Are You Experienced

Perfect. Of course.

Very bluesy. I really like it. Very guitar driven and the guitar work is insane! Jimi Hendrix will always be the greatest guitarist ever! He has mad skill!

Awesome, although the mixing leaves a little to be desired.

History!

First five star of the journey. I mean, contains some of rocks best songs ever. Hendrix was a masterful songwriter. Wished he soloed a bit more in these. Still 5 star. Maybe 4.5 but ya know

1/26 Classic rock album. Nothing bad to say about it

The cowbell on Stone Free has to be heard to be believed

I mean, it's Jimmy. Doesn't get better.

I always knew jimi was a blues guitarist but you never heard it too much on his mainstream songs. You can DEF hear it on the lesser known tunes

7/10,not bad, but not quite my style.

Nothing like it.... before or since. Incredible genius

I got this album the day after Little Richard and I was expecting it to be similarly repetitive albeit it with a much different vibe. But some of the tracks were surprising to me, especially "May This Be Love" and "Third Stone from the Sun." Love a when my negative expectations are proven wrong.

Great

my favourite jimi album, no notes

How the hell did this guy do it?! Genius. Couldn’t have a better album to start 1001 (it used to be in rotation when I was a teenager but didn’t listen to it in whole in like 20 years)

A classic. I have this record in my collection.

What on earth just happened? I wasn’t too keen on Axis or Electric Ladyland as I thought the songs were weak despite his guitar playing. This was fantastic, even didn’t mind listening to both the US and UK versions. Jimi’s incredible voice coupled with his guitar playing and a mix of psychedelia and blues made this a transformative experience. I thought perhaps this was his third album and had learnt from Axis and EL but this is his debut, incredible. Bonus: getting warm feelings thinking about Garth in the diner.

Well, shit. Don’t know if it’s something with the algorithm or just plain bad luck, but I was hoping to space out the Jimi Hendrix albums over the long course of this project. I just heard my second album of his a few weeks ago. Alas, this is the third and final album I’ve rolled, following Electric Ladyland and Axis: Bold As Love. I’m now left with the gargantuan and impossible task that no man should ever have to have of ranking them all, whether that be objectively, or more likely just subjectively, as that seems more convenient and personalized. But first, let’s not get too off topic and review Are You Experienced, which I feel should have a question mark at the end for style. I don’t know, minor pet peeve of mine. Ok, so right off the bat I have to say that this is the perfect album. It’s a guaranteed 5. This is his best album and I wish I could tell you it was close. When picking a favorite song from like 6 choices is the hardest thing to do, you know you’ve struck some real gold. My favorites on this album include what I’m begrudgingly saying is my favorite, which is the opener, “Purple Haze”, but I also loved “Manic Depression”, “Hey Joe”, “The Wind Cries Mary”, “Fire”, “Foxey Lady”, “Are You Experienced?”, and “Stone Free”. So yeah, I liked a few of them. All that being said, this is one of those albums where I’d be able to provide very little input that hasn’t already been said before, so instead I’ll just be one of many adding to the list of people saying that Jimi Hendrix is one of the greatest musicians in history, and this was his magnum opus. Now that I’ve heard and reviewed all 3 of his albums, I think I’ve actually got a pretty good grasp of how to personally rank them. Here’s a very brief summary on why I ranked these the way I did. 3. Electric Ladyland: His longest album, closes with the actual 2 best songs he ever performed in “All Along The Watchtower” and “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”, but is bogged down a slight bit with a lot of unmemorable but still outstanding sounding filler songs across the entire album. 2. Axis: Bold As Love: His shortest album by far, this one lacks in the biggest hits but it makes up for it in having some deep cuts that are just incredible. In fact, the album in general is short, concise, and absolutely shreds for the duration of the album, minus the terrible opener. Also has “Little Wing”. 1. Are You Experienced: By sheer volume, this has the most well deserved hits over his other albums, and it’s all killer and very very few filler songs, only having a few missteps at the very end, minus the closer. Pure musical ecstasy, and truly his best album. Well, I’m bummed that I’m already completely done with the Hendrix albums, but it’s been a hell of a journey. Rock on and shoutout to one of the best to ever do it.

Yeah, it's pretty much just as incredible as I remember, if not more so. The OG heavy metal, and so much heavier than so many of its contemporaries (and albums in general) that wear that title proudly on their sleeves. Whether Hendrix is cutting metal with his shrieking, uncontrollable solos like on 'Manic Depression' or he's delivering these clean bluesy licks alongside the breathy harmonies over the unexpectedly dark 'Hey Joe,' or he's hitting you with these scratchy funky leads like with 'I Don't Live Today' or the psych-jazz madness that is 'Third Stone From The Sun', you just know this man's going to bring something worth engaging with to the table, on damn near every song, vocally, structurally, and guitar-wise. I've always found the opener, 'Purple Haze' and its twisted guitar riff to be such an oddball song to get so popular. I mean, the song is a staple in classic hard-rock, but the riff itself remains one of the most skeletal, industrial, bone-chilling noises to open any mainstream album, period. That's not to say that I don't fully understand why Hendrix was so popular in the '60s; for one, I think people valued fancy guitar work and live showmanship at this time, but I also believe Hendrix fuses his insane guitar fuckery with some genuinely easy to swallow song premises, most obviously with the call-and-response catchiness of 'Fire' or the earwormy whispered refrains of 'Foxey Lady' And while this album is generally noisier than his follow-ups, I find that Hendrix still knows when to warm everything up and slow everything down. Like on 'The Wind Cries Mary' which is maybe the most Dylan Hendrix has ever sounded (even more than when he's literally covering Dylan, like on Watchtower) or 'May This Be Love', which feels like tripping out in an open grassy field, intentionally so, might I add, there's a reason acid rock often gets tagged onto a lot of Hendrix's music. This song certainly contains one of his more expressive vocal performances in the chorus; it works remarkably well, but I'll always prefer his more atonal, deeper, and at times reverby (like on Love Or Confusion) vocal performances that take on this almost deadpan delivery form. So so so good. I don't know what else to say. This and 'Electric Ladyland' are like crack to me.

OFFFFF

oh wow, haven't listened to this in decades. this was one of my earliest musial loves and i can't wait to hear how it's aged for me "purple haze" is a classic for a reason. not the origins of heavy, blused-based riffs but one of the most perfect expressions of it in the late 60s. im not feeling or hearing anything new in this listening as the song is part of my dna. i still love it "manic depression" see above. additionally, i really love mitch mitchell's drumming on this track. on the entire Experience run, but just so, well, manic on here "hey joe" again, see above. nigh a perfect song, though we're a few songs away still from that, "hey joe" is a top 20 cover in my ears. "love or confusion" should get more love than it does. "may this be love", the waterfall song. almost the most beautiful song on the album. "i don't live today": still heavyish and the darkest song so far "the wind cries mary" they most perfect pop song by jimi. while i've not heard it in decades, i could listen to it forever "fire" i probably heard this a year or two before the rhcp cover. "third stone from the sun" is the first tune that sounds like its own thing on the album. it's jammier than other songs and includes some studio tricks and experimentation. "foxey lady" became yet another cultural touchstone from the album, covered multiple times. i didn't think i was going to enjoy listening to this again, but it is a really great song. far superior to the covers i've heard (special shout out to the kinnison cover as it came out around the same time i first heard AYE. teenage memories) "are you experienced" the piano, backward masking, and overdubbed guitars are in top form here. i love jimi's playing on this song. it is, without any doubts from me, a perfect album ender.

