Electric Warriorrelease date: Sep. 24, 1971
format: cd
[album rate: 4,5 / 5] [4,38]
producer: Tony Visconti
label: Fly Records - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: 1. "Mambo Sun" (4 / 5) - 2. "Cosmic Dancer" (5 / 5) - 3. "Jeepster" (4 / 5) - 4. "Monolith" - 5. "Lean Woman Blues" - 6. "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" (4,5 / 5) - 7. "Planet Queen" - 8. "Girl" (4,5 / 5) - 9. "The Motivator" - 10. "Life's a Gas" (4 / 5) - 11. "Rip Off" (4 / 5)
2nd studio album as T. Rex and Bolan's sixth studio album including four former releases as Tyrannosaurus Rex follows only 9 months after T. Rex (Dec. 1970) is once more with Tony Visconti as producer.
The album stands as the first predominantly glam rock album by Marc Bolan. The albums A Beard of Stars (Mar. 1970) by Tyrannosaurus Rex and T. Rex (Dec. 1970) by T. Rex are the transitional albums that lead up to the sound one will find on this release. Furthermore, the album is the first where Bolan has constituted an actual band as T. Rex now consists of Marc Bolan on vocals & guitar, Mickey Finn on percussion & backing vocals, and with Steve Currie on bass, and with Bill Legend on drums & tambourine.
Electric Warrior topped the UK albums chart list, as the only Marc Bolan-album, and it's a natural member of lists compiling the all-time best of rock-albums including "1001 Album You Must Hear Before You Die", Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Albums" (as number #160), and "NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" (as number #225).
[ allmusic.com 5 / 5, Q Magazine 4 / 5 stars ]
1971 Favourite releases: 3. Deep Purple Fireball - 2. Joni Mitchell Blue - 3. T. Rex Electric Warrior
