Electric Ladyland

I love Jimi Hendrix on so many levels. However I do think this album suffers from being a bit unfocused due to its length. Love many individual tracks and the psychedelic effects in the production. Love the way certain tracks flow into one another. This may sound crazy but I actually prefer something like the wandering soundscapey "1983" to something like the bluesy "Voodoo Chile" - Its funny cause if they were played live I'd probably prefer it the other way around, but on record (especially on headphones) I lean towards the more experimental, and the face melters don't do as much for me. One of my first CDs was a Jimi Hendrix compilation so many of these songs run deep with me due to nostalgia.

I thought I really liked Jimi Hendrix but it turns out I really like The Best Of Jimi Hendrix. There’s some sublime stuff here but it’s buried under endless jazzy noodling.

Look, we all know Jimi Hendrix is a rock god and his contributions to guitar are legendary, but this album is meandering and a bore. Boy, does it end strong, though! All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child (Slight Return) are a monstrous one-two punch.

It's going to be a bit difficult for me to review this record impartially. I was around when it came out and I pretty much accepted it as a masterpiece along with the rest of the world at the time, but here goes. ...And the Gods Made Love starts out the album with some primitive slowed down speech, flanging, stereo effects and the like, but even here, a high level of artistry and imagination is apparent. The first proper song, Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) blends rock, soul, and psychedelia seamlessly, with a flowing melody and changes which are as surprising as the seem inevitable. Cross Town Traffic gives us a jolt of pure pop. The low tech and inspired use of a comb and a piece of cellophane provides the vocal effects. Hendrix and Stevie Winwood (on organ) provide a master class in electrifying the blues on Voodoo Child that hasn't been approached, much less equalled since. I'm also amazed by how the musicians, seemingly communicating telepathically, improvise much of the music, building and building the drama and intensity throughout the 15 minute run time, without a wasted second. Hendrix's phrasing and tone are phenomenal on this live in the studio track, and Winwood comes close to matching him. Finally, with Little Miss Strange, we get a tune which is merely very good. Noel Redding's lead vocals are a little wimpy here, but it's a charming tune nonetheless. With Long Hot Summer Night, Hendrix is back to combining soul and rock in his unique way. Don't let the ease with which it goes down blind you to the complexity and taste of the composition and arrangement. Come On (Let The Good Times Roll) is a straightforward blues tune, good but nothing special. Hey, they can't all be great! Gipsey Eyes and Burning of the Midnight Lamp are accessible but wholly original, a neat trick. Midnight Lamp features Hendrix's mastery of the wah-wah pedal. The next suite, which took up a whole album side in the days of vinyl, gives us a demonstration of Hendrix's studio wizardry. It's been a long time since I've listened to this album. I've forgotten how effortless and soulful Hendrix was as a singer, composer and guitarist. Rainy Day, Dream Away gives us a stoned paean to rainy days, which drifts into the groove of the lyrics on 1983...(A Mermaid I Should Turn Out To Be). It meanders with a purpose, if that makes sense. It's blissed out meditation, pure music. I could go on, but I think y'all get the point. I haven't even talked about the incredible tango psychedelic rock hybrid House Burning Down or the definitive version of Dylan's All Along the Watchtower, the album's big hit yet. I don't know what drugs Hendrix was taking, but I want some! He does more with a primitive studio, standard rock trio instrumentation, and an occasional sax or organ than almost anyone has since, and this without the benefit of anyone blazing his path for him! The studio trickery, his approach to the guitar, his arrangements, all of it is unique to him! And he reached these heights in a scant few years! Electric Ladyland is more flat out astonishing with the benefit of 50 years of hindsight than it was at the time and that is saying something. 5 out of 5.

I have little patience for 75 minutes of just pointless jamming but this has All Along the Watchtower so it gets two stars.

Jimi Hendrix on his worst day is still an unchallenged musical legend. That said, "Electric Ladyland" is not his best work. It's a bit of a disconnected mess. At times, the songs seem to lose track of their own melody and wander off into unplanned directions. Despite having some of Hendrix's biggest hits ("Voodoo Child" and "All Along the Watchtower") the overall impression is ... addled. Confused. Unfocused on the music. I suppose this is to be somewhat expected given Hendrix's mental state at the time but it's still a damn shame given his sheer, unbridled talent. It hurts to give this album 4 stars. While "Electric Ladyland" lacks the intensity and fire of "Are You Experienced" it still delivers the goods and absolutely deserves its place on this list. But it's not Hendrix's best work by a long shot and, sadly, it's not quite 5-star material.

