Reviews (page 9 of 15)
Ty
really enjoyable, but it just droned on for a little bit. one song has NINE whole minutes of instrumentals at the end which is a little bit unnecessary for me.
This is an album you have to sit down and listen to. When you do, the rewards are epic. Jimi’s playing is awesome. There are a handful of songs I am not so keen on which, removed, would reduce the lengthy run time. EDIT:- Okay upon repeat listening, this album is a 5. While I still stand by my view that some of the songs on their own would be 3s and 4s, the album taken as a piece of art and listened to in one sitting is brilliant.
Desde el tema 1 sabes que se viene un delirio
Classic, amazing, innovative. Launched thousands of musicians to push the boundaries of what rock quitar playing and sogwriing could be. I was instantly reminded of Prince in the diversity of songwriting and the sheer musicianship. A truly great album. Please buy a physical copy, it is well worth it.
Lots of good songs but I think I don’t have the attention span for 16 min wanky blues songs
My least favorite album from my favorite guitar player. A few great tracks but not one I'll listen to in it's entirety.
I prefer Are You Experienced, but this has some real bangers on it too
This album starts out really hot, cools down for a while, and then finishes at a torrid pace, and it fucking works. One of the things I was struck by while listening to this album is that Jimi had a pretty good voice, which he rarely gets credit for. I don't think I liked this album as much as Are You Experienced?, but it is still a stellar Hendrix album with some of his best songs 4/5
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.
Great riffs! Guy's a genius with his electric guitar.
duh doy
Great album.
It takes you to a different time(:
9.5/10. Quite simply one of the greatest albums of all time! The Jimi Hendrix Experience lives up to their name; they're an experience!!! :)
This was a good listen. I've never heard the album all the way through. Parts of the album were a little to psychedelic for my tastes.
very funky album, would def listen again. fave track is come on (let the good times roll)
Very impressed! I’d only heard the popular songs from this album before now, which is a pity as the while there are a few meandering moments, the album is otherwise brilliant. Great start to this project and will definitely be added to my regular listening rotation!
Drugs?
Not for me. Reminds me too much of high school boys.
when i first discovered jimi hendrix for myself in middle school, this was the album that really drew me in. i wasn't a fan of the long jams but was really fond of the wailing acid rock guitars. not only is jimi's guitar playing here incredible (of course), the songwriting is great too. songs like 'crosstown traffic,' 'little miss strange,' and 'house burning down' have incredible hooks and get stuck in your head. of course, the bass and drums here are incredible too. as i've gotten older, i've developed a greater appreciation for the longer jammier stuff on here (particularly '1983...'). and of course the big songs - his cover of bob dylan's 'all along the watchtower' is a classic, as well as the ever-present 'voodoo child (slight return)' are heavy hitters that get repeated ad nauseum for a good reason. not only is it one of the best albums of its era, it's just a blast to listen to from front to back.
Leider hat es mich nicht überrascht ich hab gehofft dass meine Erwartungen übertroffen werden aber es bleibt dabei. Mein Vorurteil war wohl mehr als nur ein Vorurteil
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.
The biggest jump in sounds a guitar can make ever. I rocks hard the whole ride.
definitely agree with others that the jammy parts are too jammy. I’m not a jam band person in the slightest. But besides that, it’s really funky and experimental and fun. Also just kept thinking what a shame we didnt get to see what he could have done with his 30’s and 40’s.
Own it. Solid but I prefer are you experienced
The hits (All Along The Watchtower & Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) were great, but the rest was kinda just Jimi-flavored filler. Not really my cup of tea. Three stars.
Was ist Voodoo Chile für n Song? Im Studio die Aufnahme gestartet und dann nicht das Ende gefunden? Ist mir für meinen Geschmack oft zu chaotisch im Gesang und der Melodie, auch wenn der Typ ohne Frage ne gute Stimme hat. "All along the watchtower" einziges Highlight für mich, 3 Sterne
Ja, er kann super mit der Gitarre umgehen, macht die Songs jetzt aber auch nicht zu nem Wahnsinn. Aber war auch angenehm zu hören. 3 Sterne Songs der Playlist hinzugefügt: Keine
Great album was classics in it, 3.5
Enjoyed this
Electric Ladyland ist kein perfekt durchkomponiertes Album, sondern spiegelt den Geist seiner Zeit wider: Es sprüht vor Experimentierfreude, Aufbruchsstimmung und echter künstlerischer Freiheit. Hendrix bricht hier mit den üblichen Mustern, stellt neue Fragen und öffnet Türen zu völlig anderen Klangwelten. Das Album ist nicht nur ein Meilenstein in der Rockgeschichte, sondern auch ein Statement eines Künstlers, der sich von nichts und niemandem einengen ließ. Saugut!
Bluesy genius guitar player.
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.
a work of sprawling genius, captivating from start to end, covering soul, rock, and outer space along the way
Ok
All-timer. Favorites: Midnight Lamp, Voodoo Child, All Along the Watchtower, and Electric Ladyland. New Fav: 1983
No private session used for spotify. Classic album filled with groundbreaking music, ground breaking music that still works almost 60 years. I know how some musicians reacted to Jimi when they heard him, the guy was once a generation innovator.
I was a guitar playing stoner teenager. Jimi Hendrix was legally required to be my hero (and he was/is). He's still one of my favorite and most revered musicians, but that's not to say I love everything he put out unquestioningly. Electric Ladyland has some of my favorite moments in all of music, and it has plenty that I skip over too. All Along The Watchtower is in serious consideration for best song ever recorded. It might be my default answer for that question. I will break the rest into tiers: S+: All Along the Watchtower S: Voodoo Chile, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), the first 2 minutes of 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) A: Burning of the Midnight Lamp, House Burning Down, Crosstown Traffic B: Pretty much everything else C: D: Little Miss Strange. This song blows. This one sounds like all the lame 60's pop rock acts that made up the landscape Jimi shattered by being much cooler. Maybe he put it on here as a reminder of what music would be like without it? We can only hope so. Album Cover:(A-)
"All Along The Watchtower" is super iconic, and I enjoyed listening to that. The rest of the album was too long and didn't have much that I loved. Jimi's gratuitous technical guitar doesn't quite hit for me. I think I lack a refined guitar shredding palette. None of it is actively bad or annoying me, but I just don't really ever need to have it on. 5/10
Langaði að fíla þetta aðeins meira. Áhugaverð lög en mjög mikið bull.
Alveg örugglega besti gítarleikari allra tíma, en þetta er of mikið af gítarsólóum fyrir mig. Hittararnir fínir.
I actually HATE this
9/10
Objectively speaking this probably the best album I've received so far, though personally I prefer Are You Experience just slightly more. Still though Hendrix is a beast on this album. Do I even have to say how good All Along the Watchtower is? Its one of those rare covers that completely transcends the greatness of the original. Favorite track: All Along the Watchtower (duh) Classic/5
More experimental and less cohesive than Axis, still wow ♾️ Crosstown Traffic ♾️ All Along the Watchtower
Hendrix was truly a master of the guitar. Forgot how long Voodoo Child was (15 minutes!) Never knew that "All Along the Watchtower" was a cover of Bob Dylan's song.
Jimi Hendrix was, is, and always shall be, the man.
The cover of "All Along the Watchtower" is just plain awesome.
Another one where I obviously know the hits, but I've never actually listened to this whole album. In my experience Hendrix's voice wears on me after a full album, but we'll see. I definitely appreciate Hendrix more than I used to, even some of the jams are pretty awesome, his guitar playing is so god damn good, I used to think he was overrated, but I was a foolish child who only appreciated shredders. Definitely some of the lyrics get a little too psychedelic and dumb, and some of the jams are a little bit long, but overall it's pretty damn good.
