Are You Experienced

Look, I’ve been pretty hard on some of the “classic”, “greatest-of-all-time” records that appear on this list and there are very few that I plan on giving five stars. It’s not without good reason…a lot of those “classic” records, we’re just supposed to accept they’re classics because they sold a lot of copies or we’ve been told by the music press for decades that they’re important. I don’t think Rumors is a 5 star record…shit, I don’t even think Sgt. Pepper’s is a five star record. They both have their flaws to me and I’m not going to ignore them because everyone else thinks they’re perfect. Now I’m going be a little hypocritical. Are You Experienced? is not a perfect record, but it is a 5 star record. Why, you ask? Well, and here’s where I’ll be a little hyperbolic, it’s because no one on earth, since Jimi Hendrix, has had as much of a long lasting impact on music. This is a record that changed the world and continued to change the world for many decades after its release. There is rock music before and after Hendrix. He is the line in the sand, so to speak. He completely changed the way the guitar is played and used in rock music. The man basically created a new language for everyone else to learn and figure out. He is without a doubt the greatest of all time. You can track his influence all over the music that was released in the years, decades, half century following his debut. As an example, go ahead and listen to “Third Stone from the Sun” and try and tell me you can’t draw a straight line to the guitar squall and experimentation of Sonic Youth. Or listen to Eddie Hazel’s solo on Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain” or his playing on their ‘74 record, “Standing on the Verge of Getting it on” Or Stevie Ray Vaughan Or J Mascis Or Prince Or John Frusciante Or read about how Eric Clapton walked off stage the first time he saw Hendrix play. I believe “Is he really that fucking good?” was Clapton’s response to Chas Chandler right after he left the stage.(TBH, Jimi gets 5 stars just for knocking Clapton down a peg) Jimi Hendrix was so influential that Miles Davis started playing his trumpet through a wah pedal. I mean, I could keep naming musicians here, but you get the point, right? There is a pretty good chance that whichever guitar player you like wouldn’t be the player they are without Hendrix. I don’t think an album with the wealth of influence that Are You Experienced? left behind deserves anything other than 5 stars.

Sometimes you just gotta toss your 5 stars to the wind and let Jimi take over. Genre-bending, passionate, energized, psychedelic. Incredible album from a powerful trio. Fantastic drumming, impeccable guitar work. If I wasn't wading through clouds of drywall dust while feeding a baby and keeping a barking dog at bay I'm sure I could opine for hours on how much I enjoy listening to this album. It never gets old.

The songs are still brilliant. It is easy to get caught up in Jimi's excellent guitar work but the other pieces of the band are just as great. There is a rawness to the guitar though that is so difficult to replicate that I once described as a imprecise precision. Jimi never misses a note and you get the feeling that he hits everything just as he wanted and yet there is a feeling of searching in the melody, like an artist sketching out a drawing. I once listened to someone play a Hendrix song and commented while they played well, that they played too well. Their cover was too clean and it lost the energy of the original. That is on no better display than on this album. The album contains some of my favourite Hendrix songs including The Wind Cries Mary and Are You Experienced. However, the songs do form a random collection of tracks and lack a sense of cohesion to tie them together which I think is a missed opportunity.

I imagine Hendrix sounded amazing when he arrived on the scene, unlike anything else. Now though, so many people have done so much better. He's obviously a legend and all, can't dispute that, but I struggle to listen to him for too long without finding it annoying. A couple of tracks here are fine, a whole album is too much for me.