Day 40 of Albums You Must Hear Before You Die!! Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. In the last week or so, I’ve been able to discuss so many iconic artists in music. Some I know more about than others before hearing their records, but the ones that really leave a lasting impression on the culture are the ones that follow their own intuition, the ones that fight to take their deserved spot at the top of the hill, and the ones that are self made and aren’t willing to negotiate one single bit when it comes to their vision. Jimi Hendrix paid his dues by making other amazing artists sound even better. Before he was Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy James played for legendary acts such as, The Isley Brothers, Ike and Tina, Sam Cooke and Little Richard. His flashy and flamboyant ways would sometimes infuriate the stars of these acts (Little Richard), and it became more and more evident that Jimmy James was meant to become Jimi Hendrix and blaze his own trail, like a shooting comet in the sky. Jimi Hendrix is as pure of a blues guitarist as you can get. He made a reputation for himself by playing his Stratocaster electric guitar unlike anyone else, as if he was possessed by his instrument and was just a mere medium used to convey messages from another realm. Before Hendrix, amplifier feedback, fuzz and distortion was unwanted and frowned upon, he would however, use these sounds to convey even more emotion into his instrumentation. He also played his guitar upside down (he was left handed), he would play with his teeth and behind his back. When Jimi would go off on a long solo, he would close his eyes and seem to drift away into the music. This may be because he couldn’t read music, and instead of identifying musical notes on a sheet of paper, he saw the notes as colors in his head. I love that. Electric Ladyland would be Hendrix’s final album before his premature death in 1970. It’s a double LP and would be his most successful album of his very short career, and would reach the number one spot. Have You Ever Been To Electric Ladyland is an R&B introduction into his final experience. Crosstown traffic is one of my favorites on this album, with its upbeat tempo and unique riff. There are two completely different versions of Voodoo Chile, the second of which is much more known and a little bit better, but they are both great. Long Hot Summer Night is smooth and cooler than a polar bears toenails. House Burning Down is a great example of Jimi’s guitar being its own member of the band, it’s as if the instrument is singing its own lyrics. All Along the Watchtower is probably the most well known of all tracks on the record, and is another example of a Bob Dylan song being made better by someone else. Watchtower is one of the most iconic 60’s songs ever, and if there is a film or show about the war in Vietnam, you can bet your ass that this song is in there somewhere. Now, to be honest and fair, I do feel that this album is a little bloated in places and there a few songs that I didn’t particularly fall in love with. With that said, this is a must hear for sure, and a classic without doubt. I have to admit, I did not go into this album knowing a ton about Jimi Hendrix or his life. I found for myself a deeper appreciation for him, because he made his own way, and had fate not intervened, the possibilities of his potential were endless. I’m sure there were no shortage of people who attempted to discourage his desire of being his own man and fronting his own band. Some of the best artists to ever create, spend their lives being the back up to another person’s act, and live out their lives relatively unknown. If that’s what they want, that’s totally okay, but I tip my hat to those that break the chains that bound their creativity and forge their own path. Please share your thoughts, memories and opinions!!

He was obviously extraordinarily talented, but god this album felt like it would never end.

Fantastic album full of classic Hendrix

Just. Great. A magnificent example of the breadth of Hendrix's styles and interests. And one of the longer albums on the list so far as well. Worth every minute!

Excellent

Normally, I’d give a double album like the business for being self-indulgent, overly long and unnecessary….and I won’t lie, it is a bit of those things. Electric Ladyland, for me, is buoyed out of that category because of the relatively small amount of material we got from Jimi Hendrix during his lifetime. Sure, we’ve gotten countless compilations of the material he was working on at the time of his death and plenty of live shows, etc. over the years since his passing, but the fact of the matter is there were only 4 records of original music that he officially released as “Jimi Hendrix” during his lifetime: The three Jimi Hendrix Experience records and the Band of Gypsies live record. So I’ll take as much as I can get, because he is without a doubt the most influential guitarist of all time. Electric Ladyland is bursting at the seams with ideas and sounds that were unlike anything that had been committed to tape at the time. Hendrix was trying to bridge the music in his head with what the technology of 1968 could accommodate and we’re lucky to have this vibrant, electrifying and expansive document of it to take a glimpse into his mind and wonder what else he could have possibly come up with. Electric Ladyland can be scattershot, experimental, overly long and, as I said earlier, a little self indulgent, but isn’t that kind of what you’d expect “genius” to look like?

