Electric Ladyland

3.25

ok. i didnt really enjoy it that much

I knew this was my least favorite of Jimis 3 studio albums but I actually could barely stand this one. Just so much noodling. Never been a fan of All Along the Watchtower either.

I obviously have a lot of respect for Hendrix but I've never been a fan of his music. A lot of people consider Electric Ladyland to be his masterpiece and while I will certainly ackowledge that it's an ambitious album, it does get tiring after a while. It's still mostly blues rock with a production and effects that hints at psychedelia, but I don't find the mix to be particularly successful to be honest.

Listened to this sorta passively while driving to and from target with lillie today so take my review lightly I know this was like absolutely Groundbreaking shit when this came out but now it's just sorta sounds like what allpeople have been trying to sound like on guitar for the last 60 years. But still really good

Long, but mostly unique styled classic sound

I know and understand the cultural impact that Jimi Hendrix had on rock and guitar, but I've never had the chance to actually listen to him. It amazes me that this album came out in 1968, it just feels so far ahead of its time. However, it isn't really my shtick, I think. It feels a little sloppy a lot of the time, like the drums, bass, vocals and guitar are all playing different time signatures. It might be some of the blues or jazz influence there, where I am looking for a tighter form of rock. I'm not the biggest fan of Jimi's voice, it's not bad, just again not my thing, I think. Jimi's tone and playing on the guitar is spectacular though, and the recording is fairly high quality with nice dynamic range and soundstage width. All around, would listen to again.

Great to listen to in the background, with the already famous songs the standouts

Crosstown Traffic and All Along the Watchtower are Alfa. 2 dumb ambient type songs, two 13+ minute songs that should be 4 minutes long. Ez 4 if it was 40 minutes long. Size matters.

Half God tier tracks, half random jam sessions.

Props to Jimi for giving us the most perfect version of Bob Dylan’s All Along The Watchtower. And for shredding the absolute fuck out of his guitar in the most radical way. He’s just not my rock deity of choice. He’s a cool cat, I dig his sound, but I never seek it out.

My least favourite of the Jimi Hendrix albums in the book. It’s too long, unfocused and there’s lots of needless guitar wanking. Side D saves the day though, with ‘Still Raining, Still Dreaming’, ‘House Burning Down’, ‘All Along the Watchtower’ and ‘Voodoo Child (Slight Return)’ among the strongest cuts on the album. Meanwhile you could remove ‘Voodoo Chile’ (which is essentially ‘Voodoo Child (Slight Return)’ just longer and more boring) and ‘1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)’ and you would lose nothing from the album. A frustrating listen then.

Liked

cool guitar and drums👍

👍

The drums and the guitar was really really great. It was cool 👍 7/10

It sticks in your throat like an uncircumcised cock covered in glitter. A real romp that made me gag and throw up all over Fernando's new slippers. He's not speaking to me now. What a sour puss. He'll come round when he wants his bellend to be chewed on this evening. Just you wait.

good vibes but few songs really made an impact. the ones i liked the most i knew going into it. all along the watchtower, though a cover, is seriously one of the greatest songs from this era. favorites: all along the watchtower, crosstown traffic

Still lots of good here, but maybe felt a little more stretched out and a little less cohesive than his other couple albums we’ve had so far. The runtime probably pushed that envelope a bit, though there are some classics that remain a treat to listen to. Three and a half. Fave track: Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

Jimi you're a good singer buddy, sing a little bit more. The 14 minute songs were brutal, but his 4 minute ones at the tail end were redeeming.

Lang album hoor. Niet alles hierop is essentieel - ik heb eigenlijk nooit zin in kwartier-lange jams, bijvoorbeeld. Dusse, beetje inconsistent, maar de laatste paar nummertjes zijn wel erg lekker.

Can sound dated to me. Naive

This starts cool and then it sounds repetitive to me.

In its sort I guess more than brilliant

Not my favorite, but still enjoyable

2nd listen. I just don’t really like Jimi Hendrix’s music. It sounds kind of droning and there are a lot of instrumentals.

It was fine. Good guitar playing 3/5

Guitar and singing with some drums and bass

Highlights: "Crosstown Traffic," "Electric Ladyland," "All Along The Watchtower," "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" Probably not much development from the '67 albums to this. You know: dom7#9! Wah-wah! A sexy wizard gave me a moon crystal that gives me psychic love power! Lots of interminable saggy spots here over 75 minutes. However, with how much play his bluesier stuff gets, it's good to hear so many melodic psych hooks in that same great univibe strat tone. It's easy to imagine Hendrix becoming a glam guy if he'd made it through the '70s. Didn't realize how much effective use of unison there would be here, and the bass was really dynamic for some of the openers. Trim this down to half its size and you have a perfect album.

Some really good songs on here, but man did this album not need to be 75 minutes long

bien qsy. 7/10

Some great Hendrix hits, but holy wow is this a long album.

Great but becomes more overly self-indulgent as time passes.

