Customer Reviews
Are you experienced? 
2008-08-05
excellent hendrix. just the right amount of soul-close your eyes you can see them in concert. All the best songs plus a couple off the beaten track. turn off the lights, light a bunch of candles-let the purple haze envelop you.
Are You Experienced....Are You Kidding Me? 2008-07-15
I don't care if you've never even heard of Jimi Hendrix...Jimi's first album is a must have,so jump on this CD,today,right now,this minute! This is the first of the triumvirate of Jimi's releases of 1967-68,the others being "Axis:Bold as Love" and "Electric Ladyland".These three albums basically tell the story of Jimi's albeit short,but brilliant studio work.On "Experienced" all the early hits are here: "Hey Joe,Fire,Manic Depression,Purple Haze,Foxey Lady" and many more.I personally think this is the best album out of the three."Axis" was rushed due to his non-stop gigging and jamming,"Ladyland" is not technically proficient,but "Are You Experienced" has that feeling of excitement of doing something new for the first time.Although this was not Jimi's first foray into a studio,it was the first time where he was the star and all production revolved around him and his music.I would venture to say this is one of the top five rock albums of all time,although list's are subjective.But do yourself a favor and jump on this CD immediately,as you're not just buying a great classic rock album/CD,you're buying a piece of history!
Great cd 2008-06-15
I love this CD its got an amazing track listing, and the quality of the songs is well done
Classic Artist Remastered! 2008-05-29
I first heard this album when my older brother would play it over and over until I hated it. When it got re-released with extra songs, I found a new liking for it. There were the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and even Eric Clapton (Cream era), but there really was only one true solo guitar artist of this time. Jimi Hendrix just explodes on every track with hard core `rock and roll' ("Fire") or strong R & B ("Hey Joe"), but his classic FM songs were "Manic Depression" and "Purple Haze", the latter having one of the most replicated riffs in history outside of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven". Little mention was made in the sixties of his drummer Mitch Mitchell or his bassist Noel Redding, but here with this Remastered recording, you hear the sound as it was meant to be heard - perfectly balanced. The extra songs are a great additions well, especially the `bluer than blue', "Red House", which is in competition with anything B.B. King has done. I can't imagine what Hendrix would have produced had he survived a while longer.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Are You Experience", 1967 2008-05-21
Jimi Hendrix playing wild guitar solos playing behind his back and in the end lighting his guitar on fire and smashing it on the stage. That was the average Jimi Hendrix concert back than and this album proves it. Songs like, Purple Haze, Manic Depression, and Are You Experienced are truly new sounds that had never been heard before and were more heavier than most people new rock music was. All the songs on here are great and this is yet again another classic summer of love album. In 1967 Jimi Hendrix was probaly one of the most heaviest groups around besides the who(which rock). All in all this an album that should be owned by all
buy it today!!!
5/5 stars
Stunning Debuts 
2008-05-05
As emblematic of its time as of its sorcerer-like creator, 1967's
Are You Experienced unleashed Jimi Hendrix onto a world in the midst of such cultural and musical shakeups that it really didn't seem as "far out" as it actually was. It wasn't just Hendrix's virtuosic skill as a pure player that was so impressive; it was, even more, the range and scope of sheer sound that he coaxed, cajoled, and ripped out of his instrument. "Purple Haze," "Manic Depression," and "I Don't Live Today" filled ears with indelible sonic images, and songs like "Foxey Lady" and "Fire" pointed the way toward a new brand of rock-charged soul music. And how about a hand for drummer Mitch Mitchell?
--Billy Altman
CLASSIC JIMI HENDRIX: AM I EXPERIENCED? YES 2008-03-22
Are You Experienced is classic Jimi Hendrix and am I experienced? Yes. Is Metallica experienced? Yes. Is even Joe Satriani experienced? Yes. All of them are experienced. He experienced a lot of guitarists. Just the other day I got this album on the original LP to frame and it was still in nice condition from over 40 years ago. These days, I've been loving this CD and singing Purple Haze along with the lyrics, by now I know all the words to Purple Haze and I can sing even better than him, I was going to record that song on a tape eventually. I also sang songs to The Wind Cries Mary, Fire, and Foxey Lady. Fire is a lot harder for me to sing though, it's faster lyrics. Hey Joe is a great song, but I don't like the lyrics, the lyrics contain a lot of violence and I don't sing that song but I like the beat and it is still really great. 3rd Stone From the Sun is almost a Jimi Hendrix instrumental which if you close your eyes, you can feel like your going out in space. If you are experienced, you must add this album to every collection, this and Electric Ladyland are excellent. This legendary guitarist is awesome and we all really loved him. Happy Easter, Hendrix!
RU Serious? 2008-03-07
Cr@$#!!! "Chris" CRADDOCK, the Honky Tonk Starbucks Realtor, says:
"1967 was quite a year for music, and no one had as much impact as guitar virtuoso and song writing genius, Jimi Hendrix. He was a super nova who would blaze across the sky, leaving much too soon, but leaving some wonderful music behind."
