Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow
1974 studio album by Marc Bolan & T. Rex / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow is an album by English rock band T. Rex, the ninth since Tyrannosaurus Rex's debut LP. It was released in March 1974 on the T.Rex record label, distributed by EMI. It was the first and only album to be released under the moniker "Marc Bolan & T. Rex".
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Released | 1 March 1974 (1974-03-01)[1] | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | Musicland (Munich)[2] | |||
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Length | 46:17 | |||
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Producer | Tony Visconti, Marc Bolan | |||
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Singles from Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow – A Creamed Cage in August | ||||
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Unlike many of T. Rex's previous albums, it was not released domestically in North America; instead, the record company released the U.S.-only Light of Love in August of the same year, featuring three tracks from Zinc Alloy while the remainder songs would appear on the band's next album, Bolan's Zip Gun.
Zinc Alloy was met with bemusement by the listening public. It reportedly confused listeners and divided the band's fanbase at the time, while critical reception was universally negative.[3] Critical re-evaluation has been slightly more favourable, but it remains an oddity in the T. Rex canon due to its style incorporating funk and R&B influences. The album peaked at number 12 in the UK Albums chart.