Are You Experienced

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

Not for me

Like the other Hendrix albums that I've listened to: a lot of fluff held afloat by some bangers.

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.

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

Vous n'êtes pas sans savoir que je possède 3 générateurs pirates en plus du générateur des 1001, afin d'étendre au maximum ma culture musicale. Aujourd'hui, robpenitencière, qui avait déjà réussit le tour de force de s'incruster dans mon aventure des 1001, a réussi à dénicher le lien menant à mon gigantesque fichier Excel proposant ces 3 générateurs clandestins. A peine arrivé, il tente déjà de remodeler le fichier selon ses préférences, alors même que la communauté pirate vivait jusqu'alors dans une parfaite harmonie musicale. Il détruit les classements des uns et les commentaires des autres, ne laissant que fumée et pleurs sur son passage. La communauté des générateurs clandestins prépare une réponse à cette intrusion, je vous tiendrai au courant dans une prochaine review des avancées de la rebellion.

not my kinda stuff

you see the thing is... blues, psychodelic and hard rock fuckin sucks almost always

TOO LONG.

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

Meh

Annoying and dumb

Yes I'm experienced... yet another Friday where I get one of my favorites, on day 1 I got Jimi and on day 99 he appears again, I look forward to seeing him once more maybe

Classic.

6/5

This must have been mind blowing when it first came out. Unlike anything else at the time

Enjoyed this one!

It’s fucking are you experienced by Jimi fucking Hendrix

Yes, Jimi, I am experienced. And it was fucking amazing. I got this LP during a vacation trip. Though remorseful the buyer felt, it was worth it. Favorite song: Waterfall or possible Are You Experienced?

I've always thought this was Jimi's best and most powerful album. Perfectly encapsulating his wild guitar antics, Foxy Lady, Red House & 3rd Stone are favourites. Streaming UK version this morning from my holiday home.

Too many incredible songs on here to even list. But shout out to Fire, it’s a little forgotten next to some of the other big hitters on here, but it’s just as good

I think it quintessential classic rock and roll.

Excellent, very exciting and innovative while still being enjoyable and not too painfully technical.

Amazing album I love Hendrix I think better than electric ladyland

Not too much to add to the discourse here, it's a classic chock-full of bangers and perhaps my fave Hendrix song in _May this be Love_, which I first heard on the Singles OST. The playing is brilliant, obviously Hendrix himself but there's so much expression in Mitch Mitchells' drumming and as a triio they blend perfectly together aided by the brilliant production which has space and balance across the instruments.

Absolutely incredible album, that's influence still resounds

Stone cold classic by the greatest guitarist who ever lived. I mean, come on.

A CLASSIC!!!!!

This is a stone cold classic album that paved the way for so much that followed in popular music.

Great performance and great album.

This guys alright on guitar isn’t he.

genius guitar playing, really liked the way they played with panning the sound to the differen sides (right/left)

🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 I was really, really trying to not rate this five stars and almost succeeded. I gotta say, for as many five-star songs as there are, there's a lot that technically rock but that I wish I clicked with more. Turns out, I just needed to listen to it again, but louder. "Third Stone From the Sun" is a prime example btw. Only Jimi can make shredding electric sound poetic and gentle. 1: Bad | 2: Okay, No Desire to Revisit | 3: Good, Conditionally (OR Inconsistent Mix of Qualities) | 4: Great (OR Technically amazing but missing the sauce emotionally) | 5: Amazing

fantastic album

My friend and I used to argue a lot over who was the greatest guitarist of all time. The argument always came down to the two Jimmys: Jimmy Page or Jimi Hendrix. I’d argue it was Page, he’d say Hendrix. We used to go see an Irish band, Skindive, whenever they played our hometown. After one of the gigs, we accosted the lead guitarist to settle the argument once and for all: Page or Hendrix. I felt vindicated when he agreed with me that it was Page. But it never sat right with me. Because I didn't really believe it. No shade on Page, who is a messy but brilliant guitarist. Hendrix had become such an obvious answer that I think I just wanted to have a different opinion than the masses. But the correct answer is of course Jimi Hendrix. There are guitarists who seem to put in so much effort to their playing. It feels like they’re playing past their natural ability. That’s a mad assumption of course, but it feels that guitarists like Page, and many others, derive their insane guitar talents from intense practice, obsession and hard work. Then there are guitarists who seem like it just flows out of them naturally. Not to diminish any hard work or practice that these guitarists have obviously put in, but it just feels more like they were born with a guitar in their hands, like it was always a part of them. Hendrix is the definition of that naturalistic player. His guitar wasn't an instrument, it was another limb that he had absolute control over. But as well as his otherworldly abilities, he was damn experimental too. The songs on “Are You Experienced” veer off into dizzying jazz odysseys. Feedback is treated as melody. His use of the whammy bar creates soundscapes that feel like they’ve been beamed in from another dimension. Slide guitar mixes with echo, delay and reverse tape effects to create spacey atmospheres. This album was one of the first mainstream uses of wah (before the pedal existed), and a big reason behind the popularisation of the fuzz tone. The studio had to write on the recordings “Deliberate distortion. Do not correct” to avoid the remastering team undoing all of their innovation. These songs weren’t just showing off Hendrix’s incredible guitar skills, he was using his virtuosity to create innovative and brilliant music that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise. I could talk at length about every single song on this album, but I’ll spare you and try to constrain myself to some of the most interesting moments on this absolute masterpiece of musical innovation. Things kick off with those absolutely filthy, sticky opening notes. “Purple Haze” was the first Jimi song I learned on guitar as a teenager. “Learn” is a strong word. Let's face it, nobody really learns how to play any of these songs. Only Hendrix can play these properly. “Hey Joe” is one of the all-time greats. It feels as if Hendrix is trying to hold his guitar back for the whole song, like a substitute teacher failing to keep control of their unruly kids. His guitar spills out into the breaks between verse lines with some of the most amazing fills you'll ever hear. And then it breaks loose altogether in that blazing solo. As impressive as Jimi’s lead guitar is, his rhythm guitar playing is technically amazing, and often overlooked. I’d argue that you could learn to play a Jimi solo to a decent level, but it’s a rare guitarist who can play Jimi’s rhythm guitar parts to sound ANYTHING like the man himself. Noel Redding's crawling bass line deserves a special mention here too. The dry darkness of the lyrics are something that stands out too. I mean it’s about a dude going to shoot his partner because she cheated on him. Jimi was a good storyteller in a lot of his music. “Red House” is my favourite blues standard of all time, hands down. Those lyrics are darkly comical too, the entire song acting as a build-up to that punchline at the end. This is the one song that showed off Jimi’s guitar skills so plainly. When he says “That's ok, I've still got my guitar. Look out now”, you’d better look out. His guitar absolutely takes off. “Foxy Lady” might have become a trope of itself thanks to the likes of Wayne’s World, but this is the perfect example of a song that only Hendrix can play properly. How many cover bands have you heard absolutely butcher this classic? To all musicians out there, please stop trying to cover this song. Leave it be. I remember seeing his performance of this song in Woodstock, or Monterey or somewhere, and being in absolute awe of how he used his mic stand to slide down the fretboard every couple of bars. With absolutely no effort at all. Incredible. The energy of these songs is something else. Mitch Mitchell's drumming has a big part to play in that too. Songs like “Fire”, “Highway Chile” (a particular favourite of mine), and “Stone Free” are just some examples of the melodic high-energy moments on the album. But that’s what’s so great about these songs: regardless of the musical direction of the song, it'll always break out into a moment of pure energy. It goes the other way too. “Stone Free” is also one of many songs that descends into a chaotic break of madness towards the end. The first 8 seconds of “I Don't Live Today” are quite possibly my favorite thing ever. Then the song goes in a totally different direction. The music melts down in the middle to a false ending. Hendrix utters trippy phrases as the band fade in and out around him. It’s mind-blowing experimental nuttiness, and I love it. “Third Stone from the Sun” is the most out-there song on the album, and a personal favourite. It’s like an acid trip captured on tape. Slowed-down speech, reverb, and space sounds derived from infinite resonance, build up anxiety, before a glorious jazzy riff chorus calms the brain cells down. Exploding into a fantastic solo, before descending back into madness. Concluding in that freak-out ending. Proper sonic experimentation. So weird that Right Said Fred interpolated the main riff into their campy hit “I’m Too Sexy”. Like, it properly baffles me. I like to categorise things in my head. Guitarists like Clapton or Jeff Beck and the likes were virtuosos in playing. Then guitarists like Jonny Greenwood or Graham Coxon were innovators, more interested in experimenting in sound and pushing the limits of what a guitar could do. Hendrix in my mind didn't fit cleanly in either category. He was a legendary player, the best, with unbelievable skills, but was also pushing the limits of music with his explorations in sound. I mean, he played his guitar with his teeth and set it on fire. Hendrix is the reason that my first electric guitar was a strat (a knockoff Hohner strat, but a strat all the same). I’d spend countless hours watching old degraded videos of him playing live in awe. I’ve dug through crates in record shops to find bootlegged compilations of his early demos and unreleased material. I used to carry my CD copy, with its broken case, of “Are You Experienced” around in my bag in college in case there was an opportunity to play it at a party, usually much to the disinterest of the rest of the attendees. Gerry Owns from Skindive, if you're reading this, we were both wrong. Consider this review my apology, Jimi. Hands down the best and most innovative guitarist we’ve ever seen on the third stone from the sun, and I’d wager anywhere in the universe.

