T. Rex discography
T. Rex were an English rock band, formed in 1967 by singer/songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan.
| T. Rex discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 12 |
| Live albums | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 29 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 29 |
| Box sets | 6 |
The T. Rex discography consists of four "Tyrannosaurus Rex" and eight "T. Rex" studio albums (one of which appeared with different names and tracklists in different territories), 22 compilation albums, seven live albums, two extended plays, six "Tyrannosaurus Rex" and 22 "T. Rex" singles.
The group came to an end after Bolan's death in a car crash in September 1977.
Studio albums
- As Tyrannosaurus Rex
| Year | Title | Chart position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
US [3] | ||
| 1968 | My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows
|
15 | N/A | N/A |
Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages
|
– | N/A | N/A | |
| 1969 | Unicorn
|
12 | N/A | – |
| 1970 | A Beard of Stars
|
21 | 27 | – |
- As T. Rex
| Year | Title | Chart position | Certification | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
GER [4] |
SW [5][6] |
NOR [7] |
SW [8][9] |
IT [10] |
SPA [11] |
FIN [12] |
CA [13] |
US [3] | |||
| 1970 | T. Rex
|
7 [nb 1][14] |
37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 188 | |
| 1971 | Electric Warrior
|
1 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 25 | 32 |
| |
| 1972 | The Slider
|
4 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 17 | |
| 1973 | Tanx
|
4 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 20 | 57 | 102 | ||
| 1974 | Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow
|
12 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | N/A | |
Light of Love
revised release in the UK as:
|
N/A | N/A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 205 | ||
| 1975 | – | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | N/A | ||
| 1976 | Futuristic Dragon
|
50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | N/A | |
| 1977 | Dandy in the Underworld
|
26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | N/A | |
- As per the Official Chart Company's website. This is in dispute with the Guinness Book of British Hit Albums which listed the album as having peaked at number 13. The discrepancy was the result of the 1971 United Kingdom postal workers strike which initially resulted in no album chart The Official charts site recognises the Melody Maker chart for this period while the Guinness Book recognized only the weeks in which the official chart was published.
- Posthumous Albums
| Year | Title | Chart position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
US [3] | ||
| 1981 | You Scare Me to Death
|
88 | – |
| 1982 | Billy Super Duper
|
– | – |
| 1983 | Dance in the Midnight
|
83 | – |
Live albums
| Year | Title | Concert(s) featured | Label | UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | T.Rex In Concert | 19 May 1971 Wolverhampton 9 July 1971 Lewisham Odeon 12 August 1971 Royal Ballrooms Bournemouth 26 August 1971 Trentham Gardens Stoke-On-Trent 28 August 1971 Clifton Park Rotherham |
Avon | 35 |
| 1993 | Live in Concert | 1 January 1970 BBC Paris Theatre London | Windsong | – |
| 1997 | Electric Boogie | (see T.Rex In Concert above) | NMC Music | – |
| Live 1977 | 18 March 1977 Rainbow Theatre London 20 March 1977 Locarno, Portsmouoth 11 November 1974 Agora Club, Cleveland, Ohio |
Demon Music Group | – | |
| 1998 | Midnight Court At The Lyceum | 11 April 1969 Lyceum London 25 January 1969 Brøndby Club, Copenhagen |
NMC Music | – |
| 2000 | There Was A Time | 23 September 1967 Middle Earth Club London | T.Rex Action Group (reissued 2002 by Voiceprint Records) | – |
| 2001 | Live at the Boston Gliderdrome 1972 | 15 January 1972 Boston Gliderdrome, Lincolnshire | Diamondstar Productions | – |
| Uncaged | 21 February 1971, 1 October 1971, 19 February 1973, Radio Bremen studios | NMC | – | |
| 2003 | For the Lion and the Unicorn in the Oak Forests Of Faun | as per Midnight Court At The Lyceum above, plus: 16 August 1969 Café au Gogo New York 13 January 1969 Queen Elizabeth Hall, London |
Demon Music Group | – |
