Electric Ladyland

Rip Hendrix you would’ve loved solid state modeling amps

Obvious high points but not an album I would return to regularly.

6/10 ñe

There's a great album in there, and it ends with three absolute bangers, but I'm not listening to Hendrix for 15 minutes noodles with drum solos.

Wth just happened on gypsy eyes His voice just melted into the guitar Saved: Come On Gypsy Eyes Still Raining, Still Dreaming

Some crackers but generally just a bit noodly and some of its bordering on dull. Whats woth the random song in the middle that sounds like a shitty beatles ? Are they any good ? No they suck !

Voodoo Child is absolutely timeless.

Jimi Hendrix has a nice voice and this album is more tolerable than I would expect it to be. About halfway through I got really sick of how similar all the songs sounded to me so I skipped ahead to All along the watchtower which is a banger that song belongs to him. Voodoo child slight return is actually good, Zack was right.

Obviously great guitar. But I’m not a stoner or a man so it’s not for me.

Beautiful, bluesy, meaningful.

I liked axis a little better. This is more typical Jimi Hendrix psychedelic wiggly squiggly guitar. But when you’re in the mood this hits the spot.

This is the second JH album I've had and, much like the previous one, I found it pretty decent but nothing special. Some really cool guitar work and funk, but a fair few forgettable tracks too. Clearly an unbelievable talent but I don't think his music is entirely my cup of tea.

A few great songs, but the double album was more than I needed. Favorite songs: Crosstown Traffic, Long Hot Summer Night, All Along The Watchtower, Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

jeg er så stolt over at jeg hørte gjennom hele voodoo chile. og litt sjokkert når jeg hørte publikum. høydepunkt: voodoo chile, little miss strange, long hot summer night, come on (let the good times roll)

Die Gitarrenskills sind natürlich überragend, aber für mich ist da zwischendurch auch sehr viel Leerlauf dabei. Die Highlights ziehen das Album auf schwache 3 Sterne hoch.

I can appreciate the great guitar but it wasn’t my thing really

A few of the classics are on here. Loses half a mark for a 13-minute track in the middle.

Jimi Hendrix is obviously legendary, I just can’t get into his music. I just can’t extract pleasure from his lowkey, discursive voice. It just doesn’t do it for me. 2 stars personally upgraded to 3 out of recognition for his greatness (and I can tell the music is very high quality).

I love Hendrix but I've never really liked this album. Messy and feels half-finished at times. Must have been GREAT drugs but too many tracks that are corny or a bit amateurish at times. The hits are of course great - and the Voodoo Chile Suite is an extremely underrated blues jam from his band. It was clear that he was moving on from simply being a rock front man here. Such a tragedy that his life was cut so short - apparently there might had been a Miles Davis collaboration if he lived on. Could you imagine??

Very groovy. I liked taking a trip with each song, but it’s a long album.

A little too long/indulgent (3.5)

Не выкупаю музыку хендрикса

Ставлю лайк за гитарные соло и треки, где в названии есть слово Voodoo. В них чувствуется незамутнненная энергия. В остальном показалось достаточно обычным альбомом (но тут мне было лень читать историю его создания, итак уже порядочно отстала в прослушках)

Понимаю что культово, но как-то не зашло.

Jammed up! Amazing guitar work, but would I listen to it again? Probably not, aside from the shorter tracks like Crosstown Traffic. It's just not my thing, unfortunately. Great cover art, though!

i quite liked some songs but do think it suffers from being too long

It was average. Sounded very 'samey'.

I can appreciate the exception skill in the album, and that it may well have been new and foundational once upon a time. There are some real bangers on this album, that I will add to playlists for sure. That being said, I would probably not listen to the entire album again, though.

saque muchas canciones buenas que voy a seguir escuchando

So much waffle

I do enjoy Jimmy Hendrix’ music but I like I do more-so enjoy the hits and less of the sit down full album experience. I think that goes for a lot of similar style guitar heavy rock with lots of riffs. I find it not being what I want to listen to straight through for an hour. That being said there are some fantastic songs near with obvious great guitar play that can’t be overlooked.

3.5

Very high highs, some sluggish blues rock jams. Some lyrics very very jarring

All along the watchtower makes it essential

Beautiful guitar

Too noodley

Pretty good.

There’s a song on this album where Hendrix sings about becoming a Merman

Holy moly, Jimi sure knows how to turn on the range selector on this Electric Ladyland album! You've got your fuzzy blues bangers, your trippy pop tunes, and everything in between. Still, 2 spins was enough for me to appreciate this classic for what it is: an inconsistent but undeniably influential trip through Hendrix's garage. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions - Crosstown Traffic - All Along The Watchtower - Voodoo Child

First track is creepy. Felt like I had entered a sci-fi movie. The rest was pretty nice, but listened to it while working so I didn't pay that much attention to it.

Some iconic tracks but a bit all over the place

Really enjoyed. Some of the later tracks get a little too psychedelic for me.

Intro was cool but nothing else really captured me

decent!

I love the narrative throughout this one, and how the guitar is almost has a voice? Favourite track: Rainy Day, Dream Away

прикольный альбик возможно правда не подошел к сегодняшнему вайбу 3,5/5 1.2.2026

I can only take so much noodling over blues chords, and I love jazz too. Great musicianship, infinite influence, but overall just kind of an okay listen.

Normally I would think a double lp where 2 tracks are extended jams that take up almost a half an hour could use some editing, but having so little Jimi studio work, I'll accept it. I know we had a copy of this in the house when I was growing up, but I spent way more time with Experienced and Smash Hits. Of course I know Cross Town Traffic, Watchtower, and Voodoo Chile, but I was way more into Gypsy Eyes and Midnight Lamp. And loved the Noel Redding Little Miss Strange.

Riktigt bra. kanske inte det som fastnar för mig mest

Crosstown Traffic, Voodoo Chile and Watchtower all feature on this collection Third album from Jimi hits hard, cementing his reputation as a force to be reckoned with!