Electric Ladyland
Axis: Bold as Love
Band Of Gypsys
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix - Signature Licks
Jimi Hendrix - Volume 2: A Step-by-Step Breakdown of His Guitar Styles and Techniques (Guitar Signature Licks)
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Smash Hits: Guitar Play-Along Volume 47 (Hal Leonard Guitar Play-Along)
Jimi Plays Berkeley
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (Live at the Fillmore East)
Jimi Hendrix - Rainbow Bridge
Excuse me while I kiss the sky.
This album will expand your mind 2008-03-05
I hate people that say, "Hendrix wasn't a good guitar player, my friend can play his stuff." (Or something similar.) The thing was that JH was much more than a great guitar player, he was also an amazing song writer; and song writing and guitar playing are totally different. You can feel his emotions on this album without listening to the words being sung. It's like the music is playing him in a way. Most of my friends prefer "Electric Ladyland" to this album, but I think this has sort of a "heavier" sound to it, which is what I prefer. I would also recommend this if you are new to Hendrix. If you are a guitar player, they also sell the transcribed score book if you're up for a challenge and want to play along.
Why this is one of the greatest rock albums of all 2008-03-02
By far one of the greatest rock albums ever even made and i'll tell you why. Its one of those few albums that come with no bad songs or no songs that need something else too it. Are You Experiecned is also one of the few debut albums that came out with a lot of his most known songs for example, Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Foxey Lady, Fire, and The Wind Cries Mary. Therefore this album is great for beginning rock fans or people who want a good decent rock album worth the money,
1. Purple Haze, perhaps the most known song by Jimi Hendrix its one of the greatest on the whole album a song thats really about whatever you want it to be but Jimi Hendrix claimed that it was based of a dream he had when he walked under the sea. With a very heavy psychedelic kind of beat its a true gem way, 5/5 stars
2. Manic Depression, a great classic heavy song when Mitch Mitchell(Drummer) and Jimi Hendrix both are just playing a really heavy kind of fast beat too, and Noel Redding is keeping the beat possible. Its a great song, 5/5 stars
3. Hey Joe, the song that got Jimi Hendrix all started out when he went out to England because his producer Chas Chandler was there. Its actullay a tribute song but Jimi Hendrix really made the song his own. One of the more lighter songs on here it still is a great song and one of the all time classic Jimi Hendrix songs of all time, 5/5 stars
4. Love or Confusion, a more psychedelic song than the other three it still is a great song with a really good 60s beat to it, it may last only 2:35 but it still is a great Hendrix song, 5/5 stars
5. May This Be Love, a great beat on the tom tom drums on this song, Mitch Mitchell really keeps a steady good beat going and Jimi Hendrix is singing and playing the guitar and everything and Noel Redding just playing the bass, the guitars are the icing on the cake with this song. Another lighter song on this album it still is a great song and along with Love or Confusion its one of the less known songs but everyones heard these songs if they listened Are You Experienced. 5/5 stars
6. I Don't Live Today, a great song, cool drum beat to it and great vocals. It has a very classic sound to it its just a great all around song, 5/5 stars
7. The Wind Cries Mary, this is like the sister to Hey Joe anyways this one of the other more softer songs by Jimi Hendrix but it still is a classic song. It has a great upbeat beat to it and is really kind of soft a true classic song. To check out a really good version of this song check out live at monterey, that CD has a really great version of it, 5/5 stars
8. Fire, this song is a great classic Hendrix song. First off this shows how fast Mitch Mitchell was as a drummer and shows really fast crazy rudiment beats or whatever. The guitar is good but it dosent show any solos so you can say this song is more drums than guitar but the guitar is like the icing on the cake with this song, a true classic, 5/5 stars
9. Third Stone From The Sun, this song shows Jimi Hendrix's intrest in UFO's and space. A great jam song, it starts off with a really interstellar beat to it and than towards the last 2 minutes it goes into a part where the drums sound really cool and Jimi Hendrix is making these really cool weird noises with his guitar, probaly about the aliens in this song, and its the longest song on the album clocking in at 6 minutes and over, 5/5 stars
10. Foxey Lady, another hard rock song by the one and only Jimi Hendrix. This has a very heavy beat to it and has a great sound to the song with the cool guitar and the drums are good on this too. Great song theres nothing else to say, 5/5 stars
11. Are You Experienced, the most psychedelic song on the whole album this song is a very late 60s drug influenced type of song(hint:for more psychedelic hendrix check out electric ladyland) Anyways this song is a great song having weird guitar noises and a very steady beat on the drums. A great song though they only played it live a few times. A great classic 60s rock song way, this song is a great one a true classic you have to hear this song if you listen to jimi hendrix, 5/5 stars
All in all Are You Experienced is a must have for any rock fan alike wether you just have it on your iPod or just have it on a CD-R whatever it is it dosent matter as long as you have access to this album, and trust me you have to hear this stuff.
R.I.P. JIMI HENDRIX 1942-1970