C'est bien vraiment
Un bon 4,5 pour ce classique ! J'arrondis au dessus.
je ne connais pas bien Jimi Hendrix, voir très très peu, et je suis content d'avoir "l'opportunité" d'écouter un de ses albums. L'album est super, avec des superbes chansons de longueur classique qui peuvent bien se prêter à des playlists, et puis des masterclass de solos expérimentaux interminables. Coups de cœur : - Have You Been (To Electric Ladyland) - Burning of the Midnight Lamp - 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
A true genius
Some awesome songs on this album, a few big misses though.
Great album, although there are better Hendrix albums out there.
A bit meandering at times. But overall - just wow.
A sprawling, chaotic journey packed with stone-cold classics—I can taste the drugs from those late-night sessions. Rainy Day, Dream Away and Still Raining, Still Dreaming make a great pair, both easy highlights.
Sublime
Powerful. Rainy Day, Dream Away was a good one I didn't know that well.
Very nice album, I wish I could rate it with 3.5 stars because it is not really 4 but I have given other really meh ones 3 stars, so I will be generous today.
My third and final Hendrix album - what a tragedy his life was cut so short and crazy to think what he could have created had he had the opportunity to further mature and develop as an artist. I had not really appreciated his breadth before. As double album its unsurprisingly a bit all over the place and a bit baggy here and there - although there are plenty of genius moments - not least All Along the Watchtower - absolute banger and defining song for the era. I preferred Electric Ladyland as an album but AATW alone makes this a 5.
It was a decent listen and surprising. The theme was confusing and the drawn out jam sessions were less palatable.
cool
Better than the Axis album.
Perfect
Moments of utter brilliance, but suprisingly long and winding. Without the 10+ minute tracks it'd be a totally different album.
a experience.
I can see why people say this is the greatest guitarist of all time
I've heard a lot of Jimi Hendrix my whole life, but I've heard maybe 5% of this album. Thank you 1001 album generator! It's a psychedelic explosion of blues-based rock, and it's so good! All Along The Watchtower has to be the greatest Dylan cover in history. Liked Songs Added: Crosstown Traffic Voodoo Chile Come On (Let The Good Times Roll) Still Raining, Still Dreaming All Along The Watchtower Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Nice! 4/5
Classic songs by classic artist
My first generated album and it's a classic. How do you not groove to this masterpiece? There are some stretches in this album that didn't hold my attention, but none of it was offensive or unbearable, just kind of background filler.
Cohesive experience on par with the first album, while less consistent, contains some of his best songs. A
Solid album with some good songs and a good sound overall.
I don't think I could rate it anything less than a 4, but some songs just ambled along for WAY too long, like Voodoo Chile or 1983.
Phenomenal album
Really enjoyable if you like the sound of electric guitars. But honestly, with the way that Jimi Hendrix is hyped, I expected a little more. Didn't mind the two 10-15min tracks on the album, although the overall runtime of 1 hour 15 minutes is too much. It doesn't help, that arguably the best songs, Voodoo Child and All Along the Watchtower, are the closing two. 3.5/5
I know it's heretical to give this any less than five stars, but I think if we're being honest we should admit that it's a challenging and uneven album. The highs are Mt. Everest, but there are lows. And Jimi really should have taken vocal lessons.
Vibes are immaculate. Energy is tops. Not my fave album of his but holds up.
Trippy. Songs just aren’t nearly as strong as his other two albums, at least on first listen. Hall of fame cover art.
This album is a lot. All over the place. Some of my absolute favorite songs by Hendrix, but also brief glimpses into what Hendrix may have become had he not passed at an early stage of his career: an experimental jazz and blues jam musician who played for himself and not for others. Watchtower and Voodoo Child (Slight Return) are rock anthems, and always warrant a repeat during listening.
Guitars! Noise! I remain unmoved. Self indulgent.
nice
Psychedelically relaxing, my favorite Jimi album so far. All along the watchtower was a standout. Calm vibe, yet great guitar riffs that were almost folksy at times.
I dunno if you guys know this, but Jimi Hendrix had some issues with excess
Albumi #121, 01.12.2024 Taattua Hendrixiä.
Like all Jimi records, for me this is a mixed bag. The highs are astronomically high. Greatest songs ever stuff. But the rest is sort of meandering and my mind wanders. Hate to do it, but it's a 3 due to length being eaten by so much average stuff.
Not my style
Chaotic recordings of a perfectionist.
besides the obvious songs, 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) is an absolute banger as well
This was my first time listening to this in full. But I already knew it was gonna be great. I mean. C’mon.
just longer than it needs to be
"Electric Ladyland" n'est pas un album au sens propre du terme c'est un trou noir, un vortex sonore qui a aspiré tout ce qui se faisait en 1968 – le blues, la soul, le rock, la pop, le psychédélisme naissant – pour le recracher sous une forme totalement nouvelle, distordue, extraterrestre. "Electric Ladyland" c'est le son d'un homme-dieu seul aux commandes de son vaisseau spatial, explorant les confins de la galaxie musicale avec sa Stratocaster pour gouvernail. Quand on parle de cet album, il faut comprendre le contexte. Jimi Hendrix est déjà une superstar, il a retourné le cerveau de l'Angleterre avec "Are You Experienced" et "Axis: Bold As Love". Son manager, Chas Chandler, un type brillant qui l'a découvert, veut des tubes, des formats courts pour la radio. Hendrix, lui, veut l'espace, la liberté et "Electric Ladyland" est son acte d'indépendance. Il prend les rênes de la production et décide de tout. Le résultat est un double album tentaculaire, génial, excessif, et parfois complètement chaotique. Dès les premières secondes, avec les effets de phase de "...And the Gods Made Love", on comprend qu'on n'est plus dans un album de rock classique. On est dans un trip et quel trip ! Hendrix explore toutes les facettes de son art. Il y a le rock-funk survitaminé et incroyablement sexy de "Crosstown Traffic", un single parfait. Il y a le blues. Et pas n'importe lequel, "Voodoo Chile" est une jam session de 15 minutes, une messe vaudou enregistrée en pleine nuit à New York avec Steve Winwood à l'orgue. C'est long, c'est hypnotique, c'est le son d'un club moite du Mississippi téléporté sur Mars. Et puis, il y a sa version plus courte, plus rageuse, "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", avec ce riff qui a inventé à lui tout seul 80% du hard rock des années 70. Mais Hendrix n'est pas qu'une bête de foire électrique, il est aussi un mélodiste sublime. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" ou "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)" sont des pièces maîtresses de rock psychédélique, des voyages aquatiques et oniriques où la guitare ne crache plus le feu mais peint des paysages sonores d'une beauté à pleurer. Et que dire de sa reprise de "All Along the Watchtower" de Dylan ? Hendrix a pris une chanson folk un peu austère et l'a transformée en une épopée apocalyptique. C'est si puissant, si définitif, que Dylan lui-même a dit plus tard qu'il la jouait désormais à la manière d'Hendrix. L'hommage ultime. À l'époque de ma boutique, "Electric Ladyland" était une sorte de rite de passage. Les jeunes qui découvraient le rock classique achetaient d'abord un best-of. Puis, s'ils accrochaient, ils prenaient "Are You Experienced". Et seulement après, quand ils étaient prêts, ils s'attaquaient au monolithe "Electric Ladyland". C'était l'étape supérieure, le cours avancé car il fallait être prêt à se perdre dans ses 75 minutes. La fameuse pochette anglaise, avec toutes ces femmes nues, ajoutait au mythe. C'était un disque pour adultes, un objet sulfureux et intimidant. Alors, pourquoi seulement 4 sur 5 ? Pourquoi ne pas crier au chef-d'oeuvre absolu et incontestable ? Parce que la liberté totale d'Hendrix a un prix : l'indulgence. C'est le son d'un génie, mais aussi d'un gamin dans un magasin de jouets sonores qui veut tout essayer en même temps. L'album est long, parfois décousu. Il y a des passages qui ressemblent plus à des expérimentations de studio qu'à de véritables chansons. C'est un disque qui aurait pu être le plus grand album simple de tous les temps s'il avait été un peu plus resserré. Mais en voulant tout mettre, en refusant de choisir, Hendrix a créé une oeuvre-monde, foisonnante, mais aussi un peu épuisante. C'est un magnifique bordel. Ce n'est pas une critique de son génie, au contraire. C'est la reconnaissance que son talent était si immense, si débordant, qu'il ne pouvait pas être contenu dans le format strict d'un album pop-rock. "Electric Ladyland" est plus qu'un album, c'est une expérience. C'est le son de la liberté créative absolue, avec toute la brillance et tous les excès que cela implique.