Some of the finest blues rock you’ll ever hear. Hendrix did so much for the guitar, it’s hard not to give this album high marks for it’s influence alone. It helps that the album is really fun to listen to. An hour that just blows by.

Love this album. Gone too soon.

Not omega, but definitely alpha - this Anglo American sledgehammer defined the musical vocabulary and attitude of all kinds of music which came thereafter. Fuzzy, explosive, swaggering, playful, dark and full of tasty playing - not for the sake of showing off, but for the sake of making a huge noise. Iconic songs, iconic character. Favourite tracks: Purple Haze, Manic Depression, Hey Joe, Don't Live Today, Wind Cries Mary,Fire Fucking hell

Not sure if I’ve ever listened to a full Hendrix album and this was great. There were hits and there were songs that really added depth to what I thought about him.

Jimi’s debut was a game changer.

Blew me away the first time I heard it. I was just getting into playing guitar, and a classmate told me I had to check out Hendrix and loaned me this tape. I fell in love. That voice. Those guitar skills. The innovative studio production. That late 60s vibe. It's not the most solid album. There are weaker tracks. But will always sit at 5 stars for me.

Epic

This is mastery of all elements that defined a generation!!!! Almost every song is a classic. Hey Joe Wind Cries Mary Foxey Lady Are you Experienced Guitar is so beautiful and hallucinogenic - strong and melodic, supple and powerful -had so much emotion. The trio is very powerful and Jimi’s voice is as masterful as his guitar despite not having the full range.

This is so much more of a Soul record than I remembered. Though he set the standard for loud guitar rock, I think the best moments on this record are the slow grooves where his guitar playing is just as masterful, but more subtle and nuanced than say Purple Haze.

The idea of hearing this for the first time would’ve been mind blowing. One of the greatest records of them all - less an influence on heavy metal, more on Queen, Bowie/ mick Ronson, Stevie ray Vaughan, stone roses and Prince. Can’t ignore the acid and psychedelic aspects of his music. Very few more impactful artists than this guy,not forgetting Noel and Mitch.

First album I bought.

This is an absolute banger. You have all the hits here that you would expect and then some wonderful additions that I hadn't heard before. Also, ending with Red House is wondeful. My step dad played that song and it will always remind me of him!

Excellent album written and performed by a legend gone much too soon. Almost sounds like hearing it for the first time every listen.

Changed the fucking game.

Legendary debut album by the most legendary guitarist of all time. Really don’t have much else to say, this is the definition of perfectly crafted rock bangers. With the exception of 2 or 3 less enthusiastic songs, all else are standouts to me. 5 out of 5.

I've always loved how tough & borderline garage this album sounds compared to the psychedelic Axis and the jazzy Electric Ladyland. It doesn't have super textured production like those two; this album really sounds like he got in the studio and beat the sound out the amp.

Best Song: Are You Experienced? This is one of those rare things in music that happens maybe a couple of times a lifetime - everything changed because of one person and one album. Literally the way rock n' roll and the way people played guitar was one way, they heard this album, and then everything changed. It's been some time since I listened to this and didn't remember how many tracks were on this - and they are all great. 5/5

good as fuck

love guitar

Excellent. Inventive. Fun. Reminds me why I love rock and roll.

Amazing debut album.

Great album despite a couple of filler tracks. Expended version adds more filler but two ifthe greatest ever rock songs

I loved the music, i loved the songs, loved the lyrics..loved the voice.LOVED THE GUITAR. LOVED THE DRUMS. AND LOVED ALL THE VIBES Agh where's that coat hanger when i need it the most

Boa maneira de começar os 1001 álbuns. Não foi a primeira vez que ouvi este álbum. Dos melhoras albuns dos anos 60, de um dos melhores artistas dos anos 60 e de sempre.

Superb. What an opener!

Electric, epic, with attitude, one of the best records to be ever come out of the psychedelic era, and my favourite record ever put out by Hendrix by far. Packed with one hit after another. This record sets the cornerstone of what electric guitar could do from there on out, but no one does it like Hendrix. The fact that there are only three members and the record sounds so complete. They all sound great by themselves meanwhile sounding like a whole monster. Shoutout to Mitch Mitchell, he knocked it out of the park with this one.

Genial!

Feels cliche to say it but truly a revolutionary and original musician, I think the way he played his guitar in the 60s would still be considered unorthodox even today.

I mean….

Elemental

Ive always heard of Jimi Hendrix, but Ive never actually gotten into his music. This was my first impression of him and wow, I absolutely loved it. I saved all 17 songs, 5/5 stars 🌟

Amazing, spectacular, an essential album for every person who likes to listen to real music.

Pretty good

As a boy, this man started his career with an emotional support broom. He graduated to a ukulele with one string. AND THIS IS HIS DUBUT 😭😭😭

A very good Jimi album. Possibly ly favorite. And fuck you again album generator for wiping my notes. Something something Mitch Mitchell isnt the best drummer but god i love his drumming and drum sound. Jimi is Jimi though a but retrained on this album which isnt a bad thing. Lyrics on these also not as silly as the other album that popped up on here.

*In the beginning was the Guitar, and the Guitar was with God, and the Guitar was God.* Seriously, I don't know how to talk about this album as anything other than just a fountainhead of pure creation, dropping entire genres like stray seeds throughout the musical cosmos. Everything everyone says about how groundbreaking and continually rewarding it was, and is, and remains, is true. Bonus awarded to Chas Chandler for, among other things, getting Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell together.

5 stars, very little to say about that. He was a visionary and this record speaks volumes. Everything is great: songwriting, delivery, guitar work, rhythm section. It's a non-skip record, IMHO. Thanks Jimi for your music.

How can you not love this record? Totemic and foundational to all varieties of modern rock. The original guitar god, never to be bested, Hendrix had the soul, emotion and mystic authenticity that few of his countless disciples could ever approach, not to mention the funk and fire. Each of his few albums is transcendent, but this one is just an endless parade of revelations.

sad good fun

The best from the best

Good. Yes. Thanks.

10/10, riffs, groovy as hell- a classic for a reason

The beginning of a New era, great.

My personal favourite Hendrix album I have ts on CD and it’s so fire I love you Jimi

Incredible

An iconic album. So many classics on this album. And when you listen to it today, you realize how ahead of his time Jimi Hendrix really was. While I've heard all the songs many times previously, this may be the first time I've listened to the album from front to back in one sitting. Not as much of a fan of the two ballads. I think it's just that when I listen to Hendrix, I want to hear the driving rock with the big guitar solo Hendrix.