Álbum excepcional! Psicodélico, sentimental, técnico... Músicas incríveis! QoA Adonis New.

perfect album, no notes. 5/5

This was perfect. There is no doubt about the guitar with Jimmy hendrix but the drums just mesmerized me.

It's hard to imagine how this must have hit when it was released. A blitzing fusion of hard rock, psychedelic, blues, and soul. One of the greatest debut albums of all time, and it still hits with fury nearly 60 years later.

Yes I am experienced, and I'm ready to experience this again. As expected, a truly awesome album that showcases a phenomonal guitarist in Hendrix. So many of these songs became classics and they still sound great today.

Already familiar, Hendrix

Como siempre Jimi Hendrix un gran maestro, todas sus canciones son buenas, todos sus discos son buenos, cualquier album que toque es garantizado que va a ser un éxito!

One mega fantastic album a+++ material

If ever there was a 5.

Yes.

i was being a stubborn lil fuck skipping on this one back in HS

Selain permainan gitar Jimi Hendrix yang sangat memikat album ini juga memperlihatkan permainan memikat dari bass dan juga drum, permainan kedua instrumen tersebut bisa sangat kawin dengan gitar Hendrix yang sangat rumit

Great album all the way through.

10/10 Sexy, romantisk, psykedelisk.

What a debut. An album that’s 100% worth the hype.

Where Blues, Hard Rock and Psychedelic Rock meet. It's grown on me over the years - back in the 70's this would have been a 3 star record and even 10 years ago maybe only a 4 star. It's more of a 4.5 star now but I'll round up.

Fantastic record. Holds up brilliantly.

I am indeed experienced

I confess that I started at 5 on this one and didn't waver. Hendrix was a genius who redefined guitar.

It wasn’t just Jimi Hendrix. It was the Jimi Hendrix EXPERIENCE. And such an important part of that experience was Mitch Mitchell. I listened to this on headphones… and yeah, that trio really DID create a something amazing. This is one of those top albums of all time. Doesn’t matter that it’s an hour. On this one, I could go longer, perhaps. And that’s saying a lot. I bitch about the double album on The White Album, Songs in the Key of Life, All Things Must Pass. Enough said. 5 Boolean: TRUE

Great recordings of the songs you know and other songs which are also great.

This is an album which really made me suffer for my music. Remember at school when you were able to bring in your own albums to play in a music lesson? Normally occurred at the end of school terms. I took this album into school just before the Christmas holidays and on my recommendation my music teacher played the title track. Forgetting about the teacher’s negative response, on the way home that day I proudly clutched the album to my chest and sat on the top deck of the bus. This was in front of the hard kids who sat on the rear seat. During the journey one of these bullies came up to me and thumped me in the mouth. He told me the track played in the lesson sounded like a cow giving birth. In retrospect I must admit that he did have a point as Jimi’s magnificent guitar solo does give you that image. Be that as it may the resulting injury from this thump meant that I nursed a massive mouth ulcer all Christmas and spoilt my Christmas dinner. All this comes to mind every time I play I play this album. And since my love for this album has never diminished from my school days, that is often. It is really a perfect album and could be a greatest hits album. Not one duff track at all. My appreciation of Are You Experienced is still the same. Cannot remember the name of the bully but I often wonder if he ever came around to realising how great Hendrix was/is. I have the smugness and satisfaction of knowing how cool it was to know of Hendrix way before many of my contemporaries. 5/5 7/6/26

Wow its got all the hyts!

It's almost... Cacophonous? I'm not sure how best to describe Jimi Hendrix in a word but that might be it. There's so much going on a lot of the time that it just kind of locks you in place for the Experience. Great stuff.

This is insane

As with a lot of albums from this era, it bugs me a little that there’s no “definitive” track listing (and in this case, depending in whether you were in the US or UK, some of the best songs were either on the album or only b-sides). I wish the US version included Stone Free. Anyway, this album is great, probably one of the best psychedelic rock albums ever. Although it’s not my personal favorite Hendrix record it’s full of excellent songs. It must have been incredible to see his band play live. Of all of the musicians to die before their time, I think Jimi was the one who had the most potential to keep pumping out exciting music for decades.

Hell yeah, finally some good music on this list.

The second half of this album is just incredible song after incredible song. Very close contest here between this and Electric Ladyland over my favorite JHE album. I think I like this one slightly less but I could be convinced. Great tone and some of the best guitar playing of all time. Game changing stuff truly. Jimi’s vocals are also great.

Great album I really like this kind of music I like Jimi, so that makes it easy, of course but this album was particularly good.

Nej det er bare fed. Han kæler sgu bare for guitaren.

* 92 Helt forrygende godt. Der er så meget luft og liv i musikken.

det kan godt være jeg har været for rundhåndet med mine 5 taller, men denne her kan der ikke være nogen tvivl om. Kunne få fem stjerner alene for sin musikhistoriske betydning, men sammen med hitsene og det tårnhøje niveau, er der længe kompenseret for et par mindre interessante numre. F'in fedt album

I flipped back and forth on this one for a while. I remember thinking that Jimmy Hendrix's recorded catalouge is pretty underwhelming considering how he's considered the greatest guitar player of all time. I remember listening to this specific record and being far more blown away by the live stuff. Live at Winterland (the triple album) is, to me, one of the greatest live records ever recored. So, I cam into this one, somehow, with low expectations. First off, this is a double album. And, I was thinking about why all these double albums had so much fluff on them. It's a hardware issue. If you add the second vinyl, you have to pay for it. On the low end, it's 36 minutes an LP. So, if you have some tracks you want to sneak in past the 36 minute mark, you have to pay for an entire vinyl. You're not going to add a full LP for 1 song. Hence the fluff on these hour records. This record, despite being a double, does not have that type of fluff. It's certainly front loaded with hits, but it carries the whole way through. Jimmy and Mitch Mitchell are on another level here. The songwriting is on point. The hits hit. And the deep cuts are great. This is a foundational record, and it's still a great listen today. 10/10

this album deserves all the praise heaped on it. they melt the room around you. revolutionary.

A truly epic album

Fantastic not a whole lot to say just solid rock great musicality, and obviously good guitar playing

Trio of literal geniuses. This got me experienced tf up. Production is a little bit sparse for my liking, but I can easily look past it for the masterclass in performance behind it.

Easy 5

I Don't Live Today

Obviously 5/5, and yes I’m quite experienced.

Jimi Hendrix definitely has some bangers to him, but turns out he also has some weaker songs. I didn't particularly enjoy everything this album has to offer, but the highs in 'Purple Haze', 'Manic Depression', 'Hey Joe', 'Fire', and 'Foxey Lady' are just too many to ignore. I realize when writing this that they're also half of the album. One thing that definitely bothers me a bit about this record is how bad it sounds for how good the compositions are. Sure, Hendrix sounds great, but the drums and about everything else sounds pretty bad. Sure, it has some years to it, but still. Not exactly ear candy in my book. I wasn't aware Hendrix managed to produce an album with this many hits on it, so it feels criminal to rate this anything other than 5. Provided you like at least some of what Hendrix is about.

I realised I rarely listen to Jimi Hendrix. I did for a while when I first discovered his music, but after that initial period, I didn't really go back to it. It might not be my favourite style of music, but when listening to this album, you just have to be impressed. Firstly, the guitar playing is iconic for a reason, it's just really good. There seem to be two versions of the album, but apparently I listened to the US version. There are so many great songs on this album: "Purple Haze", "Hey Joe", "The Wind Cries Mary", etc. It's really impressive to have that many enduring hits on a single album. It's not all good, though. Some of the songs are clearly not as strong as the others. As someone who doesn't really enjoy noodly guitar solos, things like "Third Stone from the Sun" are not my jam. Another pet peeve of mine is when artists fall into the trap of playing things backwards; I really hate that effect. The positives outweigh the negatives, though. It's both a great album in its own right and a culturally very important one. It's going to be a 5-star rating from me.

This was great! There is a lot of Hendrix I've never listened to, including this. Ive heard the hits, but hearing the other tracks really gives you an appreciation for what was here. This is an album that sounds like it should be deep in the 70s, with the voice and talent with the sound of 20 years of experience.

First listened to this album at the beginning of college- have it on vinyl, but have been sleeping on it! Grateful for the opportunity to give it another listen. Upon this listen, appreciating the lyrical depths as much as the guitar. So good got meback into Jimi-- new favorite trach is Are You Experienced

JIMI HENDRIX YOU ARE THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

Jimi!

My gawd, hit after hit after hit. Jimi and company at his short time best

A classic. Something I had already heard a hundred times growing up. Insane how ahead of time it was being released in 67.

Its fucking Hendrix, what more do you need to know

dönemine göre mükemmel KULAK PASINI YOK EDEN, SATISTIFYING ve de bir o kadar SEKSİ gitar soloları... jimi hendrix dünyanın bu konudaki bence EN YETENEKLİ insanı falan. diyeceğim başka HİÇBİR şey yok. favorim red house ve the wind cries mary

Just a quick note, because everyone already knows this is as brilliant as a record can possibly be: It is indeed a wise decision to list the US Version. The sequencing is so much sharper than the UK/ROW version; it's way more cohesive and gives Are You Experienced? its legendary and wildly imaginative status as a legendary document of musical history.

