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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
Yawn
Had never heard of T-Rex until the Power Station cover of 'Get It On' in 1985. I was only 15. Had heard of Slade, Gary Glitter, and other glam rock artists of that era, but wasn't until relatively recently that I realized what a huge part of that scene T-Rex were. Many songs I've heard that I didn't even know where theirs.
First song...funny, I wouldn't have put this together had I not listened to it a week or so ago, but that's exactly what the Black Keys were going for on Brothers. Okay, it doesn't rock as hard as the name of the band and the album cover would lead you to believe, but that's okay. It's still really great....a lot of great grooves on here.
I really love the sound of T.Rex, the psychedelic, otherworldly feel comes through so strong for me. I don’t know if any song realllly blew me away, but I did like them all and especially Life’s a Gas. I want to listen to more T. Rex because there is something about them that inherently draws me in.
It’s already slipping from memory
I didn't like T.Rex back then and I still don't just a bunch of meh
Smooth and relaxing, thinking about buying it on iTunes for the iPod. It’s been raining for the last week here, but this album feels like a cup of hot soup or a warm fire.
Jeepster is a banger. Was surprised I knew a song by these guys. It’s giving naughty CCR
I really liked this one. I obviously already knew "Get it On" and that song is still awesome every time I hear it, whether it be the original or the Power Station version. I really enjoyed the rest of the tracks as well.
I knew of T. Rex because of the iconic Electric Warrior album art, and I had heard "Bang a Gong (Get iIt On)" before, but I otherwise went into this blind. The band alters between folky, bluesy, and pop rock styles, occasionally adding in some psychedelic tendencies. Outside of "Bang a Gong", there wasn't much for me here. I found it all very underwhelming. I don't get the hype.
Just a bit dull !
Ziggy Stardust on quaaludes meets Rocky Horror
Some memorable songs which you probably already know (Jeepster, Get it on) but the rest is quite forgettable.
Lean Woman Blues, Girl, Bang a Gong. Great album.
I don't know how most of these songs end because they all contained some lyric or vocal tic that was so toe-curlingly embarrassing that I stopped listening. When I did finish them they didn't go anywhere anyway. Two stars because Get It On is a pretty good song
Cerramos una semana revolucionada con éste discazo de T. Rex. Más allá de los hits como "Jeepster" o "Get It On", el álbum está lleno de temazos y es de una calidad tremendísima. Muchas gracias por el mimo musical. Increíble que ya estemos a mediados de noviembre. Hasta el lunes, querida persona que lee.
Never got around to this album until now, hence why i started doing this. And i've gotta say, this album is so far ahead of its time. I love it. 4/5
Good
Good album. I liked the bluesy parts. Nothing revolutionary, but a pretty good listen. 3/5 Might listen again
I did not like this album. It didn’t fit my style of music
peito peito pe peito
This album doesn’t just play—it sashays in wearing glitter and whispering, “You’ll never be this cool.” Bolan turns every riff into a pickup line, and honestly, you’d fall for it. Forty minutes of pure swagger that makes you want to buy platform boots and a boa. Oh, to be that cool!
7/10 Favorite: Bang A Gong (Get It On)
Jävlar så bra
I've had this album forever, it's just a great listen, unique and timeless.
The guitar tone and riffs are fantastic. This music sounds like a whole different world of 1971. Really enjoyed this album
Its solid, quite classic
It's kinda like discount Beatles, it's alright
I bet the fucking black keys love this band. Its fine. 2.7.
I had higher hopes for the album tracks, but it warrants another listen.
For an album called *Electric Warrior*, this is some of the most restrained rock 'n' roll ever committed to vinyl. Electric guitars are kept safely in check and, aside from the closing track "Rip Off", Marc Bolan's vocals are essentially sedate throughout. This hushed approach *sometimes* works (especially on the stronger numbers like "Get It On" and "Jeepster") but on the weaker tracks it doesn't conjure up a mysterious or seductive mood (or whatever they were aiming for), instead it ends up sounding narcoticized.
Æ tenkte at æ allerede hadde hatt et T. Rex-album blant mine avspilte, fordi det ligna sånn på det forrige æ hørte på, men det her e tydeligvis mitt første T. Rex-album, så da e det vel bare at det ligne på en del anna fra den tida og at det hørtes ut akkurat som æ tenkte det kom til å høres ut. Jaja.
Get It On is such a banger, and the rest of the songs on this album are not as great. I think this album is still pretty good overall, but it’s too simplistic and lacks some “wow” factor as well as variety. Enjoyable listen, but outside of Get It On, nothing exceptional. 7/10
Not into this one at all. Very same-y sounding 70s rock made by hippies
Best Track - "Get It On"
Forgot How good they are
This will be interesting I’ve read so much more about Marc Bolan than listened as he was so many people’s hero. His vocals are instantly recognisable, it’s actually very INXS. I’m surprised how early this is, 1971 I would have guessed later, so sounds ahead of its time. This is a ‘landmark album in glam rock’. I didn’t realize how popular they were, I thought they were more cult. This is very different to how I thought it would sound, I thought it would be wild rock. For me it’s underwhelming but I’m not seeing the glam rock outfits & the bisexual outrageousness at the time. It is unique I cannot pigeonhole it which is a good sign, it’s probably a grower. The final track rip-off is insane like from another future album another time.
Yeah - this was actually cool. Not a glam fan at all but loved the guitar work on this, and the songs are good too.
Love me some T Tex
it was good but carried by bang a gong
Why this group was not more popular in the states than they were is a mystery to me. The rhythm section in this band is amazing. Futuristic with its roots in rock and roll. Every song is a banger. R.I.P. Mark Bolan
nice chill vibe, a little funky. nothing particularly memorable though, but some great background music.
Fun. Maybe a little too 'one trick pony' for a 5, though...
mei chatao
So good. So classic. Will forever be playing this album and that's just the way it is.
Better than the other T Rex album I heard earlier this week, but still don’t feel like it has anything that really blew me away.
Solid.
Awesome
Efficient, heavy-in-their-weightlessness rockers float by on airy mysticism, lust and car and/or beard obsession. Music owes a debt to the 50s rock and girl groups that came before. It’s a good, weird time.
I knew Get it On, which is a great track, but I liked the whole album. To me, the guitar and the interplay of the rhythm and lead portions of it are really good. I liked the use of fuzzy distortion and then the driving beat.
Thought this was pretty good, maybe didn't rock quite as hard as I expected for what I knew of T. Rex's influence on the glam scene, but I do really like Marc Bolan's voice and can see how this influenced a lot of more indie-minded bands in years to come (like I definitely heard some MGMT in their more psychedelic moments here as an example). Get it On is a fantastic song, some unique instrumentation choices throughout (bongos?). Overall didn't leap out to me as a masterpiece but found plenty to enjoy.
