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Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

Group Rating: 3.5
Global Rating: 3.81
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jason-cobb

I thought I was familiar with Axis, but nope, this was all new to me. I definitely rinsed Are You Experienced and Electric Landlady as an unbearable A Level student who thought he would change the world by wearing a tie-dye T-shirt. Axis must have been AWOL from the local CD library. I don't think I missed much. This sounds more self-indulgent than the other two albums. But then isn't Jimi all about being the showman? He was hardly a shrinking violet. It sounds very fractured in places. Not a complete album, but a collection of songs. I like the British Mod backbeat, but not so much all the hippy shit.

3
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boombox-generation

A new one to me and I enjoyed this. I am less familiar with these songs, so need to play this again to give a meaningful critique, but generally enjoyed the flow and the feel of it. A big range of style and moods here, swinging from the full-on feedback noise of Exp straight into Up From The Skies. One to revisit.

4
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