T. Rex discography

T. Rex were an English rock band, formed in 1967 by singer/songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan. The group came to an end after Bolan's death in a car crash in September 1977.

T. Rex discography
Studio albums14
Live albums11
Compilation albums28
Video albums10
EPs2
Singles47
Remix albums1
Box sets21

The T. Rex discography consists of four "Tyrannosaurus Rex" and ten "T. Rex" studio albums (one of which was a revision of another album, with a different name and tracklisting, for release in different territories; and another which was released posthumously), 11 live albums, 28 compilation albums, 21 box sets, one remix album, 18 extended plays, seven "Tyrannosaurus Rex" singles (of which one posthumously released) and 39 "T. Rex" singles (of which 13 were posthumously released, including several charting reissues).

Albums

As Tyrannosaurus Rex

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows 15
Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages
  • Released: 14 October 1968
  • Label: Regal Zonophone
  • Formats: LP
44[3]
Unicorn 12
A Beard of Stars
  • Released: March 1970
  • Label: Regal Zonophone, Blue Thumb
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
21 27
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As T. Rex

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
IT
[7]
NOR
[8]
SPA
[9]
SWE
[10]
US
[11]
T. Rex 7
[upper-alpha 1]
37 18 188
Electric Warrior
  • Released: 24 September 1971
  • Label: Fly, Reprise
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track, reel-to-reel
1 15 25 4 14 12 17 18 32
The Slider
  • Released: 21 July 1972
  • Label: T. REX, Reprise
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track, reel-to-reel
4 13 11 11 7 15 8 10 17
Tanx
  • Released: 16 March 1973
  • Label: T. REX, Reprise
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track, reel-to-reel
4 21 57 20 3 5 26 15 102
Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow
  • Released: 1 March 1974
  • Label: T. REX, Reprise
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
12 45
Light of Love
  • Released: August 1974
  • Label: Casablanca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • North America-only release
205
Bolan's Zip Gun
  • Released: February 1975
  • Label: T. REX
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Revised UK release of Light of Love
89
Futuristic Dragon
  • Released: 30 January 1976
  • Label: T. REX
  • Formats: LP, MC
50
Dandy in the Underworld
  • Released: 11 March 1977
  • Label: T. REX
  • Formats: LP, MC
26
Billy Super Duper
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: Marc on Wax
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Posthumous release credited as Marc Bolan & T. Rex
[upper-alpha 2]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
GER
[6]
T. Rex in Concert
  • Released: 28 August 1981[16]
  • Recorded:
    19 May 1971 Wolverhampton
    9 July 1971 Lewisham Odeon
    12 August 1971 Royal Ballrooms Bournemouth
    26 August 1971 Trentham Gardens Stoke-On-Trent
    28 August 1971 Clifton Park Rotherham
  • Label: Marc
  • Formats: LP, MC
35
Born to Boogie – The Soundtrack Album
  • Released: November 1991
  • Recorded: 18 March 1972 Wembley Empire Pool
  • Label: Chrome Dreams
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Soundtrack to the 1972 concert film consisting of footage from two T. Rex shows
129[upper-alpha 3] 89[upper-alpha 3]
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
Live 1977
  • Released: June 1997
  • Recorded:
    18 March 1977 Rainbow Theatre London
    20 March 1977 Locarno, Portsmouoth
    11 November 1974 Agora Club, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 2xCD
Midnight Court at the Lyceum
  • Released: February 1998
  • Recorded:
    11 April 1969 Lyceum London
    25 January 1969 Brøndby Club, Copenhagen
  • Label: NMC Music
  • Formats: CD, 2xCD
There Was a Time
Live at the Boston Gliderdrome 1972
  • Released: 2001
  • Recorded: 15 January 1972 Boston Gliderdrome, Lincolnshire
  • Label: Diamondstar Productions
  • Formats: CD
Uncaged
  • Released: 2001
  • Recorded: 21 February 1971, 1 October 1971, 19 February 1973, Radio Bremen studios
  • Label: NMC Music
  • Formats: CD
For the Lion and the Unicorn in the Oak Forests of Faun
  • Released: 17 November 2003
    (previously available as a bootleg in 1996)
  • Recorded:
    as per Midnight Court At The Lyceum above, plus:
    16 August 1969 Café au Gogo New York
    13 January 1969 Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
  • Label: Chrome Dreams
  • Formats: CD
A Crown of Dark Swansdown
  • Released: 13 May 2016
  • Recorded: 4 April 1970 Sport Halle, Cologne, Germany
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Brondby Pop-Club
  • Released: 7 October 2016
  • Recorded: 25 January 1969 Brøndby Club, Copenhagen
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Remix albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
Remixes
  • Released: 1 September 2017
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 2xCD, 3xLP, digital download
76