Electric Landlady Big Durham vibes. I listened to this a lot back then, and probably over listened to it, as I haven’t felt the urge to revisit it that frequently since then. Which is a shame as it is an absolutely fantastic record. Dense, meandering, abrupt, spooky, exciting, throwaway, melodic, weird, this has everything, all tied together not only by the guitar, but also by Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, and Jimi’s fantastic, laconic, laid back voice. It is definitely unfocused though and you can’t help but think what an amazing record a 12 track single album would be, but I think in the end, rather like the White Album, it’s length and weird corners are what give it its charm, and as an immersive psychedelic rock experience I don’t think it can be bettered. In anyone else’s hands this could be unlistenable, but Jimi manages to tread that line and keep you engaged. Also in modern terms 73 minutes isn't actually that far off many far inferior single albums. The sounds on…And the Gods Made Love have always given me a slight sense of vestibular hyperacusis, but I love how it leads into the laid back charm of Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland). Crosstown traffic is a classic and then I love the astral hippy woo woo bollocks lyrics on Voodoo Chile, as well as, of course, the song itself. Imagine being off your tits in 1968 and putting this psychedelic space blues on the turntable. Little Miss Strange, Long Hot Summer Night and Come On is a great little trio, Long Hot Summer Night’s loping groove is great. Gypsy Eyes has that effortless sounding rhythm and lead playing and great bass playing. And then Burning of the Midnight Lamp is so good, one of my favourite Hendrix songs, absolutely superb with the harpsichord and the choral backing. The jazzy organ and piano on Rainy Day Dream Away gives it a nice feel, a bit of a break from the guitar pyrotechnics and a bit of a breather before 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be), which is also one of my favourite Hendrix songs, an amazing spaced out 60s psychedelic jam. I love the sound effects, backward guitar, shifting times signatures, jazzy bits, flutes and the bass and drums. Great vocal too. It may be 13 minutes long but it is a monumental banger. House Burning Down sounds like it could be on their first album, really great bass and drums. All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child get played so much it's easy to tune them out, but they really are superb and rightfully endure. I’ve always loved how the drum pattern matches the opening riff on Voodoo Child and All Along the Watchtower is, obviously superb, really amplifying the old time spookiness of the original. It’s an easy 5, it may be long and slightly unfocused but I love it’s swampy, soupy, hippy vibes and I happily listened through 5 times today, frequently picking up things I’d missed amongst its density. 🧜‍♂️🧜‍♂️🧜‍♂️🧜‍♂️🧜‍♂️ Playlist submission; Voodoo Child (Slight Return) and All Along the Watchtower are the obvious ones, I really love Burning of the Midnight Lamp, but I’ll go 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be).

Brilliant. It's a sonic journey and an assault on your ears.

LOVE

Not my favorite Hendrix album, but still genius. I’ve been listening to this for 30+ years and it’s still incredible. Five stars.

Its Jimi Time. Electric Ladyland, by Jimi Hendrix, is fucking fire. Oh my god the guitar could not sound any better. I love the beginning riff on Voodoo Child (Slight Return), it gets me so hype for the outro of the album. In its whole, this album has very little to no flaws. I consider most of these tracks perfect. Talking about perfect, Crosstown Traffic is a top 5 rock song that I have ever heard. Just like Voodoo Child, it features some insane riffs. Along with those tracks, my I also loved Gypsy Eyes. All in all, Electric Ladyland is a perfect album. Best Song: Crosstown Traffic Worst Song: Rainy Day, Dream Away

Damn. Never listened to one of his album before and I was blown away. I wonder which guitarist can say they haven't been influenced by Jimi Hendrix...

This is one of the best albums thus far on 1001 albums. It hits hard, beginning to end, though All Along the Watchtower is obviously the most famous one on here (for good reason.) Truly a great album.

