THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE: ARE YOU EXPERIENCED

I must admit that I'm not a huge Hendrix fan, I won't even begin to talk about the importance of Hendrix, not just to Prog music but to music in general... Nevertheless, it's hard for me to sit down through a whole Hendrix album, not due to the overuse of distortion or the inability to sing but, more than anything, because every song sounds so samey.

Songs range here from mediocre to sub par to poor. mediocre: (Third Stone from the Sun / Red House / Are You Experienced/ May This Be Love). Sub Par: (Manic Depression / Love or Confusion / Fire). Poor: (the rest). Perhaps not all of this is fair, Hendrix does sound dated now and if I were to listen to the album at the time it was released its impact and my reception would be very different. As it stands however, this is an album that hasn't been able to stand up strong, a few interesting moments but they are scattered and not worth sitting through the whole album.

2/5 stars.