Tracks
- Mambo Sun
- Cosmic Dancer
- Jeepster
- Monolith
- Lean Woman Blues
- Get It On
- Planet Queen
- Girl
- The Motivator
- Life's a Gas
- Rip Off
Electric Warrior is a sultry album. The music is glam rock. For this album, that seems to mean pop songs with a hard rock edge. The lyrics are really neat. I don't know what it all means, but as snippets, they drip sexuality and attitude.
The music is slow and grinding and Marc Bolan's voice is seductive. This is nothing but the blues. However, the bluesmen were men in a man's world, but Marc Bolan's world is sexually ambiguous and anyone can play the role of seducer.
The album is fantastic. I never had much faith in glam rock and T. Rex was no exception, but I've come to adore the style. I like the sexuality and the sexual ambiguity implied by both the music and the art and the artists. That's the real attraction to this album. It's worth listening to and would make a fine addition to a collection. I think it also deserves to be on the 1001 Albums list since this is the strongest example of glam to appear.
All the songs on this album are excellent. The stand outs are Mambo Sun, Cosmic Sun, Jeepster, Monolith, Lean Woman Blues, Get It On, Planet Queen, Girl, The Motivator, Life's a Gas and Rip Off. Yes, that's all of them. Truly amazing stuff.
★★★★★★★★★★
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