3/5 Ugh. This was a hard one to review. I liked some of the full on rock and roll, but it dragged on and on. And one song, "Voodoo Chile," was a little rapey. I really want to like Jimi Hendrix and be a cool kid, but I'm not won over yet...

I really enjoyed the previous Hendrix album this challenge dropped and although there were more recognisable hits here, it was too long and convoluted for me. Don't get me wrong, he's an amazing guitarist and everything, but there was waaaay too much fat needing trimming on this bloated opus. I hope that the inevitable next Jimi Hendrix album is more like the previous one.

I don't think all the songs are hits, only a couple I really enjoy, but Jimi is a guitar freak. It's worth a listen at least once. I just think I like the man and talent more than the music. (Last 2 songs bang, though.)

Much like the recent Tom Waits album I feel this would be more enjoyable in a certain state of mind. That said I did enjoy it. Crosstown Traffic and 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be) were favourites and All Along The Watchtown is such a standout track.

He has brilliant moments but I’m not going to pretend everything he touched was gold. Too long. Would’ve been an incredible experience back in the day.

why is this so long? still great though. everything jimi touches is gold. sometimes can be a dredge but overall is varied enough and the performance is truly electric so it's ok. best tracks: all along the watchtower, voodoo child, crosstown traffic

Other than the hits, nothing grabbed me as much as I thought. Needs a repeat listen deffo. Sticking with a 3 but I do think it could be slightly unfair as it was broken up in how I listened

En handfull klassiker! Sen har jag lite svårt för skräniga gitarrer.

Absolutely rippin’ an’ lickin’ an’ riffin’ as always Sot Have You Ever Been Crosstown Traffic Voodoo Chile Gypsy eyes All along the watchtower Voodoo child 3/5

Wasn't feeling it

Good album not in my musical tastes

Decent not my fav jimi album

Guitar man does guitar stuff

Jimi shreds. An album with as many hits as misses. His tragedy, resulting in too little music from a genius, means that we all hold up what little we do have as precious. I hate to bag on this because it's freaking Jimi Hendrix but honestly if he had lived another 50 years this album would be completely forgotten.

Very very ehhhhh

Cool

loef

This album has a few absolutely amazing songs on it, but I'd need to be wayyyyyy stoned to want to listen to the whole thing front to back again.

guitarrita

Talented

Seems like an Album that you had to be there

Jimi Hendrix is a very amazingly talented guitarist and for what it's worth the jams are legendary but sitting through 75 minutes of it is a little too much for me for me to call an experience I could thoroughly enjoy. 7/10

I like Jimi Hendrix, but I have a hard time with this album because it is so long and meandering.

Good vibes and great classic rock album

1. ?? 2. Started confused and scared. Switched to a normal groovy beat. its chilling. I WANNA SHOW YOU. 6 3. Oh. This shit hard. oOooOO. 7 4. is chill. the voice is crazy, specially for being old as fuck. drums are megestic wit the voice bruv. THis shit hard HOLY SHIT ITS LOST ASF yo this shit is not ver bruh. Taking the rating down by alot. Its a great song tho. it is over. 6????????? 5.chill 6 6.also chill 6 7. Guitar solo is insane. It sarts siunding the same but to be fair i am not paying attention to each song as much. 7 8. its very nice. 7 9. wuopwuopwuopwuopopopopossoososoooooooOOooooooOOOoZOzoo. quality seams to start going down lowk a little eerie. i dont know what it is. 7 10. chillinh chillin. 6 11. oooooo i like it. 8 omfg nvm this one is long asf too 6 12.????????? ocean bird siren?? 13. lolke the tohers,6 14. dow. dwodwjdnawnd 7 15.This song is most played by far but honestly i dont see why. Its good tho. 16. is cooling?? Man ngl im a little less excited with the album now. Lowk feels like everything was repetitive. Maybe i should evaluated each song more. 6.

Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience before Jimi Hendrix's death two years later in 1970. This commercially successful psychedelic rock double album confused critics at release, but has since been viewed as Hendrix's best work. It reached number one on the Billboard 200 Top Albums chart just six weeks after release - Hendrix's only album to do so - and remained there for two weeks. The popular single - a cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" - is a masterpiece and sold well in its own right. This album is a classic in both the rock and psychedelic genres, and can be argued as the most important album of rock music. I thoroughly enjoyed this amazing album, but it was bittersweet knowing that Jimi Hendrix would leave this physical plane so quickly after its release - robbing the world of successive incredible rock albums. RIP Jimi Hendrix - a rock & roll guitar god.

Did not like the live nature, even though I usually do. Long version of some songs was ok. Audio quality was compromised due to the nature of the recording.

Un poco rollo. No me ha llamado la atención.

It's alright

Probably was more groundbreaking at the time. It's fine

I can dig it

Not going to lie, Hendrix is the kind of guitarist who discloses his best tricks very early on and so once you’ve heard it once you don’t have to hear it too many more times. I also take umbrage at the psychedelic label attached to his music - trippy delta blues this may be, but 13th Floor Elevators it ain’t. That being said there’s a lot to like about this album. Leaving aside the monstrous ending, there are some great jams here (“Crosstown Traffic” and “Little Miss Strange”) and they actually tend to be songs where Hendrix’s noodling take a back seat. There is a great deal of unfocused meandering licks on this record, but he always pulls it back. The album length is often derided for precisely this reason, but there are occasional long tracks which justify their presence on the record - the sprawling 1983 is my favourite track on the album, which definitely gives space for Hendrix’s more experimental (and, dare I say, properly psychedelic) tendencies. On the whole, a great record.