Fuck man Jimi is the best guitarist of all time. And this is him just at the top of his powers (almost, personally Are You Experienced is a tad bit better) he just makes sounds only he can make I don't need to tell anyone that though. 9/10
Oh to be 20 tripping out to this at Woodstock 66. Hendrix is one of my all time favourite musicians and this album is one of his best.
Overall, I love the way psychedelia transforms the underlying blues on this album, but there's way too much rapid panning of guitars and psychedelic sound effects on this album that distract from the songs themselves. The rapid panning immediately took me out of it several times. I'm also not a fan of 18 minute long songs that don't vary their song structure enough to justify their duration. I would listen to this again and skip the overlong songs. All Along the Watchtower and Crosstown Traffic still slap.
Over time, Band Of Gypsys has become my favorite Hendrix album but this one is a close second. Lots of studio experimentation here and of course great performances from the band. This album showcases Jimi pushing the boundaries of guitar and rock music while giving the world some of the most iconic songs in his catalog. Easy 5 for me.
Well, this has a bunch of my favorite Hendrix songs, so this will be an easy 5. There's no need to explain, because Hendrix is basically a legend. Crosstown Traffic and Burning of the Midnight Lamp are my top 2 on this album.
Another review that was lost somehow . . . Generally, I try to listen to the albums in this project outside of persona or time. Don't know Bowie sang this one wearing a dress? Fine; a good song holds up anyway. With Hendrix--like Prince--the whole of their being is tied into the music they make. Lyrically, instrumentally, even fashionably, Jimi (and Prince) exudes his musical mastery in his very essence. His walk, talk, and life is authentically him; there is no stage persona. There is no man behind the curtain; there is no curtain, and no man. He is powerful, relaxed, intense, calm, all at once, all of the time. And his playing comes through him, so in tune with his instrument that you get a direct connection from his muse to your ears; so embedded is he in his musical expression that you'd almost think he wasn't even there, if not for the fact that his very body is further emanating and resonating with the sound too. Lyrically, he is also descending from the gods to the Earth to give us a glimpse of the cosmos. Not every song is a hit, but every song is him, and they each offer a glimpse of his greatness. You get the feeling that if no one was listening, it would still be as great. This is not for an audience, this is for an expression of self, for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. We're just lucky enough to look in.
This album feels loose and experimental, but at times it's simply transcendent, like he's channeling something cosmic that he absorbs from the universe and pushes out of his amp. He really seemed "one" with his music. He took old blues and alchemy'd it into something that would change rock 'n' roll forever. Shout-out to Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell for their contributions to the sound, too.
Hard to go wrong with Jimi. He's a top 5 guitarist for me. Innovation, originality, it's all there. This album is not my favorite from him but it is still incredible. He is one of those artists that just hooked me on the first listen. I'm pretty sure I'm actually writing this on his birthday. Nothing sounds like Jimi to me, singing or playing wise. The big standouts on this album are All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Chile Slight Return. Particularly on Voodoo Chile he sounds like he landed from another planet.
Clichè, but I loved it.
I love blues and guitar noodling but oh boy, this missed the mark. Too psychadelic, Jimi is a legend but I had to struggle through this. Crosstown Traffic and Voodoo Chile were great, I'm still a sucker for blues riffs. A lot of it just felt aimless, like building an album around noodling.
3 good songs. 3 good songs on an hour and 15 minute album. The rest is either boring blues or faffing about. For the life of me I don’t know why this album is on here other than to complete the Hendrix Trilogy. Buy the best of Jimi Hendrix instead so you can hear the good songs and skip the rest. Ok I’m being a little harsh. There are other good songs buried in this album but man is it way to long and a lot of the back half feels like a waste of time
I didn't enjoy "Are you Experienced" as much as I'd expected. So I started listening to this with some hesitations. And here we are: 5/5.
A guitar legend and some great songs on here. A finish of 'All Along the Watchtower' and 'Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)' is pretty damn strong. However, the album itself doesn't half drag on a bit. Could be half the length but you might as well jam for a few extra minutes per song when you play like that...
Listened alot years ago!
Jimi’s sophomore LP is undoubtedly his most artistically significant, but I simply prefer the songwriting on his debut. Both fantastic tho
Good but not my thing.
Mostly excellent. One of the big names of the sixties that seem consistently good.
I feel like the generator is apologizing to me for giving me We’re Only In It For The Money by The Mothers of Invention. Like “Sorry for that shit. Here’s some actual good music from 1968.” I admire the sentiment, I mean Jimi Hendrix is legendary. There is no denying that. But I don’t think this is his magnum opus. Frankly, it kinda of suffers from a few problems. The biggest ones are its length and its lack of focus. Being double album sized and not bringing your A-game makes for kind of a meandering experience. Not that Hendrix is boring at all. There is some good shit here, especially near the end. Those last two tracks are godlike. But the two longer tracks, Voodoo Chile (not the return, that’s amazing) and 1983, overstay their welcome, especially 1983. Hendrix here is great in parts on this album and I was kind of hoping it would be more than that. Maybe I’ll get that from Are You Experienced. But Hendrix can still provide the goods even in he doesn’t fire on all cylinders. Favorite track: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Other hits: All Along the Watchtower, Crosstown Traffic, Burning of the Midnight Lamp, House Burning Down, Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland)
I can appreciate Hendrix was doing stuff that people hadn't even considered with a guitar. He was revolutionary. It's just not for me
I'm not a Hedrix fan if I'm honest although I do admire his work. This album was way too long for me but it did start off really well with Have you ever been to (Electric Ladyland) and Crosstown Traffic, 2 great tracks. I then listened to a few minutes of Voodoo Chile but then had to go for a shit, shower and shave and when I returned it was still playing ffs! I thought Alexa was fucking about but it turns out the track is 15 minutes long! Anyway, I appreciate that he was good at what he did but personally I'm glad he stopped making music at age 27...... Still giving a 4 though because it can't be easy playing a guitar upside-down for 15 continuous minutes
All timer
2/10
For langt. Like førstealbumet bedre. Ellers greit
Definitively brilliant. How can so much be packed into one collection? Only the gods know. Hendrix is a genre unto himself. What can an electric guitar do? Jimi knows. He contains multitudes (thanks Walt).
Jimi at his best.
This is a 3.5 to me.
