Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced (1967)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Foxy Lady" 3:10
2. "Manic Depression" 3:31
3. "Red House" 3:45
4. "Can You See Me" 2:35
5. "Love or Confusion" 3:05
6. "I Don't Live Today" 3:48
Side two
1. "May This Be Love" 2:55
2. "Fire" 2:30
3. "3rd Stone from the Sun" 6:30
4. "Remember" 2:43
5. "Are You Experienced" 4:02
Total length: 38:34
Are You Experienced is the debut studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released in 1967, the LP was an immediate critical and commercial success, and it is widely regarded as one of the greatest debuts in the history of rock music. The album features Jimi Hendrix's innovative approach to songwriting and electric guitar playing which soon established a new direction in psychedelic and hard rock music.
By mid-1966, Hendrix was struggling to earn a living playing the R&B circuit as a backing guitarist. After being referred to Chas Chandler, who was leaving the Animals and interested in managing and producing artists, Hendrix was signed to a management and production contract with Chandler and ex-Animals manager Michael Jeffery. Chandler brought Hendrix to London and began recruiting members for a band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, designed to showcase the guitarist's talents.