3/5

jan 27th 2026 listening while cleaning the fridge, really good, i like Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)

the songs that are really good are REALLY good but i still think the first album is better tbh

Just doesn't hit as hard for me like it does for others. Of course some songs are undeniable: Crosstown Traffic, Voodoo Chile, and All Along the Watchtower no matter how many times I've heard it. I can see why jam bands like to cover Merman. That thing goes on forever.

I liked a lot of the songs off this album. You get a lot of the Jimi Hendrix experience and the guitarist he was. There are some songs that are 10/10, but some others that feel like filler. Overall, I feel like this album isn't the most amazing maybe 3.25-3.75/10. I am going to give it a 3, because I think the album itself feels scattered versus being cohesive. I think I would give it a 3.5 if I could.

나쁘지 않다…… 하지만 엄청 좋은 건 아님 좋긴 하다

I love Jimi Hendrix. I was born on the same day as him, 27th of November, and I am also a guitar player. However, as much as I love Hendrix and the influence he had on me as a kid, this album is not my favourite. Don't get me wrong, All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child are classics and incredible songs, but this album as a whole is just not my favourite from him. Nevertheless, a good one, I will give it a 3 just because I only enjoy those songs more, not the whole thing.

On kovaa kitarasoundia morrrrjens!

Never been a big Jimi Hendrix listener but it's hard not to feel pulled inside these frantic riffs. Though the album is uneven, with some forgettable tracks, there's no denying that Hendrix was inhabited by a musical spirit, something great.

not as stellar as axis, but still a solid album. what a rockstar favorites: voodoo chile; come on

Cool and sexy man plays guitar. Second to last song famous

Enjoyed it during my pretentious youth, good album but not my thing

cool: the bluesy guitar solos also kind of cool: extremely stereo sound that moves around (when my one airpod died i thought it was just a stylistic choice though) not cool: the part where JH coughs/sniffs directly into my ears :(

Cool sounds and good voice. I think these would be fire live but the recording’s not doing them justice.

Cool music, not entirely my cup of tea

On the one hand, it's Jimmy. If this was a list of 1001 artists to listen to he's right up there. But this album? There's no escaping it's a disjointed mess. It feels like rehearsals and jam sessions picked up off a cutting room floor. There's some gold, but it's not a great album. It might not even be good. Go listen to Axis again then tell me what this does better or how it was more influential.

Somewhat disappointing as an album, definitely a case of a double LP suffering from an inability to edit. A handful of great songs - Crosstown Traffic Watchtower, Voodoo Chile (Slight Return). Unfortunately the rest don't hold up. The 14 min version of Voodoo Child is completely unnecessary, and several other tracks are just waffle. Compared to the mindbending sound on Are You Experienced, this was a bit of a letdown. Lets go with a 3.

люди пишут в отзывах про длинные песни и я, готовая к длинной песне как например богемская рапсодия, открываю "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)", а она длится 13:42! Но должна признать, что из-за её шедевральной первой половины, она сразу отправляется ко мне в плейлист. Что касается всего альбома, интересное сочетание блюза и рока, но у меня это вызывает головную боль по большей части, так что в разряд любимых я этот альбом не запишу.

Standout Songs: Crosstown Traffic Little Miss Strange Come On (Let the Good Times Roll) 1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) House Burning Down All Along The Watchtower

Not as good as Are You Experienced by a long shot, rather too much influenced by the Blues ramblings of Hendrix' contemporaries, sprinkled with some Psychedelics for good measure. 3/5

I can appreciate the artistry but it’s not much my thing. My favorite track was Little Miss Strange and I’m apparently I’m not supposed to like that one.

I didn’t realize this album was so long? It’s full of blistering, spectacular guitar work, but it’s also almost completely front-to-back blistering guitar work. It’s impressive and Hendrix was obviously a singular talent, but hearing this much pure shredding on record doesn’t do it for me. It’s a testament to his talent but probably not a record I’ll revisit in full again. The band-forward tracks were closer to the mark for me (“Little Miss Strange”, the eternal cover of “All Along the Watchtower”).

Had to listen to this album twice to understand what I think about it. I think it starts a bit mid but the ending is fantastic. Overall, I can recognize it's relevance, but I am not sure if it moves personally me

Overall rating by me: 6/10 Songs added to the playlist: ,,Crosstown Traffic”, ,,All Along the Watchtower” Notes: Nice sound and a cool vibe but it lacks something special, that wow factor - at least for me. Finally though I had the opportunity to get to know JH’s music so that’s definitely a plus.

Liked it. Didn't love it.

Do dosłuchania w całości, ale było fajnie, tylko bardzo w tle

The pacing of this album feels off. I was pretty bored halfway through this and wished it was over. I don't know, I think I might not be the person for 10+ minutes blues guitar solo jamming. All the way at the end of the record are my favourite songs, but I don't want to wait one hour before I can listen to them. So yeah, a lot of the album felt too long and slow for me, but the greatness of All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child (Slight Return) are undeniable.

Pretty brilliant end to the album- Voodoo child was definitely my favourite out of all of the songs for sure. I really wanted to give this a 4 but I think I much preferred the other album and I really didn't like some of the longer songs on here, so it's a high 3.

I really loved the guitar. To the extent that on some songs the vocals felt almost unnecessary. Unfortunately some of the songs blurred together and didn't do much for me hence the 3

I really wanted to like this but I thought it was just OK. Personally, I don't really know a lot about guitar so maybe this makes me unable to truly appreciate this album but I just didn't find any song to be standout and now thinking back I can't remember any particular song from the last hour and a bit of continual noise.

This is great what?!?! I’ve listened to his songs stand alone but never a whole album and I’m honestly shaken (in a good way). The incredible medley and atmosphere of sound that he creates is insane and the balance of rock with jazz, rock and roll, soul and blues is crazy and then random calms with songs like ‘moon turn the tides gently gently away’. I don’t think I’d listen to it on a daily basis because sometimes it’s such a wall of sound you can’t get past it - but I can appreciate how beautifully crafted this album is and it’s a strong 3.5 but rounded down not up.

