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- Artist: T. Rex
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- Release Date: January 08, 2008
- Type: Compilation (best of), Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
This double-disc Japanese compilation of T. Rex singles is expensive to be sure, but that should hardly be held against it. Why? Well, coming in at 44 cuts, and containing all the singles, and being one of the only collections ever to have both "Get It On" and "Ride a White Swan," included, as well as some of the hippy dippy tracks like "By the Light of the Magical Moon" and "The Wizard" (on both of these Marc Bolan sounds more like Donovan -- was Bolan the second Donovan or Donovan the first Bolan?). The other thing is that the major cuts are mostly on disc one, so you don't have to do a lot of skipping: there are the two aforementioned monster hits, plus "Metal Guru," "Telegram Sam," "Jeepster," "Children of the Revolution," "Hot Love," "Solid Gold Easy Action," "20th Century Boy," "Celebrate Summer," "Truck On (Tyke)," etc. You get the picture. In its own way, disc two is no less successful, just a bit more obscure: "Sailors of the Highway," "Dandy in the Underworld," "Thunderwing," as well as "Cosmic Dancer," "Zip Gun Boogie," "Life's a Gas," and cool little bonus demos like sung poems, the haunted Doc Pomus ballad "Teenager in Love," and the original two-track of "Dreamy Lady." What's not to like? Since even bad T. Rex records are still better than Suede or Oasis, you really can't go wrong by dropping the big bucks on the is fab sounding, rather stellar collection. T. Rex forever, y'all. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| 20th Century Boy | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:40) |
| Get It On | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (4:25) |
| Metal Guru | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:25) |
| Ride a White Swan | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:13) |
| Hot Love | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (4:55) |
| Jeepster | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (4:11) |
| Telegram Sam | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:42) |
| I Love to Boogie | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:15) |
| Children of the Revolution | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:28) |
| Solid Gold Easy Action | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:20) |
| New York City | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:56) |
| The Groover | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:23) |
| Truck On (Tyke) | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:07) |
| Debora | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:04) |
| One Inch Rock | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (1:42) |
| Light of Love | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:15) |
| Dreamy Lady | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:53) |
| London Boys | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:20) |
| Celebrate Summer | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:37) |
| Teenage Dream | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (5:04) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| The Wizard | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (1:46) |
| Desdemona | Marc Bolan | John's Children | (2:24) |
| Pewter Suitor | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:10) |
| King of the Rumbling Spires | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:06) |
| By the Light of the Magical Moon | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:49) |
| Is It Love? | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:34) |
| The King of the Mountain Cometh (Lyrics) | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:51) |
| Cosmic Dancer | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (4:29) |
| Raw Ramp | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (5:14) |
| Life's a Gas | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:23) |
| Sailors of the Highway | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:47) |
| Thunderwing | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:46) |
| Born to Boogie | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:05) |
| Till Dawn | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:03) |
| Zip Gun Boogie | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:19) |
| Christmas Bop | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:58) |
| Laser Lover | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (3:36) |
| Life's an Elevator | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:24) |
| The Soul of My Suit | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:36) |
| Dandy in the Underworld | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (5:27) |
| Untitled Poem | Marc Bolan | T. Rex | (2:13) |
| Teenager in Love | Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus | (2:52) | |
| Dreamy Lady | Marc Bolan | (2:48) | |
| New York City/Hot Love/Get It On | Marc Bolan |
