T.Rex: Electric Warrior
I showed my lack of music knowledge (or is that age) when I posted Justice’s † album. Little did I know it was ‘inspired’ from another classic Hipgnosis cover, T.Rex’s Electric Warrior.
Looking at this cover it doesn’t feel like its 36 years old. It feels as fresh today as it must have been back in 1971. Well maybe the shoes give it away.
The powerful stance of Marc Bolan and his electric aura just makes you want to rock out with an air guitar.
The album was remastered in 2003 and contains extra tracks and studio photos.
This is probably your best bet if you need to track this classic album down.
Beck actually named this in his top 50 favorite album covers and I’ll have to agree with him there, it’s iconic and original. See the full list here.
Paul:
That yellow version at the top is just a bad rendering. I’ve never seen a pressing of the album with that high level of contrast (they’ve all been like the reissue packaging featured second).
# 22 Aug 07 at 2:38 am
Ash:
Thanks Paul I’ve fixed it up now.
# 22 Aug 07 at 10:32 pm
Daniel S:
Very beautiful! Makes it to my Top-5 list to! The “Tanx” cover is also one hell of a GREAT cover!
# 30 Mar 08 at 2:28 am