Probably the Hendrix album I've listened to the least in full, although clearly chock full of classics and a fair argument for being his absolute best. Hendrix is generally an odd mix - witness the epic, early prog behemoth version of Voodoo Chile dissolve into the relatively straightforward 60s Beatles-esque beat group jangle of Little Miss Strange. He also makes odd decisions sometimes, 1983 could be way more epic but they just stop as it's really taking off on that marching beat. But again, it's 1968. It's REALLY early for this sort of music. And then there's noodling for 6 minutes or something haha. Honestly, it's great. Burning of the Midnight Lamp is just incredible, I've always wished the production was better on the somewhat muddy middle section. I generally consume Jimi via the mixtape my friend made me in the 90s, but if I was going to stick a full album of his on it would be this, nowadays.

Kind of a pivot from the psych-pop of the Jimi Hendrix Experience to the psych funk of the Band of Gypsies, this album is Hendrix in transition and captures the full range of his powers. Voodoo Chile is an extended jam over a deep base groove with a virtuoso guitar performance while Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) tames the wild exploratory song into a straight-forward rock single, a successor to Purple Haze. The fuzzed out guitar sounds so damn good, even on cheesy tracks like Noel Redding's Little Miss Strange, which has the unfortunate job of following Voodoo Chile. His playing-style -extended pentatonic blues with constant embellishment - remains distinctive despite being universally copied. The solo on Come On is fast and chaotic blues rock guitar taken to its logical conclusion and the wah-pedal wild panning and multi-tracked parts on Rainy Day and Still Raining show how he was incorporating emerging tools into his playing. There's also some late 60s studio experimentation with reverse tape effects, delays, overdubs, and stereo effects features JH as a creative song-writer and recording artist not just an exhilarating performer. The songs don't reach the heights of the Axis album's gems or the perfect pop singles of Are You Experienced, but even so songs like Long Hot Summer Night, Crosstown Traffic, and House Burning Down show his ability to craft a radio-friendly hits. And Watchtower obviously rules. I prefer both the looser live BoG albums that would follow this and the tighter psychedelia and pop songs of the preceding studio albums, but this is far more experimental and has so many unexpected ideas throughout it that it is still an exciting listen.

There's an easy narrative to identify linking all his previous albums as steps towards this, the realization of all his creative faculties that were previously held back by producers and bad backing musicians. I don't know if it's all that serious. I think he's just having fun with pedals in a way that happens to sound fucking awesome

Incredible. The two longest songs are exceptional and deserve to be every second as long as they are, not a single track feels like a miss, and Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower" is phenomenal. 10/10.

5*...how can you not

Absolute classic! Love this album so damned much and shmoke to it very often

Class album. Play it loud!

A true musical experience. Just all around great album from one of the greatest guitar players ever.

Easy 5 here. Jimi absolutely must be heard before you die. Great, great album

"You cant hear jimmy...!"

Jimi hendrix is a cool guy

i think i judge single instrument noodley virtuosos on a 2 axis matrix. they're all really good at their thing by definition, so from there it's: are they cool, and are they just technically skilled and making masturbatory music or is there artistry involved so for instance: yngwie malmsteen... one of the least cool people you've ever seen in your life (and also a dickhead), and he's just up there noodling for noodling's sake to prove that he can. your enjoyment and even your presence is irrelevant to him. jimi hendrix, one of the coolest people you've ever seen in your life, and he's pouring himself into it. 0 stars for yngwie malmsteen on principle if he ever pops up on this list, 3 stars for this particular jimi album

An enjoyable, if unfocused, electric blues dream but very much the average Hendrix fare. Carrying a lot of weight at the end of the album are Voodoo Child (Slight Return) and Hendrix’s cover of All Along The Watchtower - one of only a few covers to become the definitive version. Hearing Watchtower again was quite incredible, it really is a beast of a cover although it’s quality does stand in stark contrast to the rest of the album. I don’t think I’d listen to this again but I’m glad I’ve heard it.