Ce que j'ai reproché au précédent album de Jimi à propos de l'emplacement de ses "tubes" dans la chronologie du projet n'est pas tombé dans l'oreille d'un sourd, et c'est une bonne chose. Vous savez probablement que j'ai fêté la semaine dernière le premier anniversaire du jour où je me suis fait licencier de mon premier cabinet d'avocats. Je vous dois la vérité sur cet épisode. Alors que je m'y rendis un matin avec le même entrain qu'habituellement, ma tutrice me convoqua dans son bureau. "Ferme la porte" me dit-elle une fois que j'eus franchi celle-ci. Je m'assis en face d'elle et c'est alors qu'elle débuta son laïus truffé de reproches : - Robserpillère, cela fait maintenant trois semaines que tu travailles chez nous et plusieurs de tes agissements nous poussent à nous interroger sur ta présence ici. - Quoi ?! - Nous t'avons plusieurs fois demandé de décrocher les posters de Hugh Masekela que tu as fixés sur les murs de la salle de réunion, tu n'en as pas tenu compte. - Mais hein ?! - Vendredi dernier, alors que j'étais en rendez-vous avec un client très important, tu as allumé ton enceinte et diffusé l'album O.G. Original Gangster d'Ice T dans le couloir. C'était extrêmement inapproprié. - Ta gueule ?! - De plus, tu as pris pour habitude de débrancher l'aspirateur de notre femme de ménage car cela t'empêche apapremment d'écouter ton album du jour. Ce comportement est inacceptable. - Pardon ?! - Tu es viré, Robgazinière... Voilà, vous savez tout désormais.

I'm embarrassed to admit that while I've heard many songs from this album, this is the first time I've listened to the album outright. So, *now* I can say I'm experienced, I suppose. And what a great experience! Not every song can be as contagious or definitive as "Purple Haze" or "Foxey Lady", but even today it's not all that hard to understand how revolutionary the whole album was (or why it was so immediately popular). The Wikipedia entry for the album is a great read too (even if it's a little too long in the tooth at times). And now I know why Jimi Hendrix's sound is so distinctive on the album, given that he was literally blasting everyone out in the studio (and even causing computers above one of the studios to mess up). I'm really glad to know that Chas Chandler played a significant role in helping Jimi Hendrix bring his genius to the world. Finally listening to this album in its entirety only makes me even more baffled that the high school in Seattle I went to, and where he (briefly) attended much earlier than I did, had only a small, unlabeled bronze bust of Hendrix buried deep in the high school library, and nothing else to celebrate a brilliant musical artist.

Really is incredible this came out in 1967, on another level compared to the rock music of that time, with one or two notable exceptions. A unique voice in music that accomplished so much in the short time he was around.

5 stars. Next question.

Fantastic album that blew my mind the first time and still does. Manic depression is one of my favorite Hendrix songs.

How could you go wrong with Jimmy Hendrix on the experience… Every single song on this album is five stars. It’s blues, rock, psychedelic, everything you ever imagined anymore. Must listen.

The 1968 Bob Gibson season of albums. Even in the so-called "Year Of The Pitcher", Gibson having an ERA of 1.12 is just insane. So are 28 complete games and 13 shutouts. It's similar to an original album that contains Purple Haze, Hey Joe, May This Be Love, The Wind Cries Mary, Fire, however you want to spell Foxey Lady, and of course, the title song. There will never be another Bob Gibson. And there's never been anyone like Jimi Hendrix.

Uhh, best guitar player ever (arguably) and Matt’s favorite drummer playing psychedelic rock, yeah, you’re asking for Matt to hand out his first 5. The album is filled with banger after banger, no bad songs. I’ve always thought of this as a Jimi Hendrix Psychedelic album, now I realize it’s an album where Jimi spans like 5 genres and adds his magicians Psychedelic touch to each of them. I’m hearing R&B, folk, blues, rock, rockabilly, bebop and proto-funk—which is essentially what Jimi Hendrix is, a holy amalgam of skills, experiences and his time and setting spanning these genres to create psych rock. This album sets the stage for so many albums which follow it. This band might just be the perfect 3 piece, an insane guitar player with a really tight rhythm section. Every song has a great lick and impressive groove. Enough has been said about Purple Haze, it’s the single off an album that is made up of singles. The groove on manic depression is incredible. Hey Joe is perfect—misogynist lyrics notwithstanding. Wind cries Mary is perfect. Let me stand next to your Fire bangs. Third Stone is a solid jam session. Are you experienced is Jimi doing a Beatles’esque hippie anthem. Stone free is a great mix of R&B-psych. The only strike on this album, as with many Hendrix songs, there are some egregious fade outs, you want the song to keep going, he’s set the table for a breakdown and it just fades out. Stone Free and 51st Anniversary are the two worst offenders in this, though nothing will be as bad as bad, give you bigger rock blue balls than Little Wing (different album). Love that Hendrix ties it all together at the end with a solid blues cover, paying homage to the forebearers—note the Easter egg fart (distortion blip) at 3:14 on this song. Amazing album, long, love it even though I’ve heard it about 1 million times and it was my first real classic rock exposure at 12, doesn’t matter still tapping my feet to it at 36.

