Are You Experienced

Magična '67 godina. Neuporedivo bolji od prošlog Hendrix albuma s liste. Mnogo muzikalniji a ne samo gitara gitara gitara. Sjajan.

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

Yup

Rocky

Only had time to listen to it half way through, but one thing is sure, those riffs were good

Отличный крассический альбом на многие годы опередивший время

purple haze--"excuse me while i kiss this guy" 5/5 no notes. third stone from the sun--apparently i am not experienced in the ways of jimi hendrix. sick slow guitar solo though. is that riff from... rasputin? well obviously not this song is 11 years older are you experienced--ok this ones a bit ... riskier. definitely more experimental hmmm this one is tough. i might lean 4.49/5 rounded to 4/5 because it was long and experimentally outside my taste. iconic opening tho

Hand trix

Very hard album to rate as there are 2 versions the uk and us with very different track lists, Spotify has the us track list in order with the uk songs after. I’ll rate the us version, I like it but I feel the really big songs take away from the enjoyment of some of the deeper cuts because you’re expecting a bit more, his guitar skills are exceptional and the band together sound amazing, I feel though it could have been more cohesive. Still a good album though and one people should have in their collections

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

so cool

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

- don't think i liked this album as a whole which is a bummer because i really did think i would. What are the odds I get this album, I had a presentation on artist in 1967 making music for the time and Jimi hendrix was on of those artists. I did really like some of the songs as singles tho.

Eh, not that

Low 4 , some buts 8 really liked, but some too long experimental intrumentals for me and

4.5

Slumps here and there but otherwise sooooo good. 4.5

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.

This album exudes coolness. One thing's for sure, the guitar did not disappoint. There are some cheeky lyrics on here as well, like on "Are You Experienced" and some poetic lines as well. It is on "The Wind Cries Mary", which goes: "Will the wind ever remember The names it has blown in the past? And with this crutch Its old age and its wisdom It whispers, "No, this will be the last" Liked songs: Manic Depression May This Be Love Third Stone From The Sun Are You Experienced Stone Free Can You See Me Jan. 24, 2026 - 5:53 PM

Great

7/10

The talent and creativity of Jimi Hendrix guitar playing is readily evident all across this album. While Hendrix is never going to be favorite style of music, listening with fresh ears, these tracks can really light a fire in me. This album is full of hits I have heard before on radio and films and several of the album tracks I wasn't previously familiar with were also quite good. However, I feel the album was too long by a few tracks, and I was happy to be through it when it was over. I didn't expect to like this album enough to warrant 4 stars, but this album was able to surprise me.

With the exception of Purple Haze, this album felt like a long wash of one feeling and one big guitar riff. I'm not the biggest fan, and I didn't feel like it earned the length. 4/10

my favourite jimi album, no notes

Great album! Jimi was such a good guitar player and just amazing musician and so much influence from him

Good I guess? 3.5 or 4

Listened to this at a coffee shop while I did some prep exams and it was pretty chill. Jimi can play a guitar, who knew?? He can sing too, great! Honestly, it was fine. Was nice jam music in the background, my face remained unmelted.

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.

I thought it was pretty good and I heard some familiar songs in there. It just wasn’t for me though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Jimi Hendrix foi um dos maiores guitarristas da história e dispensa apresentações. Nos seus momentos de inspiração, tirava sons surreais da guitarra. Esse álbum tem alguns dos seus maiores clássicos como "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze" e "The Wind Cries Mary". Na mesma medida que tem músicas incríveis, tem algumas que acabam caindo na repetição. É um álbum que tem mais músicas do que precisava, ultrapassando uma hora de duração. Poderia alcançar as 5 estrelas se fosse enxugado, tirando o conteúdo desnecessário que veio apenas para aumentar a produção. Melhor do álbum: "Hey Joe". Pior do álbum: "Highway Chile".

É inegável a presença de bangers, mas no geral ficou meio longo pra mim

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.

Quite the experience in did! 8/10

OFFFFF

not my type sorryy

Hell yeah!

