T. Rexrelease date: Dec. 18, 1970
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,08]
producer: Tony Visconti
label: Fly Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 2. "Jewel" - 3. "The Visit" - 10. "One Inch Rock"
1st studio album under the shortened name of T. Rex - the 5th studio album after forming Tyrannosaurus Rex and the second with Mickey Finn on percussion. The album follows only 9 months after A Beard of Stars (Mar. 1970) and although several 'official sites' insist on filing this as the actual debut album by T. Rex, but given the story behind the band / duo, it does appear more logical regarding it as the fifth album with Marc Bolan leading a musical project he has now named T. Rex.
The album T. Rex clearly shows the transition period of the band still playing psychedelic rock but also playing with new shorter, more simple compositions of glam rock - e.g. compare "The Visit" with "Pavillions of Sun" released as Tyrannosaurus Rex.
