Electric Ladyland

Its not bad or boring but its forgettable.

E x t r e m e l y f o r g e t t a b l e

This was getting 3 stars until the last two songs. There’s some great stuff on here. But you can really feel that no one is raining him in at all on this one.

I ignored Hendrix for so many years basically because the metal-leaning guitar-wanker types in school all liked him. I still remember the first time I actually listened to this album and thought it was great.

It’s a very, very free form jam at times. Makes for an interesting experience.

When it kicks into gear it’s jaw dropping, but that’s more sporadic than you’d perhaps expect from an album that’s as revered as this. Musicianship is off the charts, but it just goes on too long tbh.

Glad to have heard the hits in the context of the album, but don’t think I’ll be back again anytime soon.

3

The first time I did shrooms I watched a video of Jimi performing live and it was incredible. However the longer it went on the more frustrated I became because he made it seem so effortless to play guitar.

Anyway yeah, this guy is good.

5/5. My favorite Hendrix album by a pretty healthy margin, and unfortunately his final album since he would go on to pass away around 2 years after. From most accounts, the recording of this album was a mess. Jimi had the band doing 50+ takes of certain songs, friends were being invited into the studio making the space super crowded among a ton of other stuff and he opted to self produce the entire album. But despite all the insanity, him and his band managed to make one of the few double albums that fully justifies its length. Every single song on here is great, however I have always especially loved the two behemoth sized tracks on here “Voodoo Chile” and “1983 (a merman I should turn to be.)” these longer, jammier songs really let the band flex their musical muscles and showcase Hendrix’s insane guitar skills.
Near the end of the album you also get a cover of Bob Dylan’s “All along the watchtower.” And I am a massive Dylan-head so I tend to be very picky about covers of his songs, but Hendrix’s version of watchtower is one of the few cases where I think his cover exceeds the Dylan original.
Fantastic album, my favorite Hendrix record and one of my favorites of the 60’s in general.

Bit too indulgent and long for me. Some cool bits though. Would prefer a 40 minute cut that removes all the noodling.

Well this is pretty damn good, innit? I've never consciously heard a note of Hendrix's music, so taking in this album has truly been an awakening for me. I can't begin to imagine how mind-blowing an experience this would have facilitated when it first dropped in 1968.

Sure, it's a bit of a sprawler, but at no point did "Electric Ladyland" become tiresome to me as your man Jimi just unleashes sick guitar exploits, one after the other, for over an hour. People speak of Hendrix as one of the all-time revolutionary purveyors of the instrument, and yeah, I can't really argue with that on this evidence.

I'll be buying this.

Weer een aparte opening van Jimi. Hij vindt dat digitale wel erg geinig. Deze keer had het net zo goed de start van een album van DJ Promo kunnen zijn. Ach het is maar kort... Daarna volgt de muzikale opening van het album. Maar ook dat vind ik nog helemaal niets. Het is een beetje een saaie pop basis. Maar de boodschap is duidelijk. Hij heeft wat voor ons in petto. Dat blijkt uit het opvolgende Crosstown Traffic. Hier wordt toch even de basis gelegd voor laten we zeggen, Red Hot Chili Peppers achtige muziek. Dan volgt Voodoo Chile. Die blues vaart wat meer op de basis van anderen, maar is toch fijn uitgevoerd. Little Miss Str(aaa---aaa-aa)ange heeft een verschrikkelijke jaren '60 zang, waar zelfs de gitaar van Jimi niet tegen op kan.

Het gaat te ver om elk nummer langs te kopen. Maar uit bovenstaande is wel te concluderen dat het album op alle vlakken veelzijdig is. Eén element moet ik er toch nog even uitpakken. De speelse Jimi van de intro komt nog wel eens terug. Het verdraaiende geluid bij Gypsy Eyes is bijvoorbeeld niet om aan te horen. De afsluitende hit heeft dat ook. Maar de virtuoze gitaar mondt deze keer uit in een mooi uitgevoerd boomer-rock-geluid en dat neemt alle ergernis weg.

Duh.

A masterpiece by the guitar virtuoso. Definitely on the longer side of things and the album slowly gets better until the last couple songs.

9/10 [KEEP]

A candidate for greatest record in rock history, Electric Ladyland is the only album, perhaps the only artistic statement, you need to convince yourself that the sixties really were that monumental an explosion in the history of ideas, & not just musical ones. We all have our favorites, albums that not only mean a lot to us but are works of genius when you really get down to it, but then there are figures that were so clearly on a different wavelength that it's difficult to put them in the same breath. Jimi, like Miles, like Louis, like Ella, like Ray, like Robert Johnson, is a conceptual & material breaker & shaker of form. & this record, probably his best, is one of the all-time rock, soul, funk, jazz, country, psychedelic, & - yep - pop albums. A true banger.

I love Jimi Hendrix. I was born on the same day as him, 27th of November, and I am also a guitar player. However, as much as I love Hendrix and the influence he had on me as a kid, this album is not my favourite. Don't get me wrong, All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child are classics and incredible songs, but this album as a whole is just not my favourite from him. Nevertheless, a good one, I will give it a 3 just because I only enjoy those songs more, not the whole thing.

Ah, yes, the final testament of the legendary guitar God Jimi Hendrix. And it is a great final testament indeed, showing off everything Hendrix does well: mind-blowing guitar, soulful vocals, great drumming. Lots of soloing, especially on "Voodoo Child(first one)" and "1983", which generally doesn't really serve the album. But then, it's still Jimi Hendrix, and Hendrix is an all time great of music. It's not as tight as Are You Experienced? ,but it is still a great album nonetheless.

A lot of amazing songs on here by pretty much the undisputed greatest guitarist of all time. However it is too long and does have quite a bit of filler.

Give me Axis or Experienced any day of the week over this.

This is not the Jimi I love

Najveći koji je ikad uzeo gitaru u ruke. Ali da se čuje ta gitara mora se dobro napatiti s ovakvim albumom. Iscijedio mi je dušu.

Pretty solid psychedelic rock. Ran a little long, but overall enjoyable

This album has some great songs like along the watchtower, voodoo child and crosstown traffic but i’m not a fan of the production. Yes Hendrix thrives through his distorted guitars but it feels like that distortion is applied wider across the album as a whole and that just detracts from the songs.
Tracks like …And the gods made love and Moon turns the tides …. Irritated me slightly.
I know it goes very much against the Hendrix vibe but the whole thing could have just been a bit tighter.