T. Rex ~ Electric Warrior  1971 original 1st pressing. Reprise Records - RS 6466  Vinyl is VG++. Vinyl looks VG++: faint and minor, inaudible marks, except a faint scratch on A-5. Vinyl plays VG++: minor background-wear and faint crackel between tracks and during some quiet passages; a few, short segments play VG+ to VG++ with crack and/or clicks. Label side 1 is VG+. Label side 2 is VG++. Gatefold cover is VG to VG+: small bend and minor wear, indentations and imperfections; intact seams. Out of print original.

The album that essentially kick-started the U.K. glam rock craze,  completes 's transformation from hippie folk-rockers into flamboyant avatars of trashy rock & roll. There are a few vestiges of those early days remaining in the acoustic-driven ballads, but  spends most of its time in a swinging, hip-shaking groove powered by 's warm electric guitar. The music recalls not just the catchy simplicity of early rock & roll, but also the implicit sexuality -- except that here, gleefully hauls it to the surface, singing out loud what was once only communicated through the shimmying beat. He takes obvious delight in turning teenage bubblegum rock into campy sleaze, not to mention filling it with pseudo-psychedelic hippie poetry. In fact,  sounds just as obsessed with the heavens as he does with sex, whether he's singing about spiritual mysticism or begging a flying saucer to take him away. It's all done with the same theatrical flair, but 's spacious, echoing production makes it surprisingly convincing. Still, the real reason  stands the test of time so well -- despite its intended disposability -- is that it revels so freely in its own absurdity and willful lack of substance. Not taking himself at all seriously,  is free to pursue whatever silly wordplay, cosmic fantasies, or non sequitur imagery he feels like; his abandonment of any pretense to art becomes, ironically, a statement in itself. 's lack of pomposity, back-to-basics songwriting, and elaborate theatrics went on to influence everything from hard rock to punk to new wave. But in the end, it's that sense of playfulness, combined with a raft of irresistible hooks, that keeps  such an infectious, invigorating listen today.

-allmusic

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