Electric Ladyland

Submitted by Richard Norbury on 17 February 2013 - 9:43pm

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Artist:

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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USA / UK

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1 968

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0000

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Track-listing:

...And The Gods Made Love*Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)*Crosstown Traffic*Voodoo Chile*Little Miss Strange*Long Hot Summer Night*Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)*Gypsy Eyes*Burning Of The Midnight Lamp*Rainy Day, Dream Away*1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)*Moon, Turn The Tides...Gently, Gently*Still Raining, Still Dreaming*House Burning Down*All Along The Watchtower*Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

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Nominator:

Bean

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m_47

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Spotify-URL:

5z090LQztiqh13wYspQvKQ

Grooveshark-URL:

Electric+Ladyland/1056260

Short-title:

electricLadyland

nominator-ID:

u_14

Meeting-date:

Thursday, 6 December 2012

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Wikipedia-URL:

Electric_Ladyland

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Jimi-Hendrix-Experience-Electric-Ladyland/master/24535

Allmusic-URL:

electric-ladyland-mw0000527658

BBC-URL:

h2f9

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Richard Norbury
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Glyn Lewis

90 miles an hour is the speed I drive

4-11-15

5

A lot of the heavy / progressive rocks acts from this time often have their most exciting and indicative work produced in the live arena. This may be to do with technical issues capturing the sound in the studio, perhaps to do with commercial demands of record companies and also with these people feeling they have the freedom to explore ideas much more fully on stage. Jimi is one of the people I think this rule particularly applies to. I think this album is a wonderful exception to that rule, where it has a great ‘live’ feel but captured in the studio, with the associated clarity and texturing.

Jimi’s guitar sound still sounds exciting today, even compared to people who might have mastered an almost identical style in their playing, and I think this is because it is set against other instruments and pieces which are still so clearly based on 1960s sounds. It is obvious there is a great leap forward taking place with this music. He’s a great singer too and I think it really adds to the relaxed, confident swagger that comes across. There’s an unusual, and unfortunately limited, touch of organ accompaniment to a few guitar passages from Steve Winwood which works really well.

There’s a mix of styles on this album that makes it feel a bit disjointed. Some of it is very dated, particularly Little Miss Strange, which really doesn’t belong here, but long sections of it are very striking and innovative, where it is difficult to believe it is really from 1968. This really is a great representation of a great artist.
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Matthew Baker

Move over rover, and let Jimi take over

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5

An odd album taken as a whole, a bit disjointed in styles and not great flow. But Jimi is still a titan of rock and this has some of his most famous songs. Best guitarist ever? Definitely maybe.
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Neil Hornsey

Has it stood the test of time?

Having been used to classic TV clips, but not really knowing his music more thoroughly, I was surprised at the range of styles and moods covered by this album. Bluesy and seedy at times, and some mellow parts with surprisingly decent vocals. The band are good all rounders with a very decent rhythm section. And I thought the whole thing was just going to be a big John Squire rip off. That told me.

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