Totally fine. Faded into the background pretty consistently for me. I think I knew Bang a Gong, but maybe it was just in a generic car commercial 10 years ago. Neither liked nor disliked.
Ja kad čujem riječi glam rock odmah zamišljam nešto grozno, vjerovatno sam zato samo čula jednu T. Rex pjesmu u životu. Kod njih ima dosta napretka u odnosu na ono što sam zamišljala. Stvarno nije loše mada nije za mene. Druga šansa: još nisam glam rock ljubitelj ali zato jesam T.Rex konvertit. Ima ovdje fantastične muzike.
No. 320/1001 Mambo Sun 3/5 Cosmic Dancer 4/5 Jeepster 3/5 Monolith 3/5 Lean Woman Blues 3/5 Get It On 4/5 Planet Queen 3/5 Girl 4/5 The Motivator 3/5 Life's a Gas 4/5 Rip Off 3/5 Average: 3,36 Pretty good rock album. Get It On is definitely the highlight.
Love this album
This is one of those albums I picked up in my early 20s after a friend at the music store recommended it as something influential. At the time, I didn’t really get why it was so important, it just sounded like classic dad rock to me. But once I learned more about its influence on glam rock and the context of its release in 1971, I gained a real appreciation for it. This album didn’t just contribute to glam rock, but it helped define it, both musically and visually. Marc Bolan’s persona and unique sense of fashion played a big role in shaping the look and feel of the genre.
First listen
Album was fine, no takeaways for me and I wasn't crazy about it. Bang a Gong is still popular to this day, but aside from that nothing really stuck out to me
A pretty straight ahead rock record. Pretty cool, but a bit repetitive, and I don't know if it fully holds up. Get It On is a great song though.
Um disco que exala personalidade e caráter, que alavancou o ínicio da era Glam Rock. Criatividade lírica que te ilude. Um disco verdadeiramente único e altamente viciante, se ele te pegar. Mas não pega a todos. Ele possui uma simplicidade que pode ser considerada um negativo para algumas pessoas. Enfim, é um álbum difícil de escrever muito sobre, não sei ao certo porquê. Ele faz tudo que se espera de um álbum de rock da década de 1970. Ele não te surpreende, não te choca, não te assusta. Comparável à um arroz e feijão bem feitos. É, essa é a analogia que eu escolhi. É um domingo preguiçoso, ok? O disco é bom e já era, gostei dele, vou ouvir mais da banda, e pronto. Boa noite. 4.5/5
I knew this was the "Bang a Gong" band by the guitar tone in the first song. The whole album felt like it was circling the "Bang a Gong" drain. I say meh. Will not be listening to this album again.
it was boring to listen. could go back again.
A very important Glam album historically, however the glam movement doesn't really do it for me. It all just sounds a bit samey. This is also the case for this album, it doesn't really go anywhere in my opinion. The hit song 'Get it On' is by far the best song on the album and the only reason it does not score 2/5. Final score 3/5
I understand how important this album was and how many artists it would go on to influence, but honestly I found this to be quite disappointing in the sense that this thing feels a bit dull. Get It On is obviously a top tier tune but I found myself waiting for that song to appear in the queue. Lean Woman Blues was a great song too, but everything else pales in comparison to Get It On to the point it makes this album a bit bland. I'm not denying the talent of T.Rex or saying this album is /bad/ per se, but my expectations of this record after listening for the first time were not met. Once you get past Get It On the album just turns into a boring mess. I honestly can't see myself coming back to this thing in a rush, rather I'll take a few songs I enjoyed off this thing and throw them into my playlists. But as an entire record, it was just not there for me.
Been stalling on this review specifically because I really struggled to find anything to say about it. It was just okay, inoffensive but uninspiring.
For what is the definitive glam rock album, it is far more understated than I would have expected. Somehow it manages to be both a very 70s album and timeless, you can see the influence this had on both its contemporaries, musicians in the 80s and modern artists. My only criticisms is that some of the songs seem a bit same-y (though the album has a cohesive identity and I'm a big fan of the sound, strikes a good balance between grime/sleaze and sincere) and Side A is a bit stronger and more tightly curated than Side B. I would have liked to see more songs like the closing track on Side B. Apart from that, it's an great album. Highlights: Cosmic Dancer, Get It On, Life's a Gas, Rip Off
Forgot how much I appreciate this album, probably been 20 years since my last listen. Enjoyable!
9/10 Some top drawer songs and a genre defining album. Some times music is about having a bloody good time, and this album captures that
Just OK for me
I liked it! I mean it wasn’t anything special for me, but it was good.
One of the most influential modern blues albums, inspired way more stuff than you know
Fun and enjoyable. Have this one on vinyl.
An iconic song and some interesting surrounding tracks.
If Rock discovered eyeliner, looked in the mirror and said, “yeah I’d date me”. Felt like the tracks were flirting with me and I liked it! Guitars fuzz, tambourines glitter, and a sax joins just because it can. Really enjoyed this album. One of those tapes you keep in the car for when the radio forgets how to have fun
Super large range in the album. Thought I was listening to the Beatles at first, then it got super electric and prince sounding then ended with like a blues and ac DC vibe. Enjoyed the variety very much
I enjoyed listening to the album a couple times! I wasn’t a fan on how low volume the vocals were recorded at.
I didn't recognize the name and didn't see the release year, so I wasn't too impressed until I heard Bang A Gong and realized it was an early influencer on this widely mimicked sound. Paid a bit more attention to the second half and found myself enjoying it more than the first.
Standing out like a beacon in a veritable sea of mediocrity is this joint by the glam-rock kings T.Rex. The mighty Get It On, Jeepster and Hot Love adorn this album, but there is plenty to enjoy here, I loved Hot Love and Cosmic Dancer, and the others are very, very listenable. Break out those platform boots!
Лонглегс ахуенен
I didn't discover T. Rex until I was dating the girl who became my wife. On one of our earliest dates we saw Billy Elliott, which opens with "Cosmic Dancer" and includes other T.Rex cuts (deep?) such as "Ride the White Swan" and "Children of the Revolution." This album just sounds "cool" - laid back, smooth, effortlessly groovy rock. Distinct. In the U.S. "Get It On" makes them seem like a one hit wonder, and maybe they are, but wonder is key word here. [Sidebar: I hear the later Beatles embedded here, in the guitar work/production, in the playfulness, in some of the background vocal style - I'll take it!] No choice for me… the music is too good, the memories are too good… 5/5.