Raw and passionate. A few new songs and a couple of classics. Explains well what is awesome from Jimy Hendrix.

First track was strange. Why is the first track on an album almost always filler? Crosstown Traffic is an absolute banger. It’s weird that I’ve never actually listened to a Hendrix album.

Kiistatta yksi historian kovimmista kepittäjistä, mutta omaan makuun turhankin paljon kikkailua. Kuuntelin levyn kolmessa osassa ja en tiedä oliko se hyvä vai huono juttu.

So much raw talent for a debit albulm. Sounds like the beginning of what is to come. Voodoo Child is my favorite.

Classic. Solid guitar skills. Perfect at 4 am.

Solid.

Yeah I know it’s special guitar playing, but just doesn’t do much for me.

Fav songs: - 1983... (A Mermaid I Should Turn To Be) - All Along The Watchtower

A harsh 3/5. I like jimi's blues and rock but can never get the psychedelic stuff

Favorite songs were Crosstown Traffic and House Burning down. Voodoo Chile was too long and too bluesy for me. Nothing else really stood out. Some of the instrumentals were pretty cool, especially the guitar. But then, it's Jimi Hendrix.

No Jimi on Youtube music.....

Cross Town Traffic, All Along the Watchtower, and Voodoo Child (Slight Return) are rightly classics, and there is a lot of other stuff I really liked on here. However, it is very sprawling and the moments of genius get lost amongst the rest of the atmospheric and varied album. Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Date listened: 31/05/22

Crosstown traffic is a highlight for me.

Can't help but wonder what would have come next. I'm more familiar with the earlier two albums, this is the first time I listened to Electric Ladyland all the way through. As others observed, it does meander and lack focus, but still a great listen.

I love Hendrix and his impact on rock and roll, but some of his tracks on this album are a bit too artsy and out there for me.

It's kinda crazy that there are only two songs on this entire thing that I really 'like', in that I really respond to and I can't help but get into - Crosstown Traffic and Watchtower. And yet every track on here grabs me.

After loving the other 2 Hendrix albums this is a bit more as I associate with him - glimpses of brillance but overlong guitar solos and "trippyness" to the detriment of the overall music. still enjoyable 3.4

I can see how I should like this more but I think its one of those time and place albums. Maybe if I was a bit older (or around) in those days and had an older bother constantly playing it, forcing it into my brain then it would get a 5. But I struggle to listen to full album now. So its a 3 for me.

I really liked how the album started, but the rest I was pretty neutral on.

I enjoyed this very much, but like so many jam band albums I know, the songs lacked a distinctiveness that’s needed in my mind for a 4 or 5 star album. There are exceptions of course (Voodoo Chile, for instance, and I was captured by 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)).

I really enjoy Hendrix, but this album meandered around too much for me. Some great riffs and jams but didn't feel cohesive enough for a better score.

Thing about geniuses like Jimi Hendrix who thrive on improvisation… sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and sometimes it just sounds like noodling. There’s a lot of this that could have used a better plan, tighter writing, or maybe a few more takes or something. But man, when it works it’s so damn good. Voodoo Child, Voodoo Chile, and 1983 could be an album on their own, almost. And then it would be a really tight, great one!

There are some classic songs on this album for sure but overall I got a little restless listening to it straight through. (There are a few filler songs and two jams longer than 13 minutes!) I can’t help but feel the album could have packed a bigger punch with some editing. But I’ll confess I gave this a close listen on a plane and maybe I didn’t do it justice. I’ll try listening to it more. The bluesy numbers would probably benefit from being played loud in the house where they can stretch out some more. This feels more like speakers music than headphones music. Even the less than great songs have killer guitar shredding on them though. The band’s brand of hard blues still sounds awesome today. Jimi Hendrix was a hell of a performer and considering this was his last album, maybe it’s no so bad to have more than you need here. 🙌🎸

Pretty boring. The hits are great, but most of it is self indulgent. He was an interpreter, a showman, and a guitar genius. But he needed to be in a band with some decent songwriters.

This album has some great moments. Crosstown Traffic, for instance, is not only the best thing Hendrix recorded, but one of the best tracks EVER recorded. And there are some interesting sounds and techniques on here, notwithstanding Hendrix’s playing itself. But this doesn’t really hang together as an album, and there is too much extend jamming in places for my taste. There are too many different styles and the production doesn’t pull the tr=hreads together well enough. Hit and miss, and would have made a much better, selectively-edited, single album.

Puedo ver la voladura de cabezas que produjo este disco, pero por mucho que me gusten las guitarras y la distorsión, lo mejor sigue siendo Voodoo Child y el cover de Bob Dylan

Tricky one. Some absolutely great tunes but not one to listen to too often. Long. Some tunes just rambled, as they do.