This is easily the best Hendrix album I've ever listened to (and yes, I've never listened to this from beginning to end until today). Hendrix, for all his import and trailblazing and genius, was never my favorite artist to sit and listen to. I appreciate his brilliance, I get his impact, I recognize why everyone in music (especially while he was alive and blowing everyone's minds) is over the moon about what he was doing. But it never resulted in me loving the music. This album has an experimental assuredness that comes across — and the band is amazing. Too bad Noel Redding didn't get to sing more, that's one of the detractions for me with Hendrix. So, a lot of words to say this is excellent, but since I don't love all the material and will still likely never spin this just for the pleasure of it, I'm at a 4. This is very much a case of, "it's not you, it's me."
One of my all-time favorites, so this is an easy 5 for me. I adore every damn second of this thing: the songwriting, the soulfulness, the musicianship, how playful and cool it is. My favorite song is the 15-minute-long gem Voodoo Chile. Four dudes completely mind-melded with each other. The way the tension rises and falls. The interplay between Steve Winwood and Jimi. Mitch's far-out jazz drumming. And it's all held together by Jack Casady's gorgeous bass playing. I wish these guys had formed a band. The suite on side 3 is similarly gorgeous. Such a beautiful, spacey groove. And then it all caps off with All Along the Watchtower and the immortal Voodoo Child (Slight Return). A supreme achievement.
Jimi has and always will rock me. I love how this album shows so off much of what he loved and how he put his signature twist on those things---the blues (Voodoo Chile), Bob Dylan All Along the Watchtower by Jimi is cataloged as the best cover of all time in my book. SIDENOTE: I will also always see the scene in Whitnail and I when the lads are leaving London for the weekend and this is playing in the background. Worth every licensing pound paid!
Psychedelic, funky, and bluesy, this album has some of it all. The Dylan cover of "All Along the Watchtower" is a classic and another example of a Dylan tune that sounds better when performed by someone else. "Voodoo Chile (A Slight Return)", has been covered by numerous gutairists. 5 stars easy.
There are a couple good songs, but it's not my favorite Hendrix album.
No one did it like Jimi did... But this album meanders and drags along like nobody's business Perhaps a stricter producer might have been better for this album
Classics on this one! A few are a bit psychedelic for my taste, but Jimi's talent cannot be ignored!
You can't fuck with a Hendrix greatest hits, but his studio albums are always a bit patchy I find.
Has it’s moments
This is one of those albums where I know it's supposed to be good, but it made me feel nothing.
Ich bin elektrisiert!
I respect Jimmi's guitar playing and recognize he's iconic, but this is not super my kind of music. Meanders too much. 3* Highlight: voodoo child (the second one)
Good couple of songs some I just couldn't get into. Probably a better experience if just sitting and listening to it with nothing else going on.
I'd be really interested to know where Jimi would have went musically if he never dies, it's a great what if. This just has too many great songs to not rank high
Хендрикс пел????
Incredibly likeable. Also includes the best version of All Along the Watchtower, dont @ me. Best Song: All Along the Watchtower Worst Song: House Burning Down
Not as good as Are You Experienced? This isn't as cohesive or direct, it's apparent that this is a step in his evolution as an artist given the more complex and experimental approach he takes. I still enjoyed it a lot, and it's probably an album that will grow even more on me with more listens. Best song: All Along the Watchtower Worst song: ...And the Gods Made Love
Enjoyable. Some classic Jimi. A little long. 3.5
A great album
Niet aan mij besteed. Respect voor de beste man en wat hij tentoonstelt aan gitaar skills is indrukwekkend maar kan niks met dit soort muziek. Ook de hits Voodo Child en All Along the Watchtower hebben me nooit wat gedaan.
Prima album, maar zou het niet snel zelf opzetten.
Te lang imo maar staan wel z'n beste nummers op, watchtower en voodoo child achter elkaar ook, oof.
Ja geeft me wel beetje nostalgie naar 19 zijn wiet roken met vrienden en naar the doors luisteren prettig verbaasd door de wat langere nummers, alle nummers die ik kende waren die korte hitjes Its pretty good, maar ook nothing special meer voor me of zo. als ik deze vibe wil luister ik wel L.A. Woman en agreed met niko idd te lang
Good
Love it
Solo había escuchado All Along The Watchtower, obviamente, pero el resto del disco la verdad es que es muy bueno. Tan bueno que dura casi 80 minutos y no me he sentido aburrido en ningún momento. Las canciones fluyen bien entre ellas y los elementos psicodélicos hacen que todo el álbum se sienta muy único. Y pensar que todo esto tiene casi 60 pues obviamente tiene más merito aún. 5 estrellas.
Jimi is good at guitar. I usually don't like long albums, but this one was great from start to finish.
This is an album that should be heard before you die.
First of all — this is amazing, and proves why we still talk about Hendrix! That being said, double albums are weird. As a marketable product that somebody is paying money for it makes sense. But as a listening experience in the day of streaming they often don't hold up. This album has very few week points, but even someone as brilliant as Hendrix gets tiresome after a while. Still going to give it a 5 — just wanted to philosiphize about music economy on this grey monday morning.
Better than I remembered
Jimi. While this is a classic, in reality, for me, there are only a few really good songs on this...
Great
some of the long jams get tired but rockin album with classics
I could talk about how the mixing on here is often bad or how the songs can tend to meander… but I won’t, this album rips.
1. love - 0 2. been - 1 3. traffic - 1 4. chile - 1.5 5. ztrange - 1 6. night - 1 7. come on - 1 8. gypzy - 1 9. lamp - 0 10. rainy day - 1 11. 1983 - 1 12. tidez - 0 13. raining - 0 14. burning - 1 15. uuatchtouuer - 1 16. voodoo - 1
This album has everything. A double LP that doesn't overstay its welcome. There are memorable songs and riffs for days. Tons of guitar solos as expected too. Memorable hits like Crosstown Traffic, All Along The Watchtower and House Burning Down. Along with that some epic jams that delve into long ass solo's like on 1983 and the Voodoo Child/e's. Only nitpick is that I'm not really a fan of Little Miss Strange, it sounds a bit out of place and doesn't live up to how amazing other songs are. One of the best 60's albums still.
early gold like crosstown traffic and the 15 minute long classic of voodoo chile help the early part of the album and the final 2 songs are incredible but the middle kinda drags it down from 5/5
Enjoyed this a lot! It was nice to experience it for the first time other than being a teenager trying and failing to work out how to play crosstown traffic. Much more diverse range of instrumentation than I associate with Hendrix
I love Jimi but this album goes on for too long.
Maybe a bit long, but so many great tracks on this. Love the variety compared with previous work.
Tim gives it a 3 because his tolerance for endless electric guitar solos is far higher than mine.
Just an excuse to listen to my favourite album again. Loved it
The culmination of a four year streak that is unrivaled. A true guitar god doing his thing.
It’s fucking Jimi. 5/5
This was my first exposure to Jimmy Hendrix. Maybe I need more time with him, cuz I was kinda just like, yeah it's pretty good, but I'm not blown away or anything. I'm sure that kind of shredding was epic in the 60s though. I'll give this another listen
esto es como cuando ves la primera peli de zombis y te aburre tela, el pavo es un hacha de la guitarra pero ya hemos visto muchas cosas mas guapas
Classic Jimi. Its hard to understate the influence this album had on Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour and all the other blues rock based guitarists of that era. In a historical context I give this a 5/5 but since my current listening proclivities are riding a different wavelength, I’m feeling a 4/5.
I wanted to be Jimi Hendrix when I was young, still do some times. Great great great album! I love Burning of the Midnight Lamp and 1983... and all of them really. I could and I am listening to so many of the releases of takes he did. There is so much. I love it! He's another of my heart songs.
Easy on the ears :)
Loved the guitar sound but genre wasn’t for me
Good. Some classic tracks, but overall for me not as satisfying as their other albums. Also: too long.