T. Rex is really interesting, complex, and fun musically. It just feels to me that the tracks, in most cases, are not songs but sonic experiments. They sound great, and have a nice groove, but they don't catch on the way singles normally do. Kind of like extended hooks. Still, they are good hooks and they keep you listening.
There was a year where I was obsessed with "Mambo Sun". Very good album. I own it on vinyl.
I thought that I would like this album more. As it turns out, only Get It On really stood out; the rest was quite uninteresting. There's the typical T. Rex sound and all, but the album as a whole didn't do anything for me. And I usually like Glam Rock- to some extent.
Made at a time when even “pop stars” could play their own instruments and were recorded with minimal manipulation. The stripped down sound gives the album energy and authenticity. Compared to the homogeneous , sampled, overproduced “perfection” that is marketed in these more enlightened times this album comes out on top every time. Pop songs, interspersed with bluesy guitar makes for a good mix. Classic!
9/10 Pretty good, surprised T Rex isn't more well known
I was much too hard on this the first time it’s fire
hood work mr t rex
Eh? Cool? I guess?
I used to love Marc Bolan - especially given his tragic early death just around the corner from my Gran's house. Summer is heaven in 77 and all that. Works best as a greatest hits as he had some banging singles but quality threshold dips across the albums
The Start of Glam. Credit to Marc Bolan for creating a genre. A band where they needed a 'best of' to feature in this list. Too many of their best songs not on this album - Ride a White Swan, Metal Guru, 20th Century Boy, etc - but still a good, gentle intro to Glam Rock.
No stand out just great listening
Classic but not my vibe
Some albums just have that instantly recognisable sound of the artist, and you can tell this a T.Rex album. The heavy electric instruments made to sound soft and rhythmic is just what makes them unique. Maybe the only critique you can have is there’s a fair few fillers that don’t offer anything that new, but it’s a good listen. A very good one.
Catchy, with big fat guitar. I have always thought T. Rex is a bit over praised based on what people feel Marc would have done if he had lived. That said, "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" is a top tier song, and "Jeepster" is memorable. The rest is fine, but leave no lasting impression. I think this is a you had to be there record.
Only ever heard a couple of T. Rex songs before, both of which I liked, but this was fantastic.
É um bom álbum. Algumas músicas são clássicas da banda, porém... ainda faltava um peso maior. QoA Adonis New.
Pretty good middle of the road rock album
Not bad but overrated.
T. Rex, I apologize. I've never been big on glam rock, I generally ignored you guys just assuming there wasn't much to dive into. Thoroughly enjoyed this one though. Strung-out, with shades of Grateful Dead and Bowie. Just awesome top to bottom.
Damn good music. 55 years old, but still sounds fresh. Recommended.
With a cover art like that, I expected this album to be a hard rock album. Instead, I got a glam / blues rock project. Even though I prefer how it actually sounds to what I was expecting, I have to say that the record didn't do anything for me. When compared to the big names of the glam rock genre, like David Bowie or Lou Reed, I think T. Rex doesn't offer anything as fancy as the others do, and decides to focus way more on the blues part, and it turns out I'm not as big fan of blues rock. Maybe an unfair comparition, but when they share some common sounds, I believe it is valid to do so. What I can positively say about it is that the tones of the guitar sound very good and the singing is smooth and pleasent. So that's about it, just a decent album. Also, add me to the list of people who knew about the song 'Get it On' but didn't knew its name and artist.
Ein großer Hit an dem sich der ganze Sound orientiert.
What if “The Doors”, but actually good?
Alles in Allem guter Sound und n paar coole Songs dabei wo man mitnickt. "Bang a Gong" echt ein toller Hit. Insgesamt sehr gutes Album!
Alles in allem ein cooler Sound :-)
Of course I am familiar with the 'big hits' on here. Given my age how could I not be? My musical journey started around the time of Bolan's death but the music was still all over the radio. My thoughts at the time were of a band with a few fun tunes but no real desire to ever listen to an album. Having listened to this now, I still hold to that. 'T-Rex is important to the development of Glam Rock'. Fair enough, I can't argue with that. It doesn't mean I like this, though, and that's what I am ranking albums on. It gets a 'historically important' 2/5 from me.
Funky and poppy while still being very much a rock album. These guys are geniuses.
Groovy swagger. Raw, jagged riffs. Catchy numbers. Bolan's vocals are actually pretty impressive and he has a pretty diverse range. Drums and bass are tight and keep things steady without overdoing it. There's just something so unique about a T-Rex number, its hard to put my finger on it. I think its the vocal delivery mainly. Almost whimsical at times. Tunes are playful while still being serious and sonically strong. A great listen. Favourite track - Cosmic Dancer. Would be Hot Love if I go with the newer releases. 8.5/10
Some goodens on there but the songs all sound the same
Nope
Not bad, like listening to proto-Ty Segall. Gets a bit samey though.
I expected not to like this but I recognised pretty much all of the songs and enjoyed it more than I should.
Decent, singles were great, rest of the album was very samey
Haven't listened to a lot of T. Rex but I must say I'm pleased. The album met my expectations of 70's glam rock, alike artists like Bowie. Being introduced to T. Rex 'Solid Gold Easy Actions' through tcoptp, this brings about it a cozy and familiar vibe. I particularly like 'get it on' and 'hot love - a side'
This album sounds like satin pants, candlelight, and someone whispering cosmic nonsense in your ear while tuning a guitar. It’s glam rock before it knew what glam rock was—sleazy, sincere, and weirdly beautiful. Marc Bolan basically turned fuzz pedals into a religion. Every riff struts; every lyric sounds like it was written halfway between a daydream and a mirror selfie. It’s sex, glitter, and melancholy all humming through one amplifier. Rating: 5/5 Short Review: Stardust with swagger. The moment rock ’n’ roll realized it could preen. Favorite Track: “Cosmic Dancer” — it’s delicate, tragic, and absurdly self-aware: “I was dancing when I was twelve…” Yeah, you were, Marc. You never stopped.
This was good. I’d heard it before a long time ago and didn’t like it then but now I do. A solid album.
Yeah gland rock or somethin, far out
Strangely comforting music. Glamourous yet comforting. Always liked T Rex but never did this kind of active listening and realized there is a lot going on. Background vocals, horns everywhere, piano, but all of it fits pretty seemlessly. The lead guitars way up front with 0 reverb sounds great and I wonder if its a glam rock signature. Bolan seems like a fun/interesting 70's rock character too. Watched an interview with him and on the question of being bi-sexual he said "I've had a lot of experiences" and "Bowie and I almost got married one night". Banging David Bowie is as glam rock as it gets.
