cared that much about Smith’s whole look (nor the teased-out crew for the 85-93 line-up) and any androgyny I just kinda shrugged at. Like, cool man, do your thing! I’m just here for the tunes and maybe the girls who like the band. So goth having some roots in glam rock’s presentation and theatricality, likewise, fine, do your thing! Bowie is a space alien and his band are from Mars? Excellent, whatever works fellas. As such, Marc Bolan (and Slade, Roxy, etc) becoming just as known for the presentation, sometimes more, as the music, and doing a whole lot of 12-bar blues, but with some tricks in the mix, especially, the distorted guitars sitting low in mix compared to the kit and handclaps, whisper quiet, isolated vocals...it’s a cool sound...but oh well.
Weird but in a friendly entertaining manner, some definite bops, it seem to be about or to a person - all very personal
love a good electric guitar the first song is really good ok i really like this the fade out on comsic dancer was really good Jeepster is really good lean woman blues was good i liked it rip off is really good i like it it has more enerdy
A surprising bop. Fully enjoyed this. Felt like I would hear this on the sopranos
Really good album would definetly listen again, would like something maybe more upbeat
3/10 Bad. Not the type of music I usually listen to. (And for a good reason🧌)
Okay? Enjoyable tunes, but not anything I'd jam out to
Funky og feel-good! Likte dette. Relisten: ja.
Não curti muito não, mas estranhamente gostei bastante da música cosmic dancer
Fav: Life's a Gás The songs are better in the context of the album than individually
I can imagine cool people in the 70’s having this on after dinner smoking cigarettes and drinking red wine, lots of chunky boots and little silver trays of drugs. They’re not rich though, they wear orange and brown, have huge curly hair and thick dark moustaches. They smile and dance with chipped teeth and cut out stars plastered on the fridge. In terms of the music in a more traditional sense: I really really liked it a lot. It felt cool and easy to listen to, the early middle definitely gets a little bit samey but I didn’t mind because I LIKED the music they were being a bit samey about. The switch up at ‘there was a time’ was delightful and much needed. It made the album feel fresher. I hear the beach boys (especially on woodland rock) and the Beatles and I love them both so much so that’s always gonna be a good thing for me. A delight to listen to and I will be coming back to a lot of it. Mwah.
Feels like playing air guitar alone while looking in the bathroom mirror.
meh.
Like the Rolling Stones, sorta. 1/5
Pretty fun chill album. “Get It On” is an epic track.
You can't plagiarise yourself... A few classics, and a more songs that sound a bit, or a lot like those classics but not as good. I think a best of T-Rex would suit me fine.
Th eternal groove. Mark knew how to get some pretty great guitar tone and carry it thought a whole song. A few monsters on this album that show up everywhere in pop culture. A few sleepers a couple stinkers but mostly full gas guitar!
It’s okay, I like the instrumental, how rock-ish it is, and the album cover but I really don’t like the voice, it just makes me feel like a church mom
Meh.
2 songs in, I quite like it! Cosmic Dancer best song so far. Monolith is good too. 3.5
Another album from my misspent youth. Many hours were passed listening to T-Rex... great to take a deeper dive into tracks that seldom see the light of day. Guitars, guitars, guitars.
