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Why this album mattered
Tyrannosaurus Rex (A Beginning) (1972) is a T. Rex album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 17 tracks on this release. It reached #113 and charted for 12 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Bang A Gong Get It On".
The music
- 1
Lean Woman Blues
- 2
Jeepster
- 3
Life's a Gas
- 4
There Was a Time
- 5
Girl
- 6
Woodland Rock
- 7
Rip Off
- 8
Planet Queen
- 9
Cosmic Dancer
- 10
Planet Queen
11 Bang a Gong (Get It On)
- 12
King of the Mountain Cometh
- 13
Raw Ramp
- 14
Mambo Sun
15 Hot Love
- 16
Monolith
- 17
The Motivator
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