Yeah yeah i'm the guy who shits in the punchbowl. Mr. iconoclast. Hendrix (Experience) kind of bored me. Bores me. I don't think any of it is bad at all, and it/he is definitely historic for how different it was to most/all rock before it. But I just sat through this album again for the first time in maybe a decade and it was cool but I don't really remember a lot of it. Yeah yeah the big singles <yawn> I mean it's all fine and like what you want and sure Hendrix was a genius but .... ? Do we say this just reflexively? Overall the songs here were/are not.that.good. Aside: I remember discovering Band of Gypsys many years ago and THAT was mind-blowing. So much better. This is a long and meandering album; it's very welcomed in the context of me closing up a long dry spell of borderline-unlistenable albums, but I'm still not walking away from this with chills - many songs start out interesting then don't go anywhere amidst a sea of blues-based wanking. Turning it positive - there's obviously excellent musicianship here and as a guitarist, I appreciate and enjoy Jimi's (still) unique playing. He was the first of his kind, I don't need to go into it you know you know. A+ and I love listening to him play. I just want a few songs that became all time favorites and nothing has ever come close. maybe that's not the point, maybe I'm holding him to a higher standard. Possibly. 3 stars for definite talent that was to that point unfulfilled. It's just too long and without many great or even good songs to latch onto. Notable exception/s are the last 2 songs which are the best tracks on the album; of course one not even being his own ("...Watchtower" then the better/kickass version of "Voodoo Child..."). Double albums have to have some purpose to them, other than throwing everything against the wall and letting it stick. Probably could/should have filtered this down to ~7/8 songs. And maybe some jazzy instrumentals to round it out. Ehhh Band of Gypsys filled that need. 6/10 3 stars.

Monsieur se permet de mettre ses plus gros tubes à la toute fin de l'album, comme pour nous signifier de bien aller nous faire foutre. Rien que pour l'attente j'enlève une étoile. Et t'as de la chance d'avoir été un ami de Cat Stevens car dans le cas contraire j'aurais mis 2.

Une première mi-temps cataclysmique, néammoins Jimi est revenu des vestiaires avec de bien meilleures intentions. Délaissant sa voix de merde pour se reconcentrer sur ses fondamentaux, à savoir le maniement de la denommée "gratte" comme aime à l'appeler mon compère Robwurt pour se donner un air de guitariste de feu de camp, Jimi enchainera les dribbles chaloupées entre les cordes pour venir arracher la victoire dans le temps additionnel

a experience.

I've heard a lot of Jimi Hendrix my whole life, but I've heard maybe 5% of this album. Thank you 1001 album generator! It's a psychedelic explosion of blues-based rock, and it's so good! All Along The Watchtower has to be the greatest Dylan cover in history. Liked Songs Added: Crosstown Traffic Voodoo Chile Come On (Let The Good Times Roll) Still Raining, Still Dreaming All Along The Watchtower Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

My first generated album and it's a classic. How do you not groove to this masterpiece? There are some stretches in this album that didn't hold my attention, but none of it was offensive or unbearable, just kind of background filler.

nice

besides the obvious songs, 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) is an absolute banger as well

This was my first time listening to this in full. But I already knew it was gonna be 5/5. I mean. C’mon.

Fuck man Jimi is the best guitarist of all time. And this is him just at the top of his powers (almost, personally Are You Experienced is a tad bit better) he just makes sounds only he can make I don't need to tell anyone that though. 9/10

Oh to be 20 tripping out to this at Woodstock 66. Hendrix is one of my all time favourite musicians and this album is one of his best.

Over time, Band Of Gypsys has become my favorite Hendrix album but this one is a close second. Lots of studio experimentation here and of course great performances from the band. This album showcases Jimi pushing the boundaries of guitar and rock music while giving the world some of the most iconic songs in his catalog. Easy 5 for me.

Well, this has a bunch of my favorite Hendrix songs, so this will be an easy 5. There's no need to explain, because Hendrix is basically a legend. Crosstown Traffic and Burning of the Midnight Lamp are my top 2 on this album.

Another review that was lost somehow . . . Generally, I try to listen to the albums in this project outside of persona or time. Don't know Bowie sang this one wearing a dress? Fine; a good song holds up anyway. With Hendrix--like Prince--the whole of their being is tied into the music they make. Lyrically, instrumentally, even fashionably, Jimi (and Prince) exudes his musical mastery in his very essence. His walk, talk, and life is authentically him; there is no stage persona. There is no man behind the curtain; there is no curtain, and no man. He is powerful, relaxed, intense, calm, all at once, all of the time. And his playing comes through him, so in tune with his instrument that you get a direct connection from his muse to your ears; so embedded is he in his musical expression that you'd almost think he wasn't even there, if not for the fact that his very body is further emanating and resonating with the sound too. Lyrically, he is also descending from the gods to the Earth to give us a glimpse of the cosmos. Not every song is a hit, but every song is him, and they each offer a glimpse of his greatness. You get the feeling that if no one was listening, it would still be as great. This is not for an audience, this is for an expression of self, for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. We're just lucky enough to look in.

