T. Rex - T. Rex

Title: T. Rex Artist: T. Rex Release Date: 1970 Re-Released On: 10/15/2007 Label: Universal Distribution Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 4988005379658, 4988005479730, 766485059222 Genre: Rock Styles: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Album Rock Moods: Confident, Gleeful, Theatrical, Amiable/Good-Natured, Boisterous, Cheerful, Energetic, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Irreverent, Swaggering, Campy, Carefree, Druggy, Earnest, Fun, Playful, Sexy, Stylish, Trippy, Whimsical, Wry, Delicate, Eerie, Gentle, Intimate, Sparse, Laid-Back/Mellow, Light, Rollicking, Sensual, Sexual, Silly Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. The Children of Rarn
2. Jewel
3. The Visit
4. Childe
5. The Time of Love Is Now
6. Diamond Meadows
7. Root of Star
8. Beltane Walk
9. Is It Love?
10. One Inch Rock
11. Summer Deep
12. Seagull Woman
13. Sun Eye
14. The Wizard
15. The Children of Rarn

Year Type Label Catalog # 2004 CD Universal Distribution 9497

Marc Bolan & T Rex T. Rex [Expanded Edition] T Rex [Delta]

The fifth Tyrannosaurus Rex album was also the first T. Rex set, as Marc Bolan abbreviated the band name at the same time as enlarging everything else -- most notably the group's sound. Transitional through and through, T. Rex is the obvious successor to Beard of Stars, but it's clearly looking toward Electric Warrior, a point proven when the band hit the tour and TV circuits early in 1971. But "Jewel," "Sun Eye," "Beltane Walk," and "One Inch Rock" are all bona fide Bolan classics and, if T. Rex itself was to be overshadowed by the simultaneous success of the "Ride a White Swan" single (pointedly not included on the album), then that only allowed Bolan more time in which to plan his next move. In many ways, this is the quintessential Bolan album, the last to be made before his entire life was swallowed up by superstardom, but the first to begin imagining what that could be like. Certainly he has an awful lot of fun revisiting one of his earliest ever compositions, "The Wizard," while his ambition is writ large throughout the opening and closing snippets of "The Children of Rarn," excerpts from a full-fledged concept album that he was then contemplating. You also get "Is It Love?," one of his most contagiously underrated compositions ever, but really, there's not a sour moment to be found all album long. And it might just be the last Bolan album that you could say that about. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Graphreaks Design Howard Kaylan Vocals (Background), Vocals Ian Kenyon Liner Notes Marc Bolan Guitar, Organ, Bass, Vocals Mark Volman Vocals, Vocals (Background) Mickey Finn Vocals, ?, Pixiephone, Drums, Bass Peter Sanders Photography Roy Thomas Baker Engineer Tony Visconti Piano, Producer, String Arrangements