I know and love Jimi Hendrix to large extents, and so I had high hopes when listening to this album because I know how much of a mastermind he is as a guitarist and musician. However, I found countless tracks let down my expectations in a exhaustingly boring manner. I liked his improvisation with the pentatonic scale for 'come on (let the good times roll)' as well as the obvious 'All along the watch tower' and 'Vodoo child'. However, these saving graces weren't enough to rescue the unexciting and unrelieved rest of the album. A very disappointed 3.

the guitar speaks

3/5

14/20 L'album qui m'a fait abandonné l'année dernière la notation des 1001 albums. Donc cette fois ci, j'ai tâché de ne pas faire la même erreur. Et j'ai bien fait, contre toute attente, bien qu'il soit un peu difficile de rentrer dans l'album a mon avis, c'est ensuite très agréable. Sans être l'album de l'année que j'écouterai en boucle pendant tout 2026, c'est un album que j'ai pris plaisir à redécouvrir et a apprécier.

bunlar güzel gibi de yine de meh biraz ya....

cool guitar but lowkey exhausting 🙁

Psych jam band type album with some bangers at the end

pretty good but not my exact vibe

Really fun, loved Voodoo Chile

Would like to be high next time I listen. A classic. Glad to remind myself of Mr. Jimi.

nota 5,5 um album bem psicodelico e viajado, mas gostei, e gostei mais do que das outras vezes que ouvi. nenhuma musica vai pra minha rotaçao, mas eu voltaria pra puvir denovo esporadicamente. ainda nao deixo de achar o jimi um artista mto superestimado🤷‍♂️

Listened while i was cleaning got me abit angsty

I vibed even tho not what I usually listen to

Mostly enjoyed it - album is a bit long though - really enjoyed last 2 tracks - all along the watchtower and voodoo child - maybe because I’m more familiar with those tracks. Did enjoy the bluesy vibe of come on let the good times roll.

Good album, great guitar as expected. Some long songs but I’m not complaining. Preferred the second half and my personal favourite was probably still raining, still dreaming. Every song has a cool intro especially house burning down.

3.5

Feels blasphemous giving this a 3 but it was just bluesy guitar noodling with loosely written songs for most of the album then two insanely good songs.

No one’s gonna argue that Jimi Hendrix’s guitar solos are anything short of extraordinary, or that he isn’t one of the most influential rock artists of all time. But this album seemed to go on forever (which it shouldn’t, because it’s only 75 minutes long), and I’m not sure if I really like this psychedelic rock genre. That said, this was one of the rare consistent albums; all of the songs were around a 3 out of 5. A pretty easy 3 stars; Jimi Hendrix is a great guitarist, but not as great of a musician.

It’s not bad

Decent album, amazing instrumentals but some of the songs are looong

There's several tracks on here that I love, but I much prefer other versions of than this album. The quality is muddy and buzzy and it's not as fun as it used to be.

Obviously a genius

This came up in my history list and I misread the title, and thought "Oh cool - The Butthole Surfers!" then saw Jimi Hendrix and was confused for a second... only in that moment did I realise that Electric Larryland is a joke.

im giving it a 3 for now but i think ill be back

groovy

no es para nada el tipo de musica que escucharía. se me hizo bastante largo y aunque se que si le doy un par de escuchas mas de seguro lo termino apreciando, sigue siendo un estilo que yo no escucho. mis canciones favoritas son: Still raining, Still dreaming; 1983… (A merman i should turn to be); house burning down; all along the watchtower; crosstown traffic; have you ever been (to electric ladyland)

si lo hubiera escuchado todo y con más atención, tal vez la puntuación subiría

Never been hugely into Hendrix. I think it’s largely because of my aversion to electric blues in general. I do enjoy the more soul & rock tracks on this record though with a few exceptions.

Not really into instrumental music but it way nice

i'm not gonna lie i mainly listened to this in the background while i was doing work. it was pretty good! i enjoyed it better than the last one and i found a cool song out of it.

It was decent. Some wierd stuff and blues

Give me Axis or Experienced any day of the week over this.

moltíssim més divertit, alguna cançoneta massa llarga, que vols dir 13 min????!!!!

Guitar master.

Никогда не мог въехать в этот альбом - все время ассоциация с каким-то бардаком.

As much as I enjoyed specific parts of this album, it’s isn’t exactly something I can appreciate to the fullest :(

6/10, some fun listens but not one to overly revisit

too long honestly i got bored but thats me and my taste in music. some catchy melodies but i just spaced out

not really my vibe alas

“Still Raining, Still Dreaming” the guitar speaks. “House Burning Down,” too. “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” stood out as well. I feel like the beginning was pretty rockin’ and after dipping it went on a Merman trip to the bottom of the sea and came back funky. No wonder Mick had a poster of this fella up on his wall. I LOVE “Crosstown Traffic.”

Guitar is top notch, love Gypsy eyes and merman Everything lowkey a little to long for me but love the drums and guitar in previously mentioned two songs

This is not the Jimi I love

*1968. *Still totally unique and fresh - nothing else sounds like this. *Not super my cup of tea (feels like you’d need to be pretty high to fully get it…) but even I can appreciate this sound. RATING - 7/10

This is a good album, it’s just too long for my taste. Great ending though

Najveći koji je ikad uzeo gitaru u ruke. Ali da se čuje ta gitara mora se dobro napatiti s ovakvim albumom. Iscijedio mi je dušu.

Bad

Another enjoyable album. Actually really liked the longer proggier songs, especially the long version of Voodoo Child. Song great songs, and once again fantastic musicianship. Jim Hendrix can really make a guitar sing.

