Jimi Hendrix’s - The Greatest Albums Part 2

When he died, he was still working with mixes and tracklistings. However, this hasn't prevented others from attempting to cobble one together. Keep reading to see the top 4 albums in our opinion:

First Rays Of The New Rising Sun

Hendrix returned to the studio after the release of Electric Ladyland to begin production on a fourth album. 

Following 1971's The Cry Of Love and the 1995 CD Voodoo Soup, First Rays are the best argument yet for Hendrix's creative regeneration - uplifting, accessible work that he referred to as "free soul."

Songs like Freedom and Ezy Rider remained true to the countercultural dream, yet Earth Blues, Drifting, and, most importantly, Hey Baby aspired to a higher, more spiritual power.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience 
Electric Ladyland

Psychedelia became prog, pop aspired to classical heights, and rock merged with soul. In a nutshell, Hendrix goes full Picasso.

He spent hours, frequently with heavy friends (Casady, Winwood), exploring many shades of sound, from the grandiose and visionary (1983...) to the darkest, loudest rock blues ever committed to tape, after being installed in the Record Plant, New York's pioneering 12-track studio (Voodoo Chile).

While Hendrix was talking about making music in 3D, an irritated Chas Chandler stormed out midway through the sessions. But Hendrix was proven correct: the ensuing double set, now newly remastered and enlarged, is considered a rock classic.

Axis: Bold As Love

While the debut album was a direct assault, the follow-up, Axis, revealed a more nuanced, melancholy Experience. Hendrix referred to Up From The Skies, Castles Made Of Sand, and One Rainy Wish as "peace of mind songs."

The sweet-voiced Little Wing demonstrated Hendrix's emerging compositional mastery, while Spanish Castle Magic and the Cream-like Little Miss Lover displayed new levels of sophistication in the power trio's aural onslaught.

Meanwhile, the two side-closing huge hits, If Six Was Nine and Bold As Love, hinted at a renewed desire to dwell on the cultural conflict taking place on the streets.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience 
Are You Experienced

This, more than Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, was the long player that launched the rock revolution.

Everyone from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, who'd caught the Experience in the intimate setting of London's club scene, to the psychedelic West Coast and a bubbling-under blues rock scene, got serious in its wake.

Mitch Mitchell on drums and Noel Redding on bass set the tempo for their debut like The Who riding a thunderstorm. But Hendrix, who appeared to be a natural-born guitar master with a sensuous voice that could veer into nonchalance, was the revelation.

Post by Bryan C.