Searing guitar, but a bit of a ramble. Deserves it's place in the 1001.

I'm not going to say anything about Jimi that hasn't already been said. Dude can shred, and some people will enjoy it and others will only hear noise. I'm somewhere in between. I can appreciate the skills necessary to create this sound, but at the same time, it's a bit heavy on the ears. Found myself glad when the 1:15 of album was over.

Thing about geniuses like Jimi Hendrix who thrive on improvisation… sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and sometimes it just sounds like noodling. There’s a lot of this that could have used a better plan, tighter writing, or maybe a few more takes or something. But man, when it works it’s so damn good. Voodoo Child, Voodoo Chile, and 1983 could be an album on their own, almost. And then it would be a really tight, great one!

Disappointing.

A mixed bag. All the classics are great, naturally. A couple of other good tracks, but I just get bored when he goes all psychedelic and weird. Stick to blues Jimi.

Aaargh! Surely this was a no brainer 5 star album. But listening to it it's so uneven. Some tracks are legendary, some borderline unlistenable, many just a bit flat. I'm disapointed Mr Hendrix.

Is it possible to be good to a fault at playing the guitar?

* Decent, Classic Hendrix. Could do with remastering.

He's a great guitarist but I never got into any of his songs. Thought it might have been an age thing but nah, still don't really get all the love for Hendrix. Call me a heretic.

19/01/2022

Wasn't sure what to expect aside from All Along The Watchtower. I was pleasantly surprised to hear all the soul/R&B influence, but then the 10 minute guitar solos came in and wiped the goodwill that generated

Disappointing

По началу было интересно. После - нет.

My first Hendrix or any kind of 70’s(?)rock like this. I added all of these songs to my playlist because I enjoyed them all but I can see me never coming back to this album.

3/5

Didn't like it as much as "Are you Experienced?". This is a little more bluesy less rock. I probably wouldn't have even given it a 3 if it wasn't for the brilliance of his version of All Along the Watchtower

Its Jimi. I have not listened to an album of his from beginning to end, only greatest hits. While i cant say anything new stood out, it was consistant and didnt need to skip around. solid 3

Honestly, I much prefer "Are You Experienced" over this album. It's a bit too bluesy for my taste, however the stand-out tracks are essential listens. This album did not resonate with me as much I was hoping/expecting. Good record, but ultimately disappointing given how much I enjoyed his debut.

Honestly not terribly impressed by anything on here besides All Along The Watchtower

Seminal but too long

Solid guitar stuff, love crosstown traffic

3/5 good but I don't get Hendrix :(

So, I know Hendrix is amazing and influential, etc. But this music doesn't do much for me most of the time. IDK why....

average. not remotely impressed.

meh, typical jimmy

meh its ok

2021.11.09

I know it's blasphemus but I don't really enjoy this album. Not the kind of music that draws me in. I'm not a guitar player so many of the subtleties of Hendrix's talents are lost on me. All Along the Watchtower is great 3.5 stars

Fat moving and wildly inventive but oh my days the long version of Voodoo Chile drags like it's got concrete boots on.

Solid listen

The songs you've heard before are incredible. The deep cuts on this are pretty boring for a modern-day listener I'd say.

Meh ok

Enjoyed a few songs a LOT, but found it to be more raw than I prefer.

I'm not in love with Hendrix in general. the album as a whole is like a 2.5-3 but along the watchtower brings it up to 3.5

This is quite a mish-mash of blues, soul and psychedelic rock. It’s like Jimi’s "Exile on Main Street." Some of it would be hard to identify as Hendrix, although the crazy (and varied) guitar work running throughout the album would be a clue. I could see a guitar player going crazy over this. I remember Rolling Stone voting All Along the Watchtower as the best cover of all time. It’s 4-movement guitar solo that lasts only 1 minute has always been a favourite of mine. Cross-town Traffic and the Slight Return version of Voodoo Child are great too. I'm leaning towards a 4 but I gave his debut album a 4 and this one is less consistent.

Тоже самое что в прошлом его альбоме

It's been many years since I've listened to Hendrix. I really enjoy the rockier moments (like "Cross Town Traffic"), and I enjoy the blues elements as well as the far-out spacey stuff. However, most of the 60s poppy psychedelia moments show their age quite badly and the olde worlde mystical themes come off as a bit twee. The album also doesn't really hand together as a continuous listen and feels longer than the actual 75min runtime. I listened to the album three time before rating, because I want to enjoy and see what other people love. However, I find the many great moments are tarnished by the weak point. 3.5*

I think a bit like Disraeli Gears the good songs are overplayed and there is a lot of filler in between. Also marked down because it was quite hard to find and listen to.

Listening to Jimi Hendrix always makes me feel inferior because honestly I just don't get what all the buzz is about.

I liked. Would I listen again voluntarily? Prob not.

Jimmy Hendrix is not my style. I find it too psychedelic.

It's Jimi Hendrix but I really only liked a few songs out of them all.

