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Axis: Bold as Love [Original recording remastered]

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  • Audio CD (April 22, 1997)
  • Original Release Date: December 1, 1967
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Experience Hendrix
  • ASIN: B000002P5W
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (182 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #513 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #21 in  Music > Rock > Blues Rock
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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

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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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Limited edition Japanese pressing of the 1967 album comes packaged in an LP sleeve. Polydor. 2005. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 63 reviews, 4.9 star average rating: Do the math., August 9, 2002
In only a few short months after the landmark Are You Experienced? was released, Jimi and his Experience created another musical triumph in the form of Axis: Bold as Love. While AYE was a solid but somewhat rough sounding collection of mostly road tested tunes like "Purple Haze" and "Fire", ABaL was an absolute marvel of studio-born songs with sound quality that amazes to this day. If you had no knowledge of Hendrix and found yourself listening to Axis, you'd think it was recorded last week instead of 1968.

A quick song review:

1. EXP - Drummer extraordinaire Mitch Mitchell plays a radio announcer who interviews a "very peculiar looking gentleman who goes by the name of Mr. Paul Carusoe."

2. Up From the Skies - A wah-wah drenched jazzy number that displays Hendrix's affinity for science fiction. Check out Mitchell's drumming.

3. Spanish Castle Magic - This song really doesn't need an introduction. Everybody from the Spin Doctors to Yngwie Malmsteen covered it.

4. Wait until Tomorrow - A funny little number about Jimi trying to run off with his sweetheart only to be told by her to "wait until tomorrow"; except for when her father shoots him.

5. Ain't no Telling - The most rocking song on Axis. It isn't even two minutes long and it has more twists than the hourly production at a pretzel factory.

6. Little Wing - The classic ballad with one of the most recognizable intros ever. You should also hear Stevie Ray Vaughan's version as well.

7. If 6 Was 9 - Hendrix's ode to being yourself even if the rest of the world changes. One of Hendrix's heaviest songs.

8. You Got Me Floatin' - A great pop love song with Hendrix's signature guitar feedback effects.

9. Castles Made of Sand - A simple little song about how plans don't always work out and how sometimes it's for the best.

10. She's So Fine - Bassist Noel Redding sings here like he would later on "Little Miss Strange" on Electric Ladyland. The weakest song on Axis, but it's still good.

11. One Rainy Wish - A beautiful love song with spectacular multi-tracked guitars and lovely lyrics.

12. Little Miss Lover - Hendrix played funk before people knew what funk was. Even a die-hard rap fan could fall in love with Mitchell's drumming.

13. Bold as Love - The majestic title track and album finale about someone whose feelings are in conflict with one another, yet it is love that prevails over all. Just ask the Axis...

Axis, IMO, isn't the best place to start for the beginning Hendrix aficionado. That place is reserved for Are You Experienced?. And it also doesn't show his talents as a guitar viruoso. You'd be better off going for Electric Ladyland if you want to hear that. But the underrated Axis shows his other talents like songwriting, singing (Yes, Hendrix was a great singer contrary to what many including Hendrix himself said about his singing), and his newfound studio expertise. Axis isn't an album you hear, it is an album you Experience. Extremely recommended.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hendrix's most introspective album, November 16, 1999
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After the fury of Are You Experienced and before the glory of Electric Ladyland, Hendrix put to tape his most soul-searching and beautiful album. Anyone who sees Hendrix as a guitar-burning, drug-taking, rock god must listen to this album. Axis shows what a beautiful songwriter Hendrix was and how his guitar playing could be quiet and beautiful as well as loud and powerful. It also shows what an innovator Hendrix was in the studio. My favorite tracks on Axis are Little Wing, If 6 Was 9, Bold as Love, You Got Me Floatin, and One Rainy Wish, but every track is a gem. If you are a fan of Hendrix and only own Are You Experienced, Electric Ladyland, and/or Band of Gypsies, you are missing out on something truly special.
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars it makes my heart ache every time i listen to it, December 22, 2002
By gioconda la felice (sherman oaks, ca United States) - See all my reviews
To all you out there who were not around when this genius was alive, to all of you who were not yet born and never got to see him play, all I can say is buy this CD! All of them! Buy the live sets, put on a pair of headphones, close your eyes, and pray to the higher forces of the Universe that He comes back. This is one of the greatest musical artists that ever walked on Earth, a 20th century Mozart. Jimi and Wolfy would have really rocked together.

All bow down before the altar of Hendrix. Every song is a little gem to be examined from each angle, like a ruby or a sapphire or an emerald. Each has its own color, own vibe and own eternal energy. My favorites? Little Miss Lover, Spanish Castle Magic, Little Wing (listen to him do it live at London Royal Albert Hall if you can...heartrending). But I also love "You Got Me Floatin', One Rainy Wish, Bold As Love...32 years Later, I cherish these songs as the greatest art I have witnessed in my life.

I first saw him play at lunchtime on the UCLA campus at noon. After that, I saw him play anywhere I could get to, and that included flying to San Diego or San Francisco or wherever! He changed my entire life, everything. He was plugged into some kind of energy. In concert, he could make you feel like a warm sirocco wind was blowing across your body, or a fire was burning above your head, or we were all swimming together in some kind of mystical warm turquoise gold-flecked cosmic ocean. He made you believe in God, stars, forces of the universe. Anything was possible. It took weeks to recover every single time I heard him play. What an aura this guy had around him! Sheer magic!

I miss him every day of my life, and you guys out there have nothing like this in your lives, which is a shame. My heart aches when I think of him, and I want him to come back. I am so grateful I had the opportunity to have heard him.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Experience's second album is no letdown
Axis: Bold As Love (1967) is the follow-up to the hugely successful Are You Experienced? (1967). This album was released in 1967 in England but was not released in the U.S. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Joker

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably my favorite album of all time
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. Read more
Published 1 month ago by someguy

5.0 out of 5 stars colors everywhere
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.
Published 1 month ago by Katherine Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars The most underrated rock album of all time
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... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jason R. Conger

5.0 out of 5 stars Jimi Hendrix - Axis, Bold as Love
Who knows where this guy would have taken his music if he'd lived a bit longer?
Published 3 months ago by TL

5.0 out of 5 stars The Hippest Sophmore Ever
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. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Edward Z. Rosenthal

4.0 out of 5 stars jimi,s great 2nd album axis!!
jimi hendrix was an amazing muscian!!axis bold as love was his second album which was recorded and released in the last part of 1967. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Paul Mcguinn

5.0 out of 5 stars Jimi's BEST songwritting...fair production due to rush release
This second album by Jimi features I feel, his best songwriting, very scenic and poetic songs, dreamy, very excellent use of words, true work of art, just listen to "Castles made... Read more
Published 7 months ago by G. Harper

4.0 out of 5 stars Modern sounding but moody, bluesy, experimental album.75/100

This album didn't impress me much as their debut album, which I also reviewed here. In a sense, it sort of reminds me of Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the holy" album, in... Read more
Published 7 months ago by dfle3

5.0 out of 5 stars Hendrix came together for this one, and only this one
As great as Jimi was, this is the only album where he put it all together. Its sad he didn't get a chance to do more... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Bruce M.

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