T. Rex

You can listen to Electric Warrior for a few different reasons. First, as a document marking the heady days of glam rock, or as record that in its best moments brings back the simplicity of real rock 'n' roll, only dirtier. Or you can listen to it because the guitars sound wicked awesome. So do the drums.

So elegant, so fey (check the cover of T. Rex, his first on Reprise), Marc Bolan is a stripling,
a sylph. Too old to be innocent in today's world, though his years number 23, he plays to
the post-J.F.K. set, yet with enough decadence and sarcasm for any war baby to hum
along. He's been rewarded with three No. One singles in England, where their sense of
youth is less pristine (and besides, how old is the average singles consumer any... More >