I think this album is gonna be chill with some upbeat songs but a good album to have in the background of doing any activity. Mambo Sun- I not really sure how to feel about it, I liked it but I’ve never really thought of myself actually listening to a song like that but it’s chill Cosmic Dancer- Is more of the type of song I see myself listening to. It has a pretty melody and his voice really suits this type of song. Jeepster- is one of those upbeat songs, I feel like I’m in an 80s movie and I’m getting ready for a Halloween party or like going somewhere with my friends. I enjoyed it. Monolith- I like the intro, wow, I liked how his voice sounded in this one too. Probably my favorite song as of now! Lean Woman Blues- this song was chill, I didn’t really care for it. But I feel like it would be cool to see it live. It gave grease in the dance scene. Get it on- it was repetitive, it was still a good song but idk.. not really one I would listen to often. Planet Queen- it had a great intro I liked the beat it had for the song but it kinda got repetitive towards the end of the song but it’s still enjoyable. Girl- this song was good I think I tend to like more of his slower songs. But I really enjoyed that song! The motivator- I really liked this song, I think it’s one of the top songs. I like how at the end it speeds up. Life’s a gas- it’s a slower song. I really like this song too it’s low key neck and neck with the motivator… even though it repeats life’s a gas they make it fit where it doesn’t really become annoying or just repetitive. Rip off- a more upbeat song, I liked it especially when it changes the part a bit. The tenor or alto sax solo at the end it great too. It’s a little repetitive but it’s still a good song. Hot love - a side - you like the way she what.. this song made me feel like I was listening to country.. no hate idk why. It feels like I’m listening to a kids song towards the end.. I liked the beginning idk not my favorite song. Woodland rock- this is very grease dance scene.. not a song I would listen to often.. The king of the mountain cometh- the beat is like old country, dark but more rock upbeat in some parts. The doo ba doo a dow part sticks . This album is kinda what I thought it would be , having slow songs but also having upbeat songs. I think I prefer the slower songs in this album. I also learned I kinda hate when artists make noises themselves. Like the constant WOW was not my style. But this album is something to have in the background while studying or just anything. I would give it like a 2.5/3 out of 5 cause there’s are good songs like cosmic dancer and monolith. As well as life’s a gas and the motivator being behind those songs. A lot of the songs would probably be really cool to hear in person at a concert but a lot of those songs were giving a dance scene in the 70s/80s movies. Overall I think I would listen to some of the slower songs again while idk about the rest.!
AMOOOO electric warrior. sería un 4.5 pero no se puede asiq bueno. es increíble tiene altos temas. me gusta mucho la voz del chabón y el timbre de las guitarras es todoo. ya lo había escuchado igual creo q en 2022
Glam rock at it's finest?
It was fine I guess. Classic rock. A little psychedelic...nothing more nothing less.
Found this album reading ATYD and got introduced to the PURE BLISS that is old glam rock.
Nice, "Get It On" ewig nicht gehört und viele spannende Ansätze dabei. Im Laufe des Albums baut es leider merklich ab, daher in Summe 3 Sterne.
Bin wegen "Get It In" mit hohen Erwartungen reingegangen, aber die restlichen Songs sind ein gutes Stück weirder und deutlich weniger eingängig (außer wenn sie versuchen, den großen Hit nochmal zu kopieren, was nur in die Hose gehen konnte). Meine Referenz bei Glam Rock ist natürlich immer Bowie und an dessen Songwriting kommt hier wenig ran. Es sind einige coole Momente vorhanden, aber in Summe ist mir das hier viel zu inkonsistent.
4 Sterne
Die Mucke meiner Eltern. Also ich fand's richtig gut und ein paar All Time Klassiker sind auch dabei. Für ne 5 müsste ich es aber nochmal hören.
Das Album groovt ohne Ende und macht einfach nur viel Spaß. Get It On ist dazu noch ein Jahrhundert Song.
I'm not sure why exactly, I just didn't dig this one.
I enjoyed this one a lot! This was one I had been wanting to listen to (I was reminded I wanted to listen to this from the Crux Deluxe). This is definitely right up my alley.
Not bad for the first album of this project. I thought there were some great instrumentals on this album, but I also thought at some points the vocals were kind of hard to listen to. Overall, I thought the album was decent, and there are some songs I would listen to again.
Interesting
mt bom
Laconic electric rock pop pleasure, with some killer craft and some edgy doom at the edges.
This band has never connected for me. “Jeeper” is perhaps the best of the lot.