Not as good as Are You Experienced, but there’s some really great stuff here. You have to sift through a bit of chaff, but the classics are still classic.
This one didn’t hit me the same as his others we’ve listened to. Maybe I’ll rate it higher upon another listen.
It sounded alright but it wasn’t for me. I think there where too many guitar rifts that went unappreciated by me.
Well I'm more familiar with with Jimi's music than I was. The album was pretty cool in spite of it feeling a little all over the place. I'd listen to it again but i don't feel compelled to add it to my library.
i dig it. it’s interesting to remember that hendrix was doing not just brilliant guitar stuff but also contributing to the foundations of experimental music/soundscapes/sound art. i mean this must have absolutely knocked the socks off anyone who heard it when it first came out. fav tracks: crosstown traffic; little miss strange; all along the watchtower; voodoo child (slight return)
loved ittttt. just very groovy and cool and catchy and interesting. there were some moments that made it feel like a precursor to Pink Floyd (1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)) and it’s always fun to feel like I’m putting the pieces together to understand the broader context that famous music came out of, and to hear the sound evolve over time throughout movements/bands. fav tracks: Crosstown Traffic, Burning of the Midnight Lamp, All Along the Watchtower
Great album. Hendrix the magician.
I like Jimi Hendrix but this album was long and I liked some tracks more than others. Rating: 3
Kinda an all over the place album, and too long. Ends on a super high note tho
10/10
Two great songs -- "Voodoo Chile" and (especially) "All Along the Watchtower." But many of these songs just don't have natural endings, and I think the slow fadeout is always disappointing.
Album felt like a slow meandering waltz, but did close out with a great rendition of “All Along the Watchtower”.
fantastic
Must have been insane to hear this back in the 60s, this was the heaviest music in existence until Black Sabbath came along.
3.5
Electric Ladyland is a mess, a beautiful mess. The fact it takes over an hour and 14 songs to get to All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child is fucking madness. Jimi is a god, no one has or will ever play like him. I absolutely love the panning, some of the best headphones songs ever are on this album but it’s too long, too much of a mess 8.3/10
Yea, it's fun
Standout tracks: Voodoo Chile (both) Burning of the Midnight Lamp 1983 All Along the Watchtower
before: I've never listened to this full album before. I know some of the songs, but I think many just by name. I couldn't sing lyrics or melodies from them like I can from his debut (Hey Joe, Purple Haze, Fire). I should say I mostly know Hendrix's actual music from the BBC live album, which is amazing, I love the vitality that comes through in his live playing The first track instantly made me think of how innovative his playing must have been seen as at the time. Like hearing Tom Morello in 1992. One (overly simple) way to categorize songs is vibe songs vs plot songs. To me the best Hendrix songs combine those, and I'm not getting that from this album, I'm getting too much vibes. That said, I just looked and the song that was playing while I had that thought was Voodoo Chile, which is 15 minutes, so I might just be commenting on that one song Stopped thinking and started listening for a bit. This is obviously a great album. The two 13+ minute tracks don't really fit with my tastes. I'm reminded of the saying "genius is a great idea and not quite enough time to work on it". I think constraints can add to great art; those tracks were unconstrained. I'm very aware of the tendency to downplay the works of innovators when you hear the people they influenced before you hear the influencer themselves. I suspect I'm falling prey to that here. How amazing would it have been to hear this album in 1968?
I love and respect Jimi for his talent and contributions to guitar music and pushing of the “sonic envelope”. However, I get a little annoyed with the 15 minute song. That shouldn’t take away from his talents and abilities, but it does affect my ratings. I would have given this 4 stars based on the handful of amazing songs on here, but I get a little bogged down by the other tracks. Overall it’s certainly an impressive album but I can’t give it 4 or 5 stars simply because there are a few tracks that feel a little self indulgent.
More fluff than I remember. Its worth it for All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Chile/VC (Slight Return). Pretty decent stuff with Crosstown Traffic, Gypsy Eyes and Come On (Let the Good Times Roll). Otherwise, it's a lot of unfinished bits. Too bad, the good really is good on this one.
Well, I used to love, love Jimi Hendrix. One of my first CDs was “Are you Experienced?” I purchased a fair number of imports and ephemera from Jimi and thought they were all awesome. Jimi's rendition of "Killing" Floor on a European double CD import is still one of my favorite songs. This album is just fine, a few really good songs but on the whole a little underwhelming.
Bloody brilliant. That man really knew how to play a guitar. All Along The Watchtower still slaps
twirl guitar blur
Like Jimmy but this album is too far out, man :-).
The Jimi Hendrix Experience. We’ll My view on double albums has always been I’m not a huge fan. I can count probably one hand how many I actually like. Well this is ONE OF THEM. Stand Out Tracks Have you ever been (To Electric Ladyland) Crosstown Traffic (probably catchiest song here) Little Miss Strange (sung by Noel Redding) Gypsy Eyes 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) and of course the great Bob Dylan cover “All Along The Watchtower” This album is one of Hendrix’s best and though there is some fat that could be trimmed it all adds to the mood and feel. 4/5
Favorite guitarist by far and one of my favorite artists. I will never not enjoy listening to Hendrix.
The first time I heard Hendrix, at maybe 12, I knew I wanted to become an artist of some sort. A mixed blessing in many ways but wouldn’t trade that for anything. Now back to writing my erotic novel in progress.
Yes, across the board, this was a fantastic listen. Its a classic with so many hits Voodoo Chile is fantastic and maybe better than Voodoo Chile Slight Return. Didnt know about the band experimenting with different producers and how drugged out Brian Jones played on All Along The Watchtower
I’ll admit that despite playing a lot of guitar growing up, I was for whatever reason just not that into Hendrix. Maybe it’s my first guitar teacher who said Hendrix is overrated (I think he was super into Steely Dan). This album is not really what I expected, and took a lot of listens to really figure out if I liked it or not. I thought it would be more of a blues rocker, and had it on during a run. Got a couple of miles in and Mermaid came on - not exactly a pump up song. At first listen, I found the whole thing kind of chaotic and disjointed, and there are a lot of spots where Jimmy is playing sloppy/free that I found tough to get past. After reading about how chaotic the production process was (more of an acid field party than a structured session) the vibe made more sense. It help to break it up into the four sides - side 1 is bluesy, side 2 is the most accessible, side 3 is weird and awesome, and side 4 brings it home. Also helped for me to realize that Jimmy attacked the guitar in such a unique way, especially for the time. Its not always technically insane or perfectly executed, but so expressive in phrasing and pushed tone of amp and rig to new places. Also realized from Mermaid and Lamp that he’s just a really cool songwriter. I have a lot more respect for him after rabbit holing on this album this weekend - jumping from a 3 to maybe a 4.5. Giving it a 5 more as a bookmark of an album and artist I know I need to hear more.
Not quite sure what was going on with a lot of this album. Didn’t enjoy it as much as I was hoping to.