I love Jimi, but this is definitely his "best-selling author refuses to have an editor anymore after two huge hits and you can really really tell" album. Couple of great tracks but not enough for a double album.

Dobrý vibe.

Jimi was an amazing guitarist, there's no doubt there. However, there's only so much noodling around on a guitar I can take before I need to listen to something else, and the 13 minutes of 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be) went way past my ability to pay attention. Thankfully the album wrapped up with a couple of of Jimi's best songs (one a cover) which saved the album for me.

It's amazing the two most famous songs from this album are the last two. I felt like this album was too cool for me, and it was a little hard for me to get into, but it's definitely the case that Watchtower and Voodoo are bangers.

This album has some great songs like along the watchtower, voodoo child and crosstown traffic but i’m not a fan of the production. Yes Hendrix thrives through his distorted guitars but it feels like that distortion is applied wider across the album as a whole and that just detracts from the songs. Tracks like …And the gods made love and Moon turns the tides …. Irritated me slightly. I know it goes very much against the Hendrix vibe but the whole thing could have just been a bit tighter.

Listening to parts of this album made me, for the first time, realise you wouldn’t have your Eric Claptons or your Joe Bonamassas - any of the great blues guitar players - were it not for Jimi Hendrix. I’ve always known that was the case but, listening to this in its entirety, it is clear that Hendrix was magic with blues. If it were a solely blues album, it would score a bit higher from me. Alas. This felt a bit chaotic in places, jumping from genre to genre so much it gave me whiplash, especially in the first half of the album. It did not need two versions of Voodoo Chile - and certainly not when one of them lasted for 14 minutes without the punch of Slight Return. However, when this album gets it right it’s so right: “Crosstown Traffic” is a sharp, handful of minutes of almost pop sounding music, in places; closing with that version of “Voodoo Chile” shows a song doesn’t need to be that long to make its point. The standout for me though is “All Along the Watchtower”; in my opinion, Jimi’s version is the best ever committed to tape. Yes, better than the original, and I will die on that hill.

Crosstown Traffic is a bonafide classic. As is Voodoo Child. As is his version of All Along The Watchtower. I am on record as being unmoved by long periods of guitar noodling... But Hendrix's guitar noodling is just better. Funky and soulful and just perfect for the track it's on. And I find it so interesting he was critical of his own singing voice, because it's perfect for these songs. However, as a record this is too long to sustain my interest over the full album, and for every great song, there's a forgettable one, meaning this can't get more than: 3/5

Carino, ci sta

a bunch of "meh" filled in with a couple standout tracks and cool guitar solos. You can hear how good it could be, but it also seems a little underdeveloped. It was honestly...not that interesting, outside of some of the guitar solos.

Not my jam, but great instrumentals.

Good album. Jimi is fantastic when he’s fantastic and then there’s the other stuff

A lot of talent indeed, but I found the album was really boring the longer it went on. A lot of sparse instrumentation and repetitive motifs.

Too much guitar noodling.

Good is great but some of this is too meandering and jazzy at times.

3 1/2 Stars: Generator needs some tweaking. In 2 weeks, I've received 2 Hendrix albums as an assignment out of a 1,001 options! At this point I should be good on good ol' Jimi for a while. Regardless Electric Ladyland is just as good as Hendrix has ever done, although the album was a little bit of a slog to get through. Some editing needed. But it also contains what are undeniably his greatest songs with All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child (Slight Return). A bit of a mixed bag overall.

Some solid songs but a little long. I feel like he has some better music.

he's a great guitarist but it gets lost in the rambling, way too long of an album.

Quite frankly, it was tiring.

The master of psychedelic rock strums the guitar in a singular way. It’s weird, it’s 60’s, it’s enjoyable (if you can get that far back in time.) Crosstown Traffic and Watchtower got some play on the radio. If you just try to digest the song titles it will boggle your mind. There had to be a little drug use goin’ on during this session - Jimi token on vinyl in ‘68. ((3.2*s) Two riders were approaching…

I did not care for this album as much my earlier Hendrix Experience provided by the list. I didn't like the more bluesy approach on some of it. Apart from the hit songs, most of this one dragged on. I liked the Rainy Day, Dream tracks (it was raining outside at the time) but that Merman song killed the mood. I'm putting this record at a mid 2.5 stars for Jimi's guitar work and known tracks.

I'm a pretty big Jimi Hendrix fan but Electric Ladyland has always been a little difficult to defend for me. I love Are You Experienced? and really enjoy Axis: Bold as Love but Electric Ladyland doesn't pack the same punch. I get that Jimi was experimenting and trying to showcase a handful of styles/genres but the overall collection and 73 minute playtime is a little lackluster when compared to his other work. This is another example where the album would have been stronger had it been cut in half. There's a lot of filler on sides B and C that I think should have been left on the cutting room floor. I typically enjoy a long jam, especially when Jimi can just do this thing, but there was no need for 2 on this album. Despite its flaws there is still some quality Hendrix and company on this album. It opens with a couple solid songs and gives you the 14 minute Voodoo Chile to showcase some signature blues rock from the Experience. If you tune out for B and C you get a hell of a finish with Watchtower and Voodoo Chile (Slight Return). Overall it's an OK album, but I tend to go elsewhere for my Jimi Hendrix fix. As a footnote, considering how recognized Jimi is for his guitar playing, I'm amazed he isn't regularly listed as a great vocalist. Something about his voice packs a huge punch and a ton of style whether he's noodling about magic castles or musing about civil rights and war issues. RIP Jimi. 2.75 stars

I like a few of the tracks, it's pretty experimental is places, but it goes a bit far for me sometimes There is a bunch of long jam bits where I lose interest. I love his playing and I like his voice and delivery. I think there is enough here for a solid album, but this double album just dragged to me.

Enjoyed but got a bit repetitive

It was ok, but nothing special.