| 2005 | Born to Boogie | 18 March 1972 Wembley Empire Pool | Demon Music Group | – |
| 2016 | A Crown Of Dark Swansdown | 4th April 1970 Sport Halle, Cologne, Germany | Easy Action | – |
| Brøndby Pop-Club | 25 January 1969 Brøndby Club, Copenhagen | Easy Action | – |
Compilation albums
- This is a selective list of the more notable compilation albums released by T.Rex
| Year | Title | Label | UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Flyback 2: The Best of T. Rex | Fly | 21 | - | |
| 1972 | Prophets, Seers & Sages / My People Were Fair (Double-LP re-release) (issued in U.S. as "Tyrannosaurus Rex: A Beginning" on A&M) | 1 | - | ||
| Bolan Boogie | 1 | 24 | |||
| A Beard of Stars / Unicorn (Double-LP re-release) | 44 | - | |||
| 1973 | Great Hits | EMI | 32 | 32 | |
| 1974 | The Beginning of Doves | Track | – | - | |
| 1979 | Solid Gold | EMI | 51 | - |
|
| 1980 | The Unobtainable T. Rex | EMI | – | - | |
| 1981 | 20th Century Boy (3 LP Complete Career 1965-1977) | EMI Australia | – | - | |
| 1982 | Solid Gold Easy Action: 20 Golden Greats | T Rex | – | 2 | |
| 1982 | Across the Airwaves | Polygram | – | - | |
| 1985 | Best Of The 20th Century Boy (as Marc Bolan & T.Rex) | K-Tel | 5 | - |
|
| T. Rextasy: The Best of T. Rex, 1970-1973 | Warner Brothers | – | - | ||
| 1986 | Get it On (with Marc Bolan) | Dino | – | 36 | |
| 1991 | The Ultimate Collection (as Marc Bolan & T.Rex) | Telstar | 4 | - |
|
| The Very Best of Marc Bolan and T. Rex | Demon Music Group | – | - |
| |
| 1993 | The Definitive Tyrannosaurus Rex | Sequel | – | - | |
| 1994 | Messing With the Mystic | Demon Music Group | – | - | |
| 1995 | The Essential Collection (as Marc Bolan & T.Rex) | Universal | 18 | - |
|
| 1996 | Marc Bolan Presents Sister Pat Hall | Edsel | – | - | |
| 1997 | The Best of the Unchained Series: Unreleased Recordings | Demon Music Group | – | - | |
| The BBC Recordings 1970-1976 | NMC | – | - | ||
| Spaceball | – | - | |||
| 1998 | Marc. Songs from the Granada TV Series | Demon Music Group | – | - | |
| 1999 | The Very Best of T. Rex vol.2 | – | - | ||
| 2000 | Bump 'n' Grind | TPL | – | - | |
| 2001 | Rocks! | Demon Music Group | – | - | |
| 2002 | The T.Rex Wax Co. Singles A's and B's, 1972-77 | – | - | ||
| Hits! - The Very Best of T. Rex | – | - | |||
| 20th Century Boy: The Ultimate Collection | Hip-O | – | - | ||
| 2005 | Children Of The Revolution | Demon Music Group | – | - |
|
| 2006 | Truck Off | Easy Action | – | - | |
| Electric Lips and Highway Knees | – | - | |||
| Calling All Destroyers | – | - | |||
| The Final Cuts | Demon Music Group | – | - | ||
| 2007 | Greatest Hits (as Marc Bolan & T.Rex) | Universal | 15 | - |
|
| 2011 | Get It On: The Collection | Polydor | – | - |
|
| 2015 | Greatest | Crimson | – | - |
|
| 2018 | Gold | Demon | 8 | - |
|
Box sets
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1996 | A Wizard, A True Star
|
| 2002 | 20th Century Superstar
|
| 2004 | Total T.Rex 1971-1972
|
| 2005 | A Whole Zinc of Finches
|
| 2007 | The Electric Boogie Nineteen Seventy One
|
Bolan at the Beeb
|
EPs
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Bolan's Best Plus One
|
| 1989 | The Peel Sessions [15]
|
Singles
- As Tyrannosaurus Rex
- All singles released on Regal Zonophone, unless stated otherwise
| Year | Title | Chart position | Parent Album |
B-side | Parent Album of B-side |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | |||||
| 1968 | "Debora" | 34 | non-album A-side singles | "Child Star" | My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows |
| "One Inch Rock" | 28 | "Salamanda Palaganda" | Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages | ||
| 1969 | "Pewter Suitor" | – | "Warlord of the Royal Crocodiles" | Unicorn | |
| "King of the Rumbling Spires" | 44 | "Do You Remember" | non-album B-side singles | ||
| 1970 | "By the Light of a Magical Moon" | – | A Beard of Stars | "Find a Little Wood" | |
| 1972 | "Debora" / "One Inch Rock" (Fly) | 7 | non-album A-side single | 1. "Woodland Bop" 2. "The Seal of Seasons"[upper-alpha 1] |
1. A Beard Of Stars 2. Unicorn |
- Actual alignment of tracks on the record was Debora alone on side 1 and One Inch Rock, Woodland Bop and The Seal Of Seasons as tracks 1-3 on side 2. However, the single was promoted as a Debora/One Inch Rock double A-side
- As T. Rex
