blues rock, rock, psychedelic rock, acid rock 41 min 11 tracks Reprise Records
Are You Experienced is the debut studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in May 1967. The album was an immediate critical and commercial success, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time. It features Jimi Hendrix's innovative approach to songwriting and electric guitar playing, which soon established a new direction in psychedelic and rock music as a whole.
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- DownBeat5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography10/10
- MusicHound Rock5/5 ★
- Pitchfork10/10
- PopMatters10/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Tom Hull – on the WebA−
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Tracks
- A1Purple Haze2:53
- A2I Don’t Live Today3:54
- A3The Wind Cries Mary3:23
- B1Love or Confusion3:15
- B2Fire2:45
- B3Are You Experienced?4:13
- C1Manic Depression3:44
- C2May This Be Love3:12
- C3Foxey Lady3:21
- D1Hey Joe3:32
- D2Third Stone From the Sun6:47
11 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- Reprise Records
- Released
- 1967
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 8-Track Cartridge
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