Multiple absolute bangers. Another GOAT. Kylee was helping an old man with dementia when we lived in Denver and he would tell her everyday about his greatest memory being when he went to a Hendrix concert. Can you imagine going to a Jimi Hendrix concert back in the day on psychedelics? I’d vibe so hard to The Wind Cries Mary on a couple shrooms

It's Jimi, one of the few musicians a layperson might be able to identify by the sound of their guitar. The man weaves air into steel into bioelectric impulses—musical Dhakai Muslin. I don't remember ever having heard Third Stone From The Sun, but I agree, let's do a wipe on humanity and give it all over to the avians.

Not the best sound quality, but it doesn’t matter. This is Jimi at his best - sometimes raw, maybe a bit unbridled -and teetering on chaos. Some of the lack of polish adds to the feel of the record in my eyes (or ears?). I always wondered what he would’ve done musically if he was still around. The album opens with 3 classics and has a few more peppered in as it progresses, but everything else is solid as well and not too off the rails (like his Star Spangled Banner).

This album is extraordinary, so fantastically enchanting and wonderful. Jimi Hendrix is, for sure, a genius and a great guitarist, and this record perfectly portrays his abilities. The psychedelic sounds match so well the bluesy and jazz moments that surround the album's eclectic sounds. I love the experimentation here, it functions pretty well, sounds fresh and makes of this album a very enjoyable and interesting one. So, I've loved it, it has been a very pleasant and even funny listening.

An album that remains just as good as the first time I heard it. Obviously the guitar is the star of the show but Jimi Hendrix's unique vocals put this album in another stratosphere.

One of the greatest psychedelic albums ever by one of the greatest guitarists ever. 4.5/5

Fantastic album. I had a hard time choosing which song to put on my playlist. I went with “Purple Haze”.

legendary, genre-defying artist. Hard to believe this was a debut album!

This is obviously just a perfect rock album. Even if you don't like it, it's still perfect. I don't always feel like listening to it but it's still perfect. I've heard foxy lady 10,000 times and I'm attracted to men but when it starts, how can you end it? The first time I smoked a joint by myself this is the album I put on and when the title track came on I was like...oh yeah, got it. I almost never listen to this but every time I do it's perfect

Honestly, I can't believe it's taken me this long to REALLY listen to Jimi Hendrix. I always thought his style was too psychedelic for me, but really listening to this album makes me see what I missed out on. It's got a lot more of a funk feel than I anticipated which I LOVE. I'm going to definitely listen more intently later so I can make notes on the specific songs.

SAY HIS NAME: Noel Redding SAY HIS NAME: Mitch Mitchell

great

Jimi hits the studio, and makes an everlasting impression on rock 'n' roll from that time forward. I mean, how can you not rate an album a '5' when it has 'Fire', 'The Wind Cries Mary', 'Purple Haze' and 'Hey Joe'. Not to mention 'Foxey Lady', 'Are You Experienced?', 'Stone Free' and 'Manic Depression'. The deluxe version has a couple of songs in the middle that aren't quite up to the standard of the rest, but the hits are such killers that you almost need a little rest by that stage. Truly a remarkable album and well worthy of a place high up in the ratings.

Completely tubular and totally awesome man

Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Masterpiece - An album that changed music forever. I can't imagine what it must have been like to hear this in 1967. Jimi will be remembered forever. I think of all the great musicians that we lost too soon, he was the one who had the most left to give. Luckily we have the music he did make. Genius.

Felt like I was hearing it for the first time even though I know many of the guitar parts. Hit the perfect spot this week. Mitch Mitchell was a beast! In headphones you can hear the guitar layers and the audio spacing so perfectly. 8 million bazillion quadrillion jillion stars. Probably the greatest debut album by anyone in the rock era. But what even comes close?

Highly innovative, highly influential, and still holds up today. Hendrix was an early pioneer of effects pedals and was one of the first to make use of feedback as a musical element. Nearly 60 years have passed and his mastery of such techniques is still impressive to this day. All of this is in service of a record where the tunes themselves are still fantastic. Not much else to say, easy 5 stars

Timeless recording

Ура!!! Джіммі найкращий)))

Finally a great record! Psych heavy jams 60’s burnout blues rock is what I like!

This is so good. I had never paid much attention to Hendrix, but I knew 6 songs on this one. I think my favorite is Are You Experienced? Feedback like that in the 60’s? Not to mention that he effortlessly goes from blues to rock to psychedelic, giving it his own flavor.

Legendary

This album blew my god damn mind

Tja, wat moet ik hier nog over zeggen wat niet al gezegd is? Superieure gitaarvirtuositeit, ultiem losgaan, spelgenot, de vrijheid van de jaren zestig, rebelsheid gepaard met genialiteit. Onze Jimi kortom, nu al weer meer dan een halve eeuw heel erg dood, maar op de plaat springlevender dan menig eigentijds artiest. Potdomme, wat is dit goed.

Als ik mij, voor het luisteren van de 1001, een geluidsbeeld vormde van meneer Hendrix, dan was dat ongeveer dit album. Ik had daardoor verwacht dat meneer Hendrix voor bijna alles wel 5 sterren van mij zou krijgen. Maar door wat spelerij en jaren '60 klanken, bleef hij hiervoor twee maal steken op 4 sterren. Maar dit album is één van de zeldzame 10-sterren platen. Het album is voor mij het ideaalbeeld van dit genre. Zo'n 801 platen uit de lijst zijn herrie, kattengejank, een vergeetbare 3 of zoiets. De overige zijn zo bijna allemaal in twee categorieën te verdelen. Of muzikaal erg interessant of heel makkelijk te luisteren. Slechts enkele albums vinden de ideale middenweg. Dit album is daar absoluut hét voorbeeld van. Man, het luistert zo makkelijk, dat het soms bijna, als een vergeetbare 3, wegvalt Maar zodra je echt luistert; man, wat zit alles dan fijn in elkaar. Ik heb bijna elk nummer een like gegeven ("May this be love" was me net te saai) en het album vier maal geluisterd, gewoon omdat het zo prettig is.

Yes, het debuut van Jimi, waarbij we wel even moeten kijken dat we de goede versie pakken. De Noord-Amerikaanse is namelijk degene met de bekende nummers. We hebben niet zo lang geleden nog een ander album van Jimi gehad, waarbij ik al aankondigde dat ik hier mijn 5 sterren voor ging bewaren. Dus hierbij, geen lang verhaal, gewoon 5 sterretjes en klaar.

Thje best Hendrix album. One of the greatest albums of all time. A monster. And Hendrix's influence, like Miles Davis, can not be underrated. ALL rock music you like, from Pearl Jam to Prince, has some Hendrix in them. RIP

Groovy in the extreme

It’s Jimi

Man it must have been totally mind blowing to hear this when it first came out

Duh

Listened to the anniversary edition with more songs and loved every single one.

I'm not a huge fan, but this is a great record.

Hit after hit. Classic Jimi and a classic album. Hidden gem, May This Be Love

Jimi innit its always goanna be 5 starts

Listened to this a few times before, very good Is genuinely like a Greatest Hits album. Classic. Think il round it up to full marks

Like a greatest hits album. Loved it

Fantastic, one of the albums that really belongs on the list.

My second Hendrix album. I listened using my earbuds. Obvi Jimi’s so great and I love his experimentation. I was also taken with his band on this album. It looks like this album was put out within 7 months of Axis: Bold As Love. That’s insane. I listened to this and Axis: Bold As Love in Apple Music and really enjoyed the “making of” at the end. Really interesting and they make you appreciate Jimi’s skills.

I mean it's Hendrix! He's definitely my favorite from this era!

A solid 9/10. I love this one. Pure energy and magic. You can feel Hendrix changing the rules in real time. Definitely one I respect and genuinely love coming back to.

Hendrix is an absolute legend and this record is monumental. Having said that, is it actually good? I would say yes definitely. People often talk about Jimi's guitar, which is obviously great, but no one seems to talk about how well the rest comes together, including Jimi's sultry voice. You need great musicians to accompany a great like Hendrix. Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell know how to keep up. It's psychedelic but mostly bluesey, something people also really understate. Having said all that, I don't particularly like this older style of production, but it definitely isn't as bad as some famous records (looking at you Beatles) This record should be here and among the most influential records of modern music.

Jimmy Hendrix is an absolute legend on the guitar and this album shows that so well. You can hear how all rock music that came after built on the sounds he is making right here. It is almost impossible understate the influence he's had on the electric guitar as an instrument, and I feel like this album exemplifies it amazingly. It is weird, experimental, bluesy with cool influences of the jazz world, yet despite all that it still very much works together to create an amazing sound.

This is where experimentation actually changes the language of the instrument. It is not just about flash, it is about how sound is shaped, stretched, and recontextualized. The way the guitar interacts with the mix, the sense of space, the controlled chaos in places, it all points toward something much bigger than standard rock structures. Even now it still feels exploratory in a way that aligns naturally with more progressive thinking.