Iconic

Not necessarily stoned, but beautiful. RIP Jimi

Well when its jimi hendrix you expect a 5 and you get a 5

it was interesting in a good way, not the type of thing i would listen to normally but i enjoyed it

Guitary

After listening to so many other 1960s albums on this project, I can better appreciate just how innovative this album is. It really sounded like nothing else at the time. Love the combination of rock riffs with blues soloing.

Excellent album reminded me of highschool with friends

Listened on the airplane home from Florida. Wasn’t too excited when it came up on the generator. I’ve heard many of these songs a million times, but I’m not really a fan. I respect the talent. Very much. He did things on the guitar that were very original. On this listen I found the drumming distracting in a negative way. My main thought is that this is a hell of a debut album. Very sure of themselves. But other than a couple of songs I am still not much of a fan.

Viele Banger, aber viele Lieder sind so ein bisschen "Filler" und haben nicht viel, was sie besonders macht. Purple Haze, Wind cries Mary und Foxy Lady sind die ikonischsten und auch die besten. 6/10

I forgot how good Fire is

Either I'm warming up to Hendrix, or my appreciation of his albums tails off as his career progressed, because I've had them in reverse chronological order, and gave 2, then 3, and I think this one deserves a four. It's hard to listen to Foxy Lady without picturing Garth though.

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.

non ci capisco nulla di chitarra quindi probabilmente non ho apprezzato MA mi è piaciuta May This Be Love

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.

undeniably very groovy

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.

never heard before -purple haze good start!! -i like hey joe -fire is rlly good! -remember is good too overall pretty good but not my thing 3.5/5

++++

Solid album, really amazing guitar riffs.

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

no i am not. i think the cover is amazing, solid record with amazing tracks

Remember listening to this as I was discovering Hendrix and learning guitar. Was impressed then and still quite naive so interested to see how it hits now… *presses play and sits back* There are so many bangers on here. Such quality, original, layered. It might just fall short of the 5* because there are a couple of weaker tracks. Also notice that the track listing is different on different releases of it so hard to know which I’m rating. Maybe I will restart with the original listing (start with ‘Foxey Lady’. ending with ‘Are You Experienced’) but there are some huge tracks this misses on the extended listings. Hmmmm this is confusing me on how to rate!

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.

I mean obviously its good. Maybe better than most classic psychedelic rock. I just don't like it quite enough to give a 5 I think.

Is this the greatest Guitar Album in History? I don’t know. Is it the most important Guitar Album I’m history? I reckon it is a strong contender. I probably first started listening to Hendrix in my teens in the 1980s and even then when there was so much rock, metal, punk and so much emerging stuff that I consumed via John Peel etc I thought it sounded fresh, creative and vibrant. Maybe some of this sounds slightly dated now, not all of it and that’s a matter of opinion, but this as a debut Album probably changed the direction of music fundamentally and certainly influenced countless guitarists through the ages. No Jimi, no “insert rock guitarist name here”. And it’s not only great Guitar playing, the Rhythm section of Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding trash away here and add massively to the sound. I’ve also thought that Hendrix is a pretty decent vocalist as well. I wasn’t sure which version of this debut album to listen to. The UK version was released first but omits the three singles that were released first and the US version includes them dropping some other tracks. In the end I opted for the deluxe version which included all of it but it’s 17 tracks still came in at around an hour and didn’t’ outstay its welcome.

3.5⭐️/5 [01.13.2026]

Know this one already. Good album with some great tracks

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.