グラムロックの代表的バンドのT. Rex、名前しか知らなくて意識して聞いたことはなかった。 何が素晴らしいのかをうまく言語化することができないけど、1枚を通して名盤の風格を感じる。 柔らかいボーカルと音色、演奏の温度感がバッチリ嚙み合ってて聞き心地がとてもいい。 ”1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die”という企画に期待するのはこういうアルバムだったんだけど、7回目にしてようやく回ってきた。
War geil, aber nicht völlig
Hab ich noch nie von gehört war sehr angenehm überrascht
You can hear the influences in there, Bowie, the Ramones, Iggy. I even reckon Elton John has spun a few T. Rex albums in his day. It doesn't quite lift me and they have never really hit the same heights as the acts they influenced. The ultimate proto band, except for maybe MC5. They're not quite punky enough to be punk, not quite glammy to be glam, not quite psychedelic enough, and the blues scales sound more and more out of date every year and ties them down musically. I like who they inspired, more than I like them.
first album using this website and did not disappoint!!! genuinely fun, funky, interesting sounds all across the album with some great vocals and smooth finish. - a rock music hater (maybe i’ve been listening to the wrong subgenres this was fire)
Guete allgemeine hintergrund sound wo mi biz abght het aber au ned zviel dasis nomal lose würd. Aber 3 mal am Brontosaurus de buggel aberutsche würi
Arrancó más o menos. Remontó una banda. Gran album. Me gustó. 7/10
While Marc Bolan may have a few painful rhyming lyrics, this album is still great. In addition to Get It On, more than half of this collection are strong tunes that hold up well in 2025 - I have Jeepster stuck in my head right now!. I love the cover art, but this is not the insane guitar trip the picture suggests. Very cool
I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this album and wish 1/2 point rankings were available, a 3 seems slightly too low but a 4 seems too high. I will be listening to more T. Rex and am thankful for this project for introducing me to this album.
Classic glam record. Really makes you want to get it on and bang a gong.
Really solid classic rock with an ear towards either influencing or being influenced by Bowie. It was a little boring at times though.
Good
UM BOM ALBUM, gostei mais do final do q o começo, nao q o incio seja ruim, mt pelo contrario mas o final é bem mais <3 tlgd FAVS (top 3): cosmic dancer, rip off, woodland rock menções honrosas: lean woman blues, get it on, life's a gas, there was a time/raw ramp/eletric boogie, hot love compraria o vinil: SIM ótimos 55 minutos, uma boa outro e ótimos extras pra nós meros mortais do streaming nota final: 4.5/5
I’m not huge on T. Rex but I guess it is pretty groovy. Kind of downbeat and better in the background. Just shy of a 4.
I think David Bowie listened to this album nonstop. It sounds like the basis of his 70's records. Good early 70's glam rock with great guitar parts and some all-time classic songs.
You could have told me this was David Bowie and if I didn’t know “Bang a Gong” I’d believe you. This was solid and even though it’s “glam” I feel like it must have influenced lots of lo fi indie rock that came after
15 songs in 55 minutes and not a single skip worthy track. Probably more of a strong 4 but T Rex doesnt get the credit they deserve.
Good foundational rock album. Some blues songs and the mega hit of Bang a Gong.
One of my top 5 albums of all time. Makes me feel like a teenager in 1971 and partly inspired my first year university fiction portfolio. #1 song gotta be Mambo Sun or Cosmic Dancer. 5/5
Bang a gong is the only song I recognized and the only song I cared for. There were some notable moments of blues improvisations. But mostly a lot of the songs felt similar to each other and non of them ever got rhythmically complex.
Effortlessly cool, very Bowie influenced. Loved it when I was younger.
All the feyness of Syd Barrett mixed with playful, sexy, sleaze rock. There is a direct line from this to early 80s Prince, although not quite as funky. There is so much to dig into on this album. It’s like old fashioned rock n roll with overdrive electric guitars. I love the switch from Tyrannosaurus Rex’s acoustic psychedelic folk, without losing that whimsical essence. It doesn’t take itself too seriously and you can hear Marc Bolan’s charisma in every vocal. Rip off is a low point, but the other 10 tracks please me greatly.
Glam Garage rock. Dude is a really good musician... Marc Bolan. I really like the album and would have loved to have seen this live. This woulda been my scene haha. I'd always though Foxygen had T Rex vibes but never realized "Oh Yeah" has strong roots with "Mambo Sun." Very creative, generational talent and some bangers.