Bisexual bros just rock a little harder
To my ears, this is like the first album that John Lennon wouldve done had he never been in the Beatles. I cant name a band like T.Rex (maybe Bowie) and the groups that found deep inspiration from this are really cool - MGMT. Personally, I like the ultra distorted guitar, airy vocals and the simple grooves. I remember hearing Lifes A Gas back in college and being totally obsessed with it.
Didn't realize the depth of these guys - think I only knew Get It On. This is pretty amazing, lots of notes of Bowie and the Beatles. I'm so receptive to any rock band that finds a way to bring in horns and/or piano in a way that feels additive - loving the layers on this album. Bolan's guitar tone feels timeless, like something you would hear on an album today. Lean Woman Blues really shows off his vocal range. Was thinking I would give this a 4, but on another spin, there just isn't much I would skip or change on this album. Excited to come back to this one more.
I saw this guy back in the day. He came onstage a la Spinal Tap in a star-shaped case that slowly raised to vertical, but with some jerks and shudders. The show was really loud. at least two days of ringing ears, and I was in the balcony. I still like Jeepster and Get It On but the rest of this is really thin. I know that his hits aren't exactly Cole Porter either. I like Flo and Eddie's contributions. Thinking about listening to it is better than actually listening to it,
++*: Lean Woman Blues ++: Cosmic Dancer, Jeepster, Get It On, Planet Queen, The Motivator, Rip Off +: Mambo Sun, Monolith, Life's a Gas +-: Girl 7,7/10
What a nostalgic album, I love Marc Bolan. Some brilliant songs some a bit more mediocre. 4.4
As much as I like Get It On, the rest of the album wasn't that interesting if I am gonna be honest. It was nice though.
inget speciellt
Inget speciellt alls, förutom att det är typ början på Glam Rock? Så historiskt viktig ja, men som album är den en tvåa. Bowie tog det här och gjorde det bättre på Ziggy Stardust
Slightly soporific but I loved the sound
priem
absolutely baffled by Cosmic Dancer [we have space oddity at home], otherwise shit GROOVES
Beatles Direct to mixing console guitar tone is really cool to me. Turns out I knew a song or two, will probably grow on me a little more over time. Light 6/10
I had hear Bang a Gong before and I enjoyed Life's a Gas. This is my second T.Rex album and before listening to these albums I had never heard of the band.
good
Most of us only know this album and maybe the band from the song “Get It On”. But this album is more like if Arcade Fire had put out a record in 1971.
Lame
T.Rex goes to more poppish Glam Rock fields here and it's an influencial album,very different from the previous folk ones,so it's fairly in this list. Hearing the songs one by one now: Mambo Sun is nice,chunky and hypnotic, Cosmic Dancer,great atmosphere and lyrics, Jeepster has so many different elements that results on something very creative,interesting and unique, In Monolith you can hear a soul choir and a distorted guitar,slow paced like a glam blues song, Lean Woman Blues sounds like a distorted Beatles song,the vocals are not that good, Get It On of course was the single out of this album and you can hear why,it's absolutely fantastic, Planet Queen is a nice,moody,rhytmic song with great drums, Girl is a more stripped song,good but not my thing, The Motivator has great effects in the guitars that really works here,really spaced out,great song, Life's A Gas has great lyrics despite it's title. At the end it has a hidden song, The Rip-Off that even has a sax on it and it is my favourite!! Overall is a great album,i heard it at once and it has so many interesting elements.
this was pretty fun!
Yeah, it's okay. Good energy, a bit dated. Well, after all, it is 50 years old.
Vraiment cool
Bolan RIP
Solid album that deserves more recognition
Jeg trodde ikke på T. Rex. Jeg hadde blitt exponert for altfor mye dårlig glam igjennom årene,* og trodde ikke lenger at det fantes flere unntak der ute enn Hello's New York Groove og The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Det var vel etter jeg så Baby Driver for andre gang at jeg tenkte fuck it, får ta og stryke Trex fra lista da. Men jeg var solgt. Det fantes enda et bra glam-album -- og det er kanskje bedre enn Ziggy Stardust(!) I hvert fall hører jeg mer på dette, for det er en banger-kavalkade uten like; kan lett høre det flere ganger på rappen (og har gjort det samtlige ganger). Det er sounden som virkelig gjør det. Hva er egentlig lyden av glam? Overraskende skranglete og elektrisk, ikke polert og plastisk som mye glam pastiche er. Coveret og tittelen er egentlig veldig beskrivende -- vi er ikke her pga. trommene. Det er Marc Bolan som drar lick på lick med en litt røff & dirty produksjon. Og ikke minst vokalprestasjonen hans, som er underlevert og halvsexy. Måten han synger "Gimme your daughter" på Planet Queen la om mulig grunnlaget for hele sjangeren -- i hvert fall er det slik jeg husker at Sweet synger på samtlige låter. Også må jeg slå et slag for Monolith som jeg innvilger plass på min desert island playlist. *Noen av mine tidligste musikkminner er av Sweet. Ballroom Blitz var jo åpenbart helt peak, men resten av Best of Sweet-skiva vi hadde var ganske dårlig. Jeg blir fortsatt hjemsøkt av noen av låtene: Alexander Graham Bell, what have you done well... Det er en litt uhyggelig vibe som ligger jævlig langt unna hvor uskammelig gøy Ballroom Bltiz er. Hvor i helvete var det blitt av energien?
En av tidenes glamalbum. Med noen av tidenes knullelåter. Det er gøy og tidvis er det sårt og fint. Gitaren låter som en million dollars. En av tidenes riffmestere
Overraskende!
love it
Van Oxygene naar T Rex! Toch wel een stap weer. Wel bizar als je beseft dat er maar 5 jaar tussen deze albums zit. Maar moet zeggen, album begint lekker! Redelijk tempo, goede gitaar en het allerbelangrijkste; een zanger die kan zingen! Goh wat een leuk album is dit. Goede rock, lekker afwisselend en een prima zanger. In Woodland rock komt ook nog een soort Elvis vibe (Jailhouse Rock) naar boven. 4 reten. FAV Give it on, Woodland rock
rock clássico bom
Solid rock and roll.
Nick Cave once described Cosmic Dancer as the happiest song ever written. He's not wrong. What an immaculate record.
Trex again already?? I thought I was gonna get this one but this first three track run is rough. Jeepster for your love is horrific. I just really don't enjoy his vocal delivery throughout this whole thing. Even bang a gong was just okay. For me this is a really talented and rhythmic guitar player who just can not string together an enjoyable vocal performance. Almost every complaint I have about this album is "alright we've been grooving on the same little blues riff for a little too long, why is Marc Bolan moaning again?" This album will continue to be the one with that one song that's in every movie trailer for me sadly.
