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] |
US [2] | ||
| 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 |
Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages
|
– | N/A | |
| 1969 | Unicorn
|
12 | – |
| 1970 | A Beard of Stars
|
21 | – |
- As T. Rex
| Year | Title | Chart position | Certification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
US [2] | |||
| 1970 | T. Rex
|
7 [nb 1][3] |
188 | |
| 1971 | Electric Warrior
|
1 | 32 |
|
| 1972 | The Slider
|
4 | 17 | |
| 1973 | Tanx
|
4 | 102 | |
| 1974 | Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow
|
12 | N/A | |
Light of Love
revised release in the UK as:
|
N/A | 205 | ||
| 1975 | – | 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 [2] | ||
| 1981 | You Scare Me To Death
|
88 | – |
| 1982 | Billy Super Duper
|
– | – |
| 1983 | Dance in the Midnight
|
83 | – |
Live albums
| Year | Title | Label | UK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | T.Rex In Concert | Avon | 35 |
| 1993 | Live in Concert | Windsong | – |
| 1997 | Electric Boogie | NMC | – |
| Live 1977 | Demon Music Group | – | |
| 2001 | Live at the Boston Gliderdrome 1972 | Diamondstar Productions | – |
| Uncaged | NMC | – | |
| 2005 | Born to Boogie | Demon Music Group | – |
Compilation albums
- This is a selective list of the more notable compilation albums released by T.Rex
| Year | Title | Label | UK [1] |
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 | |||
| A Beard of Stars / Unicorn (Double-LP re-release) | 44 | |||
| 1973 | Great Hits | EMI | 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 | 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 | – | ||
| 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 [4]
|
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] |
CAN | IRL | US [5] | |||||
| 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" | – | ||
| 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 | – | – |
- 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] |
CAN | IRL | US [5] | |||||
| 1970 | "Ride a White Swan" (Fly (UK) / Blue Thumb (US)) | 2 | 48 | 11 | 76 | non-album A-side singles | 1. "Is It Love?" 2. "Summertime Blues" |
1. T.Rex 2. - |
| 1971 | "Hot Love" (Fly (UK) / Reprise (US)) | 1 | 47 | 1 | 72 | 1. "Woodland Rock" 2. "King of the Mountain Cometh" |
— (both) | |
| "Get It On" (Fly (UK) / Reprise (US)) | 1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | Electric Warrior | 1. "There Was a Time" 2. "Raw Ramp" 2. "Electric Boogie" |
— (all three) | |
| "Jeepster" (Fly) | 2 | 73 | 2 | – | "Life's a Gas" | Electric Warrior | ||
| 1972 | "Telegram Sam" (Reprise (US)) | 1 | 66 | 1 | 67 | The Slider | 1. "Cadilac" 2. "Baby Strange" |
1. - 2. The Slider |
| "Metal Guru" (Reprise (US)) | 1 | 45 | 1 | – | 1. "Thunderwing" 2. "Lady" |
— (both) | ||
| "Children of the Revolution" | 2 | – | 1 | – | non-album A-side singles | 1. "Jitterbug Love" 2. "Sunken Rags" |
— (both) | |
| "Solid Gold Easy Action" | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1. "Xmas Riff" 2. "Born to Boogie" |
1. - 2. Tanx | ||
| 1973 | "20th Century Boy" | 3 | – | 11 | – | "Free Angel" | — | |
| "The Groover" (Reprise (US)) | 4 | – | 11 | – | "Midnight" | |||
| "Truck On (Tyke)" | 12 | – | – | – | "Sitting Here" | |||
| 1974 | "Teenage Dream" (as Marc Bolan and T. Rex) | 13 | – | – | – | 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 | – | – | – | Futuristic Dragon | "Chrome Sitar" | Futuristic Dragon |
| "Dreamy Lady" (as T. Rex Disco Party) | 30 | – | – | – | 1. "Do You Wanna Dance?" 2. "Dock of the Bay" |
— (both) | ||
| 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" | — | |
| 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. - | ||
| "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
- "T. Rex - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- "T.Rex > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2018-09-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "The Peel Sessions". Strange Fruit. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
- "T.Rex > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
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