Favourite songs: Mambo Sun, Cosmic Dancer, Jeepster, Get It On, Rip Off, Life’s A Gas, Woodland Rock (B Side)
Mambo Sun - 3.5/5 Cosmic Dancer - 3.5/5 Jeepster - 3.5/5 Monolith - 3/5 Lean Woman Blues - 3.5/5 Bang a Gong (Get it On) - 4.5/5 Planet Queen - 3.5/5 Girl - 3.5/5 The Motivator - 3.5/5 Life's a Gas - 3/5 Rip Off - 3.5/5 A very tightly produced album that ushered in the wave of British glam rock. The main problem I have with this record is that most of the songs feel like they're building up to something and then the song abruptly ends without the sound resolving. Outside of Bang a Gong/Get it On I didn't really get any of the other songs of the album. They didn't so much as blend all together as mush, it's that there really wasn't anything that made them stand out compared to one another
took a break from this website for a bit because i wanted to listen to some stuff that's like.... not the western canon, you know? then over the weekend i was in the area where Marc Bolan's shrine is in Barnes and remembered that i skipped over this album when i got it and never went back to it, and so here i am. yeah, and this completely slaps. i was dumb to put it off for so long.
Nice
Grooves in abundance, with a bit of psych thrown in. I love it. Favorite track: Bang a Gong (Get It On)
Decent stiff
pretty yacht dad vibes and great to put in the bg while doing work. only know this because i did this LOL
Started off very strong for me, but ended up losing my interest towards the end of the album. not usually something i would listen to on my own but a couple of the songs i will definitely listen to again.
There was just nothing remotely exciting about this album. Like I feel like none of the songs had bridges, weird chords, fun instrumentation or time signatures. This was just 40 minutes of yet another 4 chords, 4/4 song. Nothing offensive but at a certain point I forgot I was listening to music.
hemmer t rex schomol gha? ich glaub mer sött lose. erste song tönt super troche 70er intim aber rockig ich lieb d backings. cosmic dancer mega strawherry fields type cello. hammer. cuuute song. jeepster meeega cool mega geili gitiiiiss. aber au lislig irgendwie? monolith isch en slow burner, funny gitis funny bgvs. lean woman blues tönt au soooo guet oh yess. er het es seehr geils vibrato. ok ich gseh gad de roy thomas baker de engineer het au die erste 5 queen albe produziert. nüme nüt. guuuuete guy. get it on kenni! baaaanger! ihren hit? saaauguet. planet queen au seeehr cool, tönt mega noch beegees mit de "uuuuh aaaah"s hinedraa. ou girl meeega viel trompett! ich lieb die gitarre uf the motivator, wie töned die so? ischs d konsole verzerre loh? wikipedia seit jo. fuck yes. wo han ich ripoff schomol ghört??? fuuuck. au seeehr cool. he ich glaub das isch es füfiiii
GEIIIILLL T. REEEEX kenn nur get it on vo dem album mambo sun het so mega de glich vibe wie get it on falls das sinn macht iwie findi cosmic dancer megaa cute GET IT OOOON s tönt schochli andersch als slider aber sind trz na SEHR T REX life's a gas (was au immer das sött heisse) findi megaaaa cool rip off mal chli en change of pace hahaha "oh lady I'm crazy about your breasts"?? kommisch glaub slider het mer chli besser gfalle. aber so oder so suuuper atmosphäre, immer wieder banger, ich lieb sini stimm ich lieb t. rex ich han vill z vill cosmic dancer glost zum nöd es 5i geh, aber iwie müssti denn slider au vlt nomal mier überlege öbs au es 5i isch?
liked it! super slow but makes me feel relaxed. played fortnite during this album! feels like jazz not sure tho. sometimes going to listen to it again. i liked this one song so much but i didn’t check which one was it. my first album in here
Glam rock at its finest. Cosmic Dancer and Planet Queen are my personal highlights, though the well-known single isn’t bad. One of a couple T-Rex records I’ve played a lot and the only one to make my top 100.
Good stuff
Loved it! T.Rex is a band that was not on my radar other than their biggest hits. This album raced by for me and I found myself bopping the whole time.
