Electric Warrior by T. Rex

Electric Warrior, released on 24 September 1971 on Fly in Britain and Reprise in America, is the record where Marc Bolan finished trading the acoustic psychedelic folk of Tyrannosaurus Rex for full electric glitter. It's only the second album under the shortened T. Rex name, and the sixth since the 1968 debut, and with Tony Visconti producing at Trident Studios, Bolan's guitar struts and shimmies over Steve Currie's bass and Bill Legend's drums, sexy, silly and irresistible.

"Get It On" did the heavy lifting, a UK number one that, retitled "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" in the States, went top ten on the Hot 100 and became the band's only North American hit. "Jeepster" was another major hit. The album topped the UK chart and has since been hailed as a cornerstone of glam rock, its influence spreading well beyond it.

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