A wonderful glam stomp of an album.
I found the album to be pretty mid.. Very cliche and predictable throughout, but not a terrible listen. Due to the high expectations I've placed on the list, I'm rating it a 2.
Excellent. Groundbreaking. I loved every minute of it. It sounded more modern than the early 70s.
Glam rock, not bad Bang a gong
I think you have to be from the UK to fully get T Rex. Great sound but gets a bit repetitive after a while.
Talk about a guy finding his groove.
Ok, they have two songs, a slow one and a fast one, but they're both pretty great. Just imagine hearing it in 1971!
I really liked this record! Lots of variety between songs, fun arrangements, cool guitar parts, the singer has a unique voice. Lyrics can be questionable sometimes... But pretty great overall!
This album is an early glam rock/pop effort. Had the pleasure of seeing them perform in 1972, where they played these tunes. Actually think this album catches some of that live energy while still sounding well produced. I enjoying hearing this one and feel it has with stood the test of time well. Sad he wasn't around longer to hear his music evolve.
Classic
73/1089 6 songs in and i recognise Get It On of course, definitely the best so far i think. it was a fine album but just really not for me, it all blended together and didn’t speak to me personally. This style isn’t my kind of music and there are much better examples of it 2 stars or 21/100
muiiito boom
Overall pretty good. Never knew they sang “Bang a Gong”. I enjoyed the listen.
Well you’re dirty and sweet, with a hub cap diamond stud halo, and the teeth of the Hydra upon you. Such a silly wonderful thing you are.
Nice early 70's rock.
I mean, Get It On is a classic song and rightly so, but I'm not sure the rest of the album measures up to that standard, frankly.
One of the OG One Hit Wonders. All in all not bad really, especially in light of some of the absolute dog shit that is on this list.
Really like this album. Hadn't spent much time listening to T.Rex before but this was a fun listen.
Encore t-rex
Раньше не любил этот альбом, а потом как полюбил.
It was ok, but it bored me.
Light 8.9/10 Had to listen twice. Such a fun record Fav Tracks: Lean Woman Blues and Rip Off
Jeepster is a favorite. Who doesn't love to Bang a Gong?!
Love the intro to this album. I'll be saving this as a favorite. Glad to have discovered this music. Amazing sound of early 2000s indie-rock, but decades prior. There must be so many bands that I listened to in college that we inspired by this artist. Once I landed on "Bang a Gong," I realized why this sound was so familiar... this song has been featured in numerous films I've seen. Super cool to hear the rest of it!
This gets 3 Stars automatically for the band and album names. One of the strongest of all time. This is the album I would most likely listen to again.
Still a good listen after all these years. Some great riffs throughout and the overall mood is so enjoyable. Top album.
Had the album playing in the background at work. Can't say it really grabbed my attention but it wasn't painful to listen to.
Pretty decent Get it on is great Was hoping children of the revolution was on this
This was amazing, oh my god. I’d heard the biggest track from this in Get It On before and I love that song. The rest of the album is just as good. The vocals, instrumentation and just the whole vibe was so good!
Meh
Some artists appear effortlessly cool, timelessly cool, electrically cool — from the first track to the last, Marc Bolan is that artist. Even a bog-standard blues becomes charismatic and strange in his hands. There's only a handful of people in the world Bowie wished he could be at times, and Marc Bolan with his glam strut and cosmic boogie vibes was one of them.
Incredible. This is why we're here. It's Electric Warrior by T Rex. An absolute classic rock n roll album. Each song is boiled down to it's essence. Great cover art.
It's a fine rock record, with "get it on" being the obvious standout and several tracks serving for good glan rock templates, but little stands out otherwise, and the record doesn't accel at producing glam rock hits.
Ok background vibes. Not really my vibe - this seems some early indie rock, which is nice
Sure, David Bowie is better in every way, but come on, what would you rather listen to while driving at night?
Catchy and interesting but after a time it does feel like eating a never ending bowl of something.
Justin used to play this album at Soma like every other day
I went in knowing very little about T. Rex, but ended up enjoying this more than expected. The no-frills, groove-driven feel really works. It’s not something I’d put on all the time, but it definitely has its moments. Favourite tracks: Mambo Sun, Cosmic Dancer, Get It On, The Motivator, and Rip Off.
It was fine. I like Marc Bolan’s voice. I knew Bang a Gong. I liked the song Cosmic Dancer.
Long overdue listen on this album, which has so many songs I already love. For a long time I thought this was a 90s record because it it’s so fuzzy and slinky. I wouldn’t say it’s super “glam” more like “glitzy.” I’m into it.
Kind of bored rock and roll.
Pretty funky and good. Hadn't heard of this band and this is a bit better than a lot of the things I've heard that have been described as Glam Rock.
"Bang A Gong" is obviously a good song, the rest of this is a bit uninspired. Nothing hits as hard, and while the guitar playing is good it gets a bit repetitive. It's not quite funk enough and the singer/songwriter model doesn't work as well when it's a "classic rock" style band performing everything. I liked it, but it's nothing special.
Toe tappingly good. Easy to digest and made the morning go quickly. I knew the one song!
One feels tempted to build a theory that T Rex were first slacker band, such is their looseness, chill-coolness and commitment to vibesiness. This is thoroughly diggable and right from the start – the calm shuffle of an opener, the waltzy understatement of "Cosmic Dancer," with its most judicious and tasteful use of strings. "Bang a Gong" may be the weakest song in the set, while "Life's a Gas" seems the best. When they open it up on "Rip Off" (wth somewhat skronky but fully effective horns), it comes off as a controlled sort of crescendo, a slightly chaotic closer. Strong candidate for best all-time (or maybe just top 10) glam album, though the more T-Rexstatic The Slider also has a shout. Special shout-out for "Monolith" making a cameo in the hilarious, hallucinogenic historical Cortes-meets-Montezuma novel by Alvaro Enrigue, which is well worth anyone's time [could even be one of 1,001 novels one must read before one dies].
Standouts Get it On Planet Queen Rip Off
Some bangers but also a lot of meandering filler. I can see how it would’ve been more meaningful in its moment, with Ziggy etc. but I’d rather listen to early Bowie/Ronson
Really easy, sounds cool. Really good
Very boring with absolutely nothing of interest and never tries anything different
Groovy
Easy listening glam rock. Jeepster and Get it On nostalgic favourites. A whole album let alone a double one is a bit much though
classic album made up from 4 good tunes
Their sound is just so familiar, but I can’t help thinking there’s a reason I’ve never bothered to listen to an album before. They have some good songs but I get the feeling I only really need to know the hits. Having said that, I enjoyed this album, it has a warm comforting fuzz to it and probably merits its place on the list. I also felt like this album would have been released much later than 1971, which is perhaps a sign of it being ahead of its time. I’d happily listen again, although I don’t know when.