Not my thing, only song that stood out to me was monolith. 5.3/10
Pretty repetitive, but they're repeating music I really like so I won't complain
Liked this
Fantastic.
I just love this slimy, sleazy, glammy rock sound. It’s tied up with memories of listening to T. Rex on cassette in my friend’s kitchen on our school lunch break, and so many of the tracks on here are favourites.
not my vibe but very grunge
cosmic dancer damnn
First artist so far that I don't recognise. Though I've heard at least a part of Get It On before. Some good stuff... time will tell if I will be going back to this album.
Surprising 3 stars for me, I liked this more than I expected. It definitely grew on my the further I got into it, lots of catchy, toe tapping, booty shaking music, unlikely to make my rotation, but it’s better than I expected.
Good album - not everything on here is amazing but a fun listen nonetheless.
A couple of good songs, but not a good album.
7/10
Groovy as hell. Cosmic Dancer and Bang a Gong A+
I had forgotten how great this album is and how young MB was when he died
It was okay i guess Solid 6/10?
Slow mid, didn’t like it
Rock doesn't get much more classical-er than this.
the cover looks like cross Would I listen again: No Deserves to be on this list: maybe 3.4
Some good tune can be found here.
3.6/5 top 3: get it on woodland rock the motivator love the sound
hey trex voll cool ehrlich
This album was pretty groovy. I had listened to bang a Cong many times but didn't know it was by T Rex
Rock that leans into pop. The instrumentation is good, maybe a bit thin. The album is something nice to chill out a bit, though some tracks get a bit annoying.
good
bem tass biizz, curti bastante, fez me lembrar bué um beatles mas mais moderno
Good! Didn’t know that’s where That Song was from!
I thought we were going somewhere cool from the first track but most of the rest just kind of dragged along…
I am here for 70s glam, genderfuckery, tight rock grooves, and campiness. I thought T. Rex was classic rock. Oh, nay.
I only really knew “Get It On,” but listening to Electric Warrior made me realize — way too late — how much the rest of the album is completely my thing. “Mambo Sun” has a slightly bluesy feel that I love, and “Cosmic Dancer” gives me a heavier, more grounded Beatles vibe. I’m glad I finally gave it a proper listen.
Hmmm there's like glints of something better in here, but really overall it's just fine. Kinda blends together
David Bowie must've set an impossible expectation for me with regards to glam rock. While this album by T. Rex is solid, and has its moments of brilliance, I find it, and many other glam acts from the 70s, live in the shadow of albums such as Hunky Dory or The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, whose bombast and larger-than-life sounds tend to drown out anything else that dabbled in this genre.
Well I can see why T. Rex was a one-hit wonder in the U.S. Get It On is a bop. The rest? It’s fine. Just… fine.
Some nice blues rock brought into the 70s with glam. Not very remarkable of an album, although Bang a Gong (Get It On) was catchy. Standouts: Mambo Sun • Bang a Gong (Get It On) • Rip Off
T. Rex is one of those bands, like Big Star, that gets splashed all over these best of lists but, to me, seems like album after album of indistinguishable songs in one mass.
looove listening to this and hearing all of the bits and bobs that influenced musicians who came after. even the album cover served as an inspiration for one of my favourite albums! how could I not enjoy this?
This album was incredible! I loved it so much & saved almost every song, was also already familiar with a few. It transported me to another time & made me imagine what a life then would have looked like for me. I loved experiencing this so much! 9/10
9/10
Not the worst nor the best listen ever, didn't have acid to compliment the album otherwise it may have been a 3.5/4
This album was an audition reel for a new sound. A few made the cut as can be seen by the listen count, but many just didn't make it to the cook book
the creator of glam rock!
It's a rock album, thought I didn't know the band at all until I heard Bang a Gong. Not the best, not the worst. Girl and Life's a Gas were my favorite songs. More mellow than I thought so it was not too bad.
Was surprised by how many of these I knew. Enjoyable listen.