It's been a few months since I last listened to Jimi Hendrix. Thus, I'm not sure if my enjoyment of the debut is different because of context or just because it's a better record. This is immediately obvious, virtuosic guitar music of the highest caliber. The vocals are tucked back in the mix, because they aren't the focus of the music. But they also can be there because the meaning is crystal clear with the instruments in front of it. The hour flies by with the album in the background, but each song stands up to closer listening as well. There's simultaneous appreciation of rock history and creative innovation.

The great tracks we all know and the other great tracks. Nearly loses a point for some of the lyrics.

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Always a great album to check out. Not one of my favorites but it is good.

This was pretty damn good. I will say that it was a tad longer than it probably should've been but lots of hits and famous songs of the era on this. I've heard a bunch of them but never in one shot like this, so, I'm glad to say that I've been experienced. 9/10.

Okay, for this review, I listened to the North American release of this album, and excluded the bonus tracks added to the 1997 CD reissue, from "Stone Free" to "Red House". It's been a while since I heard from Mr. Hendrix, after getting Axis: Bold as Love as album #3 on my journey. It was an enjoyable piece of familiarity in a rather experimental first week. So it is no surprise that the prior album is also great, perhaps even better. Are You Experienced is one of those bona fide debut albums long recognized as a game-changer. You can hear how Jimi and his band took the blues rock structure and flipped it on its head, incorporating other styles and techniques. From the backward masking of the guitar and drums on the title track, to the tribal rhythms of "I Don't Live Today", to the blazin' fast funk of "Fire", to the serene ballad "The Wind Cries Mary" and the triple meter of "Manic Depression", Jimi wrote and composed with such wild tenacity. Both Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums were well-prepared to maintain the backbone of these tracks. Even the cover of Billy Roberts's "Hey Joe" is given new life with the fuzzed out guitar soloing and equally matched ferocity of the backing band. I could go on, but my point is clear—Are You Experienced is a phenomenal debut album that quickly cemented the legacy of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It is truly groundbreaking.

One of the most important debut albums. There’s a reason no other guitarist has had such universal appeal as the greatest guitarist to ever live. It wasn't just his playing was a cut above the rest, but his innovation bringing together sounds, genres, and technology to create something entirely new set him apart. Growing up as a bedroom guitarist, I share a common experience held by many before me and many still today—The first time you hear "Purple Haze" coming through the speakers at the start of this album. It only gets better from there. Thank you, Jimi Hendrix.

fire front to back, runs together a hair but the individual songs all offer something excellent, mind bending even now

Great album. Great musician. Great music.

Masterpiece. Classic.

Seminal hard rock. Driving rhythm section combined with virtuoso playing. Foxyyyyyyyy

I think the music you hear when you are 12-14 has an outsized impact on not just your taste but the kind of person you’re gonna turn into. I first got into Jimi Hendrix at 12 (at Sean’s house) and Are you experienced is probably the album that made me quit all the sports teams I was on, grow my hair long, start smoking wind tea (teabags soaked in windex, pretty epic high/ intense nausea) and locking myself in the basement to play guitar and write songs about girls I thought were hot but was too afraid to talk to. Never really course corrected, unfortunately. Gonna make sure my son just listens to pointless AI slop so he thinks music sucks and does his math homework. I have no recollection of doing the foxy ears mime during Lesbian Makeout Party’s debut at the 8th grade talent show in 2001, tho I remember Sean being pissed. I can’t be held responsible for my actions - I was not Frank that day, my mind went blank, I was but a mere vessel through which Jimi’s immortal spirit flowed. Anyway Jimi is creativity incarnate and without question the most influential electric guitarist of all time. I don’t think his songwriting gets enough credit either for its uniqueness. I actually like Axis Bold as Love better as an album but this one is almost as good.

