Experience Hendrix is the first comprehensive collection of Hendrix's songs overseen by Experience Hendrix, a family company that took over management of his recording legacy in 1997. Fifteen songs with the Experience band are included, as well as five with Hendrix's later backing musicians. No songs from the Band of Gypsys lineup with Buddy Miles are included.[1]Experience Hendrix replaces the best-selling 1992 compilation The Ultimate Experience, which features a similar track list but contains fewer songs from posthumous releases.
Reception and charts
In a review for AllMusic, Bruce Eder gave the compilation four out of five stars.[2] He felt that the collection "just misses being the perfect single-CD Jimi Hendrix anthology": while the compilation includes some of Hendrix's noteworthy later work, it lacks several songs from his earlier Smash Hits compilation.[2]
The titles and running times are taken from the original Experience Hendrix CD US release.[8] Other releases may show different information. Entries under "Original release" are for both the US and UK, unless otherwise indicated.
All tracks are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where otherwise noted
The album was also released in a two-CD limited edition. The bonus disc contains eight tracks, taken from The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set (2000).[10]
All tracks are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where otherwise noted
Personnel information is taken from the original Experience Hendrix CD US release;[8] other releases may show different information.
Musicians
Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals; bass on "All Along the Watchtower"; piano and kazoo on "Crosstown Traffic"; glockenspiel on "Little Wing"; bass and harpsichord on "Bold as Love"; piano on "If 6 Was 9", "Freedom"
Mitch Mitchell – drums: all tracks, except "It's Too Bad"
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
References
^"It's Too Bad" was recorded with Buddy Miles and Larry Young without Billy Cox.
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McDermott, John (1997). Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix (CD booklet). Jimi Hendrix. Universal City, California: MCA Records. MCAD-11671.
^Experience Hendrix credits Hendrix, although John Stafford Smith composed the music (no lyrics are used).
^Experience Hendrix – Bonus 8 Track CD (Album notes). Jimi Hendrix. EU: MCA Records. 2000. Back cover. MCD 116671.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
