Angelheaded hipster : The songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

"Despite a few glaring omissions (no "The Slider"?), most of Bolan's recognizable work is represented. Willner's flair was matching artists with unlikely song pairings and having them gel perfectly, such as Lucinda Williams running "Life's a Gas" through her moody, Southern-swamp personality. Ultimately, this is as much an acknowledgment of Willner's idiosyncratic talents as it is a sometimes eccentric but heartfelt examination of the offbeat genius in Bolan's often overlooked and/or unheralded work".

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"An all-star cast pays tribute to the glam-rock icon, but their interpretations too often read angst and torpor in place of the singer's pomp and frivolity".

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