T.Rex-Electric Warrior (1971)

By the end of 1971, T. Rex, the band led by the charismatic Marc Bolan, had enjoyed over two years of overwhelming success. Songs like "Debora", "Ride a White Swan", and "Hot Love", along with albums such as "Prophets, Seers & Sages...", "Unicorn", "A Beard of Stars", and "T. Rex" (the first three under the name Tyrannosaurus Rex), led them to be hailed one after another by a segment of the sensationalist press and the British public as the natural successors to The Beatles. This exaggerated and magnified assertion was due to the "T-Rexmania" fever that had swept through England during those years. Amidst this whirlwind of success, T. Rex released their sixth album, "Electric Warrior", which became another massive hit on the British charts, further boosting their popularity to unimaginable heights. Released in late 1971, "Electric Warrior" became his most accomplished work to date. With eleven brilliant tracks, Marc Bolan not only remained at number one on the charts for weeks, but also created one of the greatest glam rock albums and a masterpiece in the history of rock music. Many of the songs on this album immediately became iconic classics, such as the well-known "Get It On", or the dazzling "Cosmic Dancer", "Planet Queen", "Jeepster", "Mambo Sun", "Rip Off", and "Girl" all brimming with rich string arrangements, powerful riffs, addictive rhythms, playful percussion, and catchy vocal choruses.