Yesterday I was getting my haircut and next to the chair was huge hand painting of Hendrix by a local artist. The painting got me wondering about Jimi in San Francisco. Learned that in 1967 he played a show for 400 people in the Panhandle park near Haight Ashbury, on the bed of a truck owned by Jefferson Airplane, not too far from where Ted and I live today. Not much to say here - insane that this was a debut album. It’s like a greatest hits. Have always loved Wind Cries Mary.

I mean it's Jimi Hendrix. So many iconic songs here, an amazing debut album.

Every time I listen to this album I marvel that I don’t own it, I love it. Sure sometimes the guitar solos are a little over the top but that’s allowed when you’re Jimi Hendrix. I’m always impressed by how cohesive this album is and how quickly it seems to go. Red House is an absolute favorite at my house.

I can't imagine how this must have sounded to someone on their first listen in 1967. It's an amazing set of songs, the band sounds great. It's psychedelic without losing the blues/funk plot either. It's Jimi playing extremely well.

One of the best album of music history!

girl he released this in 1967.......that's crazy. i said this before with my post about Pearl and Janis Joplin but it truly is such a tragedy that he died so young- especially considering just HOW innovative he was with his guitar playing- think about how different rock and roll guitar music might sound today if he had lived only even ten years longer and was able to release more music. i know there have been a lot of posthumous albums released with demos, jams, and studio outtakes but i kind of have mixed feelings about that bc it just isn't the same as having a polished finished product to evaluate and appreciate. still, it is clear from the very first notes of this album how important and influential and frankly groundbreaking these songs are, and it's only his debut! also, in addition to his insane guitar skills, you can tell that Hendrix is an amazing frontman just from the way he delivers his lyrics- I don't even need to see his face to know that. many other rock guitarists cannot say the same! truly a once in a lifetime talent and i'm so grateful his work is immortalized for us to listen to and inspire us whenever we want.

Unreal. All time great

an experience indeed... favorite track: purple haze other picks: hey joe, the wind cries mary, fire, red house, foxey lady

Absolutely incredible.

Just exceptional for a debut album. So many great tracks.

The number of amazing songs on this is unbelievable. Will always be my favorite Hendrix album.

Liked this more than I remember. Definitely my favourite Jimi album. I don't love the more psychedelic tracks, but there are some bangers in here.

Fantastic album. Not my favorite Hendrix but some absolute classics on it. 8.5/10.

Unreal. Never been imitated and still stands out as fresh and original amongst the 50 years of music that’s come after it (to only give away is the production quality). Shout out to the drummer too.

A classic.

Top 10 album of all time. 50 years later it stills sound music defining!

Got to give this 5. Blues rock isn't usually my favourite but Hendrix blends it seamlessly with psychedelic rock. The guitar playing is sort of raw but everything feels absolutely perfectly placed and executed at the same time. I also like little moments like Jimi saying "how was that?" at the end of Red House that were caught on mic and left in, it adds a lot of character to both the album and the band It's so clear how influential his guitar playing was on countless acts that followed him. I'm a big fan of stoner rock so I get a kick out of what is an extremely early root of the genre here as well Also have to mention his great vocals and the drumming. Everything comes together perfectly to create a seamless, unbeatable 38 minutes (going by the UK release) Highlights: Foxy Lady, Fire, Third Stone from the Sun

Rating: 9.5/10 One of the best debut albums of all time. Innovative guitar playing and songwriting while still being wildly enjoyable from start to finish.

