Previously, a Waxx Lyrical Record Of The Month. Comes with exclusive listening notes.
 
Marc Bolan more or less invented glam-rock 53 years ago unveiling Electric Warrior, an album simmering with androgynous sexual imagery that hosted one of the most electrifying rock’n’roll riffs of all time. With his second album as T. Rex, the androgynous glitter-flecked pixie superstar could lay claim to not only inventing the genre, but also for unleashing a glam wave. It would also be surfed by David Bowie, Slade, Mott The Hoople, Queen, Alice Cooper and a long-line of bombastic megastars that would come to define a large part of the 1970s. While forever known for its singles, Electric Warrior was the first glam album to top the UK charts, spending a whopping eight weeks at number 1 and giving the country another dose of fan hysteria akin to Beatlemania. Featuring unrefined '50's rock'n'roll riffage and the occasionally nonsensical mysticism of his lyrics, the boundless confidence of Bolan spawned a cannon of instantly-recognisable anthems and a revolutionary record that altered the course of rock history.
 
TRACKS:
Mambo Sun
Cosmic Dancer
Jeepster
Monolith
Lean Woman Blues
Get It On
Planet Queen
Girl
The Motivator
Life's A Gas
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