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1][17]
AUS
[2]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
NOR
[8]
NZ
[18]
SPA
[9]
Flyback 2: The Best of T. Rex
  • Released: March 1971
  • Label: Fly
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
21 21 41
Bolan Boogie
  • Released: 5 May 1972
  • Label: Fly
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
1 24 13 12
20th Century
  • Released: August 1973
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Continental Europe-only release
38
Great Hits
  • Released: 2 November 1973
  • Label: T. REX
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
32 32
Solid Gold
  • Released: June 1979
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC
51
The Unobtainable T. Rex
  • Released: September 1980
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC
Across the Airwaves
  • Released: 22 January 1982[19]
  • Label: Cube
  • Formats: LP, MC
Solid Gold Easy Action: 20 Golden Greats
  • Released: June 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Australasia-only release
2 6
Best of the 20th Century Boy
  • Released: 29 April 1985
  • Label: K-tel
  • Formats: 2xLP, 2xMC
5 34
T. Rextasy: The Best of T. Rex, 1970–1973
  • Released: September 1985
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • North America-only release
Get It On
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Dino Music
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Australia-only release
36
Cosmic Dancer: The Greatest Songs
  • Released: September 1987
  • Label: Teldec
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Germany-only release
40
The Very Best of Marc Bolan and T. Rex
  • Released: May 1991
  • Label: Music Club
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 16 September 1991
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
4
Messing with the Mystic: Unissued Songs 1972–1977
  • Released: October 1994
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD
Great Hits 1972–1977: The A-Sides and the B-Sides
  • Released: November 1994
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD
The Essential Collection
  • Released: 25 September 1995
  • Label: PolyGram TV
  • Formats: CD, MC
24
The Best of the Unchained Series: Unreleased Recordings
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD
The Very Best of T-Rex
  • Released: May 1997
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • Re-released in 2002 as Hits! The Very Best of T. Rex
The BBC Recordings 1970–1976
  • Released: September 1997
  • Label: New Millennium Communications
  • Formats: 2xCD
The Very Best of T. Rex Vol. 2
  • Released: March 1999
  • Label: Music Club
  • Formats: CD
Millennium Collection
  • Released: 23 August 1999
  • Label: Millennium
  • Formats: CD
The Essential Collection 18
Children of the Revolution: An Introduction to Marc Bolan
  • Released: 23 May 2005[21]
  • Label: Music Club Deluxe
  • Formats: 2xCD
183
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 10 September 2007
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: 2xCD
15
Get It On: The Collection
Greatest
  • Released: 25 May 2015
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: CD
Gold
  • Released: 7 September 2018
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: 3xCD, 2xLP, digital download
8
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1][22][17]
US
[11]
Prophets, Seers & Sages / My People Were Fair
  • Released: 14 April 1972
  • Label: Fly, A&M
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC
  • Released in the US as Tyrannosaurus Rex: A Beginning
1 113
A Beard of Stars / Unicorn
  • Released: November 1972
  • Label: Cube
  • Formats: 2xLP
44
History of T. Rex: The Singles Collection 1968–77
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Marc on Wax
  • Formats: 4xLP
All the Hits and More
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Star Direct
  • Formats: 3xCD, 3xLP, 3xMC
Anthology
  • Released: October 1991
  • Label: Marc on Wax
  • Formats: 3xCD
A Wizard, a True Star: Marc Bolan & T. Rex 1972–77
  • Released: October 1996
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 3xCD
Wax Co. Singles Volume 1 (1972–1974)
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 11xCDS
Wax Co. Singles Volume 2 (1975–1978)
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 11xCDS
20th Century Superstar
  • Released: September 2002
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: 4xCD
Solid Gold
  • Released: 15 September 2003
  • Label: Crimson
  • Formats: 3xCD
179
Total T.Rex 1971–1972
  • Released: 2 December 2005
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: 5xCD+DVD
A Whole Zinc of Finches
  • Released: 31 October 2005
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: 5xCD+DVD
The Electric Boogie: Nineteen Seventy One
  • Released: 25 June 2007
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: 5xCD+DVD
Unchained: Unreleased Recordings 1972 –1977
  • Released: 25 October 2010
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 8xCD
Classics
  • Released: January 2011
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 5xCD
Marc Bolan at the BBC: Radio Sessions and Broadcasts 1967–1977
  • Released: 26 August 2013
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: 6xCD
146
The Albums Collection
  • Released: 3 November 2014
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 10xCD
The 7" Singles Box Set
  • Released: 16 March 2015
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 26x7"
5 Classic Albums
  • Released: 14 October 2016
  • Label: Spectrum Music/Universal
  • Formats: 5xCD
40th Anniversary Picture Disc Collection
  • Released: 13 October 2017
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: 5x7"
1972
  • Released: 22 April 2022
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 5xCD, 6xLP, digital download
93
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Video albums