Purely belter

Hits right in that sweet spot between blues rock and psychedelic. Are you experienced? You will be after this. I recommend going for the UK track listing rather than the US, feels more cohesive to me but YMMV. Both digital versions contain the same tracks regardless.

Hey, wait, which of the dozen different versions of this album are we meant to be listening to? Think I'm fine with the 17 tracks on my hard drive, a rare case of the bonus tracks being essential - Hey Joe and Purple Haze feature. I expected to be torn over this. Many of these songs are foundational to me, my dad inculcating a love for the band, whom he'd seen in Chelmsford as a teenager. Recent dips into Hendrix's work have provided a patchy harvest; Electric Ladyland might be a more challenging assignment. But scanning the track listing, the first five tracks I didn't need to listen to again (though I did) to know they're incredible, and most of the rest is similar. His guitar never gets dull, and he had the most beguiling singing voice of his contemporaries, a seductive conversational tone. Misogyny is impossible to ignore, particularly after hearing the bonus track 51st Anniversary. To paraphrase Norm MacDonald, that Joe was a real jerk! But Third Stone From The Sun! Feel like that’s a path that was never successfully followed, apart from by Right Said Fred, as pointed out by my dad, angry and tipsy one NYE when “ I’m Too Sexy” emerged on Capital Radio’s Listeners’ Best Songs Ever countdown, and my dad furiously sought out his original LP…

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So this has easily three of the most powerful and potent Hendrix songs. Not only that, but it is the debut! Fucking nuts.

He really is one of the greatest guitarists. This album can’t be overrated.

Hendrix first album one of the greatest. Can listen to it over and over again. Not a bad song on it.

An undisputed essential in rock history. In many ways, this is not only Hendrix at his best, but 60s rock at its most far out, psychedelia at its peak, the electric guitar at its most expressive. It's blues, soul, R&B, psychedelia and pop all crammed into a 40 minute package, and I had so much fun hearing it again for the first time in years. I've gone between the different track listings of the UK and US versions when listening to this album (US adds three singles, including the iconic "Purple Haze", but removes "Remember", "Can You See Me" and "Red House"). For me, the US version wins out on a song-by-song basis, but the UK is structured more comfortably as an album, with more ebb and flow between the hard-edged rock and the lush ballads. As far as individual tracks, they're all winners, though I'd single out the instrumental "Third Stone From The Sun" as a blissful freak-out, full of guitar effects, feedback and intricate drum patterns, held together by a hypnotic three note bassline. The main guitar riff in this track, vibrato and all, is one of my favourite Hendrix moments on the record. "Are You Experienced" is another classic, all hinged around one chord, intoxicating marching snare beat and the insistent one-note piano refrain solidifies the band as a force to go down in history. "Red House" is the most forgettable track for me, leaning too far into a standard mid-tempo blues than the other songs on offer. There's little else I can add to the heaps of praise already given to this album, other than: Hendrix's voice suits the songs beautifully- it's bluesy husk is perfect and underrated. Noel Redding's bassline in "Fire" is exceptional. The ballads on offer are sublime and deserve as much credit as the rockers: "The Wind Cries Mary", "Remember" and "May This Be Love" all have beautiful melodies that cascade around the guitar lines. So it's a real classic and essential listening for rock music fans. Some of the techniques used might be dated now (trippy stereo panning, backmasking, wah pedals) but they only serve to capture the Jimi Hendrix Experience as true pioneers in 1967, riding the wave that would ultimately be too large even for them.