...And the Gods Made Love is psychedelic. curious how they did this. half speed tape machine + flanger? this record is pretty rough around the edges sonically, more so than I recall his earlier stuff. organ playing on Voodoo Chile is so great. ending is nuts. Little Miss Strange, not sure if I've heard Jimi play acoustic much other than that one video of him playing 12 string. This is coming off more like an early Beatles cut. Not stoked on it. Some crazy mixing going on on this record. The guitar solo on Come On is SO LOUD and abrasive Rainy Day, Dream Away is strange This album as a whole feels pretty disjointed. It's messy. Sometimes in a cool way, other times not. 1983 - cool descending progression/melody, interesting modulated delays/phaser stuff going on, guitarmonies, trippy panning drums, cool reverse middle section w/guitar solo. this is now my speed House Burning Down - not really my thing Production on All Along the Watchtower is crazy, everything is so blown out Voodoo Child Slight Return is a classic, no doubt. Iconic guitar sound. My feelings on this record are very mixed. Standout was 1983 for me, I do love a sprawling epic. The psychedelia always appeals to me, but the songwriting felt very haphazard and not particularly memorable.

It was ok, a bit of a messy sound compared to other stuff I've heard from him.

A tad long and lacking cohesion. An odyssey nonetheless. 3.5/5

Hendrix at his best, and worst! "Crosstown Traffic", "Long Hot Summer Night" "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", and particularly "All Along the Watchtower" are brilliant. "Gypsy Eyes" just misses. But the rest........

Good but not great … i preferred the Electric Landlady album (RIP Kirsty)❤️

Another classic. I liked it well enough and appreciate its inclusion in the book.

Always liked a bit of Jimi, from a different era of drugs, women and Epstein islands.

Know a few of these. The man knows his way around a guitar, but it's all a bit groovy for my tastes.

Listening to a Hendrix album is like sitting in on your partner's band practice. You're really proud & impressed and it's all very clever but then you realise that it's been going on for quite some time now and you secretly wish they'd play Hey Jude. 6 / 10 Best track/s: All Along The Watchtower obvs, 1983

Not a big Hendrix fan, but recognize the talent and importance.

With the exception of the hits, the cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" and "And the Gods Made Love", this album is fairly boring for anyone that is not a guitar player or guitar aficionado. "1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" began interesting but overstayed its welcome. Who has the urge to create a playlist that puts all of the years in order? Maybe this song, David Bowie's "1984", and "Paul McCartney's "1985"? I enjoyed the hits and "Crosstown Traffic". I think this album's relevance has more to do with the production techniques used during recording that would inspire other artists who would refine those techniques into things that were actually structured and interesting.. Hendrix also codified the stereotype of a studio diva and foreshadowed the kind of assholery it would inspire. 30 to 40 minutes of this album could and should have been cut to tighten this album up. Jimi's is certainly a guitar playing virtuoso, but for folks like me I am not particularly thrilled to listen to guitar masturbation exercises that go on endlessly. I prefer to hit it and quit while we are still ahead. Personally, I think he is a bit overrated, but this album is certainly a historical document.

Trodde Jimi skulle være bedre. Opplevdes som litt kjedelig

Still can’t my head around Jimi. I keep waiting for a chorus and even the semblance of a proper song but they never come. This made more sense than his earlier stuff.

Not Jimi’s best, rambles around a bit.

Classic rock is okay, not my vibe. Very experimental for it's time I feel.

I am shocked that I'm saying this... Felt a little clunky. It's been decades since I listened to this straight through. Yes it has multiple stone cold classics, but also a lot of fill. My idea for what this was vs what it actually is it's the reason it's 3 stars.

Man, this guy can really play guitar.

Masterful electric guitar, my enjoyment of which was limited by my general ambivalence toward long guitar riffs. This is something that deserves a couple more listens though...

General Thoughts: - HAAAAAVE YOU EEEEEVER BEEEEEN - I know a few tracks off this (Watchtower, Slight Return, Have You Ever Been, Chile) but I’ve listened to their other two albums way more, I worshipped Axis in my younger years. - Voodoo Child Slight Return is the first song I learned to play when I got my wah pedal forever ago. - I’m looking forward to some fun songs by the man himself. Some shreddy fuzzy psychy shit ya know. Maybe ill hear something new idk, trying to stay open to his music despite his legendary status (which would typically make me more critical) - Read on the album bio it was a hedonsitic production process, and that this album has hints of afrofuturism, which was coming around at that time. Kind of an interesting perspective. - seems like an album you throw on because its what you have not bc you picked it. bloated fs, you could've cut the run time in half. - If you're on apple music, bonus footage is worth watching. They isolate some tracks and show you what was going on. Track by Track: - And The Gods Made Love: I like a noisy intro, getting me set up well. interesting sounds pursued here - Have You Ever Been: such a fucking chiller of a song. sing this to myself once in a while. Delivery kinda reminds me of Bootsy Collins here. Nice contrast to the intro - Crosstown Traffic: reads as typical JHE fare here. I could listen to this in a dive bar, upbeat and rocking. Fun Fact: The guitar player for Traffic (Dave Mason) does background vox, of 'dear mr fantasy' fame. - Voodoo Chile: Seeing a theme in this one where he sings and plays the notes George Benson style. Fan of that. Holy shit this is an extended jam I did not expect. nice way to break up the quicker tracks. Nice reminder of what he does best, soulfully shred all over the place. LOOOVE the clapping I think its so funny, you know the engineer was pissed about that. LET THE BOYS PLAY! - Little Miss Strange: Love the guitar harmonies, very Blue Sky coded. Seems like theyre trying to do some laurel canyon ts w the vox performances. Kind of a weird production switch at the end, im imaging they wanted a diff take and this was the only solid one they got. Production loses some points there. - Long Hot Summer Night: pocket. Rescue! Rescue! - Come On (Let the Good Times Roll): Cover alert (?). band is very tight and you can tell theyve played this a ton. - Gypsy Eyes: Hate that oscillating at the beginning, thought it was the drums at first. Weird phase thing going on with the vox, which im sure is intentional but im not a fan. Appreciate the tricks tried here but i can do without it. - Burning Of The Midnight Lamp: uhhhhhhh, the organ sounds kinda cool i just dont rly know what were trying to do here. - Rainy Day, Dream Away: I guess so, very loose. it sounds like hes trying to figure guitar parts as they go along. key change dont do it for me. - 1983: I kind of like the push and pull of the jam, you have to be patient with it. lot of taste in here. like the dolphin sounds at the end - Moon, Turn The Tides: alright then, nice transition but dont know why it had to be its own track. - Still Raining: i didnt need this to come back tbh. expansion on a 13 minute idea isnt needed here imho. - House Burning Down: Im just waiting to ge tot Watchtower at this point. - Watchtower: makes me think of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for some reason. no denying this one. come and dig my earth. - Voodoo Child Slight Return: still iconic fortunately, I have always loved his tone here.