I enjoyed it, I really liked the beats and vibe, but the lyrics are okay but a bit too repetitive for my taste
This album is incredibly fun and makes me feel a little like I should be listening to it a beat up Ford driving down some highway somewhere. I remember getting into this album a bit when I was 16 but I've never sat down and listened to the full thing until now and what a treat it was! The guitar in this album is soo addicting and the horns in this are just, for lack of a better word, so sexy.
Outstanding. Marc Bolan sounded amazing from start to finish.
I understand that this album had some influence on the bands from glam rock genre that I like so much, but listening to this album was a strugle. Very boring and for me very irritating Mark Bolan voice to listen!
My heart sinks every time I see the years 1971 and 1972 appear on here as the albums are invariably rammed full of pretentious noodling from drug-addled hippy goons (99% blokes). Well, thank goodness for Marc Bolan, someone who understood that life needs more than noodling. At a time when every other critical darling was so far up their own rectum, Marc remembered that the milkman needed something to whistle on his morning round. So yes, there is a fair amount of pretentiousness going on here, hence the 3 star rating, but there are also some banging tunes. No idea what Jeepster is about, but what an absolute belter it is! Bolan and Bowie are just about all you need from this era. Everyone else can get in the sea, quite frankly.
Really liked this record. Didn't know anything about it, but recognized one song. I am returning to this one soon.
A transformative early 70s album, the impact of glam rock on rock and roll/pop music and its influence today is still felt in the pop world and in the perception of rock and roll. While this is an iconic album, I wish it was a bit more uptempo (like all songs were like Rip Off), but still an enjoyable listen. RIP Marc Bolan and Mark Volman (no relation)
7/10 Favourite: Cosmic Dancer Least Favourite: Rip Off
A very cool 70s Electric, psychedelic, glam rock album! 9/10 loved it got a little lost at the very end but overall a great record. Favs include Cosmic Dancer, Jeepster, Bang a Gong (Get It On)
T Rex has an enduring legacy because of Marc Bolan's distinctive sound and definitely not his subpar lyricism. Balances out into a pretty good record all things considered.
One moment it feels as if I am listening to 2000s indie rock but then find out the next song this is 30 years older with a gentle 70s vibe. Cool to keep discovering new music like this.
One of the best classic rock albums
Not my genre, but this sounds good, lotta bangers
Opens with a string of bangers then goes a bit downhill but impeccably produced respectant for 1971. Sad loss for rock that he died so soon 3.9
Still sounds great, didn't realize the lyrics were kinda weird: "Well, you're built like a car, You've got a hubcap diamond star halo"
One of the greatest albums of all time. I find it painfully underrated.
Very good album. I’m honestly surprised at how good it is, I did not know much about T.Rex prior to this listen except for Bang A Gong. This album has a great guitar tone. It vibes. Notable tracks include Mambo Sun, Monolith, Bang A Gong, Planet Queen, The Motivator, Life’s a Gas.
Original and creative sound and the hypnotic voice of Marc Bolan makes for a great listen
I've never really bothered with T. Rex but let's be straight, they have some excellent songs and a handful of them make it onto here... _Jeepster_, _Get It On_, Life's a Gas_ and _Cosmic Dancer_. When they're good, they're very good.... but when they're not, I just find a lot of it a bit meh. There's probably enough good stuff on here to merit further listens and perhaps it's just familiarity of those great tracks that are somehow making the other ones seem inferior. Time will tell.
All over the place but solid
Decent background music i guess
Rockin it, bang a gong, get it on
There are enough absolute classic tunes on this for 5 stars, even though Bolan's pseudo-mystical persona does seem a bit put-on and somewhat flimsy at times. The directness of this seems like a welcome antidote to the overblown psychedelic Sixties. Very much of its time, but it does sound like some people were having quite a bit of fun then.
For some unknown reason this reminds me of the Metal Micky telly show. It would have been the perfect soundtrack: new, shiny, the future. It still sounds fresh, over fifty years later. Bolan knew how to riff. He's Chuck Berry with an afro perm. The singles of course stand out. Jeepster had me swaying along first thing in the morning, still in my PJ's. There's a certain amount of sorrow, before the boogie picks you up again. Decent.