I think I had said in one of these reviews - much to my surprise, in fact - that Led Zeppelin represented the epitome of what a rock group could do. In one sense, that’s undeniable. As a four-piece, they are perfectly balanced, supremely competent, and entirely in control. But that control is precisely the problem. Zeppelin are Apollonian (I said that in another review. Am I just repeating myself?) - ordered, muscular, rational. They think the blues. And thinking, however impressive, isn’t really rock’n’roll. If rock is Dionysian - ecstatic, excessive, bodily - then The Jimi Hendrix Experience represents a different, and perhaps truer, epitome. A three-piece in which everyone is a musician with no foppish, pinup frontmen. They operate less through mutual comprehension than through shared sensation. It often sounds as though they aren’t listening to one another at all. There is too much noise, too much heat, too much going on. But they feel one another, and that’s enough. Mitch Mitchell’s jazz-inflected drumming constantly threatens to outrun the song, Noel Redding hangs in there by instinct rather than authority, and Hendrix himself pulls the whole thing sideways with feedback, fuzz, and sudden harmonic lurches. Nobody stops to think. The music just happens. Are You Experienced? captures that condition perfectly. The songs are mostly short, single-length bursts, but they are packed with strain. Fire, Foxy Lady, Manic Depression all feel like they’re pushing against their own containers, testing how much disruption a pop format can take before it collapses. The studio effects - phasing, reverse tape, exaggerated stereo placement - aren’t decoration so much as symptoms of a band trying to escape the room they’re in. Even, within such constraint, Third Stone from the Sun sounds more free than any Zeppelin free-time mid-section. There is, of course, a contradiction at the heart of the Experience. It’s a group, but it carries one man’s name. This is Hendrix’s vision, and the others fall in with it. They are not co-authors so much as exceptional participants in his revel, his maenads. Hendrix himself is constrained too: by three-minute songs, by singles logic, by the expectation of accessibility. You can hear him straining hardest of all, trying to break free of forms that his bandmates inhabit naturally. Can that be the epitome of the rock group? Not democracy, but one god’s tune whipping choas from his followers? That strain is what distinguishes the Experience from Zeppelin. Zeppelin never sound trapped. They move effortlessly within structures they’ve already mastered. Hendrix sounds as though he is still discovering what he can do, even while doing it. I’m not sure whether rock’n’roll is best defined by freedom, by effortlessness, or by strain. But if it’s this last one - the audible pressure of desire against form - then Are You Experienced? makes as strong a claim as any record ever did to being rock’n’roll. A greatest-hits album disguised as a debut, even without Purple Haze and Hey Joe on the original UK edition. It would get another half star if it did. 4 One of the reasons The Beatles stopped playing live after summer 1966 was that in Japan the audiences at the Budokan were so subdued (or perhaps polite) that the band were dismayed to be able, almost for the first time, to hear themselves play. Part of The Beatles greatness is that their musical standards, in fact their musical ideas, were higher than their abilities. Well their idea to step away from live performance couldn’t really have been better timed. Their last paid public performance was in San Francisco on 29th August 1966. A few weeks later Jimi Hendrix arrived in London. The Jimi Hendrix Experience were quite good at playing music and could always hear themselves play. Their debut album is worth acknowledging merely for the aggressive edge achieved by recording guitar at previously undreamt of volume. To my ears Are You Experienced? makes supposedly ‘heavy’ contemporaries, Cream, for example, sound utterly feeble. It is a carefully made studio album but at the same time preserves something of the live sound that was so famously striking to those that witnessed the London shows of late 1966, Paul McCartney among others. Much has been made of Hendrix’s heaviness over the years, to the point of injustice to the other aspects of his playing, particularly how beautiful it is. Even in the full flight of psychedelic noise-making there is a rhythmic elegance and even melodicism to Hendrix. He was a wonderful musician and rightfully celebrated as preeminent on the instrument, and is almost indisputable as its most influential player. All of that has made it so easy, tragically, to overlook Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell. They are dazzling, daring players themselves and provide many moments worth celebrating on this album. That Are You Experienced? goes a bit forgettable in the middle (‘I Don’t Live Today’, ‘May This Be Love’) is justly forgiven by most of the assessments on the 1001 albums project, who have this album in the top 15. That said, they are all reviewing different albums. Different 40 minute UK and American 1967 releases are now more or less forgotten in the digital age in favour of (different) sprawling hour-long accounts of all the JHE tracks that featured across both, neither of which ends with the title track, which is daft. In any case I am happy to stick with the UK original. It wasn’t just in first by three months - it’s also the work of two Brits and one dude who is basically as British as Handel and even lived in his house. Purple Haze, Hey Joe and the Wind Cries Mary aren’t on this album. It’s ’Foxy’ not ‘Foxey’. America can go jump. 4/5

Great, classic sound; I'm not well-versed in Hendrix but it's easy to see this as groundbreaking. Highlight: "Fire"

gitaar is peak obvi, de rest meh maar nog steeds leuk

Great album, started strong, got a bit weaker as it went on. Not as repeatable for me, but no major complaints.