Jimi is one of the best lead guitar players of all time- an incredibly gifted, expressive soloist. On top of that, most guitar players recognize him for his signature style and incredible rhythm playing. And then rock fans love him for his exciting songwriting and showmanship. The only thing lacking with Hendrix is the voice, but in an era of Bob Dylan I don’t think anyone batted an eye at Jimi. Anyways. Mitch Mitchell is a fucking boss. His parts on this record are unhinged. Out of context this album is still a four. Knowing how much it changed rock music - it’s gotta be a clean FIVE STARS

one of the best albums. enjoyed every song. hendrix himself is one of my favorite artists.

İ liked it. A new experience for sure. I'll listen to his songs more often. Great guitarist.

I can't believe I've never listened to a Jimi Hendrix album all the way through before??? hell yeah!!

I am experienced. Shout out Jimbo

A total classic

Coldplay left me well, cold

I feel very experienced. Obviously Hendrix is fantastic on the guitar, but Mitchell's drums and Redding's bass compliment the songs as well. The album either has some of the best rock songs of all time, or it's Hendrix experimenting and seeing what works, which is very fun to listen to. I might be biased since some of these songs has been on my playlist for years, but I think this is an incredible album overall and one I will keep coming back to in the future.

Can't give Hendrix any less than a five

An endlessly engaging and inventive album that I'm always happy to stick on. There's so much variety on show here; it shifts effortlessly between funky, psychedelic, and just plain rocking, with virtuoso performances from Hendrix, Mitchell, and Redding all throughout the record. It's not my favourite JHE album, but it's damn good all the same. Favourite tracks: Are You Experienced?, I Don't Live Today, Highway Chile

Incredible - Jimi Hendrix is a legend and I could listen to him forever

Are you experienced? I am now. This is my first time listening to this album in full, and, really, what is there to say? Jimi has to be one of the most captivating musicians of all time. So, perhaps unsurprisingly, his effort here is one of the greatest albums of all time--even though (or perhaps because) it's his debut. Every song on it is something special. While it's pretty much all rock, there's a lot of diversity in the songs with different genres and flavors that flow in and out. The cover art is pitch perfect too. As a whole it's interesting, stylish, and insanely cool. There are a few moments where it gets a little noisy rather than musical, but it's a 60s rock album so whatever. Any issues I could come up with are more nit-picks than real flaws. I am older now than Jimi was when he died, but I still want to be him when I grow up. Overall: 4.9/5

Really damn good.

YES

(5)

As an intro guitar player myself right now starting out I can't give this anything less than a 5. Hendrix took the world by storm and changed the guitar world forever.

I mean this record changed rock and roll forever how could it not be a 5?

Have you ever been experienced? I have. Just so sick.

Might make my personal top 10. Amazing.

Exceptional guitar playing and some classic tracks. Very accessible and nailed the psych sound with the fuzz throughout the album. Also some mellow tracks like the wind cries mary which showcase good vocal

All time classic 5

**_Are You Experienced_** by **The Jimi Hendrix Experience** (1967) is not only one of the most influential debut albums in rock history—it’s a genre-defining, era-shaping landmark. Below is a detailed review covering its **lyrics**, **music**, **production**, **themes**, and **influence**, followed by a balanced look at its **pros and cons**. --- ### 🎸 **Music & Guitar Work** Jimi Hendrix revolutionized the electric guitar on this album. His use of **feedback**, **distortion**, **wah-wah**, and **reverse tape effects** was groundbreaking. Tracks like **“Purple Haze”**, **“Foxey Lady”**, and **“Manic Depression”** showcase his raw, expressive style—simultaneously precise and chaotic. Hendrix blended **blues**, **psychedelia**, **R&B**, and **proto-funk** into a sonic experience that felt both futuristic and primal . > “There is a rawness to the guitar... like an artist sketching out a drawing... an imprecise precision.” --- ### 🎤 **Lyrics & Themes** Lyrically, Hendrix explored **sexuality**, **freedom**, **identity**, and **altered states of consciousness**. Songs like **“Are You Experienced?”** and **“Third Stone from the Sun”** hint at **philosophical and cosmic themes**, while **“Hey Joe”** and **“The Wind Cries Mary”** are more grounded in narrative and emotion. His lyrics often leaned toward the **surreal and poetic**, complementing the psychedelic soundscape. > “You can hear happiness staggering on down the street / Footprints dressed in red.” – *The Wind Cries Mary* --- ### 🎛️ **Production Techniques** Produced by **Chas Chandler**, the album was ahead of its time in studio experimentation. Techniques like **backmasking**, **stereo panning**, and **tape manipulation** were used to create a trippy, immersive experience. The title track, for instance, features **reversed guitar and drum loops**, making it feel like a dream unfolding in reverse . However, some listeners find the **stereo mixing dated**, especially with vocals hard-panned to one side, which can feel jarring on modern headphones . --- ### 🌌 **Themes & Atmosphere** The album is drenched in **psychedelic imagery** and **countercultural energy**. It captures the spirit of the late '60s—**rebellion**, **exploration**, and **transcendence**. Whether it’s the aggressive sexuality of **“Foxey Lady”**, the emotional vulnerability of **“May This Be Love”**, or the cosmic jam of **“Third Stone from the Sun”**, the album feels like a journey through the **outer limits of rock and human consciousness**. --- ### 🔥 **Influence & Legacy** Few albums have had as **profound an impact** on modern music. Hendrix’s guitar techniques influenced everyone from **Prince** and **Stevie Ray Vaughan** to **John Frusciante** and **Miles Davis**, who even began experimenting with **wah pedals** after hearing Hendrix . The album laid the groundwork for **hard rock**, **metal**, **funk rock**, and **stoner rock**. > “There is a pretty good chance that whichever guitar player you like wouldn’t be the player they are without Hendrix.” --- ### ✅ **Pros** - **Groundbreaking guitar work** that redefined the instrument. - **Genre-blending** across blues, rock, funk, and psychedelia. - **Innovative production** that still sounds adventurous. - **Timeless songs** like *Purple Haze*, *Hey Joe*, *The Wind Cries Mary*, and *Fire*. - **Emotional and sonic range**—from tender ballads to explosive rockers. --- ### ❌ **Cons** - **Dated stereo mixing** can feel unbalanced or distracting. - **Some tracks fade out prematurely**, leaving listeners wanting more (e.g., *Stone Free*, *51st Anniversary*) . - **Not every track is equally strong**—some deep cuts don’t hit as hard as the singles. - **Lyrics can be abstract or underdeveloped**, especially compared to later Hendrix work. --- ### 🏁 **Final Verdict** **_Are You Experienced_** is a **monumental debut** that still feels **fresh, wild, and essential** nearly 60 years later. It’s not just a collection of songs—it’s a **declaration of a new musical era**. While some production choices haven’t aged perfectly, the album’s **creativity, energy, and influence** remain **untouchable**. **Rating: 9.5/10 – A landmark of 20th-century music.**

This album is what I imagine sex feels like

j’ai beaucoup apprécié. c’est des oreilles pour le miel. y’en a juste une que j’ai moins kiffé sur le coup mais peut être en réécoutant ça passera. J’aurais mis 4.5 mais y’a pas les virgules sur le site

Très très très fort Jimi.

