Records and went on to become T. Rex's most popular album in the United States, featuring the main singles "Telegram Sam" and "Metal Guru", neither of which became hits in the U.S. The much-parodied iconic cover was #37 in Rolling Stone magazines list of the 100 greatest album covers. It came after the success of Electric Warrior and many said that probably helped its own success. The virtues of Electric Warrior were all there, but most agreed it had a very different style.
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CD 2
01. Metal Guru
02. Mystic Lady
03. Rock On
04. The Slider
05. Thunderwing
06. Spaceball Ricochet
07. Buick Mackane
08. Telegram Sam
09. Rabbit Fighter
10. Baby Strange
11. Ballrooms Of Mars
12. Cadillac
13. Main Man
14. Lady
15. Sunken Rags
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* The music management company MainMan (owned by Tony Defries) was named after the last song on the album.
* Guns N' Roses covered "Buick Mackane" (spelt "Buick Makane" on the sleeve) on The Spaghetti Incident? album.
* The title track was used on a Coca-Cola advertisement.
* "Chariot Choogle" is played over the end credits to Born to Boogie. Its riff is similar to "Whole Lotta Love" by one of Bolan's favourite bands, Led Zeppelin.
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