No Sign of Decline

Review Score: (10/10)
This was Bolans 4th great record in a row. Echoing what alot of others have already said, Tanx was attacked by the critics as being formulaic, and that was one of the nice things they had to say about it. I know all this because I was about 15 years old at the time and already a big T.Rex fan. My first exposure to T.Rex was on American Bandstand. They played Telegram Sam one saturday and I rushed out to buy Slider and have been a fan ever since that magic moment on A.B. I guess you can compare this to David Bowie's(He played Sax on this recording)album "Young Americans" though Tanx I feel is much more succesful at least artistically than "Young Americans". TANX is pure T.Rex even though there are some new elements to the sound here. There is a subtle soul influence but thankfully this is still really a Rock album. That was a common mistake for Rock artists during this period to want to do a soul album. The second half of Tenement Lady sounds a bit like John Lennon's Chord Changes. The lyrics are wonderfully non-sensical years before David BYrne and the Talking Heads would proclaim "Stop Making Sense". The arrangements are flawless and the strings are beautiful. I won't say that TANX is better than SLider or Electric Warrior, but it is on the same level and just different enough for some to prefer it to his previous masterworks. So if you love great Rock Music don't even think twice on this one because it is fantastic.

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