The Slider

The Slider is the seventh studio album by English glam rock act T. Rex. Two singles, “Telegram Sam” and “Metal Guru”, were released to promote the album.

The Slider received acclaim from critics, and reached number 4 in the UK charts and number 17 in the US. Stephen M. Deusner (Pitchfork) gave the album a 9.8/10 grade, the highest given to any T. Rex album, and wrote:

At the peak of his rock superstardom, Bolan was also at the top of his game, and The Slider is his ecstatic ode both to himself and to music in general. The ‘50s rock rhythms that threatened to burst the seams of Electric Warrior here explode mightily and repeatedly.