From a Rolling Stones article on the greatest debut albums in history: "Every idea we have of the guitarist as groundbreaking individual artist comes from this record." I remember listening to this record in my basement bedroom, it was a hijacked souvenir from trip to my dad's house. I tried so hard to like it, or did I just really like it? Do I even like it now or do I think I'm just supposed to? I have no opinions that aren't just parroted ideas from people I want to be seen by.

Easiest 5 of all time. Look at those handful of pretentious dudes in the reviews "it's been done better by now." Brother, I promise you, okay, if you named any artist who "has done this better," not only would you get laughed at by everyone in the room, the artist themselves would slap you upside the head for implying they're better than Jimi. If I HAD to say one nitpick it's literally just "I don't like how the final track just fades out."

All the Jimi anyone would need right in one place. A seminal album in the history of rock 'n roll... by quite simply the best to ever do it.

Muy bueno.

The Spotify default for this album appears to be the USA release (supplemented with extra tracks). However, the history of this debut is a tale of two versions. Produced by Chas Chandler of The Animals, the original UK version was released first and only in mono. It featured a different cover, track listing, and running order. Most notably, 'Purple Haze', 'The Wind Cries Mary', and 'Hey Joe' were omitted from the UK LP as they were treated as standalone singles. Conversely, 'Remember', perhaps the weakest track across both versions, was dropped for the US market. Inexplicably, the US release also omitted "Red House", which is my personal favourite across both editions. Unlike the UK original, the USA version was made available in both mono and stereo. While tracks such as "Love or Confusion" and "I Don't Live Today" may sound slightly dated, they are carried by the exceptional musicianship of the power trio. Mitch Mitchell, in particular, was a superb drummer whose contributions are often overlooked today. The remainder of the tracks have rightfully earned their reputation as "Classic Rock" staples; they remain essential for a reason. The variety on display is what makes this album a treat, regardless of which version you spin. From the experimental title track and the celestial '3rd Stone from the Sun' to the raw energy of 'Foxy Lady' and 'Manic Depression', there is something here for most listeners. Sonically, the album can feel thin at times. This inconsistency likely stems from the recording process taking place across three different locations with different engineers, rather than just poor remastering. I have yet to acquire an original mono pressing, which was the priority mix and remains the preferred choice for audiophiles. I shall have to hunt one down. The USA release remains the definitive collection for its inclusion of the hit singles, earning a full 5/5. The original UK release, while a fascinating look at the band's initial studio intent, achieves a 4/5. USA Release - Side one 1 "Purple Haze" (5/5) 2 "Manic Depression" (5/5) 3 "Hey Joe" (5/5) 4 "Love or Confusion" (4/5) 5 "May This Be Love" (4/5) 6 "I Don't Live Today" (4/5) USA Release - Side two 1 "The Wind Cries Mary" (5/5) 2 "Fire" (5/5) 3 "Third Stone from the Sun" (5/5) 4 "Foxey Lady" (5/5) 5 "Are You Experienced?" (5/5) Total - 52 Sum - 4.73 UK Release - Side one 1 "Foxy Lady" (5/5) 2 "Manic Depression" (5/5) 3 "Red House" (5/5) 4 "Can You See Me" (5/5) 5 "Love or Confusion" (4/5) 6 "I Don't Live Today" (4/5) UK Release - Side two 1 "May This Be Love" (4/5) 2 "Fire" (5/5) 3 "3rd Stone from the Sun" (5/5) 4 "Remember" (3/5) 5 "Are You Experienced" (5/5) Total - 49 Average - 4.45 311/1001 169/311 albums reviewed were new to me.

there’s no doubt, jimi was a genius and this album reflects it even through some tracks which can be very experimental

Been a long time since I've listened to this. Maybe doesn't blow my mind the same way anymore, but I still love it. Mitch Mitchell was a madman.

Genisl

I used to play a game with friends: name the three best consecutive songs on an album. The first three tracks here are arguably the most solid ever.

Filled to the brim with absolute classics, hard to find any faults besides maybe just a bit too long

Iconic, classic, still sounds fresh even as these have been run through the ringer in movies, commercials, and whatever else. Still boggles this little mind what Hendrix did in his short career, and I'm still stunned when I hear some of these. Probably going to be a Top 10 album on a lot of lists, and hard to argue against that.

Really liked this album the songs where good and where amazing JIMI is really good with the guitar

This was so much fun, definitely had a better time studying with this. Enjoyed it more than Electric Ladyland which I had tried before. Top tracks: May This Be Love, Red House

Fajne

Listened Before? Y An absolute classic and a staple of my library for years. Added to Library? Y Songs added to playlist: Wind Cries Mary

FLIPPIN classic. I would get rid of some tunes that make this album not so consistent, but still, great music. 8.5/10 Will I add this album to my library? Yes

This is great. Brilliant. There is nothing to complain about, nothing.

Absolute classic. Not much more I can say

Om hyvä. Yksinkertaisesti.

En mi opinión, es uno de los mejores álbumes de la historia, principalmente por lo revolucionario que fue para su época. Jimi Hendrix es, sin dudas, uno de los guitarristas más importantes de todos los tiempos, tanto por sus innovaciones musicales como por la enorme influencia que tuvo en artistas posteriores. El álbum en sí es una verdadera obra de arte. Logra una fusión increíble entre hard rock, psicodelia y blues, marcando un antes y un después en esos géneros. Más allá del virtuosismo de Hendrix en la guitarra, también destacan las letras y la energía rítmica de cada tema, que lo hacen muy disfrutable de principio a fin. Si bien podría mencionar todos los temas, algunos de los que más me gustaron fueron "Purple Haze", "Hey Joe", "May This Be Love", "Fire" y "Foxy Lady". De todos modos, el álbum es tan bueno que cuesta elegir, pero si tengo que quedarme con uno, diría que el que más me gustó fue "Manic Depression". En resumen, es un disco que considero impecable: un 10/10.

9 - all time classics with some ok tunes

Absolute classic

What an incredible experience. Such a banger tracklist. That guitar is insane. The psychedelic tones and the genre bending are astounding.

Não há muito o que dizer, disco bom demais. Revolucionário e altamente influente, o trio aqui é fantástico, tocando composições incríveis. Solos e riffs elétricos, e a percussão é de tirar o fôlego. Muitas das melhores performances vocais de Hendrix estão nesse disco também. Gosto do estilo exploratório do disco, o lado experimental que seria expandido em álbuns sucessores, mas que aqui já está na medida certa. Canções clássicas e um estilo único. Extremamente bom. 5/5

Tipazo siempre me gusto y me va seguir gustando dejo 5 estrellitas no es necesario guardar por que siempre esta presente

His debut album. Rock / Psychedelic Rock. It's 1967, your debut and the first track you drop on your album is Purple Haze ! From there it keeps coming, Hey Joe, The Wind Cries Mary, Fire, Foxey Lady, Are You Experienced. Not only a great debut album but up there with some of the great albums of all time.

Some of the albums on here, you feel compelled to not rate a 5 because you think "well, it can't be that good, it must be overblown". Yeah Jimi Hendrix is a 5, no question.

tremendas guitarras, no habia escuchado comos e mueve la guitarra de lado a lado

Ground-breaking in 1967 and will be in 2067. I love most of the songs and on this listen got a greater appreciation for "Love or Confusion". 10/10

4.5 - Great

Iconic and legendary

All time classic! Top to bottom great guitar vibes.

I mean, it's ahead of its time even now. You have all the well known songs like "Purple Haze", "Hey Joe" and a few others, which are great. But even if you took all of the hits off the album, the rest of it is still great. "Third Stone From The Sun" and "Are You Experienced?"...who else was experimenting like that AND making it cool and tuneful? Obvious 5.

Surprisingly bluesy

Incredible album. One of the best live albums I’ve ever heard. Amazing set.

This more like it. 5 stars already

Top tunes

Absolutely, yes. What an amazing album. Listen through headphones to ascend to an entirely different astral plane.

Very, very excited to revisit some of my favourite songs, but within the “album experience”. Hugely excited just reading the Wikipedia article, with its detailed account of recording sessions, right up to the point where Chas Chandler takes a test pressing to some record company bigwig, who listens in silence, and at the end says “this is the greatest thing I’ve ever heard”. Now that is a big, big call - but certainly, as I start listening, it is knocking the socks off so much other 60’s rubbish I have had to put up with in the name of this project - and would stand up very well if released today. So I’m greatly enjoying the first few songs. But then quite shocked to realise that Hey Joe is another femicide song. (Briefly tempted by idea that having a dialogue is a bit of distancing, but “going way down south where I can be free” Is a way bad end of the narrative …) Then I’m shocked in a different way, to realise there are songs on this album that I’ve never heard! But they work fine on first listening, within broad category of “psychedelic rock”. So this album is a mix, some incredible songs (classics that are still fresh), some decent songs, some bad lyrics. I’m going to say it’s Incredibly Wonderful Though Flawed, 9.5/10.