Title Album details
Laser Love
  • Released: September 1985
  • Label: Marc on Wax
  • Formats: VHS
Solid Gold
  • Released: 4 June 1989
  • Label: Marc on Wax
  • Formats: LD
  • Japan-only release
T.Rexmas Special
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Jeepster
  • Formats: LD
  • Japan-only release
Born to Boogie – The Movie
The Ultimate Collection
The Essential Video Collection
  • Released: 31 October 1991
  • Label: Relativity
  • Formats: VHS
  • US-only release
The Best of MusikLaden Live Double Feature
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Pioneer Artists
  • Formats: DVD, VHS
  • Split with Roxy Music
  • North America-only release
Special Edition EP
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Classic Pictures Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD
On T.V.
Marc
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Network
  • Formats: DVD

EPs

Title EP details Peak chart positions
UK
[23]
UK Indie
[15]
Bolan's Best +1
  • Released: August 1977
  • Label: Cube
  • Formats: 7"
Life's a Gas
  • Released: June 1982
  • Label: Marc on Wax
  • Formats: 12"
Children of the Revolution
  • Released: 26 July 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 7"
20th Century Boy
  • Released: 16 August 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 7"
Truck On (Tyke)
  • Released: 6 September 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 7"
Telegram Sam
  • Released: 27 September 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 7"
Rare Magic
  • Released: June 1984
  • Label: Cube
  • Formats: 12"
159
Archive 4
  • Released: 16 June 1986[24]
  • Label: Castle Communications
  • Formats: 12"
The Peel Sessions 16
Catch a Bright Star
  • Released: 4 November 2016
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: LP, digital download
Taverne de l'Olympia, Paris 1971
  • Released: 25 November 2016
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: 10", digital download
Rock 'n' Roll
  • Released: 22 April 2017
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: 7", digital download
At the Château d'Hérouville
  • Released: 6 October 2017
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: LP, digital download
Drury Lane E.P.
  • Released: February 2019
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: 7"
Extended Play
  • Released: 5 July 2019
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: digital download
Dandy in the Underworld
  • Released: 30 September 2019
  • Label: Demon
  • Formats: 2x10"
Here There Be Trolls
  • Released: 11 October 2019
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: 7", digital download
Theme for a Dragon
  • Released: 30 September 2022
  • Label: Easy Action
  • Formats: digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