Hard to go wrong with Jimi. He's a top 5 guitarist for me. Innovation, originality, it's all there. This album is not my favorite from him but it is still incredible. He is one of those artists that just hooked me on the first listen. I'm pretty sure I'm actually writing this on his birthday. Nothing sounds like Jimi to me, singing or playing wise. The big standouts on this album are All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Chile Slight Return. Particularly on Voodoo Chile he sounds like he landed from another planet.

I didn't enjoy "Are you Experienced" as much as I'd expected. So I started listening to this with some hesitations. And here we are: 5/5.

Mostly excellent. One of the big names of the sixties that seem consistently good.

All timer

Definitively brilliant. How can so much be packed into one collection? Only the gods know. Hendrix is a genre unto himself. What can an electric guitar do? Jimi knows. He contains multitudes (thanks Walt).

One of my all-time favorites, so this is an easy 5 for me. I adore every damn second of this thing: the songwriting, the soulfulness, the musicianship, how playful and cool it is. My favorite song is the 15-minute-long gem Voodoo Chile. Four dudes completely mind-melded with each other. The way the tension rises and falls. The interplay between Steve Winwood and Jimi. Mitch's far-out jazz drumming. And it's all held together by Jack Casady's gorgeous bass playing. I wish these guys had formed a band. The suite on side 3 is similarly gorgeous. Such a beautiful, spacey groove. And then it all caps off with All Along the Watchtower and the immortal Voodoo Child (Slight Return). A supreme achievement.

Jimi has and always will rock me. I love how this album shows so off much of what he loved and how he put his signature twist on those things---the blues (Voodoo Chile), Bob Dylan All Along the Watchtower by Jimi is cataloged as the best cover of all time in my book. SIDENOTE: I will also always see the scene in Whitnail and I when the lads are leaving London for the weekend and this is playing in the background. Worth every licensing pound paid!

Psychedelic, funky, and bluesy, this album has some of it all. The Dylan cover of "All Along the Watchtower" is a classic and another example of a Dylan tune that sounds better when performed by someone else. "Voodoo Chile (A Slight Return)", has been covered by numerous gutairists. 5 stars easy.

Ich bin elektrisiert!

A great album

Love it

This is an album that should be heard before you die.

First of all — this is amazing, and proves why we still talk about Hendrix! That being said, double albums are weird. As a marketable product that somebody is paying money for it makes sense. But as a listening experience in the day of streaming they often don't hold up. This album has very few week points, but even someone as brilliant as Hendrix gets tiresome after a while. Still going to give it a 5 — just wanted to philosiphize about music economy on this grey monday morning.

This album has everything. A double LP that doesn't overstay its welcome. There are memorable songs and riffs for days. Tons of guitar solos as expected too. Memorable hits like Crosstown Traffic, All Along The Watchtower and House Burning Down. Along with that some epic jams that delve into long ass solo's like on 1983 and the Voodoo Child/e's. Only nitpick is that I'm not really a fan of Little Miss Strange, it sounds a bit out of place and doesn't live up to how amazing other songs are. One of the best 60's albums still.

Maybe a bit long, but so many great tracks on this. Love the variety compared with previous work.

Just an excuse to listen to my favourite album again. Loved it

The culmination of a four year streak that is unrivaled. A true guitar god doing his thing.

It’s fucking Jimi. 5/5

I wanted to be Jimi Hendrix when I was young, still do some times. Great great great album! I love Burning of the Midnight Lamp and 1983... and all of them really. I could and I am listening to so many of the releases of takes he did. There is so much. I love it! He's another of my heart songs.

Great album. Hendrix the magician.

10/10

fantastic

Must have been insane to hear this back in the 60s, this was the heaviest music in existence until Black Sabbath came along.

Bloody brilliant. That man really knew how to play a guitar. All Along The Watchtower still slaps

Favorite guitarist by far and one of my favorite artists. I will never not enjoy listening to Hendrix.

The first time I heard Hendrix, at maybe 12, I knew I wanted to become an artist of some sort. A mixed blessing in many ways but wouldn’t trade that for anything. Now back to writing my erotic novel in progress.

