Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
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Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Jimi Hendrix | ||||
Released | September 16, 1997 | |||
Recorded | October 1966 – October 1970 | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock, psychedelic soul, blues rock, hard rock | |||
Length | 73:32 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Sony Music Australia | |||
Producer | Chas Chandler and Jimi Hendrix | |||
Jimi Hendrix chronology | ||||
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Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix is a greatest hits career-spanning compilation of Jimi Hendrix's best known music from 1966 to 1970 released on September 16, 1997, in the United Kingdom and on November 3, 1998, in the United States.
Reception
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It reached #10 in the UK[3] and #133 in the US.[4] It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 13, 2006.[5]
Track listing
All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.
- "Purple Haze" – 2:52
- "Fire" – 2:43
- "The Wind Cries Mary" – 3:20
- "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 3:30
- "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 3:59
- "Stone Free" – 3:36
- "Crosstown Traffic" – 2:19
- "Manic Depression" – 3:42
- "Little Wing" – 2:25
- "If 6 Was 9" – 5:34
- "Foxy Lady" – 3:19
- "Bold as Love" – 4:11
- "Castles Made of Sand" – 2:47
- "Red House" – 3:50
- "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 5:12
- "Freedom" – 3:25
- "Night Bird Flying" – 3:50
- "Angel" – 4:22
- "Dolly Dagger" – 4:45
- "The Star Spangled Banner" (John Stafford Smith) – 3:46 (Recorded live at Woodstock)
- Tracks 1–15 are performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
- Tracks 1-4, 6, 8, 11 and 14 are from the album Are You Experienced? (1967)
- Tracks 9-10, and 12-13 are from the album Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
- Tracks 5, 7 and 15 are from the album Electric Ladyland (1968)
- Tracks 16-19 are from the posthumous album First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997)
- Track 20 is from the album Woodstock (1994)
- Bonus disc
The album was also released in a two-CD limited edition. The bonus disc contains eight tracks:
- "Highway Chile" – 3:41
- "Gloria" (Van Morrison) – 8:54
- "It's Too Bad" – 8:53
- "Spanish Castle Magic (Live)" – 5:50
- "Hear My Train A-Comin'" – 6:58
- "Lover Man" – 2:58
- "I Don't Live Today" (Live) – 6:34
- "Purple Haze" (Live) – 4:03
- All tracks on bonus disc are from The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set (2000)
Personnel
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Mitch Mitchell – drums
- Noel Redding – bass guitar, vocals
- Additional musicians
- Billy Cox – bass guitar, vocals
- Buddy Miles – drums
- Photograph of front cover
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Q review
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- ↑ Billboard album charts info - Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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