Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix

Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
Greatest hits album by Jimi Hendrix
Released	September 16, 1997
Recorded	October 1966 – October 1970
Genre	Psychedelic rock, psychedelic soul, blues rock, hard rock
Length	73:32
Language	English
Label	Sony Music Australia
Producer	Chas Chandler and Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix chronology
First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997) Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix (1997) South Saturn Delta (1997)

Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix is a greatest hits career-spanning compilation of Jimi Hendrix's best known music from 1966 to 1970 released on September 16, 1997, in the United Kingdom and on November 3, 1998, in the United States.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Q	[2]

It reached #10 in the UK^[3] and #133 in the US.^[4] It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 13, 2006.^[5]

Track listing

All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

1. "Purple Haze" – 2:52
2. "Fire" – 2:43
3. "The Wind Cries Mary" – 3:20
4. "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 3:30
5. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 3:59
6. "Stone Free" – 3:36
7. "Crosstown Traffic" – 2:19
8. "Manic Depression" – 3:42
9. "Little Wing" – 2:25
10. "If 6 Was 9" – 5:34
11. "Foxy Lady" – 3:19
12. "Bold as Love" – 4:11
13. "Castles Made of Sand" – 2:47
14. "Red House" – 3:50
15. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 5:12
16. "Freedom" – 3:25
17. "Night Bird Flying" – 3:50
18. "Angel" – 4:22
19. "Dolly Dagger" – 4:45
20. "The Star Spangled Banner" (John Stafford Smith) – 3:46 (Recorded live at Woodstock)

• Tracks 1–15 are performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
• Tracks 1-4, 6, 8, 11 and 14 are from the album Are You Experienced? (1967)
• Tracks 9-10, and 12-13 are from the album Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
• Tracks 5, 7 and 15 are from the album Electric Ladyland (1968)
• Tracks 16-19 are from the posthumous album First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997)
• Track 20 is from the album Woodstock (1994)

Bonus disc

The album was also released in a two-CD limited edition. The bonus disc contains eight tracks:

1. "Highway Chile" – 3:41
2. "Gloria" (Van Morrison) – 8:54
3. "It's Too Bad" – 8:53
4. "Spanish Castle Magic (Live)" – 5:50
5. "Hear My Train A Comin'" – 6:58
6. "Lover Man" – 2:58
7. "I Don't Live Today" (Live) – 6:34
8. "Purple Haze" (Live) – 4:03

• All tracks on bonus disc are from The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set (2000)

Personnel

• Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals, bass guitar, piano

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

• Mitch Mitchell – drums
• Noel Redding – bass guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• Billy Cox – bass guitar, vocals
• Buddy Miles – drums

Photograph of front cover

• David Montgomery

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Q review
3. "UK chart history - Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix". www.chartstats.com. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
4. Billboard album charts info - Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
5. "Gold and Platinum searchable database". Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved 6 September 2011.