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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/electricwarrior.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:300:Life's A Gas]]
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5	->''"Well you dance when you walk\
6	So let's dance take a chance understand me\
7	You're dirty sweet and you're my girl"''
8	-->--"Get It On (Bang A Gong)"
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11	''Electric Warrior'' is [[Music/MarcBolan T. Rex]]'s 1971 album. It hit #1 on the British charts twice, in 1971 and 1972.
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13	The cover art was designed by Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}.
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15	!! Tracklist:
16	[[AC:Side A]]
17	# "Mambo Sun" (3:40)
18	# "Cosmic Dancer" (4:30)
19	# "Jeepster" (4:12)
20	# "Monolith" (3:49)
21	# "Lean Woman Blues" (3:02)
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23	[[AC:Side B]]
24	# "Get It On (Bang A Gong)" (4:27)
25	# "Planet Queen" (3:13)
26	# "Girl" (2:32)
27	# "The Motivator" (4:00)
28	# "Life's A Gas" (2:24)
29	# "Rip Off" (3:40)
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31	!!Principal Members:
32	* Music/MarcBolan - vocals, guitar
33	* Steve Currie - bass guitar
34	* Mickey Finn - congas, bongos, vocals
35	* Bill Legend - drums, tambourine
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37	----
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39	!!"I'm just a [=Tropester=] for your love":
40	* BuffySpeak: The opening lines of "Monolith":
41	-->"The throne of time\
42	Is a kingly thing"
43	* FlyingSaucer: "Planet Queen":
44	-->"Well it's all right\
45	Love is what you want\
46	Flying saucer take me away"
47	* IntercourseWithYou: "Get It On," "Jeepster"
48	* MinisculeRocking: "Cosmic Dancer" is the longest song at 4:30, and "Life's A Gas" is the shortest at 2:24.
49	* MythologyGag: "Mambo Sun" includes the line, "I've got stars in my beard," referring back to the Tyrannosaurus Rex album ''A Beard Of Stars''.
50	* ShoutOut:
51	** "Mambo Sun" includes the line "I'm ComicBook/DoctorStrange for you"
52	** The second line of "Planet Queen" is [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} "Perchance to dream"]].
53	* RearrangeTheSong: "Monolith" does this to Gene Chandler's "Duke Of Earl."
54	* SelfPlagiarism: "The Motivator" is practically a rewrite of "Get It On," and "banging gongs" is mentioned in "Rip Off."
55	* SomethingBlues: "Lean Woman Blues"
56	* StudioChatter: "Lean Woman Blues" begins with Marc Bolan saying "Take ten", tuning his guitar, and then counting off the song with "One, two, buckle my shoe!".
57	** "Planet Queen" also includes a brief snippet of chatter before the song begins.
58	* UrExample: Considered the first GlamRock album.
59	* WordSaladLyrics: Consider this verse from "Planet Queen":
60	-->"Dragon head\
61	Machine of lead\
62	Cadillac King\
63	Dancer in the midnight\
64	Dragon head"
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