I absolutely love music! Any type of music, but it has to be good! I really don't want any rubbish i...
I absolutely love music! Any type of music, but it has to be good! I really don't want any rubbish in my collection. My aim is to write brief but truthful reviews on my entire album collection of 600+ albums.
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The second outing by the Jimi Hendrix Experience! Its release had to be held back as to not effect the sales of the first album, which was released earlier in the same year. This album is not as hard hitting as the first attempt 'Are you Experienced', which is in my opinion one of the best albums of all time so is hard to follow, but is excellent never the less. Jimi generally takes a more relaxed approach to this album apart from the odd guitar fest like 'Spanish Castle Magic', so the overall effect is a much more relaxed , ambient sound than 'Are You Experienced'. The production is much sweeter too, which gives it a less dirtier sound than the previous incarnation. It has a much more hippier way-out sound, which is also reflected in the 'Hindu God' inspired cover. Although this is alleged to be a mistake as Jimi asked for a cover to be designed that reflected his 'Native American Indian' heritage, but the designer mistook this as the 'Indian sub-continent'. This album is a must for any serious record collection and although it is not a patch on 'Are You Experienced', I would still place it in my top 50 albums, which just shows how good the previous album was!
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Axis: Bold As Love, Hendrix's second album, doesn't resonate through rock history the way ... more
its gatecrashing predecessor, Are You Experienced? did. In places, it almost seems as if Hendrix is cruising, albeit sublimely. Yet it's nonetheless a vital album...
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