A lot of recognisable songs on this. I may rate higher with further listens but maybe not. Just not my type of music

I was surprised by how experimental this album is. This is my introduction to Jimi Hendrix, and I must say I’m a big fan! This album was like a hybrid of blues, rock, and sci-fi in the best way. The album commits to experimentation but does not sacrifice style and, the songs feel whole, not like a frankenstein creature. Though the binaural effect was pretty jarring at times, but I commend it anyway cs they achieved that effect (though not as smoothly) with none of the tech meant to produce it, and that’s genius to me.

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.

fire

Vibe jest przedni, ale zebrał tu wszystko co miał i wyszło długo i trochę monotonnie dla mnie, wszystkie hity są w 1. połowie a potem Nadal Trwa, wolę sobie puścić ze dwa utwory jak nastrój uderzy (no może pięć) i kiwnąć głową ze dwa razy i na tym zakończyć interakcje ‘scuse me while i kiss the sky 🎸

Włączony na wyprawę zakupową. Vajbowałem do paru piosenek ale reszta trochę mi się zlewała jak były dłuższe instrumentalne momenty, wina możliwe że zgiełku sklepu. 💜🌫️➡️🧠

Początek był średni. Nie byłem przekonany, ale z każdą piosenką staje się lepszy.

Cool

2 Niks voor mij

it was very good!

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!

I think he likes the guitar...

I really liked this. A classic for a reason, I like his voice. I was listening to this on my headphones and he kept going through my ears and im not too sure about how i felt about that.

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.

Favorite Tracks: Purple Haze, Foxey Lady

FK

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.

Great album

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

Obviously rocking

I was never a big Hendrix fan, but after hearing this album, I just don’t think I gave him a fair chance. I have always liked The Wind Cries Mary, but this whole album is quite good…although The Third Stone from the Sun gets a bit weird. This one is four stars for me, and I will be listening to it again.

good as fuck

Oh hell yeah, I'm definitely experienced. Excuse me while I kiss this guy. It is remarkable how fresh and vibrant this still stands. Haven't sat down and listened to the whole thing in years. Good shit. Mitch Mitchell is an excellent drummer, and it doesn't matter if Noel was pissed and down at the pub or not when Jimi's in town. Move over Rover indeed.

I didn't know I could enjoy rock like this, really well executed and very much a classic

love guitar

Love purple haze! Great album, Hendrix makes the guitar cry and is a legend for a reason

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

Are You Experienced was my first JHE (and Jimi Hendrix at large) album, as well as my second “Highest Rated” album since I began this journey. Much like Ziggy Stardust, I enjoyed it quite a bit and I get the hype, but I don’t personally think it’s a five. Don’t get me wrong – the highlights are great and there are lots of them to be found. There are bits of solid songwriting, great vocals and legendary guitar work across a wide spectrum of rock & roll here. I’d gladly revisit Are You Experienced again, no doubt about that! On the other hand, the full album is longer than it needs to be and the inconsistent mixing got kind of annoying from time to time. For me, a five needs to have no skips and I can’t earnestly see myself getting giddy about coming back to tracks like “51st Anniversary” when there are no fewer than 12 other ones on AYE I’d rather listen to. I’m aware that the version I listened to on Spotify was actually the North American CD reissue from 1997, but the original UK edition (which is admittedly like 20 minutes shorter) also had a couple tracks that didn’t particularly stand out to me during my first listen. I’ll tell you what… I‘ve made a Spotify playlist with the original album tracklist that I’ll listen through when I get the chance. If my opinion changes, I’ll come back and edit my rating to five stars. For now, Are You Experienced is a high and respectable four. Highlights: Purple Haze, Manic Depression, Love or Confusion, I Don’t Live Today, Fire, Third Stone from the Sun, Foxey Lady, Are You Experienced, Stone Free, Highway Chile, Can You See Me, Red House

