Are You Experienced |  | Artist: Jimi Hendrix Experience
Label: Universal / Island
Category: Music
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 14267
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.4
UPC: 008811160821
EAN: 0008811160821
ASIN: B000006U2T
Release Date: July 26, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Foxey Lady - Chas Chandler, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Mike Ross, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding | | • | Manic Depression | | • | Red House - Jimi Hendrix | | • | Can You See Me | | • | Love Or Confusion | | • | I Don't Live Today | | • | May This Be Love | | • | Fire - Chas Chandler, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dave Siddle, Eddie Kramer, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding | | • | Third Stone From The Sun - Chas Chandler, Jimi Hendrix Experience | | • | Remember | | • | Are You Experienced? | | • | Hey Joe - Chas Chandler, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dave Siddle, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding, The Breakwaways | | • | Stone Free | | • | Purple Haze - Chas Chandler, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dave Siddle, Eddie Kramer, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding | | • | 51st Anniversary | | • | The Wind Cries Mary - Chas Chandler, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dave Siddle, Eddie Kramer, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding | | • | Highway Chile - Chas Chandler, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Eddie Kramer, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
As emblematic of its time as of its sorcerer-like creator, 1967's Are You Experienced? unleashed Jimi Hendrix onto a world in the midst of such cultural and musical shake-ups that it really didn't seem as "far out" as it actually was. It wasn't just Hendrix's virtuosic skill as a pure player that was so impressive; it was, even more, the range and scope of sheer sound that he coaxed, cajoled and ripped out of his instrument. "Purple Haze", "Manic Depression" and "I Don't Live Today" filled ears with indelible sonic images and songs like "Foxey Lady" and "Fire" pointed the way toward a new brand of rock-charged soul music. And how about a hand for drummer Mitch Mitchell? --Billy Altman
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 May This Be Love? September 20, 2003
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
With a debut album of this caliber, it blew to peices the first workings of the other great guitarists of the time. This album infact is so good, that its songs such as Foxy Lady, Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Fire, Red House, Are You Experienced and The Wind Crys Mary are some of the most commonly assosiated to Jimi Hendrix, despite his fairly large catalogue of guitar-excellence. The album as a whole has a love at first sight appeal which intensifies every listen. The album itself is mixed very well; each song flows perfectly to the next. Intrestingly, the album is full of mixed styles of music from the blues of Red House and his own style of blues, Manic Depression, to unique psychedelic experimentation of Are You Experienced and Third Stone From The Sun to funky rock with Purple Haze and Fire. Giving all this, one would expect the feel of the album to change drastically as it progressed. This is not the case, for the album feels as one perfect blend culminating to become one of the finest listening experiences you shall ever have. This perfectly crafted album shall not dissapoint and is an essential album to be placed in any collection.
2LP Back to Black Gatefold March 28, 2009
J. Jackson (uk)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
OK this seems to be digital sourced, but sounds good enough. The good thing about this vinyl set is it cover's both the UK & USA original release of this album, hence the double LP containing all tracks not available on both sides of the atlantic at the time. Amazons product description isn't correct as this is 2 LP's not one disc. The album cover shown is the USA release I believe. Nice edition with gatefold good artwork and clear sleeves.
Ten Stars! October 26, 2006
Geoffrey Millar (Brunswick Australia)
26 out of 28 found this review helpful
A truly stunning album, easily one of the best first efforts by any group, any time.
There's not much to be said apart from that, but the musicianship and songs are marvellous. Mitch's drumming is superb throughout and Noel's under-rated bass playing is solid but inventive.
Hendrix never really surpassed this in terms of its freshness and general impact, although he steadily grew as a musician after its release. The variety on the album is unsurpassed, except by The Beatles: jazz (Third Stone from the Sun); blues (Red House); R&B soul (Fire, Remember), even a hard rock waltz (Manic Depression) and a surf song (May This Be Love).
There are two re-issues of this album around. The best has the original UK running order, starting with Foxy Lady, and the six bonus tracks (Hey Joe, Purple Haze, etc) at the end of the CD. It also has the original UK cover, which is a bit daggy.
The other issue has the US running order, which has Purple Haze as its first track, and then the six bonus tracks (Red House, Can You See Me, etc) at the end. This has the 'fish eye' cover, which is more suited to the music.
You get the same songs, but the UK issue has the running order as Hendrix intended. Both versions have the same sound, remastered by Eddie Kramer, Jimi's original engineer.
Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced - Genius October 3, 2006
Ian Mayes (UK)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Here is Jimi. If you buy no other music of Jimi Hendrix, buy this album. Before his untimely death, Jimi made many statements. One was, 'When I die, just keep playing the records!' Today, over thirty six years on from his death, The Experience's music is still beautiful, wonderful, and revolutionary. Emulated by many, but never reproduced. ONLY The Experience could produce the true sound. Having been with them at The Albert Hall in '69, you can take it from me, this was one of the greatest trio's I have ever had the priveledge to see and hear. The word is magical, simply magical!
Rightly, Jimi was and still is regarded as a true musical genius. Some riffs borrowed, some riffs new, but never forget the man who in such a short time gave us creative music like a religion. Music was Jimi's religion. He was one of the first great experimenters with electronic guitar effects, which in those days were relatively new. Let's not forget Mitch Mitchell on drums, and Noel Redding too on bass. Both superb. Without these two wonderful musicians in support, the true sound of The Experience would never have been realised. Just listen to the tracks, Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Foxey Lady, Fire etc and you will know it. Just feel the vibe from these tracks. You can feel it. Just feel it. Truly superb!
Forget owning the Hendrix guitar.....own something much more important.....the legacy that The Experience left us.....Jimi, Mitch, and Noel left this for us all to enjoy for all time. Here's your chance to find out what The Experience was. Want to become 'Experienced?'
"'Scuse me while I kiss the sky." January 10, 2010
Mr. J. T. P. Goode (Cornwall, UK.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm not going to gush. Just BUY this. Really.
This is Jimi's debut album, the first outpouring of his purple sci-fi funky psychedelia, and it was pretty revolutionary in its day. He was somewhat under the thumb of Chas Chandler at this stage, so the formats are all tight three minute-something commercial song recordings. And he was hugely influenced by the gods of the contemporary British rock scene, whilst remaining true to his R & B chitlin' circuit roots, (and of course his love of Dylan - check out his hair), so there's a definite flavour of the surrounding melee of the likes of Clapton/Cream, The Who, etc. Mostly though this album demonstrates Jimi's radical uncompromising creativity, both in terms of song structure, sound, guitar-playing (feedback makes a few appearances), content and psychedelic qualities. This was Jimi's entry into the British scene, using the jazz monster Mitch Mitchell on drums and ex-six stringer Noel Reading on bass, a three-piece power trio that pretty much defined the phrase. The black/white line-up was radical at the time, convention busting, so too the way they looked, the volume of their gigs, and mostly Jimi as a blinding guitar-player, presence and force of nature. Classic songs.
This album paved the way for his next offering Axis Bold as Love and his later masterpiece Electric Ladyland, perhaps truer visions of some of Jimi's exotic voodoo juice, and certainly more favoured listening by myself, but none of that would have happened without this initial body of work to pave the way.
Go on, get yourself acquainted with a slice of 1967 history...you might just find yourself yelling out: "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky."
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