Epic album.

Club 27 / 5 (4.9/5) There's no denying that this album shouldn't be rated anything lower than 4 stars, yet I wanted to rate it fairly so I listened to the whole thing. Apart from the usual suspects (All Along The Watchtower, Purple Haze and so on), there's some songs that I didn't know from the top of my head. But it's these that truly make this album what it is. It's a really cool, inventive and for the time outright impressive way to make music. Many songs that Hendrix created didn't just influence music for decades to come, some of them still sound relatively modern. Despite all the bangers, my favourite is Red House. It's hands down one of the very best Blues songs ever created and it alone easily pulls this whole album up a lot. While many many other artists and albums from that time period succumbed to their lack of quality, "Are You Experienced" still holds up. One more thing occasionally comes to my mind, it's the question of what could've been if Jimi wouldn't have died so young. Life is cruel, sometimes it just feels like you gotta reach a certain minimum threshold of how far you've influenced this world in order to move on. Hendrix certainly did that for a couple life times. Thank you, Jimi.

This album is pretty fire. I didn’t love every track but there’s so many true bangers on it, I had to give it a 5.

What can I say about Hendrix that hasn't been said. He's a once in several lifetimes artist. Listening to this album definitely gives me a new appreciation for The Experience.

Jimi was a talented musician. Even if you didn’t vibe with his music you have to appreciate his craft.

It’s impossible for me to be an unbiased listener here. I’ve been digging this since I was a kid and I still love it. Each time I listen I clue in on something different. This time, it was the vocal performance on “Manic Depression.” Also I listened to the bonus track version, which confuses me about the different editions, but gave me a new appreciation to learn that favorites of mine like “Highway Chile” are from this same era (if you can even call it that in such a tragically short career).

When I was 11 my sister started taking guitar lessons. There was no way I was going to let her be cooler than me. I got my ax and asked "Who's the best guitar player ever?" "Hendrix" was my mother's response. So when the crusty old guitar teacher named "Fiddlin' Ed" asked me what I wanted to learn I said "Hendrix." He began writing out a tab for Purple Haze. A friend from Boy Scouts tried to teach me Manic Depression. "Dad, what's your favorite Jimi Hendrix song?" I asked. "Third Stone from the Sun" he answered. These moments all led me to this album and Hey Joe was the first song that I heard and understood the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The man behind the music must always be questioned, and his actions should also be studied as to whether or not he's a good role model for a 12 year old boy. But the sounds created are open to interpretation. The sounds of cosmic chaos, panoramic psychedelia, the familiar unfamiliar...they are all present here. Every song is written by Hendrix which is something I would never have known had it not be for this project. The combination of defining tracks (Purple Haze, Hey Joe), solid deep grooves (May This Be Love) a beautiful ballad (Wind Cries Mary) and a rocker of a title track creates a true experience. After all, isn't that what we are all here to undergo 1001 albums at a time?

Classic

Classic

Not my most favorite album by Jimi but lots of great songs that I enjoy!

(100/100) 👉👉👂👂👈👈

No explanation necessary, 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Beste

Eines der besten Rockalben aller Zeiten

Ist Musik Geschichte muss man wohl auf volle Röhre hören

Of course Jimi is all about the guitar, but I find myself distracted by the drums and rhythm on every song in this album. It is frantic and raucous, yet precise and delightfully unpredictable. Easy 5 stars for all three of these genius musicians.

The greatest musical introduction heard around the world. Seriously, if this isn't the greatest debut album, I don't know what is. Jimi was a force of nature and did things with the guitar that had never and will never be done again. This album is proof of the power of love and psychadelics. So many great tunes to point out, but for a second you have to realize that the year this came out was 1967... Could it be anymore before its time? I mean Cream was doing something a bit similar, but certainly not on this level. Hendrix grabs you with the intro to Purple Haze and doens't hold up until the needle comes off the record at the end of Are You Experienced? The answer is yes Jimi. I and everyone else was not beforehand, but now we are experienced and its your fault. No turning back. 10/10

Ok, no, this one is my favorite for real! I can't choose...

Best Hendrix album on the list, so many hits and his guitar skills show so well on this album.

Obviously this album is fire. Not gonna lie, I prefer Electric Ladyland but I can understand why this is more popular as it is the more accessible of the two and has a bunch of bangers on here (“Purple Haze”, “Fire”). Hendrix is the star of the show and for excellent reason but the other two dudes are solid two. This was excellent I really have no complaints.

this is one of the few albums that lives up to the hype. great listen. loved the variety of sounds-blues, rock, & soul. and opening with Purple Haze-fantastic

I don't think anyone could really say they were experienced before hearing this album. The beginning of the greatest rock guitarist of all time, sure. But this album and its two follow ups were electric shock to rock and music in general. Purple Haze put me onto classic rock, the Woodstock performance on record. And it doesn't let up the whole album through. Even the softer moments like The Wind Cries Mary and May This Be Love are seriously groovy. Plus there are those trademark Hendrix guitarplaying, something like rhythm and riffing at the same time. It's arcane really. The drumming is epic as well, tracks like If I Don't Live Today and Fire in particular, but also May This Be Love. The really only slightly slow point for me on the album are the last two tracks on the extended bonus track version: Remember and Red House, a more traditional blues song. But some of the others on the extended play, Stone Free, Can You See Me and Highway Chile especially, are bangers. 51st Anniversary is ok. Overall one of the most important albums to probably ever come out in rock, even if I personally like Electric Ladyland a little better. Clear 5/5

Such an amazing album by a guitar pioneer lost too soon.

I honestly don't think I'd ever listened to this album front to back. I'm trying to wrap my head around how this can be an artist's debut album but I'm coming up short. Goodness grascious. My only complaint is that Third Stone from the Sun is too short. I wish it jammed on for forever.

Listen to this album on the regular. Love Hendrix!

