Futuristic Dragon (studio album)
by T. Rex
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Condition: Very Good
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T. Rex bestography
Futuristic Dragon is ranked 10th best out of 31 albums by T. Rex on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by T. Rex is Electric Warrior which is ranked number 353 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,774.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Futuristic Dragon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/14/2025 13:49 | RemainInLight | 3,152 | 36/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2024 19:34 | davidleewrong | 2,318 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/17/2024 09:47 | PurplePiePete | 1,729 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2023 09:55 |  MetalMan67 | 5,957 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2023 03:03 | dhbarrett | 8,211 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.7/100, a mean average of 66.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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There is much of the feel of old school Bolan on the album, especially in the modest hit single "New York City", which could have come from Electric Warrior, and "Chrome Sitar" which has elements reminiscent of his transitional albums Beard of Stars and T. Rex. Makes for attractive, but not essential listening. The album does have the oddities of the pretentious opening electric tone poem "Futurist Dragon", which fails in whatever it was attempting, and ends up sounding like a reject off a Prince album, and "Theme For A Dragon" which sounds like a failed attempt at soundtrack music. The second half is less interesting, unsuccessfully incorporating some mild disco funk probably at the suggestion of his partner Gloria Jones.
Best Tracks: Chrome Sitar, Calling All Destroyers
Tamthebam 03/11/2016 12:26 | #161729
Not the best from Marc Bolan this album & Zip Gun Boogie are very similar and are regarded as his 2 worst albums. There are though 4 good tracks here - New York City, Dawn Storm, Dreamy Lady & Sensation Boulevard. The 2 short "Dragon" instrumentals are unnecessary as is Calling All Destroyers. I have to say that this is IMO his worst outing.
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