I've somehow managed to never really listen to T Rex--apart from Bang a Gong. This was a nice start to the week. Even though it's from 1971, it doesn't feel dated. There's nothing wrong with this one.
never listened to the full album even tho i love t. rex, i really love the guitar on this one. nice ending!
Good. Classic
I never heard the whole album before. I was impressed.
I really enjoyed this through and through. Favorite songs: Monolith Life’s a Gas (pretty sad considering his premature demise).
The music is fantastic and the lyrics are so inane that at times they sound like Flight of the Conchords. Before this I had only heard "Bang a Gong" but it conveys the message pretty well.
AHHHH. AHHHHH OH GOD NO AHHHHHH ITS A DINOSAUR AHHHHH HE UHHH actually he’s riding a swan. What the hell? This guy is dapper as hell. He’s got a top hat? Is that a? A tattooed gown? This Dino is loaded! Hey man, spare some change? AHHH OH GOD HE ONLY HAS DINAR FROM THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC AAAAHHHH THIS IS NOT ACCEPTED IN MOST OF THE REGION AND IS ESSENTIALLY VALUELESS AFTER YEARS OF HYPERINFLATION AAAAHHHHH NOOOO. Oh wait a second. That’s not a dinosaur. It’s famous rock album Electric Warrior by the BAND T Rex. I’ve made a fool of myself. Mambo Sun - With a song title that expertly weaves two horrible concepts into a little ball of cringe, I’m surprised this as enjoyable as it is. Cosmic Dancer - I was Dunce-ing when I was those ages too. They brought back the whole hat and corner concept after I mistakenly referred to the study of animal behaviours as “bestiality.” Proud to have been a part of the tradition returning. Again, somehow more enjoyable than it has any right to be. Jeepster - Oh yeah. This is what I play every time I get into my Jeep (Honda Fit). I show up at Jeep rallies with my obvious jeep and say things like “how many inaccessible bogs you tear this baby through?” And then I slap my car’s hood and say “Oh yeah I conquered Festoon Lagoon last week in this here jeep. I’m a HUGE jeepster.” I was physically assaulted in Tucson last year. Two men left in tears. Ugh this song is the worst so far. Monolith - Shuddering beneath the cold granite. Bloodshot eyes weighed down with consequence. Bask in the aura of ages. Like the source of all life, gazing directly upon the monolith is enough for cessation of all life. The curiosity overwhelms, the earth opens up into a ravenous yawning maw. Jewelled eyes glow their last as life crumbles around the books where this was written. Clairvoyant prophecies. Human error erased. Lean Woman Blues - A firm endorsement of “Fat Bottomed Girls years before it’s time. Get It On - One of the two T. Rex songs I’ve heard before this fateful day and it still hits pretty hard. Loved it as a wee guy and it still holds up as a cool pop rock song to this day. Planet Queen - Ughhh this is sort of jumping the shark for me. Girl - Now Fonzie has been caught in mid air and is being disemboweled by the shark in question. The cameras keep rolling as Happy Days has taken a miserable turn. Sunday, Monday Shark Attack. Tuesday Wednesday biker themed funeral. They had to do two days because of the recovery effort. Not much was left of Fonzie. RIP. The Motivator - This is Get it On with somehow more sexual moaning and a weird didgeridoo outro. So a BETTER version. Life’s a Gas - Lynyrd Skynyrd and Lou Reed had a baby and the baby was the product of infidelity and shares no traits with Lynyrd Skynyrd at its core but has also picked up some of its mannerisms by osmosis. Rip Off - Oh were rockin’ now. For some reason we needed to interrupt the serene calm of this record and my perfectly rational reviewing skills with screaming heard outside some particularly contentious Arby’s locations. HEY PAL. YOU CALL THIS “EXTRA MEAT?” This one may be a grower as it didn’t knock me on my ass this time around. I know how much reverence this album conjures in musical nerd circles but it just didn’t blow me away. It hits my ears as dumb glam rock that occasionally has a soft or sweet moment. The lyrics were more boring than I had hoped considering we’ve got former “Mother of Invention” members on this thing. This is a true monument to the death of the 60s and the beginning of boring sex culture that overtook the radical protests and drug-induced psychotic breaks that coloured the very colourful previous decade. Time marches on. Hey, now everything is described using therapy buzzwords while all products are designed to fail in order to enrich an increasingly shrinking group of people resulting in a growing homelessness problem worldwide. What was I talking about? This album was meh. 2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Mambo Sun, Get it On, Life’s a Gas
Just fun glam rock
7 out 10
Enjoyed
Классный глэм рок, нрав грув и клёвый малый барабан, свага присутствует. Слушал этот альбом ещё давно когда узнал что джустисы скомуниздили идею обложки, обложка кста крутая и джастис нормально так идею переиграли на своем дебютнике 7/10 Highlights: Mambo Sun; Monolith; Motivator
Decently fun listen early on. T Rex seems super relaxed and happy to be performing. Got a little tiresome and samey towards the end of the record. "Cosmic Dancer" is probably my pick from the album - it's nice and dreamy, easy-going, etc. The little 'aaaaa-aaa-aaaa' background vocal motif totally reminds me of the vocal motif on Dance Yrself Clean & Home by LCD Soundsystem. I was unaware that this is who made "Get It On". Probably on the less favorabale side of all the classic rock radio songs I heard as a kid, but I get why it became popular. 3/5 for some goodd rocknroll. Also (to make a second bloghouse connection) this SURELY mustve been the inspiration for Justice's original Cross album artwork. Surely.
Great album. A new favorite.
pos esta guay, fuera de mi zona de confort diaria, agradable de escuchar, con royo bailongo pero tranquilo a la vez.
T. Rex is one of those sleeper artists who I've never listened to much but always like more than I expected to when I do.
Very fun. Makes for a great porch listen with friends.
a good one
6/10
Decent enough album, although not one I’d probably listen to again. I’d just listen to the odd songs I like on a playlist
Like it more than I thought I would, even with some repetitive melodies
Not bad
Bang a gong, get it on
Production wise, this album sounds fantastic. This is like Black Keys level production and that was 30 something years later. But, the songwriting doesn’t do anything for me? The songs don’t really go anywhere they just sound nice. Not much to say I just don’t connect with it tbh.
Lovely album. I am a big fan of his top hits but never listened to any albums and it's awesome. Very cool album with great riffs and love the harmonies. Some surprising tracks too, very confident adaptations.