- All singles released on EMI Records, unless stated otherwise
| Year | Title | Chart position | Parent Album |
B-side | Parent Album of B-side | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
IRL | NDL [16] |
NO [17] |
GE [18] |
SW [8] |
NZ [19] |
SPA [11] |
AUS [2] |
CAN | US [20] | |||||
| 1970 | "Ride a White Swan" (Fly (UK) / Blue Thumb (US)) | 2 | 11 | – | – | 34 | – | 9 | – | 68 | 48 | 76 | non-album A-side singles | 1. "Is It Love?" 2. "Summertime Blues" |
1. T.Rex 2. non album track |
| 1971 | "Hot Love" (Fly (UK) / Reprise (US)) | 1 | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 47 | 72 | 1. "Woodland Rock" 2. "King of the Mountain Cometh" |
non-album B-side singles | |
| "Get It On" (Fly (UK) / Reprise (US)) | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 5 | – | 18 | 14 | 12 | 10 | Electric Warrior | 1. "There Was a Time" 2. "Raw Ramp" 2. "Electric Boogie" | ||
| "Jeepster" (Fly) | 2 | 2 | 27 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 28 | 73 | – | "Life's a Gas" | Electric Warrior | ||
| 1972 | "Telegram Sam" (Reprise (US)) | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 4 | – | 19 | 21 | 27 | 66 | 67 | The Slider | 1. "Cadilac" 2. "Baby Strange" |
1. non album track 2. The Slider |
| "Metal Guru" (Reprise (US)) | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 7 | 13 | 10 | 45 | – | 1. "Thunderwing" 2. "Lady" |
non-album B-side singles | ||
| "Children of the Revolution" | 2 | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 14 | 13 | – | – | non-album A-side singles | 1. "Jitterbug Love" 2. "Sunken Rags" | ||
| "Solid Gold Easy Action" | 2 | 4 | – | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | 50 | – | – | 1. "Xmas Riff" 2. "Born to Boogie" |
1. non album track 2. Tanx | ||
| 1973 | "20th Century Boy" | 3 | 11 | – | 9 | 8 | – | – | 28 | 57 | – | – | "Free Angel" | non-album B-side singles | |
| "The Groover" (Reprise (US)) | 4 | 11 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | "Midnight" | |||
| "Truck On (Tyke)" | 12 | – | – | – | 17 | – | – | 20 | – | – | – | "Sitting Here" | |||
| 1974 | "Teenage Dream" (as Marc Bolan and T. Rex) | 13 | – | – | – | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow | "Satisfaction Pony" | |
| "Light of Love" | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Bolan's Zip Gun | "Explosive Mouth" | Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow | |
| "Zip Gun Boogie" (as Marc Bolan on original issue) | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | "Space Boss" | Bolan's Zip Gun | ||
| 1975 | "New York City" | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 92 | – | – | Futuristic Dragon | "Chrome Sitar" | Futuristic Dragon |
| "Dreamy Lady" (as T. Rex Disco Party) | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1. "Do You Wanna Dance?" 2. "Dock of the Bay" |
non-album B-side single | ||
| 1976 | "London Boys" | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | non-album A-side single | "Solid Baby" | Bolan's Zip Gun |
| "I Love to Boogie" | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Dandy in the Underworld | "Baby Boomerang" | The Slider | |
| "Laser Love" | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | non-album A-side single | "Life's an Elevator" | non-album B-side single | |
| 1977 | "The Soul of My Suit" | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Dandy in the Underworld | "All Alone" | Futuristic Dragon |
| "Dandy in the Underworld" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1. "Groove A Little" 2. "Tame My Tiger" |
1. Dandy in the Underworld 2. non album track | ||
| "Celebrate Summer" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | non-album A-side single | "Ride My Wheels" | Futuristic Dragon | |
- Posthumous T. Rex singles
| Year | Title | Chart position |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| 1982 | "Telegram Sam" | 69 |
| 1985 | "Megarex" | 72 |
| 1987 | "Children Of the Revolution" | 90 |
| "Get It On" | 54 | |
| 1991 | "20th Century Boy" (as Marc Bolan and T. Rex) | 13 |
- Marc Bolan singles
| Year | Title | Chart position |
|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | ||
| 1977 | "To Know You Is to Love You" (with Gloria Jones) | |
References
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