In this episode of Classic Rock Album Olympics music historians Gary Wenstrup and Robert Rodriguez discuss the songs that win their gold, silver and bronze medals from Jimi Hendrix’s Are You Experienced.
Medal Winners
The Wind Cries Mary
Are You Experienced?
Fire
Hey Joe
Purple Haze
Bonus Tracks
Incense &
Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock
Ruby Tuesday – Rolling
Stones
The Real Me – Who
Hey Joe – Tim Rose
Down By The River –
Neil Young
Oh Woman, Oh Why – Paul
McCartney
Come And Get It –
Badfinger
Little Wing – Derek And
The Dominos
Red House – Jimi
Remember – Jimi
51st
Anniversary – Jimi
Are You Experienced VH1
Classic video
Green Door – Jim Lowe
Released in the United States in 1967, the album introduced American audiences to The Jimi Hendrix Experience and instantly redefined what a rock music could sound like. The album showcases Hendrix’s unique blend of blues roots, psychedelic experimentation, and innovative and explosive guitar tones. Are You Experienced expanded the vocabulary of rock music. Its use of feedback, studio effects, and genre-blending songwriting helped shape psychedelic rock, hard rock, and future guitar-driven music for decades to come.
The U.S. version of the album differs from the original UK release by replacing three album tracks with the band’s breakthrough singles, creating a punchier, hit-driven sequence tailored for the American market.
The album peaked at #5 on the Billboard charts and includes “Purple Haze” – one of Hendrix’s signature recordings that became a defining
anthem of psychedelic rock, “Hey Joe” – a reimagined folk standard that helped break Hendrix internationally and “The Wind Cries Mary” – a melodic counterpoint to the album’s heavier tracks, highlighting Hendrix’s lyrical and emotional range.
Besides Jimi, the band included Noel Redding – bass guitar, backing vocals and Mitch Mitchell – drums, backing vocals. The album was produced by ex-Animal bass player Chas Chandler.
Track Listing (U.S.
Version)
Side One
Purple Haze
Manic Depression
Hey Joe
Love Or Confusion
May This Be Love
I Don’t Live Today
Side Two
The Wind Cries Mary
Fire
Third Stone From The Sun
Foxey Lady
Are You Experienced?
#AreYouExperienced
#JimiHendrix #ClassicRock #1967 #RockHistory
#PsychedelicRock
#GuitarLegend #AlbumDebut #MusicPodcast
Contact Info
Website: Gary Wenstrup
Podcast Website: Home - Classic Rock Album Olympics
YouTube: (556) Classic Rock
Album Olympics - YouTube
Facebook: (7) Facebook
Podcast Facebook: Facebook
LinkedIn: (17) Gary Wenstrup | LinkedIn
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