Awesome record, has tons of flair. Love the guitar work and Marc Bolan's vocals are super distinctive and unique. I do think it starts to get a bit repetitive in the b-side but then the last two tracks might be the best on the whole album! Can see it growing to a 5 in time
Groovy, rockin', and a pleasure to hear. The guitar shines especially on this album. I could see myself driving down a long highway to most of these songs. It's some quintessential 60s/70s rock.
Best Song: Get It On. It's fun, the brass is bombastic, and the line "Get it on, bang a gong" goes hard. Worst Song: Girl. Wasn't a big fan of the do-do-do-do-do-dos. Overall: Largely forgettable dadrock. As inoffensive as it is unexciting.
Overall a decent listen, very typical early 70s vibes for this era of rock. Jeepster, Mambo Star, Bang a Gong, and Lean Woman Blues are standouts.
Cool
3.5, pretty decent, clearly a big influence on Ty Segall, will return to some of these songs
So far I genuinely like this album. It kinda reminds me of the music from one of my playlists, and will probably join the music from that playlist. The song I'm listening to rn is Cosmic Dancer and it reminds me the most of Back From Kathmandu. Idk if the whole album will vibe with that playlist, but I'm probably gonna grab the album anyways cause I like the overall vibe. Officially 5 songs in. Do do da do dooooo. Just finished, this album is fucking awesome.
7/10
No notes. Just swoon.
It's been a couple of months since I've had a contender for a 5 star album and I think this just about fits the bill. A couple of the slower tracks aren't particularly great, but I love pretty much everything else.
Better than the previous album. Sounded more varied and the bonus of the more familiar tracks
Pues me parece un aburrimiento el disco. Y además suena horrible. No tiene agudos y parece que suena a través de una almohada. El tipo no canta y las canciones suenan débiles salvo la célebre "get it on". Está bien, pero no es para tanto.
war cool aber werde es vermutlich nie wieder hören
Really wasn’t expecting this album to be this great.
Just ok
This is fine and all but the campiness hasn't aged amazing. Also Bolan singing with an American drawl then pronouncing a long soft 'a' in words like "dance" just takes me out of it.
lol miles kane truly just remakes this album on repeat. 3.5 glad to hear the original
A little too quiet for my liking, but other than thst not bad. I don't love music like this. The only song I recognized on here is bang a gong. Nice, upbeat album. The cover is cool. 5/10
Great
T. Rex’s Electric Warrior is a cornerstone of glam rock, brimming with swagger, groove, and Marc Bolan’s distinctive mix of mysticism and playful sensuality. Tracks like Bang a Gong (Get It On) showcase the band’s ability to fuse rock riffs with glam flamboyance, while slower cuts such as Cosmic Dancer reveal surprising tenderness beneath the glitter. Though at times a bit repetitive in tone, the album’s charm and influence are undeniable, making it both a product of its era and a timeless listen.
nav īpaši daudz ko teikt patika "Mambo Sun", "Get it On" un "Cosmic Dancer"
Easy to see why this is a classic. I’m not personally into the whole glam/classic rock thing but this is undeniably catchy
I guess I made a mistake by always just sticking to the radio hits of this album. Pretty cool snapshot of glam rock in the early 70s, that I definitely plan to revisit in the years ahead.
Loved that. Bangers galore!
Pretty good - enjoyable and consistent.
My feelings on T Rex have waxed and waned over the years. I used to love them, now I appreciate them and what they did at their time to bring glam to the forefront. This may be their best album and has some great grooves, its fun, short catchy tunes and glam pop thu and thru. I also appreciate the nods to blues and rock roots. It's fun and easy to listen to.
loved it
Despite my great memories of this album, the music is boring.
2,5
First time I have listened to the album complete, though I have heard many tracks stand alone.
Classic. And maybe underrated?
I liked it
I was surprised to learn that T. Rex were so big back in the 70s. « Get It On » is the only song that sounded familiar to me – probably something I had heard a few times in movies or tv shows, but never bothered checking out. It does sound fairly modern for its time (the last song especially), although I expected something a bit more dynamic from an album titled « Electric Warrior ». A nice album overall, quite pleasant to listen while drinking my gallon of morning coffee. I'll try to give it another listen in a few days because I feel I might have missed some of its complexities. 6/10
I love Marc Bolan, I love his revival of RnR and boogie with sparkles and glitter. Lennon said about Bowie and glam that it was Rock n Roll with lipstick. The recipie will not last long but this album is worth it.
Good bluesy time
I liked the vibe of the record and the direction they take with their music. It's groovy, innovative and sounds good. The singing is pretty good, gentle but with attitude. The instrumentals are nice, but my favourite part of it were the effects and innovations. The string sections are a great addition, and the reversed sounds and weird effects work superb. My favourite songs were "Mambo Sun", "Monolith", "Get It On" and "The Motivator". Also, the cover art is excellent.
This is a surprise for me. I love the grooves, the sass. Every song is a banger. Blues, Rockabilly, Glam Rock, it’s all here.
Pleasantly surprised by this. Knew very little T.Rex before listening to this album and I will be revisiting in future
Servicable glam. Get It On an obvious banger, but this album is let down by being far too long and dotted with tracks where Marc Bolan seems to be trying to channel David Bowie and is all the weaker for it.
It was fine ig. Wasn't really into it. Awesome band name tho. Best song: Get It On Notable(s): None :\
Great 70s pop rock with a couple of good hits
I enjoyed most of this. Reminds me of some of the other albums on this list but I’m not sure which ones. Low 4.
realizing that I def listened to a few of these months ago and forgot to rate. oopsie daisy. also re pondering if cananyonereallyownashower, definitely yes. Anyways this album is fire I listen to cosmic dancer and hot love all the time and also mambo sun is a banger.
7/10 - there were some songs I liked, it was fairly entertaining
Something about this albums sound is so unique. Every single song is great
Good
Actually awesome
Not sure what to say except that I have already loved this album for a a while. It's one of the first ones I added to my vinyl collection. Just all around fun.
This and the slider are top tier for me
I love this album. It's sexy, it's cool, it has a weird tension bubbling just below the surface, all the way through the album. It has one of my favourite bass+drum sounds of all time. I love that pixie weirdo Marc Bolan. His trembly singing that Devendra Banhart ripped off wholesale. My only gripe is the album title and artwork. Iconic as it it, it's grossly misleading. It promises an erupting guitar monster and what you get instead is a laid back, subdued chill record. It reminds me of those horror-ific Iron Maiden and Helloween album covers after which hearing what amounts to rock opera was a real head-scratcher.