Altri tempi! Devo dire che rispetto ad altri album del '68 questo sembra prodotto davvero a cazzo di cane. Canzoni tagliate di botto, batterie in controfase, fade out improbabili. Però ecco, questo, secondo me, è anche un suo punto di forza e l'espressione di una personalità unica. Forse perché a lui la qualità j'aveva già rotto il cazzo. Anche se non sono un suo fan, sono comunque affascinato dal suo modo di suonare e per me rimane un bel album. Certo, 16 tracce e una Voodoo Chile che non si sviluppa e non finisce mai, per me rimangono scelte discutibili.

// Favs: ...And The Gods Made Love / Voodoo Chile Score: Decent to Strong 3

One of the only worthwhile boomer-coom 3.9

DRINK MY WINE 🍷

Seemed alright, I mean we were playing gta at the time so I didn’t fully listen to a decent amount. I don’t think I’m usually a fan of really long guitar solos and I guess Hendrix is the king of that so it was never gonna do great for me. Generous 3 star cus it seemed funky (in a good way)

Mixed bag Better music than lyrics 'Come On' - good surprise Gods made love/Turn tides - just ambient noise

Lots of respect for Jimi but I don't know if I can listen to him solo for an hour straight... UPDATE: Couldn't do it, skipped right through to Watchtower and then turned it off lol

Must've been revolutionary when it came out, and I can see why. Very much enjoyed the guitars and overall musicality but I doubt I'd be dying to listen to this album again

In conclusione: Ho ascoltato la prima parte del disco probabilmente con uno stato d'animo non troppo compatibile e non l'ho apprezzato troppo, principalmente per l'impronta inevitabilmente chitarristica che sfancula un po' troppo nell'improvvisazione. C'è da dire che comunque Hendrix lo fa sempre con stile rispetto anche ai suoi contemporanei e comunque le sue improvvisazioni sono più musicali. La seconda parte del disco l'ho apprezzata di più, sarà pure perché c'ha più classici come Voodoo Child o All Along the Watchtower. In ogni caso è uno dei pochi dischi in cui i pezzi che ho apprezzato di più in effetti so anche i più popolari (giusto forse Gypsy Eyes m'è piaciuta e non penso sia particolarmente famosa). Nonostante questo l'ho trovato un album comunque molto sperimentale per l'epoca e Hendrix comunque lo apprezzo sempre alla fine.

awesome vibe. Crazy guitar skills

Look man, you can listen to Jimi but you can’t hear him. There’s a difference man. Just because you’re listening to him doesn’t mean you’re hearing him.

I love 'all along the watchtower' (Dylan prefers Hendrix's version than his own, I'm undecided) and it's obvious that Hendrix is a virtuoso but I still found it overall a little boring.

An iconic album but not my jam.

Production: 7/20 Songwriting: 8/20 Innovation: 13/20 Bangers: 15/20 Emotional response: 9/20 =52 meh

ccool

Obv great for what it is, but I don't think I'm ever going to be a Jimi Hendrix person

Kende alleen zijn 'hitjes', best aardig, maar helemaal geweldig ga ik 'm nooit vinden.

Ik vond het eigenlijk best wel een allegaartje dit album. Een paar echt fantastische nummers, maar ook veel enorm lang uitgetrokken nummers die niet echt op gang komen. Puur qua reputatie van Hendrix had ik een puntiger en krachtiger album verwacht.

Goede nummers afgewisseld met gruizige nummers.

6/10

Un poco rollo. No me ha llamado la atención.

Beautiful álbum, I liked most All along the Watchtower

Temas buenos, pero demasiado psicodélico.

Great guitar. Album was ok. I don't think Hendrix was a complete composer, so it felt very one-sided.

Some bangers, men tråkigt emellanåt

I like some of this okay and other of it not as well. I feel a little guilty about that because I’m sure some of it is just cultural. However, even though I don’t really like electric guitar that much, I can appreciate how impressive Hendrix’s guitar skills are.

Felt ad-libbed like freewheelin Bob Dylan

all along the voodoo chile

Crosstown (bus!)

Interesting. But at the risk of coming across as blasphemous, I really don't see much reason to listen again.

All Along The Watchtower and Vodo Child are all time classics for sure

Production: 7/20 Songwriting: 8/20 Innovation: 13/20 Bangers: 15/20 Emotional response: 9/20 =52 meh

Good listen. Though had to go with a live version as couldn't find it for free

I think the guitar work on this is pretty good, and I think Jimmy Hendrix is actually a good singer/performer to my tastes, but this is likely an artist I'd much rather see live than listen back to. Some classics on this album make this one of his better albums, for sure. 3.5 to 3.

Good album. Taking 3 songs away I’d definitely have on repeat.

A bit more plain noodling on here than I expected but still a classic in every way. I do think some tracks meander a bit, but the monoliths of "All Along the Watchtower" and "Voodoo Child" make this LP a must for any rock fan.

I was never the biggest Hendrix fan in general, and more so a fan of the bangers, but there are some great numbers on this.