Surprised by the variety of styles in this album. Rock, blues, swing ish, psych. Didn’t notice a theme which I both appreciate and made it an odd listening experience. Overall a fan

Personally I think Hendrix is overrated, but the album is historically important.

an obvious classic, I heard most of these songs when I was very young and liked them quite a lot, although I haven't found much reason to revisit them as I've been more focused on discovering new sounds since then. I like the extended version of Voodoo Chile and Crosstown Traffic brings back memories. I wouldn't call anything here dated, but at the same time it's very much of its time, particularly the lyrics and vocal style.

I haven't done enough drugs to appreciate Jimi Hendrix at a macro level, but I do enjoy individual songs. Obviously "All Along the Watchtower" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" are incredible. Other songs suffer from a lack of focus and sort of endless droning on. However, there's no denying Hendrix's talent and the cultural significance of this album.

Feels quite like a jam session in the studio than an album. Love All Along The Watchtower

Pretty good

Did this need to be a double LP?

I might a too soft on this one. I feel like it's a two but might be giving it a three because of Jimi's guitar work. The album itself isn't that good, I think the songs are scattered throughout the album and two songs are way to long and lost my attention.

A few I recognize. A couple classics. Not crazy about the overall album.

Jimi Hendrixin kitarataiturointia, sen tyylin kyllä tunnistaa. Tää on vähän sellaista fiilistely musiikkia. Parhaat: All Along the Watchtower, Voodoo Child

Some absolutely incredible songs mixed with some really bad songs.

I know it's heresy, but I'm always inclined against a musician that's considered untouchable by boomers. The album is too long and too weak in spots to be anything other than good. Jimi was an innovative guitar player, for sure, that's undeniable. Whether he actually wrote good songs is more debatable.

3.5

Virtuosity and some great tunes but a bit too self indulgent.

Wonderful album.

Obviously a classic but had started getting a little too bluesy for mine.

Too cool for school

Decent

Really liked All along the Watchtower and Voodoo Chile but overall I didn't find it interesting, and I didn't feel emotionally involved. I also, strangely perhaps, thought that some of these songs sounded like others of his. I also do not think he is the greatest guitarist of all time (soz Rolling Stone mag)

Well, right off the bat I had to double check to make sure I was indeed listening to Hendrix and not some devil worship metal album. Then it leveled out. Ahhhh And now “Little Miss Strwnge” sounds like the Beatles. And look, I’m in an irritable mood and I’m not going to correct any grammar or spelling mistakes that the autocorrect doesn’t pick up. I cannae be arsed as they say on Geordie Shore. I have to say, I wasn’t in to this album like I assumed I would have been. It seems more spliced together than a concerted effort to put out a best album of all time. The guitar parts are great, 100% it’s just everything else that isn’t a known song of his by this point just falls flat.

Solid but feels uncohesive, the various production sounds and lengths give it more of an album of jams and demos than an outright put-together album with a central theme. Some incredible blues rock jams and some straight-forward psych rock dirty guitar, it just isn't enough for me to come back to this experience again, I'd rather listen to an earlier album.

I spent some time hanging my bohemian tapestry on some barbiturates while listening to this album. Got so zonked out that it ended up taking me an hour and fifteen minutes just to get it done. Who's this Steve Winwood fella? He seems to have his shit together and I hope to see what he can do in the future. If you like 13 minute songs about becoming a fish, then this is the album for you!

Guitar at its best.

Jimi is a freak on guitar, but the rambling of some of these songs drones on too long. On a greatest hits compilation, Crosstown Traffic, All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child are some of the best, but theres about 20 minutes that could be cut out of this.

Саме цей альбом Хендрікса щось мені зовсім ніяк. Кавер на Ділана звісно гарний, але чесно кажучи більшу частину альбому мені слухати було просто нереально скучно: "джіпсі ууу бейбі джипсі" -> *10 годин пентатоніки*

Classic

While I’m not surprised that this is still on the list given the hype and myth surrounding Hendrix and his unique and very accomplished playing, I find it hard to justify its continued presence in these sorts of lists. Is it a perfect record? No. Who starts a record with a 2min drone with warped unintelligible vocals? It’s all over the map both lyrically and genre - pop, funk, blues and psychedelic rock but the true gems stand out. And maybe that was the point. Some of the best tracks come after some rather bland songs. A great example is the amazing “Crosstown Traffic” which follows the rather dull, lyrically uninspired and derivative “Have you ever been to Electric Lady Land”. It’s truly a mixed bag until the last two tracks which are genius in both sound and spirit: All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Chile (Return). In my mind Hendrix took an hour of basically noodling to achieve the sound that we recognize as deserving of fame. With Crosstown Traffic, Voodoo Chile and perhaps, Come On (Let the Good Times Roll) this would have been a tight record that you could play all the way through without the snooze in the middle.

Not Jimi's finest album, it feels a bit of a mix up of all sorts. Obviously the highs are incredible but it's not a coherent overall sound.