Easiest five star ever. Just an amazing album front to back. This was the first vinyl record that I bought. I bought this before I officially had a record player. It's so hard to pick a favorite song since each one stands out in its own way. Jimi Hendrix is obviously a musical genius ahead of his time, but I think Mitch Mitchells and Noel Redding don't get enough credit, their rhythm gives Jimi the space to be explosive) Favorite Track - Third Stone From The Sun. (Runner-ups: Love or Confusion, The Wind Cries Mary, Purple Haze) Least Favorite Track - I Don't Live Today (I still really like this song. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Good

Honestly, what must this have sounded like when it was first unleashed? One of the great debuts

Purple Haze - 5/5 Manic Depression - 4.5/5 Hey Joe - 4.5/5 Love or Confusion - 4/5 May This Be Love - 4/5 I Don't Live Today - 4/5 The Wind Cries Mary - 4/5 Fire - 4.5/5 Third Stone From the Sun - 4/5 Foxey Lady - 5/5 Are You Experienced? - 4.5/5 A bombastic debut from arguable one of the best guitar players of all time. There really isn't much I have to say that hasn't already been said about Hendrix. Instant 5 stars. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: Purple Haze, Foxey Lady

Consider this a must listen. 7-8 songs that still thrive 50+ years later.

Classic. Nothing like it.

Increible! Una experiencia inolvidable <3

Love this

Um clássico destes tem de ser um 5. Durante muito tempo em miúdo a Purple Haze era o meu alarme para acordar. Não recomendo, acho que foi perdendo parte da magia por causa disso x) Aquelas duas notas do início agora dão me alguma ptsd

Interesting throughout, the experimentation I love. It has ambition and some shape. The album might be a tad exhausting, and some songs are not for me but I do recognize the greatness and the vision

What is there to say ? A long and generous album by one of my favourite artists ever, basically reaching perfection on his first try. Half the songs are timeless classics I never get tired of, and the other half are merely brilliant songs. Jimi's guitar sounds so unreal that I sometimes believe it's a self-conscious living entity, and the drums are almost as insane. It's music from another world - a place of dreams, love and magic. Jimi Hendrix was a benevolent alien god travelling the multiverse to bring us enlightment, and we need him more than ever in these dark days of madness and hatred. 10/10

Legendary. The heaviest album of 67, nothing but bangers, flipping the table and paving the way for Led Zeppelin. The Experience is just incredible. Only downside is that raw, slightly thin production that lacks depth at times. Might be my number one all-time reference.

Simply just a masterpiece in psychedelic rock. Solid 5 Stars.

I mean, it’s obviously a 10. I just don’t know how Jimi Hendrix & friends did this in 1967. It feels like listening to the next 20 years of rock music, if not longer, develop in real time. Jimi’s talents are one thing, and the obvious driving force of the album, but the percussion is on an insane level for the time, managing to be just as dazzling as Jimi’s guitar work at points. The pulse & pace of this thing feels incomparable; we’re two years before Led Zeppelin arrives on the scene, & I don’t think the Rolling Stones were quite there yet. The only guys even remotely close were The Beatles (in terms of innovation) & Cream (in terms of even remotely close guitar talent; that said, fuck you, Eric Clapton), and even still, they weren’t going for it like THIS. This is a top-to-bottom stunner of an album, managing to take blues as it was known, turning that Spinal Tap dial up to 11, and just going to fucking town. Lyrically, it’s pretty good too, but I’ll be honest; I barely cared about the lyrics past a certain point. Jimi’s delivery is super strong throughout, and his ability to lift his vocals up on each track spices the energy up in a really effective way. As far as the track list goes, I personally went with the U.S. release & then threw on “Red House” as a bonus, just because it has 73.5 million plays on Spotify & it felt appropriate. Every track here is great; I feel going track-by-track would be worse than just listening to the damn thing, but I want to especially gush over the title track itself, since the backwards soundscape & the reverb tricks feel so far ahead of pace for the era. Throughout the whole album, there’s production that everyone would bite down the line, even going as far as feeling shoegaze-y at points. I cannot stress enough how much this album needs to be heard rather than read about, because it just feels ridiculous that this is from 1967. The only giveaway is just the vocal panning at times, & even then, it never gets egregious. It’s a 10. It’s really that simple – I was not experienced with this album before going into it, and now I certainly feel experienced. Between this & “Electric Ladyland”, I’m just blown away. Jimi Hendrix fucking rules, & I cannot fucking wait to get “Axis: Bold As Love”.

I think I like Hey Joe best. Absolute groove. Some iconic tunes on this album and the filler is pretty damn good too. There has been a lot of pretty shit psychedelic rock on this list which has tested by stamina. Should have just had Hendrix and left it at that and freed up space for the saw doctors....

Are You Experienced This is a brilliant album, and one that particularly reminds me of the summer of 1998 between the 1st and 2nd years at Uni for some reason. I had the UK CD version, which at the time I didn’t realise wasn’t the original track listing - I always just assumed it was an hour long and had Hey Joe and Purple Haze on it. You could easily argue that the original US release is a stronger album, with those two tracks and the excellent The Wind Cries Mary, but as the UK version was released a few months before the US version, and as it's the CD I had, I’ll stick to it for this. As much as I love Electric Ladyland, and as much as this was sporadically recorded and put together, it feels like his most focused and consistent album, or at least the most immediate and direct, and it drips with the weight of everything it subsequently influenced, for good and for bad. Against the output of many of his contemporaries, his synthesis of blues, psychedelia, jazz and rock and roll is fantastic, Mitch Mitchell’s superlative drumming gives it groove and swing alongside the guitar, and stops it from getting bogged down in leaden footed blues rock orotundity. It's interesting that he never liked his voice, I think it’s great, his laconic, sometimes spoken delivery complements his guitar playing brilliantly, I really don’t think the songs would work without that voice. It’s a great set of songs too; Foxy Lady, Love or Confusion, I Don’t Love Today, the brilliant Fleetwood Mac-esque May This Be Love, Fire, the Doorsy 3rd Stone From the Sun and the fantastic Are You Experienced, are all bangers. Sometimes those classic 5 star albums aren’t actually great, but this is. 5. 🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊 Playlist submission: Are You Experienced?

The classics like 'Purple Haze' and 'Foxy Lady' are immediate and the classic 'Hendrix chord' abundant. These and 'Hey Joe' are imprinted in any rock fan's neural pathways. The opening lick to 'Hey Joe' and that later bass run are iconic. 'The Wind Cries Mary' has always been a favourite, a great ballad with an excellent if muddy-sounding solo and Jim's classic twiddling chord work underneath. Another favourite is the absolutely stonking 'Fire', again with a killer bass run, and a solo that proves he's not all about 5 minutes blues solos (although 'Red House' ensures that element still remains more's the pity). The UK version doesn't quite top a five - but giving it the benefit of the doubt with all the singles added back in for the US version it gets there.

Un album con mucho rock Psicodelico. Le doy un 8/10

Do I need to write anything? Hendrix is a guitar god. This is well known. Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding are fantastic on this one too. I'm pleased with all of the performances. What a treat. Easiest ranking so far.

Classic album, definitely see how it has influenced a lot of music following it.

Yes

So many awesome tracks on this album. Purple Haze hey Joe Fire Foxey Lady

Dit is hands down het beste Jimi Hendrix album ooit, de man is een legende. 5 sterren.

This is similar to the last one: of the 11 tracks, more than half (at least 6) are great (and, even though they're still heard on the radio fairly, I still enjoy hearing them): tracks 1-3, 7, 8, and 10. If I had to pick one album that my parents had, which set them apart from 99.9% of my peers' parents, it might be (even more than their jazz and blues albums) this one. Also, look at that album cover -- so groovy, so psychedelic -- and imagine being 5 years old (or 8, or whatever). I feel like maybe it stimulated my imagination and creativity (while also perhaps making me a little afraid of drugs - well, the latter more so because Jimi and Janis died from overdoses). Ok, sorry for the Dad tangents; yes, I know, the MUSIC! Of the other 5 tracks, after listening more closely, I do also like tracks 5, 9, and 11 quite a bit, leaving only 2 (to me) weaker tracks (4 and 6). (And, actually, I'm listening to tracks 4 and 6 for a third time, and they're sounding better.) So I think this one deserves 5 stars. Musically, it's just 3 guys, but what a full, rich (psychedelic) sound they have, much of it from Jimi. Ok, last thought: this album was released in May 1967, and guess what was also released that month (although I guess June, in the U.S.)? Sgt. Pepper! What a great 1/2 punch of great music (and pyschedelic art and creativity)! And me just turning 5, and taking it all in (not knowing that this wasn't normal but revolutionary), and figuring out pretty early that I liked it.

Haven’t revisited this one in a minute. It holds up! There’s maybe one or two songs that could have been taken out, 51st anniversary for one, but this is almost a no skips album.

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Great album, amazing power trio, Jimi is the King!