Jimi Hendrix is glaringly the greatest, most charismatic, most talented artist of the 60s, and here we have his debut. In truth, this is not so much structured as an album but rather as an assemblage of Hendrix songs, showcasing what voodoo mojo geetar freakoutery he could do. But what a showcase! Virtually every moment and every aspect stuns the listener. Since everyone knows Hendrix's guitar virtuosity (he was quite good, apparently), I shall instead talk about his voice. Hendrix himself was rather disparaging about his voice, and was very self-conscious about it. To every other listener, Hendrix's dismay is baffling. His voice is somehow warm and seductive yet simultaneously masculine and fiery. Another aspect perhaps overlooked, though to a lesser extent, is the range of styles Hendrix adopts and mutates into his own; the rock, ballad, blues, raga, soul, R&B and psychedelia displayed here all bend towards Hendrix's star, a process sustained in his later albums. Hendrix had talents far beyond the guitar, and this album is proof. Why aren't you listening to this now?

Favs: May This Be Love and Manic Depression are personal favorites. The Wind Cries Mary. Fire. Hey Joe. Foxey Lady. Purple Haze. Mehs: No mehs on Jimi albums. I guess Third Stone From the Sun is my least favorite, but it's still good Hendrix's guitar work is still a mind blowing display of blues guitar. You get that with Mitchell's great drums, and you still get the clever lyrics: "You can hear happiness staggering on down the street Footprints dressed in red." Great stuff.

Where modern electric guitar began.

Hell yes. It's a perfect album. Beautiful soft balllads, explosive songs, trippy arrangements, huge hooks too. Even just they way this album sounds is perfect. The warm tape. It must've been recorded together live rather than track by track. A goddamn masterpiece. At one point I thought, maybe it's too long, but then realized Spotify added 6 songs to the end and doubled the album lenght! Favorite tracks are the trippiest - Third Stone and Are You Experienced. I had a quintessential stoner moment with that song, just the right slight high and pulled into my driveway and it came on. Sounded so good I put it on repeat, louder and louder, until Rico came outside a bit worried. We all know Jimi's considered the greatest guitar player, largely on the back of his soloing. I think more music critic ink needs to be spilled on his rhythm guitar chops. He would curl his thumb over the top of the neck to fret the low E and do these percussive melodies with the other four fingers below the neck. MASSIVE HANDS. A+

One of my favourites and first got me into psychedelic music. The bass line and guitar coming in and out on Third Stone is what sold it for me. Foxey Lady is just such a great song

Been a while since I’ve Jimi’d

Excellent Album -- Masterclass in electric guitar and blues rock.

This album is just bangers after bangers. The true god of guitar. This kind of music is the original "dad rock" for me lol. I like the songs better here that on the first Hendrix album I got before: "Electric Ladyland". Unfortunately I'm not a guitar player so I never had the desire to explore his career more. I hate that this kind of rock, harsh and raw, doesn't translate well to my instrument. Another thing on the production side is that there are weird choices for the stereo use. For example having the lead vocals only on one side. I listened to the versión that's on TIDAL. Those weird stereo things definitely make the songs sound outdated.

8/10 Way superior to Electirc Ladyland and really, really good. Straight up rock with heavy r&b influences and a psychedelic edge Extremely well produced and sung. Excellent wall of noise. Hendrix vocals are great Best: Are You Experienced?

Really enjoyed!!!

Obviously good but quite long. Would have loved to have heard it in it's time. I couldn't give it less than 4 stars because I know deep down it's a 5 star album.

Album of bangers!

These are the singles I want, 1000% on point. There are some tracks I might swap out, but more amazing than meh.

Red House and Are you Experienced are my highlights

Absolute classic with a number of bangers. Good all around.

Hendrix was a phenomenon: the voice, the guitar, the look, the early death. This almost obscures any critique of the music itself. Hey Joe sums up the phenomenon, some of the rest of the album doesn’t. 4

"Good but not right now..." Something I'm learning with this exercise is that music is as much about the mood you're in as it is objective quality. I hadn't really given Hendricks a shot. Weird since I started as guitarist but I think the opening of purple hay is just turned me off to the whole endeavor which is foolish. I listen to all of this, I found my head nodding along to most of it, it's obviously It's actually still a pretty transformative work. I mentally earmarked it, "this is great, why do I listen to this more?" And I realized chad I'm just not in a mood. All that often that's syncopatico with this type of work. Maybe that means I'm too uptight? But it's really interesting to find good music that's accessible and yet still a bit of a mismatch for where I am. Good but not right now.