One of my favourite artists so obviously it gets a 5. Not every track is perfect but there are just so many bangers on this album. Purple Haze, Manic Depression, Hey Joe, Fire, Foxey Lady and Red House are all some of my favourite tracks of all time.

holy cow

Of course the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience. I already knew half of the songs from this album, but I never listened to this album from top to bottom so I knew that this was going to be a good one. This album is genre-fusion bending, energized and psychedelic. Incredible album from a powerful trio, drumming is fantastic as always very jazz influenced and wild, the bass lines are smooth and melodic, and Hendrix with that explosive guitar tone and expressive, creative and experimentative guitar style. The chemistry between Hendrix, Noel Redding, and Mitch Mitchell is insane. 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. What surely stands out most is how ahead of its time this album and Hendrix was. Really is incredible this came out in 1967, on another level compared to the rock music of that time. It is said that there is rock music before and after Hendrix. He is the line that completely changed the way the guitar is played and used in rock music, playing and even tone wise. Hendrix sounded amazing when he arrived on the scene, unlike anything else. Eric Clapton walked off stage the first time he saw Hendrix play. He said “Is he really that fucking good?". Jimi Hendrix was so influential that Miles Davis started playing his trumpet through a wah pedal. The distortion, feedback, psychedelic effects, wah-wah, backwards guitar, everything that would become trademarks of psychedelic rock was basically invented or perfected here. The album cover is perfect for that 60's time representing psychedelia and bright vibrant colours. Fun fact they had another album cover for the UK edition, but Hendrix was unhappy with the cover artwork and therefor created another photo for the US release to create a more "psychedelic" cover. My favourite tracks are Purple Haze, Manic Depression, Hey Joe, Love or Confusion, May This Be Love, I Don't Live Today, The Wind Cries Mary, Fire, Third Stone From The Sun, Foxey Lady, Stone Free, Highway Chile, Remember, Red House

Excellent psychedelic rock album by the guitar virtuoso. Favorites: Purple Rain, Hey Joe, May This Be Love

I wonder how rock music would have evolved if Hendrix hadn't joined the 27 club. He was that type of talent and this album is that type of good.

Contains Jimi's best 3 original songs in my opinion (Purple Haze, Fire, and Foxey Lady), and surrounds them with a bunch of other great songs. Loved this album.

Killer debut album.

So many memorable riffs.

Love this, listened the the US version which is pretty perfect.

Era defining rock n roll

This list is really hammering home for me that I love psychedelic music

This is truly experience.

This is what *should* play in your head whenever psychedelic rock is mentioned. Jimi Hendrix is just synonymous with the genre and made an incredible impact in such a short amount of time. The man redefined what you can do with an electric guitar, and that is showcased all over this debut album via the various licks, riffs, and effects. Recording this must've been a huge undertaking, evidenced by the fact that pretty much every month of recording has its own section in the album's Wikipedia article. I mean, how does one accurately record the sounds coming from that guitar? The end product turned out great of course and every piece of the Experience is captured well here, even extending to Redding's bass/rhythm guitars and Mitchell's drums. Just a stone cold rock 'n' roll classic that dared to innovate (and sounds fuckin' cool to boot)

A friend burned this onto a cassette for me in middle school. I remember listening to it for the first time on my yellow Sony Walkman and feeling my mind get blown. I came to love other Hendrix albums more over time, but this one will always be special to me. Enjoyed listening to it again today.

It's Hendrix, is there more to be said? Even the "filler" tracks are filled with tasty guitar sounds.

Phenomenal Album

Brilliant, brilliant album. Up there with some of my favourite albums on this list so far. Hendrix is one of those artists where I know the big hits but always mean to delve more into. I’ll be keeping this in my rotation for a while. Top Track - Foxey Lady. The scene in Waynes World with Garth miming to this and doing the fox ears cracks me up no matter how many times I see it As easy a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️as I’ve given in a while

You can be pretty good at something and you might even be great. But you’ll never be as good as Jimi was at the guitar.

Wonderful and atmospheric guitar work

Have heard this album a few times in high school so I’m familiar with this album and to be honest, how damn near perfect thus debut album is. How most of these songs are usually on Hendrix best of (purple haze hey Joe foxes lady, etc) Always liked highway chile and red house as a bluesy wonder. I don’t have much to say other then that each song is attention getting and enjoyable.

Magical album. First heard it as a kid, bought it as a teenager, and I have managed to always have a copy each time a new media took over: records to tapes to CDs to digital. And it's worth it. I particularly like Manic Depression and The Wind Cries Mary, but they are all great.

This album is miraculous.

What is there to say.

Never listened to this whole album before. Listened to the UK track listing. It's fabulous. Can't imagine what this would have sounded like to 1967 ears. Amazing rock music that's the best of its time and then 3rd Stone from the sun sounds like it's got a controlled version of European Son or Sister Ray thrown in. Loved it. Listened to the US version. Better.

Good

absolutely incredible

Fantastic debut album. I can only imagine how groundbreaking this would have sounded back when it was first released.

No notes. What a ride.

I've already listened to his album (26). They ARE experienced, very much so.

Never gave Jimi a proper listen outside of the big hits. Damn good album. It’s a bit of hard rock, blues, R&B and more genres from song to song. Really interesting use of distortion throughout.

All time classic.

As debut records go, this one is certainly hard to beat as this amalgam of Blues, Hard Rock and psychedelia is the touchstone of pretty much every guitar exploration since this was released. Don’t believe me? Check out the guitar solo on Manic Depression, the second track on Side 1. While Purple Haze, Hey Joe and The Wind Cries Mary deservedly get the attention, it is the sonic experiments found on Love or Confusion or Stone Free that make this a masterpiece. Almost every rock fan of a certain age will recognize most of the songs on this record but more importantly, most of those fans would recognize these tunes without Jimi’s vocal. The use of fuzz, a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face and a Vox Crybaby Wah pedal took these pedals and their modifications in new directions with Jimi’s intricate and inventive playing. Fire, Foxey Lady and Are You Experienced are showcases for the diversity of Hendrix’s playing. All of this would not be possible without the contributions of Noel Redding (b) and Mitch Mitchell (d) who play in service to the song leaving space for Hendrix’s vision. Of the 3 records by the Experience- this is the gem and the only one of the three that is complete. Jimi was a rocket that burned brightly for a short period but what an incredible period it was.

i mean... this is not really a debatable placement lol 9.5/10

This is absolutely his best album, love it!

I mean, this is an easy 5/5. Jimi Hendrix is one of my all time fave guitar heroes and I listened to the absolute shit out this record throughout high school. What a legend. 5/5

é um baita classico, principalmente pra época, guitarras bem elaboradas e um som que soa fresco até hoje, 5 estrelas sem dúvidas

Best guitarist

Imagine being 24 years old and putting out this album, where you singehandedly change how rock music sounds. Absolutely phenomenal, and one of the most iconic albums in rock history. Someone else’s review referred to it as a “line in the sand” for rock music, and I have to agree—there’s so many bands that have taken influence from these songs and you can hear them come across in bits and pieces. It’s bluesy, it’s fun, and it’s absolutely a classic that’s stood the test of time.

I’m Goin Down To Shoot My Ol Lady 1001 Albums Generator 147 (10/24/2025) Psych rock perfection. No review bc I’m on vacation but wow. No skips. 5/5 Favs: Purple Haze The Wind Cries Mary Foxey Lady Least Fav: Third Stone From The Sun

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Great stuff!

Iconic guitar and voice. Interesting to hear a song about manic depression in the 60ies. The talent is so palpable. Red House intro is so recognizable.

Amazing. It's impossible to conceive modern music without it. One of the albums that truly altered everything. Plus it's just great to hear Jimi sing...and play of course. One thing to note is the drums on here are also rather ferocious throughout the whole thing, like dude is going off the entire time. The entire album and everything about it is great and we're all lucky to have this.