Yes, across the board, this was a fantastic listen. Its a classic with so many hits Voodoo Chile is fantastic and maybe better than Voodoo Chile Slight Return. Didnt know about the band experimenting with different producers and how drugged out Brian Jones played on All Along The Watchtower

I’ll admit that despite playing a lot of guitar growing up, I was for whatever reason just not that into Hendrix. Maybe it’s my first guitar teacher who said Hendrix is overrated (I think he was super into Steely Dan). This album is not really what I expected, and took a lot of listens to really figure out if I liked it or not. I thought it would be more of a blues rocker, and had it on during a run. Got a couple of miles in and Mermaid came on - not exactly a pump up song. At first listen, I found the whole thing kind of chaotic and disjointed, and there are a lot of spots where Jimmy is playing sloppy/free that I found tough to get past. After reading about how chaotic the production process was (more of an acid field party than a structured session) the vibe made more sense. It help to break it up into the four sides - side 1 is bluesy, side 2 is the most accessible, side 3 is weird and awesome, and side 4 brings it home. Also helped for me to realize that Jimmy attacked the guitar in such a unique way, especially for the time. Its not always technically insane or perfectly executed, but so expressive in phrasing and pushed tone of amp and rig to new places. Also realized from Mermaid and Lamp that he’s just a really cool songwriter. I have a lot more respect for him after rabbit holing on this album this weekend - jumping from a 3 to maybe a 4.5. Giving it a 5 more as a bookmark of an album and artist I know I need to hear more.

Absolutely brilliant.

I can almost understand why people downrate this with its jazzy noodling bits. Almost.

Amazing album, maybe not as good when I first listened to it, but still incredible.

I simply love Jimi Hendrix ❤️

The brevity of Henrdix's life and finite number of recordings makes every note that much more impactful. Arguably the most influential record by the most influential guitarist ever. Twenty-seven and one-half stars.

I listened to this on my morning walk and was shocked when my walking app announced that I had walked 2 miles. I thought I had another lap around the pond to hit that mark. I was so caught up in the music that it made me forget walking about half a mile! That's saying something. This album is a bit uneven and maybe a bit bloated but Hendrix's undeniable talent is on full display and I like blues based rock so I enjoyed it. I'm feeling a 4.5 and more inclined to round up than down.

Would’ve loved to have seen him live

banger

Excellent album.

As a guitarist, I'm really, incredibly biased towards this album. Jimi Hendrix was a visionary, an innovator, truly a master of the craft of guitar. Plus, this album has some massive hits on it. I'm going to give it a 5, but it's really a 4.5 for me, and here's why. This album has beautiful chord progressions on it, wonderful guitar playing, great composing. But not back to back. Not every single song was memorable. None of them were actually BAD, but some are just forgettable, more filler than killer. Still, it's Jimi. I can't bring myself to round down.

As so often, I have only listened to individual tracks from this album (All Along The Watchtower and Voodoo Child), but never the whole album. It was worth it. A great album. 5/5

yeah its electric ladyland lmfao

I'm commander Shepard and this is my favourite Jimi Hendrix-album on this generator!

My favorite Hendrix album by a good margin. Voodoo Chile (both versions) and All Along the Watchtower make this five stars alone, but it’s a Hendrix at his best throughout. If only we could have heard what was next.

Love me a bit of Jimi Incredible soundscapes, virtuoso guitar complemented so well by the drums, bass and keys. Has stood the test of time

This album is a phenomenon. If you're a Smash Hits fan, you'll recognize several tracks, but the real joy is exploring the deeper cuts. "Have You Ever Been", "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", and the better known "Crosstown Traffic" emerge as deeper expressions of soul music than I ever realized Jimi ever did (and perhaps the reason the first two aren't better known, as they may have unfortunately been deemed "too black" for white radio at that moment in time). Meanwhile, Jimi's tone -- most especially on Voodoo Chile -- is otherworldly, making the 15 minute track less of a single and more of an incantation. Is the album too long? Yes, a little. Is "Little Miss Strange" little more than filler to keep the band happy? Yes. Do tracks like "1983" and "Voodoo Chile" force you to work for your reward? They sure do. Does any of that cause me to reduce my star ranking? Somehow, the answer is no. This album takes some work, but it's absolutely worth it. This is the full evolution of the Experience, possibly the greatest peek into Hendrix's untapped potential.