Das Debütalbum der Jimi Hendrix Experience entstand zwischen Oktober 1966 und April 1967 in sechzehn Aufnahmesessions in drei Londoner Studios: De Lane Lea, CBS und Olympic – Letzteres akustisch das überzeugendste, wo Toningenieur Eddie Kramer und Hendrix ihre wegweisende Zusammenarbeit begannen. Produziert von Chas Chandler, dem ehemaligen Animals-Bassisten, der Hendrix aus New York nach London geholt hatte, erschien das Album zunächst auf dem frisch gegründeten Track Records-Label in Großbritannien, drei Monate später folgte die US-Veröffentlichung bei Reprise Records. Die britische und die amerikanische Fassung unterscheiden sich im Tracklist: Während die UK-Version auf Singles wie „Purple Haze" und „The Wind Cries Mary" verzichtet, enthält die US-Ausgabe diese Klassiker – und ist damit die kanonischere der beiden. Hendrix redefinierte mit diesem Album schlicht, was eine E-Gitarre leisten kann. „Purple Haze", „Foxy Lady", „Manic Depression" und „Hey Joe" demonstrieren auf engstem Raum eine Bandbreite, die damals ohne Referenzpunkt war: Feedbacks als melodisches Material, Wah-Wah als Ausdrucksmittel, Pentatonik und Blues-Tradition aufgebrochen und neu zusammengesetzt. Dazu Mitch Mitchells treibendes, jazzaffines Schlagzeugspiel und Noel Reddings solides Bassfundament – ein Trio, das größer klingt als die Summe seiner Teile. Das Titelstück am Ende der UK-Fassung ist bis heute ein klanglich unheimliches Dokument: rückwärts aufgezeichnete Spuren, dissonante Texturen, ein psychedelisches Finale ohne jeden Anflug von Nostalgie. Bemerkenswert ist, wie wenig das Album altert. „The Wind Cries Mary" klingt nach über fünfzig Jahren noch frisch, „3rd Stone from the Sun" hätte in den 1980ern als Avantgarde durchgegangen, und „Are You Experienced" als Titelstück stellt Fragen, die kein Nachfolgealbum vollständig beantwortet hat. Dass dieses Werk knapp einen Monat vor Sgt. Pepper erschien und in seiner Radikalität dem Beatles-Album kaum nachsteht, sagt viel über das außergewöhnliche kreative Klima des Jahres 1967 – und noch mehr über Hendrix selbst. Are You Experienced ist keine Visitenkarte, sondern eine Erschütterung – und nach wie vor einer der wenigen Debüts der Rockgeschichte, die vollständig aus einem Guss wirken.

Ouvido no dia 27.03.2026. Música favorita da vez: I dont live today

A technical earthquake that redefined the electric guitar and studio production forever. Despite its 1967 release, the mixing remains incredibly fresh, utilizing extreme panning and signal processing to create a three-dimensional landscape. Hendrix’s ability to weave raw blues roots into complex psychedelic textures ensures that every track offers a unique sonic experiment, making a long tracklist feel dynamic and essential rather than exhausting.

You just know that there's some too cool hipster on here who's given this one star and just commented "Not for me". And I would invite that person to stick their head up a dead bear's bum. This is Hendrix - the greatest guitarist of them all. No-one had played like him before and even though they all tried, no-one would play like him again. Every sixteen year old who's strapped on a Stratocaster knock off and strummed E A B7 owes something to Hendrix. The album contains - at least in this US release version - all the hits and then some. It's like a guitar sacred text. Also, let's give credit where credit is due and talk about Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell. These guys stood next to the greatest ever and went with him toe to toe. The drumming and the bass on this are outstanding. TL:DR version. Hendrix is a rock God. Give him every 5 there is. PS: Hey Joe sounds brilliant, but those domestic violence lyrics have NOT aged well.

The god of electric guitar! This record is undeniable!

As I listened to this album, I stared out at the yellow Palo Verde trees and thought about my dad. I don't think it was possible for me to listen to this album in anywhere close to an unbiased fashion. Now to be clear, all taste in art is subjective and based on some level of personal bias, and there are plenty of albums I rate highly partially because they came into my life at pivotal moments. But it's different with Jimi Hendrix; I partially grew up in a household which sanctified Hendrix. Even beyond the songs of his I actively knew, a few of which were on this album (Purple Haze and Foxey Lady specifically), Hendrix's psychedelic take on classic rock and blues sounds burrowed into my subconscious, serving as a building block for my very understanding of what rock can sound like. Where I can appreciate the influence and impact of other albums on this list in abstract, it is often hard to truly understand them from the perspective of the time period; but with Are You Experienced, I feel like I can hear the classic rock bedrock at the foundation of these songs, especially in Hendrix's vocals and song structures, and then I can hear the wild detours Hendrix is taking, breaking off into a new branch of the genre all its own. Even knowing that the Jimi Hendrix Experience will go on to take this sound to higher highs, this album already sounds to me like a fundamental piece of music, as if it's always been somewhere in my heart without me realizing... Or maybe that's how everyone feels and it's just genuinely that good. Highlights: Purple Haze, Manic Depression, Hey Joe, Love Or Confusion, May This Be Love, I Don't Live Today, Fire, Third Stone From The Sun, Foxey Lady, Are You Experienced? (Stone Free, 51st Anniversary, Highway Chile, Can You See Me, Remember, Red House)

Oh Jimi what a genius - excellent album cut with class and drive - loved it 🤩

Perfection

My first Hendrix experience was as a teen hearing "All Along the Watchtower' on late night AM radio and been a fan ever since. What a debut album Are You Experienced must have been in 1967, revolutionary. As expected the guitar work is amazing but so too is the drumming on many of the tracks

Just an out and out excellent rock and roll album. Forget the incense. Forget the tapestries. This albums is just awesome and a lot of fun to listen to.

Jimi is a god. No question.

amazing. 10/10. never really appreciated the genius of hendrix, the experience, and eddie krammer. fantastic

Finally an album that deserves to be on this list. In fact this album would make a top 100.

The real thing.

5/9

This is one of two 5-star Hendrix records on this list; it's only slightly edged out for GOAT by the other, second Experience album, Axis: Bold as Love. The only "dud" on this one is Love or Confusion, but only compared to the rest of the songs. The Wind Cries Mary and May This Be Love demonstrate Hendrix's amazing talent for beautiful melodies and arrangements, while Manic Depression, Foxy Lady, and Fire showcase tight, magnificent rock nuggets. Third Stone from the Sun somehow manages to sound meticulously constructed and gleefully loose and goofy at the same time - merging a loopy psychedelic chill groove with a lounge aesthetic and jazzy interludes and a solo section that shows off Hendrix's boundless innovation with the guitar. The final track Are You Experienced sounds suspiciously like Strawberry Fields Forever - both songs feature droning passages and reversed recordings of drums and guitar and are heavily psychedelic, and both were recorded in spring of '67. One other thing needs to be mentioned: in any other band, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding would stand out as masters, and here with Hendrix their skill serves to further enhance his genius, not simply keeping up with him but making something great become even greater.

This is an excellent album, especially for a debut. So many great tracks on this, from Hey Joe to Manic Depression to Purple Haze to Fire. Just tons of stuff to love on this. Jimi is amazing. This album is amazing.

Clásico, tan Clásico que casi no lo escuchaba y necesitaba escucharlo de nuevo. Todas las canciones siguen sonando lindas!

Hendrix has that "Tony Stark built this in a cave from a bunch of scraps" vibe to him. Don't he? First time I ever heard this album, it blew my mind. Years later, even though many of these songs are played out, it still blows my mind. Those British Bluesman like Clapton wish they could do what Jimi can do. And Jimi did it while tripping balls half the time. I can hear the colours, man. Timeless legendary album by THE Guitar God.

Keeping it unanimous. I never listened to a whole Hendrix album, just the familiars that came over the radio and movie soundtracks. Full speakers, full blast, I'm finally Experienced.

Just a fantastic album. No one else sounds like Jimi Hendrix. Personal favourites are Hey Joe and May This Be Love.

When I was young teenager I went to Manitoba Summerfest with my family. It was a classic rock festival in one of the best outdoor venues in Manitoba imo. They had an amphitheater hill around the stage set-up. The campground was entirely treed in and shady letting you sleep in. Plus you could pick blueberries and put them in your morning pancakes. A short drive to go to grand beach for a swim. The smaller festival overall made it so most acts didn’t start until mid afternoon which gave you time to chill and for people to get rowdy in the campgrounds. There were only two stages a main stage and a side stage. One night I recall, seeing a Jimi Hendrix cover band on the side stage and it was an incredible performance for a small act. The Hendrix impersonator knew how to put on a show and play guitar. I want to say they called themselves purple haze. But I can’t confirm that with my internet sleuthing. What I loved about this festival is that the closing acts were always following the main stage event. So they had to bring the energy to keep the party going. These guys delivered! Even setting their guitar on fire! The festival only lasted for 2 or 3 years before someone got screwed over or tired of all the work it is to put in large events for marginal to no returns. But I think there has been a few folks trying to start festivals on the same grounds. So I’m hopeful something cool will come out of that space. This album is a solid 5 stars and sometimes a good tribute band can be more fun with a small crowd than you would expect.

An all timer, if I'm giving Zeppelin to 5 stars, I gotta hand it to my man Jimi as well. He Hendrixed all over this thang. Interesting mixing on this, I find the guitar is kinda quiet, as well as the vocals. But the whispering on Purple Haze felt like it was right beside me, felt like Jimi was in my damn ear! Besides the mixing, the music just goes off, Jimi is cataclysmic with his guitar solos. At times it sounds like this guy is bending space and time with his guitar rifts, seriously wicked. 9/10 I know this will grow on me over time, so just fast forwarding a bit to where this is an easy 5 star for me.

