>> TYRANNOSAURUS REX :: UNICORN

By now we had a series of singles under our belt, always peaking in the middle of the charts. Marc believed that the kids should always get their money's worth and felt that singles and the B-sides should never be repeated on albums. Why should the kids pay twice for the same song? Also, we started the maxi-single trend and put two songs on the B-side. (Actually, I can't say for sure that we started that trend, but I think we did.)

Unicorn is my favorite Tyrannosaurus Rex album. We got the sound of the group right on this one. We had more time to record and to experiment. The electric guitar made a big statement on this album and Steve played a real drum kit -- albeit one made by the toy makers, Chad Valley ª. I finally got to play something (until now no one had ever guested on a Tyrannosaurus Rex album) -- the piano on "Cat Black". Thankfully it was in the key of C and the chords were simple. Piano is not my instrument!

So many wonderful sounds were created on this album. I periodically play this and just smile. "She Was Born To Be My Unicorn" usually gives me my biggest smile.