As Tyrannosaurus Rex

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
GER
[25]
"Debora" 1968 34 (via B side) My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows[upper-alpha 4]
"One Inch Rock" 28 (via B side) Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages[upper-alpha 5]
"Pewter Suitor" 1969 (via B side) Unicorn
"King of the Rumbling Spires" 44 Non-album single
"By the Light of a Magical Moon" 1970 A Beard of Stars
"Debora"/"One Inch Rock" [upper-alpha 6] 1972 7 45 Non-album singles
"Sleepy Maurice" 1991
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As T. Rex

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1][26][27]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[28]
GER
[25]
IRE
[29]
NL
[30]
NOR
[31]
NZ
[32]
SPA
[9]
US
[33]
"Ride a White Swan" 1970 2 68 48 34 11 9 76 (via B side track 1) T.Rex
"Hot Love" 1971 1 4 47 3 1 7 20 72 Non-album single
"Get It On" 1 14 12 3 1 6 18 10 Electric Warrior
"Jeepster" 2 28 73 3 2
"Telegram Sam" 1972 1 27 66 4 1 6 19 67 The Slider
"Metal Guru" 1 10 45 1 1 4 7 13
"Children of the Revolution" 2 13 4 1 14 Non-album single
"The Slider" [upper-alpha 7] The Slider
"The King of the Mountain Cometh" [upper-alpha 8] Non-album single
"Solid Gold Easy Action" 2 50 6 4 5 (via B side track 2) Tanx
"20th Century Boy" 1973 3 57 8 1 9 Non-album singles
"The Groover" 4 5 11
"Truck On (Tyke)" 12 17 20
"Teenage Dream" (as Marc Bolan and T. Rex) 1974 13 39 Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow
"Light of Love" 22 Bolan's Zip Gun
"Think Zinc" [upper-alpha 9] 47
"Precious Star" [upper-alpha 10]
"Zip Gun Boogie" (as Marc Bolan on original issue) 41
"New York City" 1975 15 92 Futuristic Dragon
"Dreamy Lady" (as T. Rex Disco Party) 30
"London Boys" 1976 40 Non-album single [upper-alpha 11]
"I Love to Boogie" 13 Dandy in the Underworld
"Laser Love" 41 Non-album single
"The Soul of My Suit" 1977 42 Dandy in the Underworld
"Dandy in the Underworld"
"Celebrate Summer" Non-album single [upper-alpha 12]
"Crimson Moon" / "Jason B Sad" 1978 Dandy in the Underworld
"Telegram Sam" (reissue) 1982 69 Non-album singles
"Deep Summer" (as Marc Bolan and T. Rex)
"Christmas Bop" (as Marc Bolan and T. Rex) [upper-alpha 13]
"Think Zinc" (reissue) 1983 106
"Megarex" 1985 72
"Sunken Rags" (as Marc Bolan and T. Rex) 124
"Children of the Revolution" (remix) 1987 90
"Get It On" (remix) 54
"20th Century Boy" (reissue; as Marc Bolan and T. Rex) 1991 13 8 The Ultimate Collection
"Metal Guru" (reissue; as Marc Bolan and T. Rex) 27
"Get It On" (Bus Stop featuring T. Rex) 2000 59 Get It On
"Childlike Men" (as T. Rex Regeneration) 2012 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. 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.[12]
  2. Billy Super Duper did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but did peak at number 15 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[15]
  3. Chart peak in 2005.
  4. A-side was later re-recorded for Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages
  5. A-side was later re-recorded for T.Rex
  6. Released as a maxi single, "Deborah" alone was released on side one, with "One Inch Rock" and two other tracks, "Woodland Bop" and "The Seal of Seasons", released on side two. However, the single was promoted as a "Debora"/"One Inch Rock" double A-side.
  7. "The Slider" was only released as a single in North America and New Zealand.
  8. "The King of the Mountain Cometh" was only released as a single in Japan.
  9. "Think Zinc" was only released as a single in Germany and Spain.
  10. "Precious Star" was only released as a single in the US.
  11. B side was from earlier album Bolan's Zip Gun
  12. B side was from earlier album Futuristic Dragon
  13. "Christmas Bop" did not enter the UK Top 75, but did peak at number 40 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.[15]

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