Axis: Bold as Love

I have not heard of this album, knowing only Are you Experienced and Electric LadyLand and I had not really bonded with Electric Ladyland when generated recently.
My thoughts are that he is a sublime guitarist and instrumentalist, and I admire the fact that he pioneered the use of guitar distortion, but I find his songs lack complexity and the lyrics weak. The songs appear serve to showcase his talent as a guitarist and seem to be more suited for a live audience than a listen at home. Having said that, I really liked Bold as Love and Little Wing. For those songs it got a weak 4.

Always thought this the lesser of Jimi Hendrix's albums. It's not, is it? It's fucking brilliant. It's got Little Wing, Castles Made of Sand, If 6 Was 9, Wait Until Tomorrow. The Experience are the greatest rock trio of all time and Jimi's playing is cosmic. Jimi Hendrix released 5 star albums exclusively.
Great Cover Art.

There no denying Hendrix's guitar mastery, but I struggle with this album as a 1001 entry, what does it offer that Are You Experienced or Electric Ladyland didn't already provide?

It's good, but probably taking up space for something more worthy to the 1001 list.

Nothing really stood out and it barely jumped out beyond being background noise.

Nice background noise though.

Good album. Very enjoyable. Intro sucks ass though.

It’s a high 4 but It’s definitely not as good as Electric Ladyland or Are You Experienced

The Experience's second release is probably their least regarded. But for this compulsive and convulsive Hendrix-listener, it's just as seminal as the other two. I love that the psychedelia is simultaneously reined-in and fully explored, w/ only 'If 6 Was 9' exceeding the five-min mark and 'Little Wing' the pithy exponent of singer-songwriter hallucinational rock. It's an album comprised of songs, not just ideas, but since it's Hendrix (+ Mitch + Noel), every strum, pluck, and hit is experimental in nature. Lyrically, it's loaded but never dense: 'I just wanna know about / the rooms behind your minds / Do I see a vacuum there / or am I going blind?' It's always uncanny hearing Jimi out, the pivotal instrumentalist in rock music, and a voice lazy as pert.

Always a joy listening to Jimi Hendrix. For the album considered the ''least'' of his 3 big albums, this one sure is filled with a lot of great songs. There's a vague alien concept going on here but the strength of this album mainly comes from all the great individual songs on here. I love Hendrix' playing and his subdued voice really fits the album.

I haven't listened to Hendrix in a minute, forgot how much I love his voice. And obviously, he's a very skilled and interesting musician.

pffff

Pretty good guitarist, this fella

pô acho que eu gostei mais desse que o are you experienced

achei mais psicodélico, mais experimental até. bacana demais lindas guitarradas

Favorite

Holy hell, amazing instrumental work.

Decent but nowhere near the levels of Electric Ladyland

Better than coldplay

I love me some Hendrix but when I say that I always listen to the hits. Listening to a studio album, I’ll be honest, massively disappointed. Apart from a couple of tracks it didn’t do anything for me at all.

Top Track - If 6 Was 9

Hadn't listened to this one in a while, but it was always my favourite Hendrix album. Forgot just how great it was! So many groundbreaking riffs, and an improvement over their first album, which had some fat to trim, IMO.

Genius. Several of his greatest songs are on this one.

EXP: I did not enjoy how this ran circles around my head
Wait until tomorrow: cool groove
Overall enjoyable, but Jimi is not always my thing 4*