I’ve never been a huge fan, but I do like some of these songs.

Glad I'm finally listening to Voodoo Chile, because it's a masterpiece. Not entirely my vibe but I can appreciate that it's incredible music. Honestly, I do get kind of sick of listening to all that guitar, it's impressive but a lot. 3 stars but my personal opinion factors in heavily.

i can understand why this man's a legend... those guitar riffs sound complicated. but not my cup of tea im sorry i may be too young and uncultured

Min begejstring for Jimi bliver i 67. Det her falder mere i hak med min indledningsvise forventning til hans musik. Langtrukken lir.

Good for background music, but I didn't find much to like in this album.

Not really my taste, like the 50s but the music meh.

4/10 Best song: All Along the Watchtower Demonstrably good guitar playing, but far too long and really not my thing. There's just too much self-masturbatory jazzy meandering for me. As the album progressed I got more and more sick of it. Sorry all: this is not a good album.

More bad than good, but the good is great

Ellie didn't like it either

Het lukt me maar niet dit mooi te vinden en te blijven luisteren. Het moet erg goed zijn, fantastisch zelfs, knap, en het zal ook wel heel kunstig zijn wat hij met de gitaar doet, maar het lijkt soms meer te gaan om “kijk eens hoe goed ik ben”. Dan om de muziek

Cool artwork. Certainly a progressive guitarplayer, but the albums weren't consistent enough for me to really like them.

It is not that I think this album is bad but I don't find it gripping and I will likely not return to it. I can see this really resonating with a lot of people. I believe it was influential but it is just isn't my jam 3/5

Not terrible, but definitely didn't resonate with me. The guitar went crazy though

Pas trop convaincu 2/5

All Along The Watchtower, absolute banger. As for the rest, if I was on drugs I’d probably like it. Gets a 2 cause it’s Jimi Hendrix

Bhai totally mid 3/5, all along the watch tower was good baki eh bleh

Wa ok

First listen awful. 2nd or 3rd I started to like it.

Wel aardig, Hendrix klikt nooit echt voor mij

Great tunes throughout, but horribly unfocused mess of an album

На этом альбоме Хендрикса я по крайней мере услышал какой-то ритм и композицию в отличие от предыдущих, где лишь запилы и терзания гитары.

boring

There are some bangers but then there are some other songs that feel mildly lost if that makes sense

Not for me

I normally don't really mind Jimi, but this album kind of blows. Just a real boring sound.

Classic tracks throughout and undoubtedly influential as hell. But the filler on this album is of its time and has aged badly. I love you hendrix but the drugs were better back then and I'm not feeling the middle of this album. In reality it's a 7/10 but for the purpose of must listen albums, it has to rank low

Besides the last two songs on the album. It felt like a long jam session.

Too much electric, not enough Ladyland

forgettable

My god, so much of what I heard was completely pointless. Voodoo chile - FIFTEEN?!!!! minutes of pretty much all just disjointed unmemorable riffing and drum fills with zero progression, zero point. Like everybody involved just forgot what they're meant to play next and filling the time while they wait for someone else to remember. Even knowing the best was at the end I DNF'ed. Maybe later, I just don't care any more.

Rambling psychedelic rock that has its moments but the voodoo child can't do much magic here IMHO. This era just generally leaves me a bit bored or repulsed. The former applies to most of this album.

como guitarrista, lo disfruto. como fan en general de la música, no me genera casi nada.

A couple of nice ones but the rest is kinda boring. I like “House burning down”.

79/100 very impressive for its time but thats about it very overrated really. some of the songs were so unnecessary

I would love to give this a shot another day, but I didn’t have the attention span to give it its due yesterday.

Listening to this feels like looking at one of those pictures of a dog wearing sunglasses. I guess when hendrix was at his peak the guitars sounded revolutionary, but now I find all the noodling kind of exhausting. Jimi, I get it, you miss that electric woman and you drive your car at 90mph.

An iconic album, but not quite to my taste...

Meandering and the biggest snoozefest on this entire list for me so far. Boo.

Revolutionary guitar playing, but not every song is up to the same standard - not my favourite album by Hendrix.

Früher hat diese Musik besser gepasst.

some okay-ish songs, but everything gets ruined by the neverending noodling and jamming. also he can't sing for shit.

I think the beginning of the album was much more interesting then the end.

Idk, there are some Jimi Hendrix songs that I really enjoy, but none of them were on this album. This was…fine?

I don't get the hype :( .

Not my cup of tea at all. I don’t think psychedelic rock is for me

cant listed to more than 3 songs

A couple of familiar tunes, some OK stuff, one very long stuff (15 mins)

almost every song in this album started off really strong. however after about 1-2 minutes of really good vocals and instrumentals, it felt like jimi forgot he was recording a song and started his own jam session… I think he got a little too lost in his music which of course is a good thing, i just dont feel the need to listen to 75 min of jamming. If the songs were cut shorter or they stayed on track, the album would have been great. however i felt like most songs ended up loosing their melody and in the end, all sounded the same. It dragged on for me. Jimi is such good guitarist and vocalist so i really wanted to love this album but it wasnt my fav 4/10

Good listen. Jimi was such a talent.