A few long winded jams but a few tracks that hit hard. All around positive. 3/5

Ooh this one is a bit out there. A few songs I really tuned into but the rest kind of melded into one for me.

Weird psych. Outside of the solid singles, nothing blew me away. It’s cool to see Jimi go way out there for album #3

Jimi elevates the traditional blues tracks; the originals reek of 60s psychedelic pop both good and bad. 3 stars

Really liked crosstown traffic and all along the watchtower but the other songs were a tad too informal for me honestly. Good vibe overall but would like more complete songs. Specific rating - 3.5 Fav song- crosstown traffic Least fav- 1983 (a merman I should turn to be)

Not too bad, but does overstay it's welcome a bit. Standout track: All Along The Watchtower

Alright nothing too special for me

A couple of good songs but I'm just not a fan. 3/5

For langt. Like førstealbumet bedre. Ellers greit

Man kan inte bortse från Hendrix enorma betydelse för gitarrrocken, hårdrocken, men också jazzen (Bitches brew), som skulle komma. Jag har aldrig tidigare lyssnat på hela skivan. Den var säkert experimentellt, nydanande, sinnesvidgande i sin tid. Och ur det perspektivet är den också intressant att lyssna på i dag. Tycker jag den är bra? Ja, en del låtar absolut. Kommer jag lyssna på hela skivan igen? Kanske inte. Skulle jag bry mig om den om den släpptes i dag? Tveksamt.

Det här var nog det mest svårbedömda albumet hittills. Öppningsspåret får en nästan tro att det är en Curtis Mayfield-platta. Visst blues-rocken finns där i grunden hela tiden men det spretar åt många håll, inte helt lätt att få ett helhetsgrepp. Tror att plattan mått bra av att kortats ned till en enkel-LP. Får bli en trea. Kunde varit högre, kunde varit lägre.

Pleasant and easy to vibe to! Very experimental too, not your classic 60s album. Jimi is hot

Loved the last two song and Gypsy eyes was fun but I didn’t connect with this the way I wanted to. Just felt very unfocused and jammy. Maybe I will like the other Jimi albums more but not huge on this

I had not listened to the album before, and I was a bit disappointed. There are some really good pieces, which already new, but also allot of fillers. "Rainy Day, Dream Away" was a nice surprise. 6/10

The instrumental parts on Voodoo Chile are good, as are parts of other songs. Otherwise it sounds like what I expect from Jimi Hendrix. Good stuff.

3.5 stars.

3.5. Not a big Jimi Hendrix fan.

rhcp vibes

Great blues record, if a bit patchy. Some really good blues and early rock songs but also some fillers that would have been good played live but don't come across well on record

It's cool but it never really grabs me. That's how I have felt about most Hendrix I have heard.

Decently groovy. I think that guy Hendrix just might know how to play the guitar... "All along the watchtower" is great! 3,5/5

Idk. It was rough at the begining. Lots of meandering, but then it got interesting! He has a really cool style, but then as the album went on, he went back to meandering. I feel like if he solidified songs more, they would have been better. I mean one is literally 15 minutes long.

good

Outside of the hits the only song I care about is the 15 minute acid jam about mermaids.

I was expecting this to blow my mind, but honestly, it didn't leave much of an impact. My main thing is -- I've always heard people unequivocally say that Jimi Hendrix was probably the best guitarist to ever live. But then, his solos on this album are just...fine? Sort of forgettable, not very emotional, all kind of the same? I'm not doubting his musicianship, I guess I just don't get the hype. It's a pretty normal psychedelic rock album, which is neat, but not the best thing since sliced bread. Lastly: why is Watchtower the most famous song here? It seems like a fine radio hit, nothing miraculous. Maybe this is a hot take, but I don't even think it's in the top three songs of this album. Fave songs: - Voodoo Chile - Long Hot Summer Night - Gypsy Eyes - All Along the Watchtower - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)

Great guitar playing, but a lot of very weak songs. Some absolutely iconic cuts though

Some awesome songs, obviously, but kind of a mess of an album overall.

no one can make a guitar sing like jimi! i do think this album did lose me at times, but there are some great songs on it

The only previous time I’ve listened to Electric Ladyland was years ago when my dad played it in the car, presumably for the first time in a while. I don’t remember the music but I do remember that when it finished he said something like: ‘I’d forgotten how much rubbish there is on this, until the last two tracks’. Evaluating it properly for myself now, my first reaction was ‘whoa, that’s a bit harsh on Crosstown Traffic, Dad!’ But aside those three classics, maybe he had a point. There's some nice stuff, some indifferent stuff, and some downright self-indulgent stuff. 3 / 3.5

high 3, could’ve been better if the songs weren’t 18 minutes

heard before, didn't blow me away 3/5

Mijn favoriet: Crosstown Traffic Ik vind het gebruik van panning bij een aantal liedjes leuk om te horen, dat hoor je tegenwoordig niet zo vaak meer. En toen kwam opeens Voodoo Chile, een nummer van 14 minuten. Er waren bepaalde noten in het liedje die opeens schel klonken. Cover van Bob Dylan was interessant.

One of those "I appreciate it in theory but it doesn't really resonate with me" albums. But it's not Hendrix's fault that he's been overplayed to the point that it's hard to listen to his stuff with fresh ears.

Very fun, but I still only really like his hits

Like his ‘Are you experienced?’ Album better.

All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child truly save this album

This was a pleasant surprise as I had only heard Purple Haze before & didn’t like it. I was expecting an album of Voodoo Chiles but surprised to find it wasn’t that!

Jim

Good vibes but why the fuck are the songs so long at some points

The album is a scattered mess, so much so that their produced quit halfway through recording. And that's what makes this album a good one!

some good stuff. could do without the long songs

Good

Great guitar of course Trouble with the tinnyness

Some classics on here but album ruined by self indulgent no sense

sigurno revolucionaran kad je izasao al meni malo dosadan

Repeat listen

This holds up. It sounds like the future but also like 1968. The best thing is that while Jimi is a skilled guitarist, the songs don't feel in service of the guitar. Rather, the guitar is there because it needs to be.

