Electric Warrior Your Soul". T. Rex Additional musicians Technical Electric Warrior Electric Warrior is the second studio album by English rock act T. Rex, their sixth if including the group's earlier incarnation as Tyrannosaurus Rex. The album marked a turning point in the band's sound, dispensing with the folk-oriented music of the group's previous albums and pioneering a flamboyant, pop-friendly take on electric rock and roll known as glam rock. The album reached number 1 on the UK charts and became the best selling album of 1971. The top 10 single "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" also became the band's only
Electric Warrior hooks, that keeps "Electric Warrior" such an infectious, invigorating listen today." The album is credited as the first glam rock record album, pioneering the development of glam rock. In 1987, "Electric Warrior" was ranked number 100 in "Rolling Stone" magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of the Last 20 Years" list. In 2003, the album was ranked number 160 by the same magazine in its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2004, Pitchfork ranked "Electric Warrior" as the 20th best album of the 1970s. The album was also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before