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

no songs particularly stood out to me but i enjoyed the music

Nice vibe, I understand the success and appeal also why it was so influential. Songs are pretty sexy and groovy, and it's overall very catchy. Not something I'd listen to everyday, but very very good album. Really loved 'I Don't Dream Today', 'The Wind Cries Mary' and 'Fire'.

Hmm, I'm a little mixed on how I feel about this album. It took a few songs to start clicking with me. There were a few I really enjoyed "Are You Experienced", "The Wind Cries Mary", "May This be Love", and "Love or Confusion", but I didn't love the album as a whole. I understand the appeal, the guitars and everything are honestly really cool and pretty at times, but there's something that's just not fully clicking with me. I know how Iconic this is considered tho, so I wish I liked it more 3.75./5

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!

Now I know where Foxy Lady is from

Thank goodness for the US version of this album, as there are some glaring omissions from the the UK original. This music has somehow stood the test of time and it wouldn't seem out of place if it were released today. Impressive. Knocking off 1 star as there are a couple of weaker tracks in there.

Peak jimi

enjoyed this album even tho it’s not my style. obviously amazing guitar playing which I have never heard before. -favourite tracks: HEY HOE and LOVE OR CONFUSION

Low 4 high 3 just didn't connect with it that much

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.

Excelente álbum.

Genial!

Obviously influential. Jimi was such a prominent figure in the rock scene especially for African Americans

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….

It's OK, not particularly enjoyable to me.

Elemental

it was alright. i liked the beginning and then i started to get bored around foxy lady. i can picture myself listening to this in the background while i do something else but otherwise probably not.

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.

Superb

Pretty good

Electric. Captivating. Enticing. Addictive. Timeless. Oh, I’m definitely experienced. Whaaat an album! I’ll be dreaming of Jimi Hendrix’s guitar riffs tonight.

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 DEBUT 😭😭😭

spoko nie moj gatunek ale gicior standout: stone free

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.

6/10

Second Jimi album. It's been a long, long time since I made the historic blunder of listening to Electric Ladyland with one charged earbud. I, fortunately, now have headphones which don't rely on a phony Bluetooth connection, so I can listen to this album with full confidence knowing that I won't hear it in one ear. It's been a while since my previous Jimi album, though I haven't been entirely alone. I've had two Stevie Wonder albums within the past month. I kind of lump the two artists together due to them both having a psychedelic, experimental sound. I like to think I'm prepared for this return. What the hell is going on with this track listing? The English and American issues are vastly different from one another for some reason. Anyways, this rough rock sound doesn't really do much for me. I've always had the image that Hendrix was considered and precise given his standing as one of the best guitarists ever, though I'm starting to to doubt that. In all fairness, it is his debut album and one from the 60s at that, so I can cut some slack. "Manic Depression" was pretty good, though the rest of the album didn't hook me. Book time. "One of the greatest debuts ever". That's about it. I mean, I suppose you don't need much more than that. I cosign this inclusion.

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

Really good.

This albums genre is not at all my type of music, however i tried to stay optimistic and listen through, as i never knows what id end up liking. I couldn’t listen to more than half, but i did like one song.

Knew many of these songs on their own, enjoyed listening to them as a full piece. Overall, it's a pretty good album, very experimental guitar parts, and a lot bluesy-er then I anticipated. Favorite song: Hey Joe

The best from the best

Ok, not really my style of music, 2 added to vibe check, probably 2.5/5

eu tento ter mente aberta, mas este não é definitivamente para mim.

an album that would be most loved by other musicians. crazy electric guitar skills and love the sadness that still comes thru. fave: I Dont Live Today

3eme (et dernier) album de Hendrix =>3/5 Un peu mieux que les autres albums, j'aime assez 'Hey Joe' et 'Fire'. Et aussi le batteur qui s'éclate.

