First of all the correct title of the album is "The Slider".  This album is the follow-up to T-Rex's landmark "Electric Warrior", which made Marc Bolan a superstar.  Unfortunately the quality of T-Rex's output would not last long after the commercial breakthrough.  Some critics denigrate this album as the beginning of the downward slide because it does not break any new ground.  Truthfully it is essentially more of the same as "Electric Warrior", and there are a couple of very evident attempt to rehash older glory.  "Telegram Sam" is clearly a "Get It On" knockoff.

From a critic's standpoint, these are valid points.  From a music fan's standpoint - WHO CARES!  This is an awesome album that absolutely belongs in any T-Rex fan's collection.  Even the aforementioned "Telegram Sam" is classic T-Rex.  There is not a bad song on the album. "Main Man" is the weakest track, but actually works well as a closer.  Stylistically there are a few differences from "Electric Warrior".  In some ways he brings back some of the wierd, dissonant touches that were more prominent in the earlier Tyrannosaurus Rex albums.  Flo and Eddie's background vocals are more upfront and over the top (a good thing!).  Lots of great grooves on this album, incl. the title track & "Chariot Choogle".

The lyrics are the typical word soup pseudo-mysticism and mostly gibberish, but cool gibberish (what is a "Rabbit Fighter"?).  "Ballrooms of Mars" sets up a great atmosphere:

"You talk about day
I'm talking 'bout night time
When the monsters call out
The names of men
Bob Dylan knows
And I bet Alan Freed did
There are things in night
That are better not to behold"

What that means I have no idea, but it sounds cool.  Bottom line is this is a must-have album.  Unfortunately this is the end of T-Rex's peak.  The next album "Tanx", while still very good, would be a step down.

I am not familiar with the first two albums, so I can't comment on them, but I own everything from 1969's "Unicorn" through 1973's "Tanx" and higly recommend all of those albums.  There are also some non-album singles like "Children of the Revolution" that are great.  I've heard his last album "Dandy in the "Underworld" was a return to form, but I haven't heard it yet.

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First of all the correct title of the album is "The Slider". This album is the follow-up to T-Rex's landmark "Electric Warrior", which made Marc Bolan a superstar. Unfortunately the quality of T-Rex's output would not last long after the commercial breakthrough. Some critics denigrate this album as the beginning of the downward slide because it does not break any new ground. Truthfully it is essentially more of the same as "Electric Warrior", and there are a couple of very evident attempt to rehash older glory. "Telegram Sam" is clearly a "Get It On" knockoff. From a critic's standpoint, these are valid points. From a music fan's standpoint - WHO CARES! This is an awesome album that absolutely belongs in any T-Rex fan's collection. Even the aforementioned "Telegram Sam" is classic T-Rex. There is not a bad song on the album. "Main Man" is the weakest track, but actually works well as a closer. Stylistically there are a few differences from "Electric Warrior". In some ways he brings back some of the wierd, dissonant touches that were more prominent in the earlier Tyrannosaurus Rex albums. Flo and Eddie's background vocals are more upfront and over the top (a good thing! ). Lots of great grooves on this album, incl. the title track & "Chariot Choogle". The lyrics are the typical word soup pseudo-mysticism and mostly gibberish, but cool gibberish (what is a "Rabbit Fighter"? ). "Ballrooms of Mars" sets up a great atmosphere:

"You talk about day
I'm talking 'bout night time
When the monsters call out
The names of men
Bob Dylan knows
And I bet Alan Freed did
There are things in night
That are better not to behold"

What that means I have no idea, but it sounds cool. Bottom line is this is a must-have album. Unfortunately this is the end of T-Rex's peak. The next album "Tanx", while still very good, would be a step down. I am not familiar with the first two albums, so I can't comment on them, but I own everything from 1969's "Unicorn" through 1973's "Tanx" and higly recommend all of those albums. There are also some non-album singles like "Children of the Revolution" that are great. I've heard his last album "Dandy in the "Underworld" was a return to form, but I haven't heard it yet. <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Unicorn/dp/B0002LU976/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt? ie=UTF8">Unicorn</a>
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