T. Rex Album Review: 1970

T. Rex album review, titled "T. Rex goes funky," published in Melody Maker December 26, 1970, praising "The Children of Rarn" as "possibly one of the most beautiful songs heard this year."

T. Rex goes funky

T. REX "T. Rex" (Fly). "The Children of Rarn," which makes up the opening and closing tracks of this album, is possibly one of the most beautiful songs I've heard this year. It's a flying number, hovering over history, and yet flying towards a scientific dream spun by Bolan, and executed with tact and mystery.

Bolan and Mickey Finn have come up with a valid rock album here, heavier than they've ever attempted before.

It's a more electric Rex, and for most of the time a fine gelling between the most musical stuff Bolan's done, and with-out doubt the most funky. "Seagull Woman," which features the playing of Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman of The Mothers of Invention is the most complex thing I've heard from the unit. Even then, at the roots, it's basically simple. energy-packed rock, basted lavishly with Bolan's poetic and imaginative vocals. There's imagination, and no lack of love songs. "Suneye," another superb track, takes in chunky acoustic guitar, and a relaxed drifting shifting mood. I can't help thinking that T. Rex and Bolan especially are going to be exceedingly big in 1971. R.H.