A legend and a must listen

Classic!

Love Jimi. I totally acknowledge his genius and put him at the very tippy top of the guitar hero mountain. That having been said, most of his albums are very uneven with huge peaks and some very meh songs mixed in. In total I'll take what we got.

Pretty good

Jimi's best album in my opinion. Lot of classic songs here. "Purple Haze", "Hey Joe", "The Wind Cries Mary", and "Are You Experienced?" are all bangers. Similar to Jimi's other albums I wish this was a little shorter but otherwise this is an all timer. Favorite track: The Wind Cries Mary

I'm feeling pretty experienced. Idk, the last Hendrix album I got was a bit lackluster from what I remembered it being, but this is the one with mostly all the hits. Super solid & ground breaking.

There's some fantastic guitar playing on this album, as you might expect. It really feels like something from ten years ahead of when it was recorded. Jimi changed the way that rock bands did guitar. Most surprising was learning that part of I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred was lifted direct from a riff on Third Stone from the Sun.

Now Jimi played guitar Jamming good with Weird and Gilly And The Spiders from Mars He played it left hand But made it too far Became the special man Then we were Jimi's Band Jimi really sang Screwed-up eyes and screwed-down hairdo Like some cat from Japan He could lick 'em by smiling He could leave 'em to hang He came on so loaded, man, Well-hung, snow-white tan So where were the spiders While the fly tried to break our balls? Just the beer light to guide us So we bitched about his fans And should we crush his sweet hands? Oh yeah Jimi played for time Jiving us that we were Voodoo The kids was just crass He was the naz With God-given ass He took it all too far But boy, could he play guitar Making love with his ego Jimi sucked up into his mind (ah) Like a leper messiah When the kids had killed a man I had to break up the band Jimi played guitar

ooOOoo foxey lady

TOO LONG.

A bit anxiety inducing 3.5

Great opening song along with classic Jimi Hendrix shredding. The stereo effect on "May This Be Love" is incredible. Unfortunately, I've just never been able to get into Hendrix as much as I probably should so this doesn't rate super high for me. I can appreciate the raw talent and his contribution to music, though.

Yeah fine, can't really listen to JH anymore for some reason

not quite my tempo

A lot of great energy, but also a lot of guitar (obviously), but over the whole album it gets too much for me, although individualitet several great tracks. So a bit divided here

I can appreciate it, it's just really not my jam.

back in like 2008 I ran across a guy called Purple Haze on MW2 and, being the child I was back then, thought this was one of the coolest names that I had seen in a while and decided to copy it with my own twist. I ended up running with the name Pink Haze for a month or so until my next fad name came around. It wasnt until a decade had passed and I had started to get more into listening to music that was foreign to me that I found out that Purple Haze was the name of a Hendrix song / a strain of weed. With that said, I don't vibe too much with the album. Unsure if its a 3 or a 2 but since I have heard much worse albums that I have rated a 2 I will give it a halfway rating

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Better Hendrix but very frustrating stereo mix, causing drop from 4 stars to 2.

Meh

Annoying and dumb

I had a glowing review written up that I guess I didn’t save… great fucking album. I think that sums it up.

One of those albums where I was just amazed front to back. I still can’t comprehend how Jimi Hendrix was so ahead of his time.

I got this for Xmas the year ot came out.

