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Axis: Bold as Love |  | Artist: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Label: Experience Hendrix
Category: Music
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Rating:  181 reviews
Sales Rank: 1318
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 12 x 12 x 1
MPN: 11601
UPC: 008811160128
EAN: 0000881116012
ASIN: B000002P5W
Release Date: April 22, 1997
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| • | EXP | | • | Up from the Skies | | • | Spanish Castle Magic | | • | Wait Until Tomorrow | | • | Ain't No Telling | | • | Little Wing | | • | If 6 Was 9 | | • | You Got Me Floatin' | | • | Castles Made of Sand | | • | She's So Fine | | • | One Rainy Wish | | • | Little Miss Lover | | • | Bold as Love |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: HENDRIX,JIMI
Title: AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE
Street Release Date: 04/22/1997
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Genre: ROCK/POP
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Jimi Hendrix's second album doesn't resonate through rock history the way its gatecrashing predecessor, Are You Experienced?, does. In places, it almost seems as if Hendrix is cruising, albeit sublimely. Yet it's a vital album, containing some of rock's molten milestones. There's the fluid psychedelia of "Castles Made of Sand," the viciously funky "Little Miss Lover," and the so-beautiful-it-hurts "Little Wing." Hendrix really hits altitude with "If 6 Was 9," where he waves his "freak flag high" over a tidal wave of guitar and a cacophonous army of Moroccan flutes, and he ends with "Bold As Love," based around Hendrix's typically far-fetched hankering for the axis of the planet to be tilted, thereby transforming life on earth. It works up into a head-melting frenzy of distorted guitar, a precursor to the staggeringly expansive leap forward he would take with 1968's Electric Ladyland. Hendrix dreamed the impossible and achieved it on his guitar. --David Stubbs
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Probably my favorite album of all time February 1, 2010
someguy (CA United States)
If I was forced to pick one album to take with me to be stranded on a deserted island, it would probably be this one. Well, either this one, or Meddle by Pink Floyd, or, heck, Are You Experienced or Electric Ladyland. But even though it's pretty much impossible to rate the Hendrix albums between themselves, they are all equally amazing, I always seem to pick this one as my favorite. Are You Experienced is composed almost entirely of classic masterpieces, Electric Ladyland gave Hendrix the room to experiment in awesome ways(1983 . .. If a Merman I Should Turn to Be is incredible, as are, of course, Voodoo Child(Slight Return) and All Along the Watchtower) but this one holds a special place in my heart for oozing '60's psychedelic rock awesomeness, and for containing 3 songs so frickin' badass that they just about defy description. Castles Made of Sand, Little Wing, and Bold as Love are just other-worldly. Jimi's songwriting was as good as anyone's, and he's in top form here. In addition, the guitar-playing on all three tracks is beyond belief. Little Wing is well respected for it's beautiful guitar intricacies, but I'm shocked that Bold as Love doesn't get more respect for the guitar heroics on display. I can listen to the lead guitar after the break with the flanged drums over and over, and have my mind blown every time. Whereas I consider Voodoo Child(Slight Return) to be the greatest guitar song ever, I consider the playing at the end of Bold as Love to be the greatest snippet of guitar playing I've ever heard. There are a few songs on this album that don't rank among my personal favorites, but when you add Spanish Castle Magic, One Rainy Wish, etc. to the list of songs I already mentioned, it's just a mind-bogglingly awesome album.
colors everywhere January 30, 2010
Katherine Brown (Green River, UT, US)
i had't listened to this in a long time. it is wonderful realizing the effects jimi was trying to acheive and his big heart.definately a time warp but also inspiring.