Absolutely brilliant.
fuck yes scho ewig nüm glost. ja ja ja. und die götter haben liebe gemacht. true. have you ever been to huuuee geil. crosstown traffic isch au maaad geil weissi auno, maad geil. Ah jetz scho s erste voodoo chile. meeega bluesy. meeega heavyyy. es isch sehr geil ich finds sehr geil ich ha gern fuzz gitarre. ah uf chillo de steve winwood ade orgle okay. es wird huere fuesball tschutet do. tönds afoch so als wärs live? finds würkli geeil, s isch sehr lang aber slappt. little mis strange wieder mega pop und die andere singed aber fuzz giti i like. easy schnell? huere cool. huiii nocher mega wah wah time lesgo es moduliert wie sau. long hot summer night geilo. guete guete song. let the good times roll kenni vom ray charles. oke isch nöd das glaub. aber isch afoch en blues und denn shreddet er ohni gnade. gypsy eyes au sehr cool. sie liebed wenn flanger. es wird mit de ziit scho alles chli verwäsche aber s wechslet sehr guet ab zwüsched bluesige sache und psychedelische. burning of the midnight lamp het en mega nice chor im hintergrund. rainy day chli schwächer, au wenns nöd gholfe het dass es chind straight up uf mir umekletteret isch im zug. scheiss eltere. 1983 isch wieder huuuere lang oi. aber seehr geil es passiert ständig öpis. plötzlich ischs en marsch oder so? find etz de langsam mittelteil zwor schön und sphärisch und so aber isch etz sehr lang s glich gsi. aber jo jetz nimmt s tempo wieder chli fahrt uuf und s isch ebe schono geil. flöte time auno oii. moon turn the tides mega wuiiii fhshshshshs psssss grüschli grüschli. still raining isch an sich cool aber isch etz langsam chli gnueg wah wah giti. all along the watchtower isch so so so guet, logisch hani scho 100 mol ghört aber s het soo viel energie jedes solo git nomel es level dezue es tschuuuttet. ubd denn de diuuuuu duiiiiii shit mega geil. voodoo child (bizli zrugg) isch soo heavy für 68 und s intro isch iconic und es isch alles so locker und doch groovts meeega. kenn au jedi sekunde gfühlt. album isch z lang zu spacey zum teil aber heeerts vieri.
jimiiiii 1h15 schochli abschreckend die lieder sind sehr churz bis jz, catched mich jz nanig so hahahaha hets scho immer voodoo chile gheisse??? ich han immer gmeint child hmm ja es lauft chli vor sich hii... beatles??? jo bis jz hetmi nanig vill umghaue, au wenn d stimmig allgemein eifach cool isch gypsy eyes isch sehr cool TRÜMMELEEEE jo s catched mich nüt insane aber immer wieder hets cooli sache glichzitig sinds au immer wieder iwie eifach gitarre noises ALL ALONG THR WATCHTOWER ON THE OTHER HAND det hets au meh en rote fade wo sich durrezieht AHH JZ VOODOO CHILD jo iwie ischs scho sehr geili musig aber poah ich weiss nöd, voodoo child und watchtower ziehts sicher ufe es isch sehr knapp aber ich brings nöd übers herz es 3 z geh
Obviously great guitar work and composition but I feel this album suffers from excessive length and could’ve been cut down and made tighter. 3.7 stars
Of course Hendrix is super talented though some of these songs went on longer than they should
Good and iconic. Not something i'd listen to a lot, but fun.
I can almost understand why people downrate this with its jazzy noodling bits. Almost.
At #918, it's Jimi Hendrix! Last Jimi was.... album #286. Now this isn't one of those cases where I get to coast and revisit an old favourite; I only really knew his most popular songs before this challenge. Everything that isn't "Crosstown Traffic", "All Along the Watchtower" or "A Slight Return" is basically new to me. It's definitely a touchstone of psychedelia.... I probably shouldn't dwell on its length so soon after praising The White Album, S&M & Physical Graffiti, but the hazy, meandering structure did frustrate me a little. The last two songs are about as grand a finale as any album, and "Merman" did provide a journey that no other Hendrix song has provided. HL: "Voodoo Child (A Slight Return)", "1983....(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)", "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", "All Along the Watchtower"
Mind blowing look into Jimi's head. He did what he wanted to on this one. There are some massive highlights and, as a single disc I think it would be a 5er. But suffers from length and the challenge as a listener. Still cool as hell.
I thought electric ladyland was a ok album. The guitar was wild good and with the instruments were good, but I just don't connect with this album. its lyrics also weren't the best. So I really didn't like album, but if you like sick guitar solos this albums for you
not bad don't really understand lyrics dosent really hyped me up just boring don't feel the beat 1 star cant really say nothing about it.
Do you like songs that are focused on guitars? Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix would be the perfect album for you. I love how his guitar sound and the fact that his songs are mainly focused on guitar. I can also hear the bass line so I love that. It's a good album but I think I would listen to it if I want to fall asleep or something, I wouldn't listen to it when doing chores or other things. Overall I would recommend this album.
have you ever heard a song and thought that sounds good thats what i thought when i heard voodoo chile because it has a nice chill tone and the instruments add to it by adding like and mysterious feeling and than it gets to being louder which i didnt like because it didnt really fit in with me with the lyrics i think this song is okay i would recommend listening to it
Do you like boring songs? This is it. In my opinion this is the most boring album I've heard on this website. One reason I think it is boring is because his voice is sooooooooooooo slow. Another reason is because the instruments just make my tired. So that is why you should not listen to this album.
I really don't like this album. It's just not good. I feel like it's too all over the place. I can't understand what he's saying, and I don't like his music. His voice is too whiny I feel like. I just don't like it. I recommend that you don't listen to this album.
I really like the guitar the lyrics are ok and the instrumentals are nice overall its a great album and I highly recommend the album.
Amazing album, maybe not as good when I first listened to it, but still incredible.
It was pretty distinctive, but it wasn't quite my cup of tea
I simply love Jimi Hendrix ❤️
Pretty good
Watchtower and Voodoo Child forgive all noodling sins
What you’d expect from a Jimmy Hendrix album, outstanding guitar work. Loads of soul and rhythm. Technical masterpiece. Very layered. Also long! Psychedelic. Absolute insanity, what kind of sounds he gets out of his guitar. obviously inspired a lot of rock. Admire this very much, but not my kind of music.
The brevity of Henrdix's life and finite number of recordings makes every note that much more impactful. Arguably the most influential record by the most influential guitarist ever. Twenty-seven and one-half stars.
I have to give the -1 double album penalty here. Musically it's a 3, but the limitations of the rating system means that this ends up rated lower than the Korn album. Maybe I need to reevaluate my rating system. And my life.
The highs of this album are as good as any album, the middle sags a bit
Great album! Love lots of soul and blues, Hendrix is the 🐐
The GOAT guitarist, and his drummer never missing a beat...
Vodoo Chile 4/5
I listened to this on my morning walk and was shocked when my walking app announced that I had walked 2 miles. I thought I had another lap around the pond to hit that mark. I was so caught up in the music that it made me forget walking about half a mile! That's saying something. This album is a bit uneven and maybe a bit bloated but Hendrix's undeniable talent is on full display and I like blues based rock so I enjoyed it. I'm feeling a 4.5 and more inclined to round up than down.
More fun than I was expecting. Technically impressive guitar, but also just energetic and whimsical jams.
Artiste connu, mais c'est la première fois que j'écoute un album complet. C'est une vrai déception ... Peu de morceaux ont retenu mon attention, sauf ceux que je connaissais déjà. Certains chorus de guitare m'ont bien plus, mais pas "l'enrobage" autour. Je ne l'couterais pas une seconde fois. =>2/5
Would’ve loved to have seen him live
banger
4.5/5
Good stuff. Non-radio Jimi is the best Jimi.
Excellent album.
As a guitarist, I'm really, incredibly biased towards this album. Jimi Hendrix was a visionary, an innovator, truly a master of the craft of guitar. Plus, this album has some massive hits on it. I'm going to give it a 5, but it's really a 4.5 for me, and here's why. This album has beautiful chord progressions on it, wonderful guitar playing, great composing. But not back to back. Not every single song was memorable. None of them were actually BAD, but some are just forgettable, more filler than killer. Still, it's Jimi. I can't bring myself to round down.