Classic

Good. Yes. Thanks.

alot more bluesy than i expected (i'm not quite sure what i what i was expecting)! several saves, overall great album to bob along to as listen as you work

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.

cool freaking cover

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

This is how B.B. King would sound with overdrive, strip back the effects and you have B.B. King with a fender and acid.

oui pourquoi pas en musique de fond

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

Great music one of the best to ever play guitar

A lot of the guitar solos were really interesting and had recognisable melodies so I can tell it's inspired other musicians since. There were some songs I enjoyed and would listen to again like Hello Joe but there's other songs that I didn't care much for either way so I'd only listen to as background music. Some of the instruments sounded a bit disjointed at time, like they weren't playing the same sound. But I guess it might just be the style of rock/psychedelic rock. The vocals were always good and I liked the drums too. I didn't find the lyrics super relatable so that might be why I was less interested in it. Overall I can tell why it was one of the albums that inspired the genre but not really for me but I might have to register again

Bluesy roots rock Good Nice psych

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

The instrumentals were great and I mostly enjoyed my time listening to this album. However it kind of became a blur and many songs sounded very similar to each other for me. It is not really my style of vocals.

3/5 Objectively good album, but it felt like a lot of the songs sounded very same-sy and there weren't many standouts to me personally. I wouldn't listen to much of this by myself. I've also just heard better from Jimi. So far the 60s have been a hit and miss for me.

I knew their famous songs but I’ve never went more into their discography. Not my style but can’t deny it’s a real talent.

Un clásico, es la primera vez que lo escucho y fue una experiencia muy buena. Me encanta este tipo de juego auditivo, entiendo que para muchas personas puede ser empujar los límites de lo que puede ser considerado música, pero en mi caso estoy acostumbrado a sonidos incluso más distorsionados así que este álbum me pareció una gran base para de-construir más en esas ideas. Como pequeña nota extra, Neil Cicierega le dio un gran uso a las rolas para crear algo muy único en su Mouth Series.

sure

I think this album is pretty chaotic. I can understand why people found it "revolutionising" in the late 60s, but a lot of the tracks in the middle are very "chaotic" with the guitar distortions. My favourite is the title track "bold as love", and there's a couple of nice ones, but overally nothing wowed me.

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

"Excuse me while I kiss this guy" This is the Hendrix I've been waiting for! To me, this is a lot more of what I was expecting. Electric Ladyland is really good, but this is better. Total classic and I can't imagine how insane this sounded in 1967. Muddy Waters Live at Newport 1960 was a previous listen, going from that to Hendrix in less than a decade is crazy. The Moog came out in 1967, imagine if Bassnectar had their first release in 1974. That's the sort of evolution I think we were looking at here.

Wow, people sure do love this album... There's absolutely no denying that Hendrix is one of the most talented and influential musicians to have ever lived, but I'm here to rate the album - not the talent and influence of Jimi Hendrix (though I will concede that these things should absolutely contribute to the album's inclusion on the list - people should definitely hear this before they die simply because of its influence, completely irrespective of its quality). As for the album itself, it's fantastic! It doesn't earn a 5 star rating from me, for reasons I can't quite put my finger on... suffice to say it just didn't do it for me the way my other 5 star albums have. My gut feelings aside though, It's truly excellent - just maybe not exactly my thing.

Both versions of this album are pretty much psychedelic rock perfection, so I have to give it 5 stars!

not my kinda stuff

The goat

Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Foxey Lady

Complex riffs Lyrics are fine Not a lot of melody in his voice. 4/5.

