t. rex / albums

380,230 plays
140 SHARES
444 FAVS
23 fans

The Essential Collection (25th Anniversary Edition),T. Rex

- The Essential Collection (25th Anniversary Edition)
- - 518 plays
  - 0 favs
  - 0 shares
T. Rex
Released 2002

20th Century Boy
03:43
62 plays

Light of Love
03:19
48 plays

Get It On
04:29
33 plays

- Add to cart
- buy
- share

songs

- 1
- 20th Century Boy
- 03:43
- 62 plays

- 2
- Get It On
- 04:29
- 33 plays

- 3
- Telegram Sam
- 03:47
- 24 plays

- 4
- Ride a White Swan
- 02:18
- 28 plays

- 5
- Jeepster
- 04:16
- 22 plays

- 6
- Hot Love
- 05:00
- 18 plays

- 7
- Children of the Revolution
- 02:32
- 24 plays

- 8
- Metal Guru
- 02:30
- 16 plays

- 9
- I Love to Boogie
- 02:19
- 14 plays

- 10
- Debora [Original Full Length Version]
- 03:34
- 15 plays

- 11
- The Groover
- 03:27
- 18 plays

- 12
- Truck On (Tyke)
- 03:11
- 16 plays

- 13
- Teenage Dream
- 05:02
- 22 plays

- 14
- New York City
- 04:00
- 15 plays

- 15
- King of the Rumbling Spires
- 02:11
- 15 plays

- 16
- By the Light of the Magical Moon
- 02:52
- 16 plays

- 17
- Summertime Blues
- 02:49
- 18 plays

- 18
- Cosmic Dancer
- 04:33
- 18 plays

- 19
- Light of Love
- 03:19
- 48 plays

- 20
- Dreamy Lady
- 02:57
- 14 plays

- 21
- London Boys
- 02:24
- 14 plays

- 22
- Laser Love
- 03:40
- 17 plays

- 23
- One Inch Rock
- 01:46
- 15 plays

- 24
- Solid Gold Easy Action
- 02:22
- 16 plays

album review

There have been many T. Rex compilations with the title The Essential Collection released since Marc Bolan's heyday of the mid-'70s -- not all of them essential and several of them from Universal alone. (The 2000 edition of The Essential Collection featured the same number of tracks as this, and an overlapping track listing.) Still, this Essential Collection is among the best of all T. Rex compilations since it includes all of the group's Top 40 hits (no small feat) and since it equitably surveys the career of Bolan and co., from their first hit ("Ride a White Swan") to their last ("I Love to Boogie"). It also features a trio of singles from Bolan's pre-glam Tyrannosaurus Rex project -- "Debora," "One Inch Rock," and "King of the Rumbling Spires" -- and a clutch of enlightening album tracks, including "Cosmic Dancer," probably the most beautiful moment in the T. Rex catalog. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide