Electric Ladyland

by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Electric Ladyland cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October聽16,聽1968
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:15:30
  • Community rating: 4.3/5 from 28 ratings

Artists on this release: Mike Finnigan, Jimi Hendrix, Al Kooper, Bernie Grundman, Eddie Kramer, Fred Smith, Jack Casady, David King, Mitch Mitchell, Steve Winwood, The Sweet Inspirations, Ed Thrasher, Earl King, Bob Dylan, Dave Mason, Noel Redding, Chris Wood, Buddy Miles, Chas Chandler

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Electric Ladyland' stands as the final studio work and sole production effort from Jimi Hendrix with the Experience, utilizing the studio itself as an instrument to craft dense "sound paintings" through experimental techniques and a perfectionistic approach. The sprawling double album synthesizes Hendrix's wide-ranging musical vocabulary鈥攆rom the epic blues jam of "Voodoo Chile" to his iconic cover of "All Along the Watchtower"鈥攃reating a landmark of psychedelic rock that was both the band's most commercially successful release and a definitive statement of his sonic ambition.

Genres

Descriptors: experimental, sprawling, virtuosic, bluesy, effects-laden

Tracklist

  1. ...And the Gods Made Love (1:23)
  2. Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) (2:10)
  3. Crosstown Traffic (2:27)
  4. Voodoo Chile (15:00)
  5. Little Miss Strange (2:52)
  6. Long Hot Summer Night (3:28)
  7. Come On (Let the Good Times Roll) (4:09)
  8. Gypsy Eyes (3:44)
  9. Burning of the Midnight Lamp (3:40)
  10. Rainy Day, Dream Away (3:42)
  11. 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be) (13:40)
  12. Moon, Turn the Tides...Gently Gently Away (1:02)
  13. Still Raining, Still Dreaming (4:26)
  14. House Burning Down (4:33)
  15. All Along the Watchtower (4:01)
  16. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (5:13)

Credits

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