Description:Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records. Written and produced by Jimi Hendrix, the album is seen as the peak of Hendrix's mastery of the electric guitar, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. It is not only the lastElectric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records. Written and produced by Jimi Hendrix, the album is seen as the peak of Hendrix's mastery of the electric guitar, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. It is not only the last of his albums released as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, but also the last of Hendrix's studio albums to be professionally produced under his own supervision.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Reprise Release date : 16 September 1968 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0008811160029 UPC: 008811160029
"I originally wasn't going to include jimi on this list as I didn't want to put him into a box (genre-wise) but this album is too incredible to be ignored (Are You Experienced almost got on the list too).
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"Jimi Hendrix was quite a deep thinker. Listening to him in interviews and reading about him, it's the one thing that can't be ignored no matter what anyone says. This man really thought things out, and Electric Ladyland is loaded with these things.
Let's take a look at Voodoo Chile. The first one, not the Slight Return (more popular on radios)
'Cause I'm a million miles away
And at the same time I'm right here in your picture frame
This is just an example of using your imagination in deep th"
"If there is one thing Jimi Hendrix taught us, it's that your imagination can be endless if you allow it to be. Electric Ladyland shows Hendrix and his band pushing out of every corner and the guitar is the main source. You may dream of playing the riff to Voodoo Chile or those solos all in the album, or even the crazy chord progression in the title track. Go stomp a wah wah and belt out your emotions as high as you bend your strings!
There is too many things to name that Jimi made us want to do"
Koji Ishimura added this to a list 9 months, 2 weeks ago
"""I'm getting myself personally together in the way of music," Hendrix said on the release of his third album. "Some tracks are getting very long. That's why you can only get about twenty tracks — our type of tracks, anyway — onto two records." The longest track here, "Voodoo Chile," lasts for more than fifteen minutes; with the interplay between Steve Winwood on organ and Hendrix on guitar, it's also one of the best. Ladyland showcases Hendrix's further explorations of the guitar, but two o"