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T. Rex Album: “T. Rex”
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Release Date:1970-01-01
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Classic Rock, 1970s Rock
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:766485059222
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| 1 |
Children of Rarn |
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| 2 |
Jewel |
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| 3 |
Visit |
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| 4 |
Childe |
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| 5 |
Time of Love Is Now |
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| 6 |
Diamond Meadows |
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| 7 |
Root of Star |
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| 8 |
Beltane Walk |
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| 9 |
Is It Love |
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| 10 |
One Inch Rock Video |
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| 11 |
Summer Deep |
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| 12 |
Seagull Woman |
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| 13 |
Sun Eye |
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| 14 |
Wizard |
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| 15 |
Children of Rarn |
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Review - :
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
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