I mean it is a classic, but admittedly not my type of classic rock

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Couldn't finish it in one go - I'm sure the guitar playing is historic and groundbreaking but it's causing me anxiety. Didn't ever finish it - too much for me really. Do appreciate the technical genius though

kinda boring to me

‘Little miss strange’ is honest to god such a good song. Also it’s all so funky and strange which makes me think of like LSD or something

02

Great guitar of course, just probably wouldn’t listen much personally

Legendary. But to me, loud guitars with a few harmonies.

Couple of good songs but long winded

I like some but not my kind of music

Too long and too repetitive.

🎸🎸

A couple of good songs. The rest a drugfuelled search for a melody.

Other than the most popular song by far, the album itself is lackluster and pretty boring. I couldn't latch onto any main melodies for a lot of the songs. Sometimes (often) it sounds like someone smashed their head on a keyboard.

Whilst appreciating the skill i ask myself do I want to listen to this album again, and that's a no thanks

I expected this album to stick out a lot more to me given the popularity of some of the songs on it, but honestly it was just fine. Nothing memorable for me.

I have to come clean: Despite being a so-called fan of the rock genre, I had completely wrong expectations for Jimi Hendrix and this album as I was excited to hear some guitar solos, not so much old-sounding singing and less virtuous drumming. Credit for being an artist with so much variety, for me the melodies were lacking and the guitar tuning is not my cup of tea.

Some bright spots & an iconic style, but—in all honesty—despite being super-important for the genre and/or music as a whole, not a top album for me.

A swirling migraine of genius and chaos.

too long

Not so great

Antar ingen musik jag lyssnar på hade funnits utan honom men javenne, I don't feel it.

Bit long and every song blends together

This album did not really do it for me. If I appreciated guitar jams and solos more I would have been more into it I think. It is also hard to follow up Willie. Not my favorite but also not terrible

I know this is supposed to be an all timer album, but just doesn’t do it for me. Had to listen to this once in my “History of Rock and Roll” class back in the day and felt the same thing. Would be awesome to see live, but as an overall album the Voodoo Chile, Gypsy eyes, Come On, and All Along The Watchtower are obvious hits and the rest doesn’t do it as much for me.

The man can play a mean guitar, but there is such a thing as too much great guitar.

This double album contains exactly one straightforward, catchy rock tune of any merit ("Crosstown Traffic"). Nearly everything else is a lot of meandering experimentation, sound effects, needless sub-prog epics, loose 'n' casual vocals and lead guitar panned from left to right and back again (like wow, man), none of which gels into anything interesting.

Sorry but this is not his best.

good not great

A bit much

Its alright, didn't care too much for any single track.

Wasn’t my thing

[...And the Gods Made Love], the instrumental intro to [Little Miss Strange], [Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)] I like [All Along the Watchtower] and then [House Burning Down] best, relative to this album. The former I wouldn't skip through if it came on the radio. I may even listen to it independently if in the mood. It's giving D&D, too. Good for listening to when homebrewing 5e. Favourite: All Along the Watchtower

The guitar is really impressive and some bits were fun, but it just isn’t my thing overall. Wouldn’t even choose or enjoy it a ton as background.

This is a tough one to rate. On one hand you have absolute incredible, timeless songs and virtuoso guitar skills. On the other hand you have 14 minutes long songs that sound like jam sessions and the whole album veers from one thing to another (interspersed with a lot of solos). One reviewer noted that Electric Ladyland sounded like a bootleg compilation, and I'm inclined to agree. There are so many ideas here but a real lack of focus or curation. If Hendrix had gone on to make more music, I suspect this album would have been a footnote in his story. It'll have to be a three.

Didn’t like it, just not my kinda thing. I get that it’s important but it’s just apart from my time.

Apart from All Along The Watchtower... it's really nothing to write home about.

Left me snorin

I didn’t finish this one 😬

Uuuh spændende!! Ham har jeg ikke lyttet så meget til før Kendte all along the watchtower

not a Hendrix fan even though I know he's a rock god and all. I find his singing to be unique but monotonous. I know his playing is supposed to be important and interesting but it's just not something I want to listen to. I like All Along the Watchtower.

I know he’s a genius but I just don’t get his music.

Meh. Very talented but not my jam.

Electric Ladyland feels like a euphemism my friends would have come up with in year 10 for idk vibrators or smth. Hm so far enjoying this more than other psychadelic rock. Cream of the crop ig. Oh Voodoo Chile sure is 15 minutes long. Stop this. Yeah sorry i cant be arsed with this like I'm trying to listen but its just very capable background noise to me. I'm sure the guitar solos are amazing but I don't love guitar solos. I'll shout out still raining still dreaming the guitar is fun here Oh thank christ for all along the watchtower. I know it's a cover. It's the only song I've genuinely enjoyed. So. I mean I'm glad I listened to it, it belongs on the list i just didn't care for it.

There was a lot of meandering on this album. Didn't feel it.