Je connaissais quasiment chaque sons, c’est un artiste que j’avais découvert à mon adolescence et que j’ai beaucoup poncé ! Bang sur banger Toujours un plaisir d’écouter. Ça se déguste. J’écouterai pas ça pour faire du sport, c’est dans une vibe particulière car il y a une ambiance un peu planant à mon sens.

Like most guitar playing teens, I had a small Hendrix fling. I'll say just a fling. Because it really was enjoying 'Hey Joe' + learning a fair portion of it on guitar (but if course not the entire thing!). Couple that with the intro to 'Purple Haze' on guitar and enjoyment of a few familiar songs (I seem to remember liking 'Crosstown Traffic' and 'Fire'). The fling ended at University when I discovered alternative rock music... But, what an album! I feel like this has aged really well. The guitar playing is awesome, with a good amount of melody. He's not just going squibbly-do over everything. I think I actually enjoyed the deep cuts more than the songs I remember from the greatest hits album I borrowed as a teenager. Not a dull moment. I promise. 5 Stars. Hell! Can I give 7?!

This album is like a beach party in the summertime. You're in a secluded beach town, and there is minimal police presence. As the sun sets, a group of people have lit a bonfire and dragged a few big logs over to set up as benches. They have made it clear that all are welcome, so a surge of people have made their way over. Someone has a UE Boom and it is blasting some upbeat music, so people are dancing. The beers are flowing, you are pretty sure there are some other extra-curriculars being handed out. Even away from the bonfire, it is pretty warm, so everyone is scantily-clad, and letting their inhibitions go. You can't really think of a way that this night could offer any more fun.

Eveyone who has walked past a guitar in a shop window before has had the same vision of themselves playing either Smoke on the Water, Stairway to Heaven, or any track from by Jimi. How many white stratocasters did this album seem? You telling me you hear the intro to Highway Chile and you don't invision Holloywood Hulk Hogan air guitaring the WCW Heavy Wait championship belt on his way to the ring... get out of here. 5 stars all day. NWO 4 Life!

It's impossible to overstate how important this album is. So much of Hendrix's playing influenced almost every guitarist which came after him. He was an absolute alien in the way he approached the instrument. What sets Hendrix and this album apart, though, is that he combined this other-worldly approach with good songwriting. He wasn't just a wizard, he was also making some great songs.

Truly enjoyed this album

Classic album! one of Jimi’s best!

Absolute banger. Really paving the way for future legends like Prince (RIP), Lenny Kravitz, and D’Angelo (RIP). And nearly every song is a hit! Quite a feat!

One of the greatest rock n roll albums of all time. The genius of Hendrix will always be imitated but never surpassed. Incredible band, songwriting, performance, experimentation…. Everything. I’m not even going to sully this review with a reference to how absolutely god-awful the album “Psycho Circus” by KISS (released 1998) is in comparison. It would be disrespectful. Thank you, Jimi, for your art and your truth.

Gotta love jimi

Probably one of the best debut album of all time

9/10… psychedelic / 60s rock

It’s maybe the greatest blues rock album of all time.

I already have half of these songs in my "favorites" playlist. This is the pinnacle of 60's rock for me, the composition still sounds so modern - but not necessarily "new." It has all the standard components of 60s Psychedelic rock, but its Blues influences make this album stand out like no other.

Perfect distillation of psychedelic bluesy rock. Jimi was a wizard. Favorite track: Red House

This album is a classic. I love the guitar and bluesy feel. I can practically smell the marijuana smoke in the air while I listen to it. I could jam this album over and over again!

I mean, what are we doing here. It's a 5/5

I saw this and knew it would be a 5 immediately. The singing is soulful and pretty smooth, but the real star is that guitar. That guitar was revolutionary for its time and still holds up today. So yeah, I guess I'm now experienced. Listen to this gargantuan totem of godly guitar playing and you will be, too.

Am I experienced?

Classic!

Having never listened to a full Hendrix album, it's crazy how many of these songs I recognized. And some of the ones I did not recognize were stellar as well, "51st Anniversary" being one such example. For being a three-piece band this is so rich and full of sound, and an incredible fusion of different genres. Loved this top to bottom. 5/5

Amazing how many good songs this album has and how modern it still sounds. Five stars

The first rock record. Of course Jimi is a legend, but you gotta shout out Mitch too. He fuckin kills it on every song.

Для своего времени безусловно революционная пластинка, сейчас спустя почти 60 лет слушается с интересом. Прямо сейчас послушал только 2 песни, в целом странно что добрался только сейчас когда мне уже почти 39 , ведь это БАЗА необходимая чтобы понять музыкантов которые творили вдохновившись песнями Джими. Заглавный трекан и тот что самый длинный больше 6 минут особенно запомнились!

A mix of 60s rock but also an artist who is exploring the sound.

Oh my! I’ve never listened to this album all through - it’s incredible! And mind blowing even today (he was scratching on one song!!). It’s like aliens came down and he promised his soul at the cosmic crossroads for the gift of moving music ahead by decades all in one leap. Speaking of 1001 debit albums, this could be #1.

One of the all time greatest debuts. I could write a book about this album and how it came to be. What I will say is that is still In my top 10 albums of all time and when it was released it blew the roof off of what was possible in music. It plays like greatest hits album and still sounds so fresh almost 60 years later.

It's been a while since I've listened to this one and it still stands strong. It's hard to find the negatives...I love Jimi's voice and guitar work this is peak 60s psychedelic rock

I think it's a little harsh to shoot your old lady down, even if you catch her messing around town. And sometimes the guitar serves the song, but sometimes it gets to be a little much. But how's this not gonna be 5 stars?

Brilliant album.

I've listened to this one enough times that I don't even need to listen to it again to give it five stars.

I thought that an older, wiser version of me would have gotten over this. No way - so good!

It’s legendary. I mean come on.

Iconic and Legendary

This is an absolute masterpiece and I have pure envy of those born in the late 50s that could experience this a as a brand new album when they were teenagers. It does still sound noisy today... whoa!

Very good. No input from the kids though.

5/5 Hendrix needs no explanation

Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Never mind all the straight bangers that makes this basically a greatest hits compilation. Red House, Hey Joe (his opus, I believe), Manic Depression, even the stuff I don't ever wanna hear again, Purple Haze, Are You Experienced?... and it has a whole bench beyond that... Foxey Lady, Fire, Wind Cries Mary.... Really all you're missing from this album to get the full sound is Little Wing, Voodoo Chile, All Along the Watchtower. Ok so go down another layer....the slower, the more Beatlesque.... Love or Confusion, May This Be Love, Remember, even 51st Anniversary which is a great song about marriage (looks great at 50 years, right? What about the first three, the first 10, no picnic) Anyway it seems like he was into it all, no filler work here. And his best stuff imo was not the "Hendrix is a guitar behemoth" old white guy overplayed shit. It's the grooves. It's the percussion, the driving bass, the effects. And his basso profundo voice evoking not just hip 60s grooviness but also a master of blues. I went into it rolling my eyes and came out repeating a few songs. "Did I hear a direct link to Kravitz here. Some Foo Fighters here." etc. As good as classic rock gets, up there near Who's Next, and some second-tier Zeppelin.