Some of this is bloated and unfocused — the result, obviously, of all the substances — but those criticisms are minor nits to the true genius of Jimi and the music that just poured out of him. Just an utter tragedy that this is the last album we got from him.
Best track is a cover. The rest is mediocre. I was hoping for something more.
A solid rock album, that doesn't forget to rock hard even when drowning in loose psychedelia. There are short tight catchy songs as well as 15 minute trippy cosmic rock experiences. The dynamics between the drums and Jimmy's powerhouse guitars carry the whole album. Loved the tracks 'Voodoo Chile', 'Gypsy Eyes', '1983' and 'Voodoo Child (slight return).
As an album it is a little long and incohesive. However there are some great individual tracks here. Jimi could make the guitar sing.
As so often, I have only listened to individual tracks from this album (All Along The Watchtower and Voodoo Child), but never the whole album. It was worth it. A great album. 5/5
Not really my bag but one or two good songs.
Definitely what I would expect from Jimmy, psychedelic rock with lots of solos and jams. Many solid classics here, a strange Beatles knock off in one song, otherwise just a solid final outing by a legend.
yeah its electric ladyland lmfao
I'm commander Shepard and this is my favourite Jimi Hendrix-album on this generator!
Normally, I’d give a double album like this one the business for being self-indulgent, overly long and unnecessary….and I won’t lie, it is a bit of those things. Electric Ladyland, for me, is buoyed out of that category because of the relatively small amount of material we got from Jimi Hendrix during his lifetime. Sure, we’ve gotten countless compilations of the material he was working on at the time of his death and plenty of live shows, etc. over the years since his passing, but the fact of the matter is there were only 4 records of original music that he officially released as “Jimi Hendrix” during his lifetime: The three Jimi Hendrix Experience records and the Band of Gypsies live record. So I’ll take as much as I can get, because he is without a doubt the most influential guitarist of all time. Electric Ladyland is bursting at the seams with ideas and sounds that were unlike anything that had been committed to tape at the time. Hendrix was trying to bridge the music in his head with what the technology of 1968 could accommodate and we’re lucky to have this vibrant, electrifying and expansive document of it to take a glimpse into his mind and wonder what else he could have possibly come up with. Electric Ladyland can be scattershot, experimental, overly long and, as I said earlier, a little self indulgent, but isn’t that kind of what you’d expect “genius” to look like?
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Hard to ignore the greatness of Hendrix, but this is my least favorite of his studio work. It’s trippier which is great, but I think it’s bloated with lesser songs. I do like the hits and his cover of Watchtower is awesome, but the rest, including the extended jams are boring to me. And, it’s all saddled with a mushy production. This album just isn’t for me.
You can't go wrong with Jimy Hendrix. Great album. His guitar sound is crisp and a-typical of his playing. I also liked his interpretation of Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower.
He is very good at guitar 👍
My favorite Hendrix album by a good margin. Voodoo Chile (both versions) and All Along the Watchtower make this five stars alone, but it’s a Hendrix at his best throughout. If only we could have heard what was next.
I really wanna like everything that Hendrix did, but there's some songs on here that don't wow me. Respect tho, so 4 stars
This is the third Jimi Hendrix album so far in this challenge, and although I like him as an artist, I'm not sure why he has multiple albums on the 1001 list when they all sound very similar. I'm giving this 3 stars, one for 'Voodoo Child' (Slight Return) and 2 for 'All along the Watchtower' (which is probably a 5 star track, but there are too many average tracks in this collection to give the album more than 3.
Just too much going on, musically but also in my day today - I just couldn't get into this album at all. My last Hendrix album was a 5, this one I could hardly get through and almost skipped through some of the bloated tracks with the endless noodling. I stuck with it, but by the time All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo child came on (which I normally love) I was so irritated I just didn't enjoy them. Not sure if I'll regret this score, but its made me realise just how much my mood can impact on the enjoyment of an album, and even bangers can be soured by the tracks leading up to them! I do love that this is randomly generated, but sometimes the album does not match the vibe of the day!
Love me a bit of Jimi Incredible soundscapes, virtuoso guitar complemented so well by the drums, bass and keys. Has stood the test of time
This album is a phenomenon. If you're a Smash Hits fan, you'll recognize several tracks, but the real joy is exploring the deeper cuts. "Have You Ever Been", "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", and the better known "Crosstown Traffic" emerge as deeper expressions of soul music than I ever realized Jimi ever did (and perhaps the reason the first two aren't better known, as they may have unfortunately been deemed "too black" for white radio at that moment in time). Meanwhile, Jimi's tone -- most especially on Voodoo Chile -- is otherworldly, making the 15 minute track less of a single and more of an incantation. Is the album too long? Yes, a little. Is "Little Miss Strange" little more than filler to keep the band happy? Yes. Do tracks like "1983" and "Voodoo Chile" force you to work for your reward? They sure do. Does any of that cause me to reduce my star ranking? Somehow, the answer is no. This album takes some work, but it's absolutely worth it. This is the full evolution of the Experience, possibly the greatest peek into Hendrix's untapped potential.
An album by legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix, Electric Ladyland. A correct album that feel messy with a lack of structure, and which sounds more of a compilation of pleasant jam session rather than a themed studio album. The end of the album would compensate for that missing bit while proving the musical genius of Hendrix with the well known title `All Along the Watchtower`, that would be worth the whole project.
It's Hendrix at his best, so it's 5 stars. I do prefer AYE, but this is a fine follow-up 4.5 realistically but I can't deny Jimi his 5
Got a lot going on
Liked this album a lot. Good to drive to. Lots of jams and very much a classic!
This feels blasphemous but it's a liiiiitle bit bloated. I felt like the highlights were REALLY good but a lot of the deep cuts were forgettable, so it doesn't work quite as well as a whole.
I love some of Jimi’s music, but he is a good example that even an incredible musician can be a disappointing songwriter
It is maybe a little meandering, and some parts sound more like well produced demos rather than actual tracks, but there is enough absolute quality here to outweigh it. Crosstown Traffic, Long Hot Summer Night and (of course) All Along The Watchtower and Voodoo Child (Slight Return) are just mesmerising.
This is pretty cool. Just curious guitar parts in every track. Little Miss Strange came on and I thought I was listening to the Beatles or something!
Really amazing guitar for most of it but I dunno the songwriting is kinda meh
Some great stuff, drones on a bit sometimes with psychedelic whatever
Psyche fuckin delic
Good. Not bad.
Jimi Hendrix made psychedelic rock cool. The dead made music for the hippies and stoners but it wasn't genre pushing. Jimi Hendrix took the Blues and funk and prototypical rock and roll he learned while backing for pioneering rock acts like Little Richard and played with the freedom of the Dead. Here was a guy who wasn't old, white and clean cut. He was cutting loose in a way that wouldn't be seen again until Led Zeppelin. He was a rockstar in a way that few people have ever been. He was a performer and he had a special relationship with the music. I wish there was somebody out today who was pushing music this hard, and able to achieve mainstream success like he did. The 60s were a unique era in that way. Onto the album. This album is long, and with most tracks not having a typical song structure it feels even longer. This feels like an album, not a collection of tracks which I think makes sense for an artist like Hendrix. My favorite songs are crosstown traffic, voodoo chile (though it requires a mood), come on, 1983, gypsy eyes, house burning down. This album is an experience as songs might seem to be following a traditional song structure and then degrade and branch off into chaos. Come on, specifically feels like a traditional blues-rock song but it starts wandering around going to all of these interesting and unexpected places. The album feels like it ends at House burning down. I consider along the Watchtower to be a bonus track. It's a cover and feels different than the Hendrix originals. It's relatively short, The instrumental is the cleanest of the whole bunch, and Hendrix strips the guitar down. It's probably the best thing Hendrix has ever done. It's powerful, creative, and combines Dylan's evocative storytelling with some of the cleanest psychedelic guitar ever made. It might be my favorite song ever. I think it's important for experimental artists to have songs like this to show that they are capable of making traditional songs, but they are choosing to push the envelope and follow their passion. Pablo Picasso comes to mind. Voodoo Child slight reprise closes out the album again, I see this as a bonus track distilling the 15 minute track into its essential. I see it as Hendrix acknowledging that people may not be ready for his long guitar epics, and the shorter version will be more accessible and radio friendly. As a whole this album is messy and ambitious. It's essential psych rock and it feels like a distinct part of the psych landscape. Where a lot of albums are stoner music because they are spacey and melodic, this album is noisy and kinetic. The point of all of this is to say that this album is both very good, and in my opinion, very important.