I honestly thought I’d like this. I didn’t. Technically great but monotonous for me. All along the watchtower though. That’s great

idk maybe i'm in a pissy mood today but 1hr15min of wah is fuckin annoying

Was just never a Hendrix fan

Not my jam, but yeah sure he’s a god.

Trop de guitare

Not my music

Ok

Yeah, truly not my stuff. Forward thinking, revolutionary, yada yada yada. I dislike this one because there’s nothing I can really grab onto. Everything feels either a little washed out or a bit amorphous. Standout track is: Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)

Much more bluesy and rock n rolly than I'd like

I am generally ambivalent towards this era of rock music and its sacred cows. I've held this view since I was a teen. Now, some 20 years later, with some humility, I occasionally have to make concessions for some of the shit-talking I've done over the years. "...And the Gods Made Love" such a great opener, and acts as a powerful mission statement when paired with "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)" "All Along the Watchtower" is unfuckwithable. However, while Jimi Hendrix may be a the best guitar-player that ever lived, but he was not an excellent songwriter. Too often, Hendrix sheds most of what makes him special and opts for boring blues songs, ("Rainy Day, Dream Away") or totally loses the plot on whatever "1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" and "Still Running, Still Dreaming" are supposed to be. Thought the highs are very high, Hendrix can't make up for the doldrums between great tracks, especially when dealing with a double-album.

Rock that is mostly guitar solos with no much catchy singing.

Okay but not really my thing.

Ubi, naporno

Rustige muziek, maar wel veel gepingel op de gitaar. Voor mij hoeft dit allemaal niet zo. **

didnt care for it

Nope

I didn’t like it. That surprises me.

1/1001 First time listening to Jimi Hendrix out of my own accord and it's not my thing at all. The guitar solos are nice I guess. I thought the lyrics were a little creepy, but this album is 30 years older than me, so I can't judge it by today's standards. It felt like it went on forever, most of it just sounded like disguised jam sessions to me. Also realized I don't have the time for 15 min songs in my life, I get bored to quickly.

I didn’t understand it I don’t think this one is for me

It was okay but to long of nothing

Voodoo chile was kinda cool, all along the watchtower was the best, overall not that good

not bad

This is a weird one to rate. 3 absolute classics, a couple good songs, and a whole bunch of boring hippie blues rock. And what’s the deal with the production? There were other bands during this same time making good-sounding records, I’m not sure why this one sounds like it was recorded underwater and MIDI-compressed. But hey, Jimi sure can play the guitar (not always evident in these songs) and Mitch was one of the swingenest rock drummers ever.

I know dude is a guitarist, but half of this album was instrumental. Got kinda bored

While I appreciate Hendrix's contributions to music and culture, I don't appreciate "Guitar God" as a genre of music. Looking at the tracklist, I am already terrified of 15 and 10 minute-long songs. I lasted 5 minutes into Voodoo Chile. I get this dude rips, but my attention span can't handle this. Onward... Made it to Gypsy Eyes - I'm hanging in through the shorter songs. But I'm feeling a little lopsided and realize that it's because all of the drums are in the left channel. Wild that stereo was new around this time, but very glad we have learned from this. Beginning to experience fatigue. Enter electric harpsichord and outer space guitar effects. Extreme cognitive dissonance. Ooof only made it 90 second into 1983. Is this what the future sounded like in 1968? I'm all fuzzed out. Like the Beatles, I will accept Hendrix's impact of rock and roll, but I will likely never be a fan.

Meh

I didn't really like the first one, because it isn't the type of music I like to listen to, I would recommend it to people that like rock music though because I feel like it has a good sound to it. I liked the second song a little bit more because I liked how it had more words than the first one

Song:all along the watchtower i Kind of like this song because it's not my favorite but i will still listen to it. Song: Voodoo Chile i like this song because it reminds me of the fourth of July because in the lyrics it says something in the sky and i know its not fireworks i think its fire he is saying but that is what i would say Song:long hot summer night i like this song because it is summer themed and it sounds like a summer song and i LOVE summer. i would recommend these songs a little bit

I dont like this album. I dont like this because its not my music taste. I didnt like it because its not my style of music and because its boring. I reccomend it to people who like this kind of music

Boring, samey songs.

Kinda boring

can't dispute the influence of hendrix, but this album isn't really doing it for me. there's some good ones, all along the watchtower is a classic. but this album feels all over the place at 16 tracks. i have a deep appreciation of the music of this time but it's certainly not a top genre for me.

J'ai pas aimé, mais c'est pas étonnant. Je savais que dans un album de Jimi Hendrix il y allait forcément avoir des sons super longs avec des solos de guitares de plusieurs minutes, et c'est vraiment pas ce que j'apprécie écouter. Y a quelques sons que j'ai bien aimé quand même, mais je me verrais pas réécouter cet album.

Most of this isn't songs. It's like little song ideas that never come to pass. And there is A LOT of it. Like dude, get an editor for fucks sake. Don't put the only two actual songs last.

Guitars! Noise! I remain unmoved. Self indulgent.