My first exposure to Jimi Hendrix was listening to his greatest hits album (with a couple live tracks from Woodstock on it) in middle school. It wasn't until my late 20s over a decade later that I would sit down and listen to his full albums. Now, I think Axis: Bold as Love is my favorite complete album, but Are You Experienced? is still nothing short of genius. Considering about half of the greatest hits album came from this, it's stunning that this was his debut. Of course, he only truly had three albums, but there is something to be said that each is fantastic in their own way. Naturally Jimi's unique guitar playing is in the spotlight here, but a critical ear will pick up just how tight the whole trio sounds. Are You Experienced? may not be my favorite album of his, but it's hard to argue that it's not his best work and worthy of being considered one of the greatest albums of all time. Not only is it pure talent firing on all cylinders, it is innovative and totally changed the face of rock and roll. If Jimi hadn't left this world so early, would he have continued to push the boundaries of music or would he have burned out, sold out, or faded away? We will never know. But for three solid albums, starting with this one, he made the world a better place through his unique brand of psychedelic rock.

Despite the objections from my wife, I think this is an incredible album.

An album I’m very familiar with from years ago. On a string of a lot of 60s rock for a few albums in a row. Excited for this re listen, always a big Hendrix fan. This album is filled with a number of Hendrix’s best. Can practically be considered a greatest hits. What an album. That guitar heavy psych rock of the late 60s is pretty much defined and perfected by Hendrix with this sound. On relisten it still rocks and despite these all being classic rock classics, it never feels overplayed. Hendrix’s guitar dominates the sound but his restrained vocals and the hard rocking drum and steady bass make a full sound here on every track. It’s a great band overall. The harder sound on a lot of it feels innovative. It’s kind of raw yet refined, I don’t know how to explain it. And the songwriting is full of depth. Perhaps Hendrix is underrated in that regard because he’s so renowned as a guitarist. The Wind Cries Mary is a wonderful song. I don’t know what else there is to say, as easy a 5 that there is. Just about a perfect rock album.

This is great Jimi

Look, sometimes I really wanna be a contrarian and hate what everyone loves and is so popular. And while I have my gripes (EX…We get it. You’re high as hell, take your damn finger off the slider) and that I still think the drumming on Jimi Hendrix records vastly outshines Hendrix. There is just no denying how good and classic and revolutionary this record was.

Highlights: - Hey Joe - Love or Confusion - I loved the guitar effects near the end - Third Stone from the Sun ⭐ - 6 minutes of psychedelic bliss sign me the fuck up. Fucking Incredible. One of those songs where it takes me so out of it that when it ends I remember I have to live. - Are you Experienced This site seems to be making up for all the country albums I had to endure last month by giving me psychedelic rock. I forgive you website The guitar effects on this are so amazing and creative. I enjoyed every song to some degree. Ridiculously influential album. I know Kevin Shield was inspired by Jimi Hendrix and I can hear the influence in so many bands I love. I went down a bit of a rabbit hole and found out most of my favourite artists credited Jimi Hendrix. The fact that this was 1967 is genuinely absurd Low 5 - This album isn't mindblowing by today's standards but it's still amazing and the influential tips it over the edge. I'm very excited for the other Jimi Hendrix albums on this list.

OMG

This is so much better than the other Hendrix I listened to, I knew I should've started with this one. Every song is an absolute banger, I really get the hype now. Favorites: Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Are You Experienced?

loved 6 of the songs (purple haze, manic depression, hey joe, foxey lady, stone free, highway chile), the rest are good too

I didn't realize how many Jimi Hendrix songs I knew until I listened to this album the whole way through. Absolute classic album.

Jimi. Fucking. Hendrix. What do I even add about this that hasn't been said by some of the greatest artists in history who all took inspiration from Hendrix? It's so good.

objectively great

It's Jimi. It's good all the way through.

Very much enjoyed.

This album is a classic, love u jimi hendrix foeva and alwayzz😗

It’s easy to see how many musicians have been influenced by this record. And for a good reason too. Every single song on the album is amazing, especially the harder rock songs. Most of these are undeniably classics either way. They certainly live up to that. I also recommend listening to the bonus tracks on the album. It’s a little long overall, but it makes the record feel more, well, like an experience. I would say the b-sides are just about as good as the album tracks themselves.

Haven’t listened to the deep tracks in a long time. Just a great listen. A classic.

Varias canciones muy top que ya conocía, es un buen disco

jimi hendrix my guitar goat

This was one of the few CDs I owned as a kid, and I really have I had it other than it was recommended by Tower Records. Even on my cheap CD player it was more than an experience -- it was the soundtrack to playing Sega Genesis in my stingy basement.

Hendrix makes a pop album. You gotta love it. Hendrix is one of the best guitarist ever. So many people can trace back to him. Its wild. This album is a fun listen. It has so many songs that still work. It's not as experimental as the other Experience albums but the tunes hold up. Great album.

I like how the music literally matches with the song titles ykwim?

Love Jimmi Hendrix

Ideal para un sábado a la noche!!

Love it! He was so cool. Liked this more than the other jimi record (hopefully not just bc more familiar songs). So many layers of sound. Five

This album isn’t just about the fact that Hendrix is easily one of the greatest guitarists of all time, it’s got such incredible song writing that still holds up today. So much of what came out in this period gets caveated with “well you have to understand how revolutionary this was at the time.” You don’t need to put any qualifiers on this, this can go toe to toe with any album from any era and still holds up as incredible. Had never listened to this full album before today but this is easily one of my favorite on this list so far.

Revolution has never sounded so good. The experimentation of this record perfectly syncretizes with the cultural and and political radicalism of the hippie generation, at least the most productive moments of that generation. Dissonance blends seamlessly into soulful melody on an album that might just represent the historical pinnacle of electric guitar playing. On this listen, I was struck by a strain of negativity and paranoia that recurs through the album on songs like "Manic Depression," "Hey Joe," and "I Don't Live Today." JHE soundtracks psychedelic experience in its totality, the good and the bad trips in one. Every song on this album is incredible, but particular highlights on this listen include "Manic Depression," "I Don't Live Today," and honestly, the entire B-Side.

Classic, fun. Can't really beat this one.

When people talk about out making guitars talk, they are talking about this. But the whole band is incredible.

So important you can go through life without ever playing it yourself, and still know every track

suena a sexo pt 2

It drags on a bit towards the end, but I cannot deny Jimi Hendrix's talent. The guitar is just too good.

This album is simply amazing, it is fun and playful... makes you move and want to jump from your desk and do some weird moves (or is just me because I am not a good dancer) 5/5

Easy 5 of course

Classic!

There are great guitar players, and then there’s Jimi. He’s in another galaxy.

I love this it’s so witchy woo hippie idk

I've owned it since it came out. No need to listen except on my stereo!

Hendrix's masterpiece. Every song took me back to the 60s and gave me a chance to just absorb the vibes. It not only contains most of his hits, but it also has great, groovy deep cuts. This is one of those rare albums where I just have to let the music sink in and I can feel it everywhere.

i’m 18.3% cooler after listening to this album

Fantastic sounding album. So psychedlic and so far out. There’s nothing like Hendrix shredding. If I wasn’t experienced before listening to this, I am now.

Yes it's that good

Before I even press play on this: as far as I'm concerned Mitch Mitchell is the holy grail of rock drumming. The sound he achieved is everything I hope for whenever I drum. The solo on "The Wind Cries Mary" after the first chorus is more or less my favorite guitar moment of all time. I spent weeks in high school trying to perfect those licks but never getting it to sound as immaculately laidback as Jimi. Same goes for the solo after the first chorus of "Foxey Lady". There are so many infectious guitar moments in here, it's a whole emotional language. I'm being cringe but I don't care. I will give the slightest of concessions -- and it's not even a real one -- this is the Jimi album that sags the most for me and with more awareness of the fact that the tracklist I know was cobbled together from a UK and US release with different cuts, that totally scans. But even with that being said, this music is so much part of my musical root (especially my foundation for American music) that I couldn't possibly rate it lower. Now that I've actually finished my listen. Holy hell Mitch Mitchell. The greatest to ever do it. Effortless fury, what a talent. Also will not sleep on Noel Redding! This is one of those bands a la The Who where I will hear out the case that every member is the best musician to ever pick up that instrument.

Are you experienced has a couple of songs I probably wouldn’t go out of my way for but also has like 3 or 4 of the most iconic songs in the rock and roll canon

Stellar. Still love this album after first hearing it many years ago in my teens.

Perfect album

good shit man. love it. great guitar boom great lycrics boom foxy lady goes too hard

What an... Experience

Gold standard. All-time classic.

All of these songs are great, especially loved May This Be Loved, Purple Haze, Foxey Lady and Hey Joe

5! One of the most revolutionary albums of all time. Transformed rock music!

Although I’m not usually a fan of psychedelic rock, you really can’t argue with the talent of Jimi Hendrix. His guitar playing and instrumentals are superb, and his songwriting feels genuinely poetic. I love this album through and through, with the blues-inspired tracks standing out as my favourites. It’s also worth keeping in mind that “Are You Experienced” was produced in 1967 and was far ahead of its time, ultimately changing the landscape of rock music for the next decade.

6 stars!! Start to finish an amazing album. If I had one critique it would be the over use of stereo panning. E.g. Foxey Lady has lead vocals panned 100% to the left channel and lead guitar pushed to the right. It’s a little over done.

I don’t think any comments are necessary.

An album I own and forgot how good it is start to finish.

- i LOVE THIS ALVUM SO MUCH - i lovethe blues rock and psychedelic themes its so amazing - not a single bad song

Taking back my previous statement on Green Day, most influential/important three piece of all time here. Big cool awesome yeah whatever it’s a 5. Best guitarist ever probably, died way too soon, would love to see what he would do on a fall out boy cover of Michael Jackson. Tight as hell band taking blues rock to a new height, completely transformative, super cool, too long.

