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Axis: Bold as Love
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0008811160128
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Experience Hendrix
Manufacturer: Experience Hendrix
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Experience Hendrix
Release Date: 1997-04-22
Studio: Experience Hendrix
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Sophomore Album Equals Psychedelic Rock Masterpiece!
Comment: The band had barely finished recording their debut when they started working on the second album Axis: Bold As Love. Released in 1967, this is a solid effort all the way through.
Jimi Hendrix is featured on guitar and vocals, Noel Redding plays bass and sings on one song, and there's Mitch Mitchell on drums and some background vocals. Production duties, like the first album, were handled by Chas Chandler for the thirteen songs included.
Throughout the recording there's an excellent mix of funk, soul, pop, jazz, psychedelic rock, early hard rock, and even some avant-garde.
The album starts in a very unusual way indeed so let me give a detailed description of this song called "EXP" which is by far, one of Jimi's most avant-garde inspired songs he ever did!
After a false start reminiscent of the first bars of "Stone Free", the music stops and what we hear is the voice of drummer Mitchell welcoming us to a radio station and announces that he's going to feature an interview with a person who is, in his own words, "a very peculiar looking gentleman that goes by the name of Mr. Paul Carusoe" played by Jimi. Mitch asks him about whether aliens and UFO's exist or not and Carusoe (Jimi) replies simply that you just can't believe everything you see, and hear, and then says "I must be going my way". Afterwards Mitch is unable to speak and what follows is total feedback mayhem from Jimi's guitar that appaers to simulate the sound of an alien spacecraft. Apparently Mr. Carusoe himself was an alien! What a cool way of starting an album!
Then we go into the first proper song of the album called "Up From The Skies" displaying a jazzy direction. Good guitar sound drenched in wah wah here and interesting science fiction inspired lyrics to go along. Before it fades Jimi plays some cool bluesy licks.
Next comes "Spanish Castle Magic" with it's psychedelic lyrics, it's one of Jimi's most popular songs and became an integral part of the live set. You could say this is awesome early hard rock!
Now it's time to take a turn and we find "Wait Until Tomorrow" that could be described as a fine piece of funk-pop! Note the good backing vocals of Noel and Mitch in the chorus. At the end Mitch plays some nice drum fills in between the chorus until the fade out that leads to "Ain't No Telling". This is the shortest song on the album lasting only about one minute and forty seconds. There's a feeling of urgency here that I really like. In the middle some interesting chord progressions and riffs occur and before you know it it's all over. One of my favorites from the album!
However ther's still plenty of highlights to come and the soulful ballad "Lttle Wing" is no exception. This got to be one of Jimi's best ballads he ever wrote! Starting with that Curtis Mayfield influenced chordal rhythm guitar so prominent in this album, it's a masterpiece to say the least. The glockenspiel adds a nice touch. The vocals are also memorable and to finish it off, Jimi plays a great melodic solo! Too bad it fades quickly!
Now it's on to "If Six Was Nine" which combines jazz with avant-garde and the results are nothing short of excellent. Towards the end Jimi plays flute but not in a musical kind of way but rather he blows manicaly through the thing!
"You Got Me Floatin'" goes in a funk-rock direction. Pay attention in the middle for great interplay between band members: cool bass lines, funky rhythm guitar playing, plus a backward guitar overdub.
"Castles Made Of Sand" is another highlight that starts with a cool oriental sounding melody, inventive lyrics are showcased and again a backward guitar is included too. A fine piece of psychedelic rock indeed.
Now it's time for bass player Noel to sing on the pop number "She's So Fine" that he also wrote. Killer rhythm guitar here and Mitch sings some background vocals. I really like this song! Often quite underrated for some reson!
"One Rainy Wish" is the sceond of the album's excellent soul ballads while "Little Miss Lover" returns to the funk-rock style.
Before the album finishes comes the final ballad "Bold As Love" and ends up being one of the best songs on the album. Great vocal performance by Jimi and then proceeds to play an amazing solo until it fades bringing this album to a close.