This album absolutely rips. Sure, there's a lot of noodling, but unlike a lot of other noodling albums most of the wankery on display here is good; great even. Jimi's a guitar legend for a reason and this album is a perfect example, though I would argue some of his live stuff is even better. The tone and feel he gets out of that guitar is really unlike anyone before or after. He doesn't have the best chops, he doesn't have the cleanest riffs, but none of that matters. It's all just, exciting maybe? I can't think of a better word. It certainly helps that the other two core members are also absurdly good musicians. The fact that the rhythm section is so frantic elevates the guitar to another level. I can't really have an objective review of this from nothing because I've been listening to this album since I was a teenager. The only songs I repeatedly skip is "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" because the harpsichord drives me nuts, and the second half of "1983" because pretty much nothing is going on. I love every other song; maybe not in their entireties but there is always something cool about to happen with either the drums, bass or obviously the guitar. The last two tracks being the last two tracks is simply unfair to the endings of other albums, and one is a cover for fucks sake. Never has an album finished as strong as this. I'd give this a 4.75, but I'm going to round up because of all the memories this album holds for me.
What world are people living in that a 15 minute song is ok? Jimi was a pioneer of electric guitar, and there are too many influential things here, but I question his song writing and his judgement. If he's so good, why is he dead?
So fucking good. It's a notch down from "Are You Experienced", but still one of my absolute favorites.
Excellent musicianship! 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) was magical. Drags a little bit for my liking though :/ 3/5
An absolute classic, amazing record. Jimi was a god.
In an hour-fifteen whirlwind of frenetic yet controlled rock, Hendrix and the rest of the Experience manufacture a truly sensual experience on the ears. Building on the constant backing of heavy blues rock, layers of psychedelia are piled up to construct mammoth tracks such as Voodoo Chile - lined with just-as-punchy shorter intermediate numbers, including the renowned classics of Crosstown Traffic, All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child (Slight Return). The complete package of rock, and the quintessential demonstration of Hendrix’s massiveness.
This deserves its place on the list. His version of All Along the Watchtower is one of the greatest songs of all time. I like that these recordings feel like an invitation to an intimate jam session. There were a few times I found myself disengaging during the more meandering songs, though. I think stoned me would love those songs and give the whole thing a 5, but overall it's a 4 for today.
Some of my favourite Hendrix tracks on this album... Voodoo Child, Crosstown Traffic, All Along the Watchtower. However, I've heard better version of most, if not all of those elsewhere. Some unnecessary minute long interludes in the album too which serve no purpose.
there will be a speaker in my tombstone that plays 1983 on repeat
Far out I forgot how good this one is, also this album is 56 years old... holy fuck Jimi was cookin back then.
Psychedelic masterpiece. I would get on my knees for Jimi HENDRIX IS GOD
Electric ladyland is the land beneath my pants
Everyone is ragging on how boring 1983..and Voodoo Child, and how great All Along the Watchtower is. For me, it's the other way around. I think the side with Rainy Day, 1983, and Moon Turn the Tides,is fabulous stuff, a mesmerizing display of great musicians jamming with Jimi's great quitar work. It and The Allman Brothers Mountain Jam, my very favorite pieces of rock music ever. I think both Voodoo Child and Voodoo Chile (A Slight Return) are monumental blues numbers. All the rest of the album (excepting Still Raining, Still Dreaming) are just filler to me compared to the rest of this awesome album.
Some absolute guitar god greatness, some absolute acid-fueled drivel, but mostly, Electric Ladyland is just mediocre blues-based proto-hard rock. Maybe if it wasn’t so goddamn long it’d be better, but even the flashiness of Hendrick’s raw talent can’t distract me from long-winded songwriting, bland structure, and useless studio tinkering. It’s fine, but the best songs are mostly found on Side D, strangely enough. It’s less annoying than Axis Bold As Love, but it’s also a million times more boring. It’s sad to realize that Hendrix was mostly a Greatest Hits artist, but god, the dude could not stay consistent for a single record. If he wasn’t such a goddamn incredible player, I doubt we’d talk much about him, let alone continue to praise a pretty mid-tier record like Electric Ladyland. The best songs are worth a listen, but you don’t have to slog through the rest of the record to get to them.
Greatness. Humans will listen to Jimi Hendrix until we die off
I thought I was really going to like this, because I love me some Jimi, and I didn't recognize most of the songs on this album, but it turns out it was mostly just mediocre meandering with some cool guitar. A couple of incredible songs on here but overall it was a pass
all along the watchtower best song on the album. voodoo child slight return is also great but because it’s SHORTER. i understand the long songs are journeys but like over 10 minutes is A LOT
What a great album. But what the hell was track #5, Little Miss Strange?
I thought I had listened to this album before, as I owned a couple Hendrix CD's over the years. However, so much of the album seemed foreign and surprising to me, in a good way. I think it should have been cut down from the 74 minute runtime, especially the first 15 minute song. However, I was, overall, happy with the listen and would definitely listen to again. Though "Band of Gypsys" is still my favorite Hendrix album.
Great guitaring.
Easy 5. All-time classic.
Again…Jimi, Jimi, Jimi!
Tame impala in the 60's doesn't work
This Jimi guy is pretty good at guitar. What an album. Amazing guitar playing, good vocals. Kept me entertained throughout despite being on the longer side (an hour and 15) and All Along the Watchtower being the last song on the album basically. Good stuff. 8/10 (4/5)
165/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
This was a commitment. I don’t usually enjoy a jam like this. I would prefer to see it live. But he can play guitar…and this is a more funky, rocking version of B.B. King. It’s a long album…and for me, if it had been a bit shorter, I could have enjoyed it more. As for it’s impact on the rock era, especially for its time, it is unmistakeable.
It is good musically. It is just not something I am going to love. Guitar is so good, but everything else is just fine. It's like having a star point guard but the rest of the team is league average.
This is Jimi Hendrix's third and final studio album, and the first of him that I'm coming across on the list. This is album is really great, a perfect use of the double album. It's definitely a psychedelic rock album, and probably a "hard rock" album in a lot of ways (he shreds on the guitar throughout). It's so much more than that though, it's got some blues, some funk, weird synth-y fuzzy sounds. It's dense, but consistently unique and interesting. It just feels way ahead of it's time in a way that I can't really pinpoint. Honestly I was leaning towards a 4 on first listen, but I'm listening to this back and I don't really know what I would take a star away from. It just feels raw and unique. The "All Along the Watchtower" cover near the end is a classic. Great album overall. Favorite song: All Along the Watchtower Other: Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland), Crosstown Traffic, Voodoo Chile, Little Miss Strange, Long Hot Summer Night, Come On (Let the Good Times Roll), Burning of the Midnight Lamp, 1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be), House Burning Down, Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 8/23/24