Even at his worst Jimi is one of the best musicians. And this is far from his worst.

I grew up listening to this in high school in the 90s, this will always be a 5 to me. I feel like Jimi changed the way people play the guitar and can hear his influence in a lot of my favorite music after this.

Great album! I loved all the diverse styles and the amazing guitar riffs. The impact of the Jimi Hendrix Experience on rock music is undeniable. My favorite band (Queen) was highly influenced by seeing the Jimi Hendrix Experience and I can see why.

Rating: 10/10 Of all the psychedelic rock albums made in the 1960’s, this is the one that most genuinely feels *groovy* and *far out* literally like it’s from another time and dimension. The most revolutionary thing ever when it was released and still rocks to this day. The use of fuzz and distortion was just amazing. And the fact that these songs were created by a 3 piece band is just unreal. Jimi’s inhuman guitar abilities alone make that fact seem crazy. There’s a UK release version that’s short and is missing some key classic songs, and the double length American deluxe version is pretty much just perfect all the way through. If you have the time for it I don’t think I would ever purposefully play a shorter and less complete version of this album. Specific highlights for me are Purple Haze, Hey Joe, I Don’t Live Today, The Wind Cries Mary, Fire, Foxey Lady, Are You Experienced?, Red House. Third Stone from the Sun is so fucking great I just want to call it my favorite. Worst song if there has to be one is definitely Remember. A while ago I mentioned that Stevie Wonder’s album title is one of the most apt ones ever, and this is right up there at the top too. Are You Experienced? Yes, yes I am

Excellent!

This album is a masterpiece from start to finish. First off, Jimi'a vocals delivery is honestly one of my favorite things about the album. He brings this flare to every track that is unmatched. His guitar playing is in a masterful level that with every solo I was never bored or fatigued in the slightest. It's wild. Songs like "Hey Joe" with its sparse yet vivid storytelling aspect can draw in any listener. "Third Stone From the Sun" has performance form all musicians that paint a vivid picture of the astral world with a frustratingly amazing drum part. The lyrics of every song is relatable even though the themes range all over the album in terms of topics. He was truly wise beyond his years. Stereo mixing may be a factor for many people who want to take points off but honestly it's not exhausting to listen to and honestly makes the album. So the purists can get over themselves. No question for me as a psych rock fan: 5/5 stars.

Another insanely brilliant Jimi album. I don't think the virtuosity of the instruments is as great as it is in Axis but it's undeniable that the individual songs are at the top of the genre. This album, for me anyway, but the electric, distorted, guitar at the pinnacle of rock music. Everything Jimi does with it is magic and it's all kept in a paradoxically messy but tight groove my the drums and the bass. The recording is classically 60's and 70's, with tape tricks and stereo headset shifts that aren't really complicated but are so effective. Excellent stuff, I know it's old man dad music at this point, but it's still so good. Can't think of a bad thing about it.

A mainstay of my teenage years, and while I would take the time to explain why this is definitively a 5 star album, you'll have to please excuse me while I kiss this guy.

This was the first Jimi album I listened to in college. Jimi, through all the haze, spins picturesque lyrics to his songs. You feel the anger in "Hey Joe" over betrayal. You feel the sadness of a missing love in "The Wind Cries Mary". My Rating: 5/5

I never listened to the album until I was 20 and then I listened to it *a lot* - when driving it was one of my cds I rotated, and like Preston I drove a lot. I haven't listened to it since, so it's been 20 years. It's as good as it was then, every single song unskippable for me. Obviously the guitar solos are the best ever, the there is a good combination of tenderness and slowness mixed with the fast paced rock n' roll. This album exemplifies everything good about the 60s that I wish I was there for, and prompted a sort of fake nostalgia for me when I first listened to it and became interested in that eras politics and culture.

Courtney: such a cool album Craig: really liked it

JIMI HENDRIX

It is one from the greatest albums of all time, 5/5. It change the music.

Treasure trove of fantastic guitar playing, drumming, vocal performance, and songwriting. Wind Cries Mary and May This Be Love were particularly exceptional, but the whole album is incredibly solid. Which is especially impressive given its length and breadth

An all-time favorite album, even if the actual recording leaves a lot to be desired and I wish the more up-tempo songs had more punch. It's still brilliant, and looking at the track list in total, this would be a worthy Greatest Hits album for any artist. The musical variety on this album is staggering. Jimi threw everything at the wall here, and it's incredible how much of it works and stands on it's own. All of the original LP tracks could have been A-sides on their own (okay, "Third Stone From The Sun" might have been too much for 1967 listeners, but still.) Yes, he was an amazing guitarist, but doesn't get enough credit as an amazing songwriter. Jimi's guitar and Mitch Mitchell's drums are the highlights here (personal note: I learned every guitar, bass and drum part on this album and the drums were by far the trickiest). While Jimi's singing isn't the most polished, I love it anyway. He sounds so earnest, and in contrast with today's overproduced vocals, I appreciate the character in it. An all-time classic.

Wow

Really excellent throughout.

10/10 When this album dropped out of the sky in 1967, it must have been remarkable. Sure, there are elements of 60s British Rock and American Blues simmering under the surface on this record, but those influences have been thrown into a melting pot with a uniquely charismatic swagger and cool, a pulsing, throbbing rhythm section and moments of instrumental virtuosity. And it's not just Jimi. Mitch Mitchell's drumming is absolutely phenomenal and provides the drive and momentum that anchors Jimi to the earth, ensuring that he never flies too far away. The production is gritty and raw, but there are silky smooth moments that shine through to provide excellent light and shade dynamism. The balance of songs is great too. Tracks like Foxy Lady and Fire give the album its presentable face, while tracks like Love Or Confusion and Third Stone From The Sun give it it's psychedelic and experimental heart. In future records, Jimi had a tendency to, in my opinion, let the experimentations in virtuosity take a little too much of the focus which could distract from the essential quality of some of his songs. But the balance here is perfect. It feels both massively ahead of its time as well as being very much of its era in a way that only someone as brilliant as Hendrix could be. Foxy Lady - So gritty, soulful and hooky with a pounding drive that sweeps it forward with relentless enthusiasm. It's such a charismatic performance from everyone, both vocally and instrumentally. Brilliant. Manic Depression - This comes at you like a tide, pushing again and again over you with such insistence. It's grimy and gritty, which only adds to how compelling it is. Jimi's guitar is obviously great, but Mitchell Mitchell's drums are the star here. Red House - We take a little lean back into the blues now and Jimi just goes off. It's almost a call and response between his vocal and guitar. He can obviously wail, but it's the balance that he gives things that allow it to have the impact it does. He knows exactly when to throw everything at it and when to just leave in a bit of restraint to allow the flair to shine. And it's all so full of attitude. Can You See Me - Now Jimi takes the 60s British blues pop rock template and bends it to his will. There are echoes of the Beatles, The Who and the Stones, but wraps it all up in an unmistakably Jimi package. It's driven hard by Mitch's drums again, but the riffs and hooks carry on that drive and run with it. Love Or Confusion - Leaning more towards psychedelia now and almost teetering towards post-rock noise pretty much 20 years ahead of schedule. It's a great wash of ringing tone and grit that brings itself together and falls apart again and again. I Don't Live Today - This pulses and crashes and Jimi's guitar dives in and out of focus through a haze of feedback and delay before they bring everything together for a clashing, driven chorus. Mitch does a brilliant job here again giving a heart beat to the madness. There are a few odd production quirks, particularly with volume adjustments, but they're relics of experimental production of the time, I think. May This Be Love - The rolling beat here is really interesting. It's probably the most straightforward song on the album so far, but there are still some really fantastic moments in there, particularly the drifting guitar solo that meanders around in quite a purposeful but scenic way. Nice. Fire - Oh yeah, this is when Jimi tames all of his skills into a gritty, dangerous poppy banger. He doesn't restrain himself, more focuses all of his energy into delivering a hook laden, driven and heavy pop song that has so many moments of quality wrapped up in a brilliant and engaging piece of songwriting. Third Stone From The Sun - Back to something a little more psychedelic that maintains rhythmic focus. There are some great little moments of sound design in here and it shuffles it's way through a range of different movements as it goes. Nice to have a less vocally focused track to allow attention to shift more clearly to the instrumentation. They're all so tight and locked in to one another that even when they're pushing and pulling at the edges of the rhythm and tempo, it all stays controlled and synced. Again, there's big hints of that post-rock sound that bands like Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine would run with years later. Remember - More pulsing soulful rock now. It's pulled along by a rock solid and weighty bass and beat combo that gives it so much body. They never land on anything quite as hooky as the best tracks on the record, but it's still pretty compelling and effortlessly cool stuff regardless. Are You Experienced? - Woof, that intro is great. Such cool soundscaping for the era and it sets the tone for a brooding, psychedelic and throbbing groove that follows. The composition is loose in a very cool way and Jimi's having so much fun with dragging compelling and varied sounds out of his guitar. They are always sure to drop back to the core rhythm of the track, though, which ensures that there's a centre to the track that doesn't get lost. And finishing with something like this is an excellent choice.

Wow!