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Electric Warrior is the sixth album by British rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 group T.Rex
T.Rex (band)

'T.Rex' were an English rock music band fronted by guitarist, singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. Formed as 'Tyrannosaurus Rex' in 1960s London, the folk rock group's debut album My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair......
, and is widely considered to be one of the quintessential glam rock
Glam rock

Glam rock , is a sub-genre of rock music that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s which was "performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots." The flamboyant lyrics, costumes, and visual styles of glam performers were a camp , theatrical blend of nostalgia references t...
 releases. Electric Warrior reached number thirty-two in the US; while it went to number one for several weeks in the UK, becoming the biggest album of 1971.

One of the best-known songs on the record is "Get It On", whose title was changed in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 to "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" (as there was another hit song at the time called "Get It On" by the group Chase).






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Electric Warrior is the sixth album by British rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 group T.Rex
T.Rex (band)

'T.Rex' were an English rock music band fronted by guitarist, singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. Formed as 'Tyrannosaurus Rex' in 1960s London, the folk rock group's debut album My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair......
, and is widely considered to be one of the quintessential glam rock
Glam rock

Glam rock , is a sub-genre of rock music that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s which was "performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots." The flamboyant lyrics, costumes, and visual styles of glam performers were a camp , theatrical blend of nostalgia references t...
 releases. Electric Warrior reached number thirty-two in the US; while it went to number one for several weeks in the UK, becoming the biggest album of 1971.

One of the best-known songs on the record is "Get It On", whose title was changed in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 to "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" (as there was another hit song at the time called "Get It On" by the group Chase). This was T.Rex's biggest single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 and their only U.S. hit (#10). The track is followed by "Girl", which is separated from the rest of the album by an unusual flugelhorn
Flugelhorn

The flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical Bore . Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the keyed bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus predating Adolphe Sax's innovative work....
 arrangement. "Cosmic Dancer" is an acoustic-based song propelled by producer Tony Visconti
Tony Visconti

Anthony Edward Visconti is an American record producer and sometimes a musician or singer.Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of notable performers, including the Moody Blues, as well as T....
's string
String instrument

A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones....
 arrangements.

Bolan, in a 1971 interview contained on the Rhino Records reissue, said of the album "I think "Electric Warrior", for me, is the first album which is a statement of 1971 for us in England. I mean that's... If anyone ever wanted to know why we were big in the other part of the world, that album says it, for me."

The sleeve was designed by British art design group Hipgnosis
Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis was a United Kingdom art design group that specialized in creating album cover for the albums of Rock and roll musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, Genesis , Led Zeppelin, 10CC and The Alan Parsons Project....
. In the November 2001 issue of Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair (magazine)

Vanity Fair is an American magazine of culture, fashion, and politics published by Cond? Nast Publications....
 American musician Beck
Beck

Beck Hansen is an United States musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck. With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and irony lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating sample , drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed by critics and the public...
 chose it as one of his 50 favourite album sleeves.

Track listing

All songs written by Marc Bolan
Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan , was an England singer, songwriter and guitarist whose hit singles, fashion sensibilities and stage presence with T.Rex in the early 1970s helped cultivate the glam rock era, though he preferred to call his music Cosmic Rock, and made him one of the most recognisable stars in United Kingdom music....
.
  1. "Mambo Sun" – 3:40
  2. "Cosmic Dancer" – 4:30
  3. "Jeepster
    Jeepster (song)

    "Jeepster" was a 1971 single by the United Kingdom glam rock band T. Rex , both taken from the group's second album, Electric Warrior.The song peaked at #2 in the UK charts, and was controversial in that Fly Records released the song without singer Marc Bolan's prior permission, Bolan having just left Fly for EMI, which had given him c...
    " – 4:12
  4. "Monolith" – 3:49
  5. "Lean Woman Blues" – 3:02
  6. "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" – 4:27
  7. "Planet Queen" – 3:13
  8. "Girl" – 2:32
  9. "The Motivator" – 4:00
  10. "Life's a Gas" – 2:24
  11. "Rip Off" – 3:40


Rhino Records reissue bonus tracks

  1. "There Was a Time" - 1:00
  2. "Raw Ramp" - 4:16
  3. "Planet Queen" (Acoustic Version) - 3:00
  4. "Hot Love" - 4:59
  5. "Woodland Rock" - 2:24
  6. "King of the Mountain Cometh" - 3:57
  7. "The T. Rex Electric Warrior Interview" - 19:35


30th Anniversary Special Edition bonus tracks

  1. "Rip Off [Work in Progress]" - 2:30
  2. "Mambo Sun [Work in Progress]" - 3:57
  3. "Cosmic Dancer [Work in Progress]" - 5:15
  4. "Monolith [Work in Progress]" - 4:47
  5. "Get It On [Work in Progress]" - 4:43
  6. "Planet Queen [Work in Progress]" - 0:56
  7. "The Motivator [Work in Progress]" - 4:19
  8. "Life's a Gas [Work in Progress]" - 3:14


Personnel

  • Marc Bolan
    Marc Bolan

    Marc Bolan , was an England singer, songwriter and guitarist whose hit singles, fashion sensibilities and stage presence with T.Rex in the early 1970s helped cultivate the glam rock era, though he preferred to call his music Cosmic Rock, and made him one of the most recognisable stars in United Kingdom music....
     – vocals, guitars
  • Mickey Finn
    Mickey Finn (musician)

    Mickey Finn or occasionally Micky Finn , was the percussionist and sideman to Marc Bolan in his band T.Rex , and later, the 1970s glam rock group, T.Rex ....
     – conga drums, bongos
  • Steve Currie
    Steve Currie

    Steve Currie was born in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. He was best known as the bass guitar player and long term member of the English glam rock band T....
     – bass guitar
  • Bill Legend
    Bill Legend

    Bill Legend was the drummer for glam rock band T. Rex during their most successful period.One of three children, Fifield worked as a commercial artist after leaving school, while playing the drums for a variety of bands....
     – drums
  • Howard Kaylan
    Howard Kaylan

    Howard Kaylan is an United States rock and roll musician, best known as a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s band , The Turtles, and "Eddie" of 1970's rock band Flo & Eddie....
     – backing vocals
  • Mark Volman
    Mark Volman

    Mark Volman is an United States rock and roll singer, best known as a founding member of the 1960s band The Turtles. At times during his career he has used the pseudonym "The Phlorescent Leech" ....
     – backing vocals
  • Rick Wakeman
    Rick Wakeman

    Richard Christopher Wakeman is an England keyboard player best known as the keyboardist for progressive rock group Yes . Originally a classically trained pianist, he was a pioneer in the use of electronic keyboards and in the use of a rock band in combination with orchestra and choir....
     – keyboards on "Get It On
    Get It On (T. Rex song)

    "Get It On" was the second UK Chart-topper song for the United Kingdom rock music group T. Rex . It was released from their best-known album, Electric Warrior....
    "
  • Ian McDonald
    Ian McDonald (musician)

    Ian McDonald is an English multi-instrumentalist musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock musical group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976....
     – saxophone
  • Burt Collins - Flugel Horn


  • Roy Thomas Baker
    Roy Thomas Baker

    Roy Thomas Baker is an English people music producer, songwriter and arranger who helped create a number of extremely popular pop and rock records from the 1970s to the present....
     - engineer
  • George Underwood - artwork, photography