This album changed music forever. 55 years later there is still nothing like it in the world. The Jimi Hendrix Experience is something we we’ll never see the like of ever again. I for one am happy to have lived in a place and time where I can appreciate it. What an amazing trip through sound!

Just imagine releasing your debut record and it's this one - crazy

We always talk about Hendrix as a guitarist God and rightly so, but we often neglect his ability as a songwriter, interpretor and arranger. Put the absolute killer playing aside and this is still a great record of excellent songs and covers.

A classic. Already heard it many many times

Love this album. Drums are underrated playing behind Hendrix

5 star. GOAT. Such powerful music. Guitar. Voice. Every bit of it. RIP, Jimi Hendrix.

Yeah fine why not give it a five. Really enjoyed revisiting this as it reminded me how much I listened to it as a teenager. Every track is a contender for classic status - and some of them are still underrated!

Had this album already and knew most songs on it. Excellent start to finish with many of Jimi’s hits.

No notes. 5+/5

One of the greatest debut albums of all time. Some of the greatest music of the 60’s played by the greatest guitarist of all time. The stereo panning is pretty extreme, but the playing shines through. I’d also like to shout out Mitch Mitchell on this album, he is often considered one of the greatest drummers of all time, and that’s pretty impressive when you’re in a band with Jimi Hendrix. Noel Redding does a great job too, though I admittedly didn’t listen very close to the bass parts, it is a Jimi Hendrix album after all. To anyone who hasn’t heard them, I’d highly recommend watching and listening to the Experience’s live shows, Jimi’s playing is insane and the songs sound way better live than on the album. 5/5

Game changer.

Excellent. All 3 players.

One of the best, if not the best, debut albums ever released. Beginning to end nothing but bangers. Some of the greatest rock songs of all time are on this album. Fantastic listen!

I had forgotten how many of the tracks on this album are simply outstanding. Hard to give this anything but 5 stars.

I really believe Hendrix was a musical genius and prodigy on a par with somebody like Mozart. That might sound like typical rock music-brained hyperbole, but hear me out. Mozart died - too young - at 35 years old. Hendrix was famously almost a decade younger, at 27. Mozart continued to mature as a composer right up until his death. If we like to image what Mozart could have achieved if he had lived as long as somebody like Bach, that lost potential is even more the case for Jimi. Hendrix only picked up a guitar for the first time at 15. Mozart, of course, was practically born playing the harpsichord. Mozart was also intensively coached as a youth, and enjoyed patronage to pursue his art throughout much of his life. Hendrix had nothing of the sort, and even served a stint in the military during the 12 short years of his guitar playing life. It's possible such "helicopter parenting" would have dulled Hendrix's spark, but equally, it's surely the mark of a true prodigy to come from nowhere to produce music as exceptional as this. Because that's the thing about Hendrix. It would be easy to give this album a default five stars because of course, he was the best guitarist of all time, right? And that wouldn't quite be fair, because on a technical level there have of course been many people who have surpassed him since. It would be a nod to his incredible legacy as a performer and composer, but would risk overlooking the actual quality of the record itself. Because Hendrix wasn't just a revolutionary, he was a genuinely prodigious musician *and* composer. Even nearly 60 years later, these songs still sound exciting. Sure, they changed the landscape of rock music forever, but on a basic level they are also wonderful, energetic, beautiful pieces of music. Hendrix opened my eyes to the joys of guitar music as a kid, and I still struggle to think of anybody who has matched him as a triple threat performer, musician and composer. Van Halen and Satriani were almost as revolutionary, but do Eruption or Surfing with the Alien come close to matching Hey Joe or The Wind Cries Mary as actual songs? They do not. Tom Morello might come close as a guitarist - there's still nobody else out there doing what that guy does - but as a composer and performer he's not in Hendrix's league. In short, this is a wonderful album, and while I usually think these things are a matter of taste, I'd make the case for this being an essential five stars. It's both too important and too good to be anything else.

It's Jimi Hendrix. Nuf said.

There's a reason they call him the GOAT.

It's Jimmy Hendrix its awesome

Always a great choice!

Love this album. So many classics. Wind Cries Mary is special.

Straight fire

From the opening dissonant tritonic riff from Jimi's guitar this is one of the best LPs ever created. The psychedelic rock blues songs just seamlessly flow from one to another like streams feeding the river. Filled with great songs and sonic spacey riffs and soundscapes. Definitely one of the greatest albums created.

nice

Imagine beingin the 60s and hearing a new Jimi Hendrix album for the first time. It must have been mindblowing to experience him innovating on the guitar in real time. Even now, 60 years later, it sounds incredible. Rock music owes so much to Jimi Hendrix. What a talent!

Amazing

Truly unbelievable man. This shit came out very nearly 60 years ago and still is mind-bending, amazing and gravitational today. Jimi truly was 1/1, especially on that guitar. 10/10

Banger

BANGER 5/5

If you could translate drugs into music you would get this record, love almost all the songs from it and all the energy that Hendrix adds into every note

Another example of needing to know which version (US or UK) to listen to. On this one, the US version has “Purple Haze,” “Hey Joe,” and “The Wind Cries Mary”: arguable three of Hendrix’s best songs; however two of the three missing (“Remember” and “Red House” from US version are great, too. Putting them together on one album (as Apple music does) places it on a whole new level. Any which way, Hendrix oozes cool on this album and the creation of these songs was brilliant.

Been a while since I've listened to this one. Unsurprisingly, it's still amazing. I don't find Jimi to be the best singer, but it works with the music. Noel and Mitch are both excellent, too.

Purple Haze immediately jumps to one of the main contenders for best first track off a debut album, it might be his best song. May This Be Love is good, feels like a different brand of Jimi Hendrix. I bet the Allman's loved it. My only complaint is some of these 60s bands playing with the stereo recording too much. The album tracks are great. Stevie Ray Vaughn owes Hendrix a career, two legends lost before their time. Third Stone From the Sun loses me a little bit, I like the jazzy feel, but the altered vocals, I wonder if Yello got the idea for Oh Yeah from this song, guitar distortion and silly Hendrix poem lose me. The Allman's definitely lifted part of this song though, maybe just in Mountain Jam, but it's like note for note. I never really loved Foxey Lady, it is a little corny. Are You Experienced? on the other hand is my favorite Hendrix song.

gorg album

amazing album

Obviously the musicianship is top notch and the guitar playing is out of this world but can we talk about Jimi's vocal performance? An almost conversational approach to singing, which I love. Very underrated (the singing, not the album). Favorites: Manic Depression, Love or Confusion, Are You Experienced Would I listen to it again: Yes

The best debut album of all time, undoubtedly. The most important record in 20th century music, arguably. Most influential? Inarguably. Proof that Hendrix came from another, objectively better planet – creatively if not literally – incontrovertibly. I must have been 9 or 10 the first time I heard “Hey Joe”. A quarter of a century later, it strikes me that I must then have felt just like Chas Chandler did the first time he heard it: stuck to the spot, mesmerised, acutely aware that the thing they just heard will be something that sticks with them, sometimes as closely as a shadow, for the rest of their life. Hendrix is eternal.