While I acknowledge this is a great album, I personally didn't connect with it much

Good stuff good stuff. Doesn't get boring at all. Also Manic Depression is such a good song on so many levels lmao

I am experienced. Shout out Jimbo

A total classic

This album could be twenty seconds long and it would still be a solid 5/5 but the fact that it's 38:34 (US Edition) is just gravy. Really amazing gravy but after the first 20 seconds of Purple Haze everything else is just gravy. God blessed the universe with Jimi Hendrix. <3

top guitarristas ever, un clasico que nunca habia escuchado. Me costo tomarle el ritmo al principio pero ya para el final estaba vibing completely. El sample de Passin Me By omg

The first Jimi Hendrix album I ever owned, although I had the US edition (a rerelease in the early 90s). Mostly I stuck around for the singles - Hey Joe, Purple Haze - but I really loved the title track. Perhaps it’s the march-like tempo and drums, but that mixed with the psychedelia/backwards guitar/closed palm guitar strings and insistent single piano note hit me as a stoner anthem. Goofy lyrics and delivery and all. I have come to respect and even enjoy some of Jimi’s contemporary guitarists, but it still all begins (and even ends) with his playing. Be it noise guitar, intuitive feel, the limited effects, the throughline to my guitar heroes - Robert Smith, Ian and Guy, even Corgan - doesn’t happen without Hendrix.

Was ok

Already listened to. Incredible performance from Jimi on the guitar, definitely proves his worth at a potential runner for best guitarist of all time. In my mind he fits that bill. Very funky and at the time very different album.

Every song on here is great! My one critique would be that I wish it felt slightly more like an album rather than a collection of songs, but those songs were still good enough to put this at five.

I mean, come on. Quick and easy 5. Amazing album from start to finish. In the running for the GOAT.

Not for me

Heard many times before, had the CD in middle school.

Had listened to only 2 songs from this album before (Purple Haze and Foxey Lady). The artistry is incredible when listening to the album as a whole. My favorites were Manic Depression and Red House.

So many good songs.

Can’t believe it’s the debut and not greatest hits.

Overall Rating - 4.50/5 (9.00/10). Absolutely incredible.

bangers

Coldplay left me well, cold

Two pairs.

Purest distilled Summer of Love. +1 star if I'd rolled a number beforehand

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

I've been aware of Jimi Hendrix for a long time but never dove into his discography before. This album was a nice listen and its clear to see why Jimi is such a respected musician and guitarist. Obvious highlights are "Purple Haze" and "Fire" but I also enjoyed "Hey Joe" and "Highway Chile"

reminds me of rocky horror picture show in the best way

Incredible guitar skills. Great voice. Groovy, intense, occasionally dark themes. Casually. But it still did not captivate me 100%. Are you experienced? is incredible though.

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

Very much enjoyed a lot of this. Kept adding songs to my playlist - there's so many good ones and they're all a very sensible length. Ideal A very high 4 Songs added to playlist: - Purple Haze - May This Be Love - Fire - Third Stone From The Sun - Highway Chile - Red House

12/9/25 - didnt fininshed but i have 100% heard this album in full before fav track: fire

Solid album! Transported me back to the 60s in a great way. Impressive that he had that much talent on the guitar at such a young age. I’d probably rate it a 3.5. Some of the songs were a tad underwhelming but others were 👌

A classic

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)

Probably my favorite album from Jimi. This one goes really hard

My favorite from Jimi!

An undeniable classic, great songs and strong musicianship!

Jimmy innit

Good time, good guitar work, not much to say

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.

A classic, influencial for so many bands and musicians.

Might make my personal top 10. Amazing.

i can't tell if i preferred this one to the other one i listened, loved the album cover

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

I was surprised I didn't enjoy this as much as I'd hoped. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy it - definitely above "neutral" feelings toward it and found myself bobbing along throughout it, but not much I'd return to or felt was memorable right off the bat without having heard the tracks many times before. My favorites were "Stone Free" and "Hey Joe."

Some great songs on this album, can't deny the guitar skill, and musical genius, but all round it didn't exactly blow me away.

All time classic 5

This could be a 5* its got so many great tracks! But it's also got some really average tracks that could've easily been cut from quite a big album!

**_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.**

Genius etc. but unfortunately not my thing really (60s psychedelic rock). Loved the lil documentary at the end - all these extremely British white dudes and Jimi. Cultural hybridity!

