Bolan's Zip Gun
by T. Rex

Bolan's Zip Gun by T. Rex
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 70,605th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
65/100 (from 22 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (660th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (6,316th)
Award Best albums of all time (70,605th)

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T. Rex Bolan's Zip Gun 2 CD Digipak 2002 Rhino R2 73287 BONUS TRACKS! Marc Bolan
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T. Rex bestography

Bolan's Zip Gun is ranked 15th best out of 31 albums by T. Rex on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by T. Rex is Electric Warrior which is ranked number 352 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,705.

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Bolan's Zip Gun rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 70,605th | 1970s rank: 6,316th | 1975 rank: 660th

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Bolan's Zip Gun ratings

Average Rating: 
65/100 (from 22 votes)
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60/100
 
01/07/2026 15:14 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,67670/100
 
80/100
 
10/17/2025 08:22 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,04369/100
 
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03/25/2025 17:02 FreakWolfenstein  Ratings distribution  3,97571/100
 
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11/27/2024 16:14 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,27536/100
 
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11/15/2024 19:34 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,33781/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.8/100, a mean average of 61.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.

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From 02/13/2016 12:21 | #159543
I am a fan of T.Rex have been since I was 11. This is the album most people think of as his (Marc Bolan) weakest. It is not that bad and to me is better than "Dandy" and "Futuristic Dragon", Stand out tracks are Light Of Love, Till Dawn & Golden Belt.
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