It's fine, but I was expecting more. The production is a bit of a letdown. Definitely inspired Bowie so that's a plus. I can see why it made the list but it's not an all time classic.
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Clearly foundational.
Glam rock super stars. Gone too soon - wear a seatbelt kids.
Great album, of course it's in my collection.
Shed music. Something to smoke to.
All of it is just kinda boring. Bang A Gong is the only upbeat and uptempo song on the album. The rest is just mopey and slow. What a waste of a great album cover when you really want to hear a sonic wall of rock.
A little bit more low-key than I was expecting from a "glam rock" album, but given that this band was apparently originally a folk band maybe I shouldn't be surprised. Would have appreciated a bit more of a pulse on some of the songs, honestly most of them were rather forgettable.
Who can beat “girl, I’m just a Jeepster for your love”? Nobody, that’s who.
It's OK, without Get It On it would be mediocre at best.
Liked it, not familiar with glam Rock, will relisten too
This has aged far better than I expected it to have.
This was unexpectedly fun. It's a 3.5 for me
I've seen this album cover around, though I don't think I've listened to a single song from T. Rex before. That being said, I know I'm in for a rockin time. Either progressive rock or hard rock, were I to really go out on a limb with my prediction. Glam rock. I'm more or less there. This is pretty decent. I'm far from a glam rocker (I'm certain that I've only listened to one glam rock album outside of this one), though there's an undeniable level of polish here. The vocals have a cool confidence to em, and I enjoy the variety in the instrumentals. Admittedly, I don't care much for the non-heavy hitter tracks, though this album has a respectable runtime and I thought the music was decently listenable overall. "Mambo Sun" is a good opener. The song has a nice, relaxed feel to it and the vocals are a fitting accompaniment. "Cosmic Dancer" has a good melody. Those hushed vocals are, once again, quite good, and I like the strings/reversed sound that the track adopts in the second half. I've heard "Bang a Gong" before. Decent tune. The bluesy sound works quite well, and those vocals are once again the highlight. The guitars go a long way in laying on the pressure of the track, and I'm also a fan of that chorus. "Rip Off" is a solid closer. The sound on the electric guitar is very good. Those saxes aren't bad, either. I'm impressed by how much they carry the song. Book time. Bolan is a unique character. The music is good. Nothing much in there beyond that. Wikipedia says that this album was a pivot for the band, influenced a lot of musicians, is widely regarded as the first glam rock album and charted well in both the UK and US. Those are solid qualifiers. I cosign this inclusion.
Fav song: Hot Love Usually rock music of this era is lost on me, but there's something about the 70's glam that works really well for me. I love the campness lmfao.
Kinda don't see the appeal of this. It's interesting enough...kinda sounds like the black keys ripped this off entirely...but there's nothing that stands out here, to me. Just sorta mellowed out blues rock background music.
I feel like this could have been awesome if this was sped up 50%
Quietly a pretty good album, lots of stylistic variety and catchy music
Luz. Would listen again chociaż nic nie zapamietałem.
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Early 70s rock, an era I am not that interested in; this album did nothing to change that.
Great! I had heard Get it On previsouly on the radio, so it was good to explore the rest of the album. For something that was released in 1971, it sounded quite modern.
Good mood grooves
Wasn’t bad but it didn’t blow me away. The music was good enough but lacked something to be desired as it felt rather boring and derivative. Another likely one and done listen.
Had fun. Nothing stellar.
Even more so than Ziggy, this is the glam rock zenith.
i forgot about it as soon as i finished listening to it. This was just an ok album
It had good hits but there was that one famous track "Bang a Gong" is a classic. I rate it a 3 because it was only "Bang a Gong" that really was to my liking. The others were fine but I thought of them as unforgettable.
Always heard artists I like cite T. Rex as an influence so I was excited to listen to this album. Honestly I thought it was going to be heavier. There are some moments where it gets heavy but I was expecting more. The song quality is also a bit of mix bag with the lead single "Bang a Gong" doing some heavy lifting. The stuff that is good is good enough to keep it at a 3/5. I just wish the quality was more consistent