It's Hendrix at his best, so it's 5 stars. I do prefer AYE, but this is a fine follow-up 4.5 realistically but I can't deny Jimi his 5

Liked this album a lot. Good to drive to. Lots of jams and very much a classic!

Psyche fuckin delic

Jimi Hendrix made psychedelic rock cool. The dead made music for the hippies and stoners but it wasn't genre pushing. Jimi Hendrix took the Blues and funk and prototypical rock and roll he learned while backing for pioneering rock acts like Little Richard and played with the freedom of the Dead. Here was a guy who wasn't old, white and clean cut. He was cutting loose in a way that wouldn't be seen again until Led Zeppelin. He was a rockstar in a way that few people have ever been. He was a performer and he had a special relationship with the music. I wish there was somebody out today who was pushing music this hard, and able to achieve mainstream success like he did. The 60s were a unique era in that way. Onto the album. This album is long, and with most tracks not having a typical song structure it feels even longer. This feels like an album, not a collection of tracks which I think makes sense for an artist like Hendrix. My favorite songs are crosstown traffic, voodoo chile (though it requires a mood), come on, 1983, gypsy eyes, house burning down. This album is an experience as songs might seem to be following a traditional song structure and then degrade and branch off into chaos. Come on, specifically feels like a traditional blues-rock song but it starts wandering around going to all of these interesting and unexpected places. The album feels like it ends at House burning down. I consider along the Watchtower to be a bonus track. It's a cover and feels different than the Hendrix originals. It's relatively short, The instrumental is the cleanest of the whole bunch, and Hendrix strips the guitar down. It's probably the best thing Hendrix has ever done. It's powerful, creative, and combines Dylan's evocative storytelling with some of the cleanest psychedelic guitar ever made. It might be my favorite song ever. I think it's important for experimental artists to have songs like this to show that they are capable of making traditional songs, but they are choosing to push the envelope and follow their passion. Pablo Picasso comes to mind. Voodoo Child slight reprise closes out the album again, I see this as a bonus track distilling the 15 minute track into its essential. I see it as Hendrix acknowledging that people may not be ready for his long guitar epics, and the shorter version will be more accessible and radio friendly. As a whole this album is messy and ambitious. It's essential psych rock and it feels like a distinct part of the psych landscape. Where a lot of albums are stoner music because they are spacey and melodic, this album is noisy and kinetic. The point of all of this is to say that this album is both very good, and in my opinion, very important.

This album absolutely rips. Sure, there's a lot of noodling, but unlike a lot of other noodling albums most of the wankery on display here is good; great even. Jimi's a guitar legend for a reason and this album is a perfect example, though I would argue some of his live stuff is even better. The tone and feel he gets out of that guitar is really unlike anyone before or after. He doesn't have the best chops, he doesn't have the cleanest riffs, but none of that matters. It's all just, exciting maybe? I can't think of a better word. It certainly helps that the other two core members are also absurdly good musicians. The fact that the rhythm section is so frantic elevates the guitar to another level. I can't really have an objective review of this from nothing because I've been listening to this album since I was a teenager. The only songs I repeatedly skip is "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" because the harpsichord drives me nuts, and the second half of "1983" because pretty much nothing is going on. I love every other song; maybe not in their entireties but there is always something cool about to happen with either the drums, bass or obviously the guitar. The last two tracks being the last two tracks is simply unfair to the endings of other albums, and one is a cover for fucks sake. Never has an album finished as strong as this. I'd give this a 4.75, but I'm going to round up because of all the memories this album holds for me.

An absolute classic, amazing record. Jimi was a god.

there will be a speaker in my tombstone that plays 1983 on repeat

Far out I forgot how good this one is, also this album is 56 years old... holy fuck Jimi was cookin back then.

Psychedelic masterpiece. I would get on my knees for Jimi HENDRIX IS GOD

Everyone is ragging on how boring 1983..and Voodoo Child, and how great All Along the Watchtower is. For me, it's the other way around. I think the side with Rainy Day, 1983, and Moon Turn the Tides,is fabulous stuff, a mesmerizing display of great musicians jamming with Jimi's great quitar work. It and The Allman Brothers Mountain Jam, my very favorite pieces of rock music ever. I think both Voodoo Child and Voodoo Chile (A Slight Return) are monumental blues numbers. All the rest of the album (excepting Still Raining, Still Dreaming) are just filler to me compared to the rest of this awesome album.