I certainly understand this album’s importance within the glam rock scene and it’s influence on a bunch of major artists but… I just find it to be too repetitive, and lacking any real bite. I definitely think it is a good record and understand it’s inclusion on the list but it’s just not really my thing. Standout tracks: “Planet Queen” - “Girl” - “Life’s A Gas”
Ok just finished this album and I’m not a fan of this group at all it wasn’t easy too finish listening to this album , but I’m glad I herd it and I want try a different album of theirs if anyone can recommend before I close them off .
This album is one I’m very familiar with. In our rehearsal studio, we wore this album out and covered Mambo Sun and The Motivator in most of our sets. I think Mark Bolan was so influential on guitarists I have loved ever since, the early stages of Indie Rock.. Andy Wood, Frank Black and Britt Daniel come immediately to mind, but many more. I never considered this record ‘Glam Rock’ which it was widely considered to be. Either way, after listening for the first time in a while, I still love it. Really simple, but has a very unique vibe, which while influential, has not necessarily been duplicated. It’s a solid 4 for me, and has its place in my collection. That said after listening today, probably won’t pull it again for a long time. PS, classic album art, forever a recognizable image 👀
Electric Warrior by T. Rex is one of those classic album covers everyone recognizes. It’s often been described as glam “throwaway” music from the era. Yet the influence it had on artists like Andrew Wood (Mother Love Bone), The Smiths, and Nirvana is well documented. It’s fascinating how something once considered expendable ended up shaping so much of the music that followed. To be fair, I’ve always known the big songs from this album, but I can’t remember ever sitting down and listening to it all the way through. It was never a record I had strong feelings about one way or another. After two full listens, I was surprised by how much it grew on me. I genuinely enjoyed it. While there’s definitely a glam sheen, musically it leans more toward what we’d now think of as indie rock, with subtle funk touches in the rhythm section. I’m not sure it’ll enter my regular rotation anytime soon, but I definitely have a new appreciation for the album. Not just for its influence on artists I loved in my youth, but for the music itself.
Aika cool. Itse musiikki oli hyvää ja nautinnollista,varsinki kitarat, mutta laulu ei jotenki napannu. En sano että se ois ollu huonoa mutta jäi jotenki vajaaksi. Pakko myöntää että puolet albumista meni vähän toisesta korvasta sisään ja toisesta ulos, koska yritin epätoivoisesti tehdä historian tehtäviä samalla.🙃 Voisin kuunnella uudestaan.
kinda boring
9 Not many make me wanna simultaneously rock out and bop out like mark bolan
Good
holy moly this is where that one song comes from! also, decent album, 3.5 out of 5 for me for sure
If I'm being honest, this was not my cup of tea. My overall rating for this would be 6.6/10. I'm not sure if it was the vocals of the songs or something, but I could not get into this album. It's not like I don't enjoy rock or anything (I do enjoy rock), but for some reason, this album missed the mark. I did enjoy the lyrical writing on this, though, so that did kind of save the album for me personally. I don't really see myself coming back to this album anytime soon, unfortunately.
I listened to the original release (11 tracks). This is an album I’ve always wanted to hear (well, that’s done!). T Rex was more popular in the UK than they were here, although they were big for a couple years (around 1971-73). By the time Bolan died their popularity here had faded, but the radio continues to play Bang A Gong quite often. There are a few good tracks on this album but not enough good stuff to warrant four stars.
I know exactly one T.Rex song ('20th Century Boy') and it is not on this album. Luckily, these songs sound pretty similar to that one. Wait, never mind, I know exactly two T.Rex songs ('Cosmic Dancer')! Wait, never mind, of course I know three T.Rex songs ('Get It On')! In general, these songs have good energy, I don't mind this kind of guitar, and Bolan (what a name) has a fairly unique voice. Kinda Queenish (the band, not the gay thing -- although, that too (complimentary)). Apparently they at first went by "Tyrannosaurus Rex" but the execs thought it was too long of a name and/or difficult to pronounce (???). Perhaps this dinosaur was less well known in the 60s, at least in the UK - like pizza. Related fact I heard today: George Washington died not knowing about dinos, 'cause they were discovered in the mid 1800s. But 1971 is a long time after that (supposedly). These song titles mention lots of space themed things (sun, planets, cosmos) and yet this isn't considered space rock(??). Instead it's called glam rock, which seems more about the appearance of the artist than about the actual music. Perhaps the genre flow chart is like: Is the artist glam? if Y --> glam rock. If N --> do the songs mention astronomical themes? If Y ---> space rock. If N ---> categorize based on how the music actually sounds, I GUESS. Turns out M. Bolan also had a pretty tragic death (he didn't drive because of fear of car-death, then he died young in car-death (alcohol)). I suspect the odds of a 1001 Albums artist having a pretty tragic death are like 500% higher than the average musician (to say nothing of the average person). Anyway, that doesn't change my rating. I enjoyed this album more than the average 3, although perhaps not as much as the average 4. The important thing is, it's better than average, and fun to listen to, which is a good quality in an album. Highlight: 'Cosmic Dancer' (I like the background string arrangements), 'Life's a Gas', 'Hot Love' (this is a bonus track, but I love a hand-clap and a la-la-la), 'King of the Mountain Cometh' (I don't think I heard any songs about elves and wizards before starting this project; who knew there's so many!) Lowlights: 'Get It On' (Maybe it's just been overplayed, but I find the chorus too simplistic in an annoying way (not the content (probably half of the songs on this list are about getting it on), but the form (Lavigne-esque?!)), 'Girl' (sounds like Pink Floyd (=sleepy), although I do like the do-do-dos and the horns)
Slow music. Too slow even on the upbeat songs and not interesting enough to like
Merkelig album. Virker lite gjennomtenkt, men noen høydepunkter innimellom.
Pretty cool sound, and the one big radio hit is fun, but not really anything to write home about IMO.
It was...goodish. Close to a 4 for me
Not a fan. The vocal was a bit on the weak side. Grooves are ok. The arrangement is actually good too. But the album is like a bottle of flat coke. Pump it up man.
I enjoyed 'Get It On', and everything else was just alright. When i read the description of this album, i was really prepping for a more "glam-rock" sound, but i guess this is the very, very early version of that sound that tore through the 80's. My respect to T. Rex, but overall this album didn't do much for me. it was just a fine listen, in my opinion.
Liked the groove but not so much the voice.
Had some really fun grooves and was a lot of fun for some Saturday afternoon jams. I'm not sure what the rest of his discography looks like past this one, but I'm interested to see what else I might know of his besides Get It On.
This album was pretty boring. It was shaping up to be a two, but "Bang a Gong" saved it. Dope song, boring album.
One of those bands I've heard of, but never checked out. It turned out I know Get It On. I think that has been in countless commercials. Decent album.