Much like Star Wars, it’s just not for me.

1983 riff amazing overall decent vocals and album

неплох

Some classic hits. Solid guitar playing, and funky beats, but gets a little too much jam / guitar solo

Great hits, but too much filler

I was not a huge fan of the lyrics in these songs. I found them a little distasteful. I'm also not much for the meaning in the songs. His vocals were fantastic and the instrumentals had a clear blues influence that I liked. This album was just not for me.

Excellent guitar and overall sound. Some of the music isn't perfectly sold on me, but it still sounds great.

Hmm ikke egentlig min greie, hørte halvveis gjennom. All along the watchtower er jo en klassiker, men resten blir litt for jammete for meg.

Potentially hasty rating but I found this very long

By the time I got to 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be) I was not ready for another 13 minute track. It hurts to give Jimi three stars, but the albums drags as a whole.

Not fully my thing, but moments of transcendence. Probably a few songs too many; drags a bit in the later half. The closeout of All along the Watchtower into Voodoo Chile is crazy good.

Ich mag seine Stimme wirklich sehr, ich weiß gar nicht wieso. Der Rest hat mich noch nicht ganz überzeugt, vielleicht klappt es, wenn man es öfter gehört hat.

This was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I think it’s cool that he waited an hour and twenty minutes to play the good songs.

Buen inicio Parte aburrida (medio) Muchas canciones de relleno

Alright, so: some bangers, but I feel i didn't quite listen to it as it deserves. Need a relisten.

I honestly think the legend of Jimi and the fact that he does have some absolute classics has kind of overtaken the fact that a lot of the stuff on here is self indulgent and aimless. That may be sacrilege to some but there it is

Psychedelic music isn't usually my thing but I enjoyed a few of the more out there songs on this album. The guitar was good, but that's to be expected. All Along the Watch Tower is an all time great

A bluesy Jimi. Not bad. Pretty psychedelic, which makes sense for the period. While there are some big highlights on here, its mostly uninteresting to me.

mid

Not my favorite of his albums, but Watchtower is one of the best songs ever recorded.

6/10

i will never fully get jimi. im sure this sounded mind blowing in the 60s but i dunno about today and i can’t quite put myself in that mindset. best song is a bob dylan song so

Sounds Pink Floyd-ish

A little too long. Great blues tracks, but meandered a lot as others have said.

talvez não o melhor dele? longo e se perde as vezes. mas preciso ouvir de novo

3.5

My first time listening to a Hendrix album as I’m not really a big fan. I respect his talent and the way he uses the guitar, very creative. However, a lot of it is just noise and no real melody. As a double album this was bloated but some highlights thrown in. Burning of The Midnight Lamp’ was a highlight but the rest just merge into one.

Decent but he’s done better.

Groovy, rhythmic. Long af with some impressive guitar riffs. Zoned out after a while and everything started to sound similar.

Weird, elektrisch, weinig vocale, veel solos

It was weird. It was weird to hear that song near the beginning, about the girl or the lady. Not Ladyland and not Voodoo Chile. Little Miss Strange! It sounds like a Beatles song. And Jimi's bandmates were British. Did some learning here. I like how it's 75min long! Not many people doing that back then.

Everyone always hypes up Jimi Hendrix as this most amazing guitar player of all time but honestly it felt like this was just a lot of noodling (I fully acknowledge tho I am not a guitar player so maybe it’s just lost on me) I like the psychedelic elements but I dunno, wouldn’t be my first choice to introduce someone to Hendrix. Couple of bangers tho, and it was a quick hour 15. The songs blend so seamlessly that I didn’t even realize I was halfway through a second listen through

feels like background music.

I somehow inherited this album - I think my brother left it behind back in the 70s - it was a nice nostalgic re-listen 3/5 #musicsky #albumsky

You can't make a movie about the Vietnam War without a scene shot from a helicopter while "Fortunate Son" by CCR or "All Along The Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix is playing. While I appreciate the genius of Hendrix, this is the second album I've gotten by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and that's about enough hippie-dippie poetry rock for my lifetime.

Not my favourite Hendrix album, but it's still good.

Ordentliche Sounds ohne spektakuläre Songs. Nett zu hören.

I would have loved this if it was like 30 or so minutes. The hour plus run time made the middle of this really drag. However - there’s some good tracks on this.

Never listen to the albums your favourite songs come from. It was listenable but not of my own taste

Great listen on a Friday afternoon, finishing up for the weekend.

Being historically important can only get you so far, kid. (but slightly better) ⭐⭐⭐1/2

I'm familiar with this one having owned the double album for more than 40 years. Not his best but still good.

Somehow never struck me that the "Slight Return" part of Voodo Child was quite literal. It's the better much song in any case. It's sad to slowly but surely find out that one loves Jimi Hendrix for certain songs rather than entire albums… Though this is one of those rare cases where the album gets better and better as it goes on; with the exception of Crosstown Traffic, all the highlights are in the second half, with All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child notably closing the album.

A bit long and meandering, but a great groove.

3.5. A few great songs, a bit of filler.

Not a no skip album.

Voodoo Chile has some really great moments, but it gets away from itself and is far too long. The fuzzy guitar and psychedelic licks with the Beatles-esque vocals and lyrics on Little Miss Strange was a great palate cleanser. Almost Bowie-esque vocals on the 1983. All Along the Watchtower is a 10/10 song.

Some very long songs but overall a pretty solid listen. A bit different to what I'd normally go for but that was nice

Groovy, bluesy, psychedelic, and a bit meandering.

To much noodling, but one of the best cover songs in the history of music, Voodoo Child and Crosstown Traffic is worth a star on its own.

This one is fun. It never hooked me in, but it was enjoyable all the way through.

un 3...

7/10

Mid