This album is what I imagine sex feels like

Mary

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.

Je reconnait la technique mais c'est pas mon type de musica

Burn me daddy raptor 🥵

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

Surprised I didn't love this as much as I thought! Still fantastic, but it felt bloated and long/repetitive at time?

An amazing album with the likes of purple haze

Amazing guitarist and singer, probably the closest thing to blues I can enjoy.

no likey

Fun :)

Solid album with some great songs and mesmerising guitar playing. Felt it did drag on a little in parts but that's a 'me' problem. 3.5/5

Another 3 and a half

Had this when I was 11! Great then, great now. Hendrix still melts everything in sight

He is experienced

great, delicious, exactly what I needed after being double parked with yesterday's shite

Solid Album. Classic Guitar Riffing

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.

sure bra

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.

Don’t believe the hype (just kidding). It is really good

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 really struggle with Jimi Hendrix. He's a legend, imitated and covered often. He had a brief time in the spotlight, and his repertoire isn't large. He incorporated so many different sounds and view points into something new here. I recognized the outsized impact of his contributions on so many parts of the global culture. But I don't enjoy listening to it. I'm never like "Oh I want to listen to Hendrix today." So it's hard to rate that. 3 stars

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

My first real experience listening to a complete Hendrix album and it was a good one. I’d recommend it to others.

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

Inspiring Album, great songs just not my favorite!

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!

4/5 just because I prefer to listen to Jimi live

A legendary album. I imagine people back in 67 really freaked out when it was released. My only criticism is song number. Maybe cut 5 songs? Legendary

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.

I always put Jimi Hendrix as the type of artist that gets mentioned around as one of the greatest of all time, but doesn’t really do anything for me. I completely respect the man’s talent, dude was a legend at the guitar. But I never really got into his songs. I kinda felt that on Electric Ladyland. Fortunately, this album’s a lot more packed with the Hendrix classics. Yes, even my jaded ass gets a pop from Purple Haze and The Wind Cries Mary. And some of the other side isn’t bad either. Is Hendrix my personal GOAT? No. Is Are You Experienced a good album? Yes. Favorite track: Purple Haze Other hits: The Wind Cries Mary, Foxey Lady, Hey Joe, Third Stone From the Sun, Are You Experienced

Booa, voltamos pros hippies. 4 músicas curtidas no álbum já, começa com pedrada. Purple Haze do caralho, a música te faz querer derrubar o governo. Carai, Hey Joe aqui, minha preferida dele, por mais que não seja original. As vezes andando de carro sozinho fico pensando nessa música. Zé Geraldo até fez uma versão foda dessa música chamada Hey Zé. Baita álbum, deve ter sido o mais foda da carreira dele. Fica com 4*.

Sempre quis escutar mais Jimi Hendrix, mas nunca lembrava, chegou o momento. Já começa com uma classicona já. Putz, então.. Acho que talvez Jimi Hendrix caia no mesmo balaio que Ramones é pra mim. Absoluto máximo respeito já que provavelmente deu origem à tudo que eu ouço hoje em dia, mas... é complicado ouvir hoje em dia. Claro que o álbum ser de 1967 também tem que ser levado em conta. O cara tava abrindo mato na peixeira ainda. A qualidade ainda era bem esquisita e tals. Mas independente disso tudo, acabei não achando um álbum agradável de ouvir não, sons bem esquisitos, não me divertiu muito não. Curti mais a Purple Haze, Fire e Highway Chile só.

A vibe, immersive

Got a lot of time for this album, love his guitar playing and it's got so many great tunes, it's unbelievable how talented he was.

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

holy cow

scuse me while i kiss this guy

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

Purple Haze, Manic Depression, and Hey Joe are an incredible opening salvo but it falters as it gets into the aimless jams of the following three tracks. Fire and The Wind Cries Mary never did anything for me. Third Stone from the Sun doesn't get weird enough to warrant its length. I only review the albums as they were originally released, so I don't count songs from later reissues, but Stone Free and Highway Chile would have been nice early additions.