Very nice

Brilliant classic album. A cultural touchstone.

Flawless debut album. The sound of the guitar being reinvented. 5/ 5

Better every time I listen to this. Really like Red House, but also the number of complete classics on a debut album is incredible!

Dave Marsh wrote a fantastic essay for the CD reissue that neatly sums up why this explosive album may the most important debut album in the history of rock. Suffice to say this is an extraordinary album by an extraordinary artist. Hendrix is the star, but Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding perfectly compliment him It's an amazing, exciting and brash wash of sounds in full technicolour that still sounds fresh over 50 years later. Arguments will forever ensue over whether the original vinyl UK or US version is the superior version. But either version would be in my all time top ten albums. Truly superb.

To me this is blues rock at its peak no one took it to a further, better place. The guy creates banger after banger. Taking you into a psychodelic journey of the mind and soul.

Experienced enough to recognise the happy marriage of talent and legend

What guitar heroes! This is an inspirational album of wailing and soaring, fiddling about and making the guitars sing.

Man, this album is a like a rollercoaster that keeps going up and up and up! I didn't want it to end.

A classic. ★★★★★

Such effortless blending of all the available genres of the day while pointing to the future.

Already listened to this. Peak

he made three records with the Experience that are masterpieces

Crazy, that this is a debut album. Hendrix shows an incredible range of styles within rock music. So many bangers on this album. Purple haze, hey joe, fire, foxey lady, the wind cries mary. Simply outrageously good to have this many hits on one lp.

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Do I love this because I'm a guitarist, or am I a guitarist because I love this? Modern era Mozart.

Anyone who picked up a guitar after 1967 was influenced by Jimi or someone who was influenced by the dude. 5 Stars Im not necessarily stoned, but beautiful

10/10 scuse me while i make out with men

Awesome. Top 3 songs: May This Be Love, 51st Anniversary, and Red House. Beautiful licks.

The bomb

I mean, if this isn’t a 5 star album what would be? How inventive, groundbreaking, yet totally listenable and cool would an album need to be in order to satisfy you? I get it if this isn’t your favourite album in the world but my god, you’ve gotta respect it.

Still great, 50 plus years on. How many albums can do that?

Superb.

5/5 no context needed, easy album to listen too several memorable tunes

Legendary

No messing around, just straight to the jams. Even the weaker songs are pretty good. This feels like the most true to form Jimi album

9/10 Favorite: Lavender Haze

It's laid-back, psychedelic, and it has revolutionary guitar work from Jimi. 10/10

Top to bottom a perfect album, no skips.

Classic. Five stars

holy fuck that was good

Allllll the jams.

Sometimes it's hard to tell whether something is genuinely good, or if it's just understood to be a classic and so you don't really have to give it any thought. I thought about it. This is genuinely good.

5/5 A banger for the ages! RIP Jimi!

It's Hendrix's debut. Not much else can be said but this is the definition of a 5 star debut. Every single song is pretty much amazing. 5/5

A definition of guitar god in physical form. Truly groundbreaking and a defining moment for genres to come just a few years later.

4.8

Richtungsweisend.

No, I have no experience with drugs. Yes, I think this is a great album.

Good album

How is this his first album? It still sounds incredible to this day, no notes.

Faultless

The master, wanking his plank to oblivion

Turn the lights down, throw a scarf over the bare bulb. Put this album on the turntable and just close your eyes while the sonically pleasing back and forth in stereo take you another world. 5/5

it’s more than an album, it’s an experience

A classic

no notes

Excellent Album

Hey Joe, Foxey Lady, Purple Haze are lit

To think this was their debut album. Though many call it a psychedelic album, I never thought of it as such. Even listening to it today, it was amazing what he could do with a guitar. It was and still is an album to listen to in its entirety.

Очень крутой альбом, чувствуется огромное влияние на индустрию, все песни великолепные но не все мне понравилось, очень крутые, наполненые жизнью барабанные партии, и крутейшая игра Джими Хендрикса, а такаже его неповторимый вокал.

Hendrix debut. A new chapter in electric guitar is born

Just astounding start to finish. Great playing, some of the best rock songs ever.

Purple Haze immediately jumps to one of the main contenders for best first track off a debut album, it might be his best song. May This Be Love is good, feels like a different brand of Jimi Hendrix. I bet the Allman's loved it. My only complaint is some of these 60s bands playing with the stereo recording too much. The album tracks are great. Stevie Ray Vaughn owes Hendrix a career, two legends lost before their time. Third Stone From the Sun loses me a little bit, I like the jazzy feel, but the altered vocals, I wonder if Yello got the idea for Oh Yeah from this song, guitar distortion and silly Hendrix poem lose me. The Allman's definitely lifted part of this song though, maybe just in Mountain Jam, but it's like note for note. I never really loved Foxey Lady, it is a little corny. Are You Experienced? on the other hand is my favorite Hendrix song.

Just my little gay self listening to 'Purple Haze' singing at the top of my lungs 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy!

Existe uma guitarra antes e depois de Jimi Hendrix, e esse disco é a primeira demonstração disso, é injusto dar qualquer outra nota

I've been meaning to listen to Jimi's discography for a fat minute and the fact that I got his debut first, surely it must be fate. This is so unbelievably peak. There is too much to love and nothing to hate. Majority (if not all) of the songs on here are bangers NO BAD SONGS 5/5

Instant 5. Legendary album by a legendary artist who inspired nearly all who came after him.

Jimi taituroi

Are you experienced? Or have you every been experienced? Well I have. Debut album from Jimi Hendrix (formerly of The Isley Brothers, Little Richard and others as a bandmate) and what else can be said about this album except - WOW. Imagine this coming out along side Sgt. Pepper, Pet Sounds, The Byrds, The Mamas and the Papas, etc. Nothing like it before or since. Let's not overlook the fact that this is a power trio!!! Jimi can make his guitar sound like about 2 or three guitarists are playing, but it's just him, Mitch Mitchell on drums and Noel Redding on Bass. Incredible!!! I guess Cream might be a comparable contemporary situation, but it is well known that Jimi and Eric Clapton didn't exactly care for each other, and I think anyone can see that Jimi was much more unique and experimental than the blues covers that Cream was electrifying. Particularly fond of Third Stone From the Sun, May This Be Love, I Don't Live Today and Stone Free among the massive Jimi staples on this album. Fire may be my fave Jimi song - certainly top five along with Manic Depression. A pivotal, important, beautiful, daring, weird album that EVERYONE should have heard by now or you must get Experienced!!!

What a loss to music.

A classic.

this feels like the type of album that was much more impressive back when it was released. great songs that i've heard a million times and that have influenced a million other songs. Almost inconceivable that it's a debut album

Mitch Mitchell my goat

Exceptional album.

The perfect rock n' roll album from the master of his craft.