Putting this out there: best debut album ever

thank you jimi hendrix for blessing my ears! fav song is gonna have to be fire - those syncopated drums that happen like twice in the song probably made the people of the late 60's shit their pants in excitement. also, the fact that i knew half of these songs from listening to a greatest hits album like two years ago? in my books, if a song sticks with someone, the artist did something right. and jimi most definitely did something right. will be giving this five stars. undoubtedly. there was not one point on this album where my mind wasnt blown open, the lid sent flying all the way to iceland or some shit; i literally saw it leave at around 1:04 during stone free. he sung those melodies. while playing that guitar. what the freak. "will it burn me if i touch the sun?" - jimi (this guy knew how good he was)

purple haze - wow!!!! very very cool instrumentation and texture. think its about drugs or being in love with a cool girl or both tbf idk u jimi you do you!!! manic depression - hooly shit such a cool intro these drums are mega epic. i am beginning to understand why mr hendy is so famous. i am making guitar player faces at the solo in the middle of the song very very good hey joe - ok we mellowin it down i see uuuu oh okay nevermind its about homicide. ok pretty fire, but tbh it surprises me this one is so popular i think manic depression is better love or confusion - wait holy poop why are the lyrics kinda real hendy ur me fr. beat switch up goes hard may this be love - fuckin wit it! again cant tell if this is about drugs or a woman but its cute if its the latter. ok this is funky now i like this!! cutesy lil instrumental section love to see it i dont live today - absolutely wonderful intro WOW this is quite cool these drums are very sick i like how it goes double time for a sec its like edging me THIS IS THE LEAST LISTENED TO TRACK?!!! underrated af mr hendy omg it switches up ur lying this is so so so cool this might be my fav so far the wind cries mary - very funky; i could not tell you the slightest idea what this could be about but its a sick tune i can imagine it being in the background of a coming of age movie where they get stoned for the first time fire - accurate title. let me stand next to ur fire!!!!!!!!!!! idk what it is about this but it kinda feels like its taken influence from like 50s-60s shoowop kinda songs like the emphasis on certain beats and the bass line its very cool third stone from the sun - love me some swing ITS ABOUT ALIENS FUCK YESSSSSS very very good guitar ..... i think these sound effects are supposed to emulate some kind of alien invasion wait this is so cool was this all done on a guitar. oh okay rip humanity fire way to go out ig quite a haunting outro considering the meaning, i fw it foxey lady - very funky monkey gets me hype i would listen getting ready for a party or something. this might be another favourite!!! are you experienced? - title track ooooh... im ngl im so suprised this was recorded in 1967 its so ahead of its time. yep this ones definitely about drugs! tbh for the title track its not as good as the rest of the album im not fw this one as hard as all the previous stone free - im headbopping,,,,,, i fw this one hardddd idk it just makes me feel happy plus a 10/10 solo love 2 see it 51st anniversary - very dancey like id goth dance to this;; i love how distinct the sound of each track is like theyre so cohesive you can tell so clearly they were written for the same project but theyre all really cool and unique. oh dear why is his voice so hot in this yes whatever you say mr hendy highway chile - very like smooth,, again i can kinda feel a 50s influence like very og rock n roll vibe in the beat - i like it i would listen on a road trip but maybe im just saying that bc it has highway in the title can you see me - pretty cool, a lil boring but thats chill remember - i am getting major beatles or i daresay even elvis vibes right neow!! a lot more mellow and unique to anything on the album, i think this is really cute i would dance around my kitchen on sunday mornings with my future wife to this song red house - very cool track to finish it all off, encapsulates the vibes of the entire album really perfectly in conclusion, very very deserving of the hype hendrix sorry for doubting u king. my top 3 are, 🥉stone free, 🥈foxey lady, 🥇i don't live today

One hit after another. Undeniable musical genius.

5/5 that was fantastic. What a ride. The jimi ive been waiting for and expecting. So this is why everyone loves him. Well deserved

Hey Joe

I think Jimi Hendrix is one of the greatest guitarist of all time, but fir some reason I listened to this album once almost 10 years ago and never listened to it again. I would listen to all of the songs individually, but for some reason I always would put on Axis Bold as Love and Electric Lady Land over this album. I guess that was a mistake, because this album is great. There are still a couple of songs that aren't great, but there are so many all time classics here that it's hard not to love. Mid 5.

Bästa debutplattan någonsin. 10/10

Bangers only! Fuzzy