Axis: Bold As Love [Import, Limited Edition]

Jimi Hendrix | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 28, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition
• Label: Japanese Import
• ASIN: B000056QD0
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #184,817 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. EXP

2. Up from the Skies

3. Spanish Castle Magic

4. Wait Until Tomorrow

5. Ain't No Telling

6. Little Wing

7. If 6 Was 9

8. You Got Me Floatin'

9. Castles Made of Sand

10. She's so Fine

11. One Rainy Wish

12. Little Miss Lover

13. Bold as Love

Editorial Reviews

Japanese reissue of the guitar legend's 1967 album, packaged in a limited edition gatefold sleeve for the first pressing. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars (4.5 stars) Hendrix's hippie guru singer-songwriter album? Yeah, we'll go with that, December 9, 2007

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This review is from: Axis: Bold As Love (Audio CD)

Axis is the weakest of the original Jimi Hendrix albums. Still, it does get 4.5 stars, so it's not like it sucks or anything. The emphasis is on the songwriting this time (rather than the guitar), and he's moved well beyond the debut's sex, drugs and rock `n' roll approach. In fact, there's a lot of first-rate pop ballads to be found here, and not just the beautiful mini-symphony "Little Wing": "Castles Made of Sand" is Jimi at his most poetic; "One Rainy Wish" is a wonderful piece of psychedelic folk with heavy guitars; "Up from the Skies" is mellow, jazzy, and funny; "Bold As Love" unloads original metaphors and a heavenly guitar solo. There's some hard rock here, and while it's less pronounced, it's certainly worthwhile: the anti-conformity fusion jam "If 6 Was 9"; the stampeding "Spanish Castle Magic"; likable funk-rock on Noel Redding's "She's So Fine"; "Little Miss Lover"; and "You Got Me Floatin'" (I stress likable because they're clearly not highlights). The only real headache is the feedback experiment "E.X.P": the rest is quite recommendable.