The second release by The Jimi Hendrix Experience is often very underrated for some reaon but for me, it's a solid five-star album all the way! If you like psychedelic rock then you should add this masterpiece to your collection for sure!
Thanks for taking the time to read!
Later...
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Good Stuff
Comment: Alright, so I may be in the camp of not being a total Hendrix fanatic, but Hendrix deserves respect, praise, and must be listened to, and you must at least respect the man for being so inspirational to many guitarists (I don't think those guitarists would have picked up a guitar if it weren't for him). So maybe his music isn't as good as his accomplishments (if that makes a lick of sense). But Axis: Bold as Love is still a great album.
Hendrix serves up a platter of tasteful, soulful guitar rock with the distinct of Hendrix, as there isn't a band that sounds like this one. The band plays insanely tight and responsive, and pratically gave birth to the power trio. Hendrix is known as one of the best guitar players ever, and while the album may not do enough for me so I don't feel like giving it a five star rating, Hendrix did things that no other people have done on the guitar before, and even though people have trailed in his footsteps, everything about this band goes together that makes the band sound like no other. And Hendrix's playing style will never sound old, as no other guitarists have made a sound like him (granted, I hope most guitarists don't try to copy him and make a style of their own).
All the songs are worth listening to expect She's So Fine (I don't like the singing). There are plenty of favorites to choose from. Up From The Skies, inspired by science fiction, is a soulful, jazzy song with funky guitar playing and effects. Spanish Castle Magic is driven by the power of the drums, then the guitar roars. Wait Until Tommorow is a funny story, and I like the message of the song. Ain't No Telling is the most complete short song that's not done by the Minutemen. And being a fan of funky hard rock, Little Miss Lover rules. My other favorites would have to be Castles Made of Sand and the swirling You Got Me Floatin.
Yeah, that's all I have to say. Give it a listen for sure. And sorry, but I can't think of a title that doesn't sound like hyperbole (like some of my other ones, that probably do).
8.0/10
Customer Rating:
Summary: Further
Comment: Jimi Hendrix's second album followed up his groundbreaking debut effort with a solid collection of great tunes and great interactive playing between himself, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, and the recording studio itself. Wisely choosing manager Chas Chandler to record the album, since he was in the midst of a creative hot streak, Hendrix stretched further musically than the first album, but even more so as a songwriter. He was still quite capable of coming up with spacy rockers like "You Got Me Floating," "Up from the Skies," and "Little Miss Lover," radio-ready to follow on the commercial heels of "Foxey Lady" and "Purple Haze." But the beautiful, wistful ballads "Little Wing," "Castles Made of Sand," "One Rainy Wish," and the title track set closer show remarkable growth and depth as a tunesmith, harnessing Curtis Mayfield soul guitar to Dylanesque lyrical imagery and Fuzz Face hyperactivity to produce yet another side to his grand psychedelic musical vision. These are tempered with Jimi's most avant-garde tracks yet, "EXP" and the proto-fusion jazz blowout of "If 6 Was 9."
Customer Rating:
Summary: One of my favorites
Comment: It's Jimi Freakin Hendrix! What more do you need to know. In case you did not know....he recorded several other albums besides "Are You Experienced." Listen, buy this album and Electric Ladyland along with a big bag of jalapeno cheetos and take a couple of hours for yourself.
You deserve it!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Bold!
Comment: Every time I think that Electric Ladyland is the true masterpiece by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, I remember that "Little Wing," one of the most commonly covered songs in rock n' roll (my estimation...not a statistical fact), is here on Axis: Bold as Love. What can I say? They're all masterpieces by most bands' standards!
But this one definitely has its own vibe, and is a different beat from Ladyland and Are You Experienced?. In some ways, it's his most experimental work and, though it doesn't top the more experimental numbers on Ladyland, it is, song to song, more varied and unique. The first half of this album is really just amazing, and as strong as anything this band ever did.
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Limited edition Japanese pressing of the 1967 album comes packaged in an LP sleeve. Polydor. 2005.
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