The most underrated rock album of all time December 30, 2009
Jason R. Conger (Tampa, FL USA)
People always talk about the importance of Are You Experienced? and the masterful guitar work found on Electric Ladyland, but the sheer brilliance of Axis: Bold as Love is sadly overlooked. Noel Redding (the bass player) called this his favorite album the band ever made. What makes Axis: Bold as Love so special is the sheer perfection of the sequencing of the songs. From the silly sci-fi excursions of "EXP" to the tender, emotional "Bold as Love", there is not one song that is out of place. I have read reviews of people saying that Revolver or Abbey Road is perfect or Who's Next is perfect and, who knows(?), maybe they're right. I would put Axis: Bold as Love in this elite company with those classic albums and I think this was the best the band could do. It fully lived up to the band's potential. I mean seriously, there is not one note that I would take out of the album...even the feedback to finish off the album is masterfully done. With the exception of "If 6 Was 9", the band doesn't really go for epic songs and that is part of the charm. Hendrix went for the opposite effect on the band's following album Electric Ladyland, with almost all of the songs being long and Hendrix should indeed be applauded for experimenting with different song structures instead of trying to please the record company (or manager for that matter) at the time. Axis: Bold as Love pretty much showcases everything the band excelled at; whether it's ballads, psychedelia, or hard rock, the band mixes up styles and moods seamlessly. Say what you want about The Doors or Led Zeppelin but Jimi Hendrix and The Experience were the masters of the classic rock ballad and this album is probably Hendrix at his most emotional. The four ballads "Little Wing", "Castles Made of Sand", "One Rainy Wish", and "Bold as Love" rank with the best ballads classic rock has ever produced. "Little Wing" and "Castles Made of Sand" in particular contain some of Hendrix's most poignant vocals. What I love about Hendrix's ballads is that they're never boring and do a great job of captivating the listener. You can't help but admit that many bands suck at ballads, but this band had ballads down cold. Of course, the rockers on the album are just as good, if not better, than the ballads. This is Jimi Hendrix we're talking about after all. "Spanish Castle Magic" is Hendrix at his heaviest, "Wait Until Tomorrow" and "Ain't No Telling" are as catchy and musical as late-60's rock gets, "Little Miss Lover" is almost as funky as "Fire", and "She's So Fine" has some of classic rock's greatest drumming (in my top five drumming ever). The best word I can use to describe Mitch Mitchell's drumming throughout the album is "textbook". The late comedian Bill Hicks said that music should be played from the heart. On Axis: Bold as Love, Hendrix and company demonstrate what this concept is all about to the fullest. A+
Jimi Hendrix - Axis, Bold as Love November 27, 2009
TL (Australia)
Who knows where this guy would have taken his music if he'd lived a bit longer?
The Hippest Sophmore Ever November 24, 2009
Edward Z. Rosenthal (Collingswood, NJ, USA)
As a follow up to his monstrously great debut release, Jimi's "Axis: Bold As Love" proves itself to be the greatest 2nd album in the history of Rock. Or Music. It's packed with even more of the mind blowing sonic virtuosity that seemed to ooze from his every pore. We are treated to a phenomenal array of styles, tempos, and techniques. Opening with the quirky wild chirps and screeches of "EXP", we are on notice that there's some mighty strange magic to follow. "Up From The Skies" declares that Jimi wasn't just a great Rock & Roller, but a sincerely proud Soul Brother. "Spanish Castle Magic" again has an announcement of its own, that this guy can get as syncopated and off-beat as any breathing jazz man. "Wait Until Tomorrow" is perhaps a throwaway nod to Brit Pop but still has a very heavy bottom and flashy riffs. "Ain't No Telling" gets R&B tones into the mix and rocks briefly before giving way to the gloriously simple and gentle masterpiece "Little Wing". "If 6 Was 9", a jewel in a funk jazz mood comes next. "You Got Me Floating" almost defies description, part funk, part rock, part soul. The combination is pure power. "Castles Made Of Sand" picks up where "Little Wing" leaves off, telling a bitter sweet tale of pain and loss by way of a funkified ballad. "She's So Fine" has Noel Redding's fingerprints on it and is a weak stab at Brit Psychedelic Pop, relieved only by Jimi's tight strumming and Mitch's rad beats. "One Rainy Wish" is great for its soulful waves of guitar laid over a mellow Mitch Mitchell patter. "Little Miss Lover" sears a scorching swath of molten rhythm over heavy, thumping bass. Real Heavy. And then, finally, it all culminates in the sprawling glory of "Bold As Love", a grand dense composition highlighting Jimi's growing prowess in the studio. Where the first album is a fantastic collection of classic Rock and Blues songs, "Axis" is a more sonically unified statement. There is something of a flow to the tracks, a dramatic progression. And, you get a sense of what he thinks and feels about other great albums, like "Sergeant Pepper", or "Pet Sounds". Making comparisons between Hendrix and The Beach Boys may sound absurd, but if you listen closely it's in there. In fact, it sounds like everything's in there. It's a melting pot, no, a Cauldron of American Music.
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