The Slider

Not a T rex fan at all, worked in a pub where they had a tribute night once a year, still scared from it

Nah

i can't for the life of me understand why anyone enjoys glam rock. lord knows i've tried, but this is just the most bland, uninspiring collection of average 70s glam rock songs about nothing. it's all so one-note. safe and dull, with nothing groundbreaking or even remotely substantial here. for this particular album, i saw the opener, metal guru, and thought FINALLY, something different from the norm. i listened to it and thought, well, that was definition of the norm, but hopefully it gets better from here. ladies and gentlemen, i regret to inform you that it, in fact, did not get better from there. 1.5 stars because at least it's not kid rock.

Nah

I’ve started to notice that I’m repeating myself on my site. I keep saying that I don’t really like rock, that it’s not my favorite genre, and I end up making the same point over and over again. And lately I’ve been coming to an uncomfortable realization: the 1001 Albums list is largely dominated by music made by men, for men, and above all by men. But I’m getting frustrated and going off on tangents, and that’s not what I’m here to talk about. Let’s talk about the album: The Slider by T. Rex. I struggled with this one. It started strong, and the first few tracks genuinely caught my attention. But after the third song, the album began to lose momentum for me. It felt like a gradual descent into something increasingly exhausting. By the time I reached the last track, my reaction was simply: okay, that was an experience I don’t need to repeat. Again, this is just my personal perception. It says nothing about the band’s artistic value or their place in music history. But I know I won’t listen to this album again. I’m torn between giving it two stars, maybe even one. I don’t think I’ll go as low as one, because there are moments here that are undeniably beautiful. But overall… it just didn’t work for me.

I've seen the list of the 1001 albums, and I know there are some great ones coming, but I am struggling thru these at the moment. This was another awful choice, and I don't hate music from this era. It was just bad.

Definitely could´ve died without hearing this album.

Bit dull after Metal Guru.

This glam rock album is like a glitter-covered peacock preening under a spotlight—full of fuzzy riffs, swaggering grooves, and flirtatious vocals that shimmer with mystique semanticly while winking at their own over-the-top absurdity.

This I think will be my first 1/5 rating, as I'm only 12 albums in. I probably have heard a few T. Rex songs on the classic rock station, but I really dislike classic rock, and apparently I really don't like glam rock also, as I found this very grating. This was the first time I actually starting skipping songs as I went as I couldn't stand them anymore.

I haaaaate this. "Buick Mackane" and "Chariot Choogle" are the only decent tracks. I kept listening for music education value but I couldn't wait for it to end. Very surprised by the positive reception here because I found this to be boring and irritating.

2/10 Maybe I just don’t “get it” but I did not enjoy this album. It felt extremely dated on top of being extremely repetitive. Only a couple of songs that stood out among the rest. A bit of a slog to get through this whole album

Glam Rock is objectively the worst rock

Garnicht meins. Also einfach zu simple und habe keine lust mehr nach song 3

Absolute snooze fest, not sure how T. rex has 3.5 million monthly listeners on spotify

I went to the Spotify link and noticed that the whole album was blacked out so I went to YouTube to listen. If it weren't for the commercials on YT I would not have known where one song ended and the next began because they all sound the exact same. Same notes, same cadence, same vocals. I went back to the Spotify to see what songs of T Rex were available, none of them were, but then I remembered T Rex is the only band on Spotify that I blocked from playing so that this crap doesn't pop up when I want to listen to 70s rock. 2.4/10 88/1001

Was never a fan of glam rock and this album does nothing to change that. I'll admit, because this album is so clunky & whiny I could not even finish it. This is a turd.

Kinda one note sounding for me. Glam and swagger and esoteric lyrics with at times catchy choruses Maybe it was a time and place thing for this album but not for me

This sounded like all the same song and it id also the same song that has been on this list several times

I'm more of a Triceratops kinda guy.

Wack.

Fully meh. I just didn't like it. Nothing on this album stood out. I thought it was really boring, and nothing had the glitz of glam rock.

1. guru - 1 2. lady - 1 3. rock - 1 4. zlider - 1 5. baby - 1.5 6. zpaceball - 1 7. buick - 1 8. zam - 1 9. rabbit - 1.5 10. ztrange - 1 11. marz - 1.5 12. chariot - 1 13. man - 1

Great

My #1 don't understand the hype band. At best they're just an incredibly bland Led Zeppelin rip off, at worst a cloying copy of Bowie's worst albums or a skin tight pleather CCR. The bass parts are pretty cool at least. The most overrated band of the 70s.

T. Rex is one of those bands that I just don't get what the hype is about. They have a couple of songs that I like, moderately, but other than that they are just a damn mess. This album did absolutely nothing for me.

Trop rugueux !

Another overrated artist, awful.

Not for me

Uhh, sure. Fav Track: The Slider

No thanks

bro i almost fell asleep driving and not in a good way

I so hope this is the last T. Rex album I ever have to listen to. They just suck so bad.

“Baby, baby, baby, baybeeeeehhh” 🤮 T-Rex reminds me of a boring Guns N Roses but without the catchy riffs. Did not like. Listens: 1 Fave Track: Telegraph Sam Rating: 1

Lacks variety in sound, leaving my ears unmotivated to hear most tracks in their entirety. Not for me.

Unfortunately, this recording was definitely not my thing. It just did not connect with me. I did not hear anything out of the ordinary that, to me, would justify this album or this artist as "must hear".

Not bad but generic for me

infuriatingly repetitive and repetitively infuriating. boring Significant 30/93 Liked 14/93 Added 4/93 NNN

these guys suck

1972. Not great. Generic guitar solos and would've been better as an instrumental. I was leaning towards 2/5 until the dreadful last song.

Wut

It feels like the band relied heavily on the formula that worked for them. Pity. Skip this album and listen to Electric Warrior instead, a much better album. Overall: 2/10

I thought I liked T. Rex, but this album really bugged me. I can't put my finger on exactly why; perhaps a bit repetitive, and the vocals a bit whiney for my taste? All I know is that I was happy when it finished.

Musically repetitive, especially the use of echo in the lead singers voice.

It’s just not something I like very much.

Automatic shoes Automatic shoes Give me three D vision And the California blues Me I funk but I don't care I ain't no square with my corkscrew hair The 70s were a weird decade and this was a fine example. I like weird, but the trouble here is that the album kind of sucks. 1/5

aburrido

I don't get it. I don't think I'm a fan of this genre of music.

Genuinely unpleasant to listen to. The songs on their own aren’t very good, add the awful vocals and it’s one of the worst albums I’ve listened to lately.

Another aggressively mid album. Doesn't really belong on this list because there is absolutely nothing special about it. There were people doing this in the 60s more creatively than this.

Painfully repetitive.

Too repetitive

Bad

I'm not a glamrock fan.

Никогда не любил глэм. Это ж какое-то позёрство типа эмо в наше время

All the elements for “Bang a Gong” were there, they just couldn’t pull it together.

Not doing it for me. It’s just so same same in regards to the sound and genre of so many other albums from this time period. There is nothing here to distinguish itself from anything else I’m afraid. 1 Star!

Méh

Best aardig!