music.wikisort.org - CompositionSmash Hits is a compilation album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Track Records first issued it on April 12, 1968, in the UK and included all four of the group's singles (both A and B sides) released up to that time, plus four additional songs from the UK edition of Are You Experienced.
1968 greatest hits album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Released | April 12, 1968 (1968-04-12) |
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Recorded | October 1966 – July 1967 |
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Genre | Rock |
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Label | Track |
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Producer | Chas Chandler |
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Reprise Records did not issue the album in the US until July 30, 1969, with some different tracks. It included two songs from Electric Ladyland and three tracks from the UK edition of Are You Experienced, which were previously unreleased in the US (including a stereo version of "Red House" from a different take than the original mono album version).
Smash Hits has been reissued several times on CD, however, it has been largely superseded by more recent and comprehensive compilations, such as Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix (1997).
Critical reception
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AllMusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
In a review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album four and a half out of five stars. He notes "the main strength of Smash Hits is that it contains the best-known big-name songs in one place. Maybe not enough to make the collection essential, but still enough to make it a representative, accurate sampler".[1]
Robert Christgau included the album in his "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[3]
Track listing
The running times are taken from the 1980 Polydor (Europe) and 1979 Reprise (US) reissues; the original Track Records and Reprise Records Smash Hits LPs did not include track lengths. Other releases may show different information. All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.
UK edition
US edition
Side twoTitle | Original release |
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1. | "Stone Free" | single (UK B-side) | 3:33 |
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2. | "Crosstown Traffic" | Electric Ladyland | 2:15 |
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3. | "Manic Depression" | Are You Experienced | 3:30 |
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4. | "Remember" | Are You Experienced (UK) | 2:47 |
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5. | "Red House" | alternate recording | 3:48 |
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6. | "Foxey [sic] Lady" | Are You Experienced | 3:15 |
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1988 CD and CD+G bonus tracks[4]Title |
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13. | "51st Anniversary" | 3:16 |
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14. | "Highway Chile" | 3:32 |
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Charts and certifications
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it as 2× Multi Platinum[10] and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) ceritifed it as Gold.[11]
Personnel
- Jimi Hendrix – vocals, guitar, piano, bass guitar, harpsichord
- Mitch Mitchell – drums, backing vocals
- Noel Redding – bass guitar, backing vocals
References
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Jimi Hendrix / The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Smash Hits – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- Rolling Stone review
- Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- Reprise Records catalog Nos. 2276 and 2276-2
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"LP Chart" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 12, no. 7. April 10, 1969 – via Collectionscanada.gc.ca.
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"Jimi Hendrix: Albums". Offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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"Smash Hits: Jimi Hendrix". Vglista.no. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Cesar (1991). Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy. New York City: St. Martin's Press. pp. 531, 534. ISBN 0-312-05861-6.
- "Chart History: Jimi Hendrix – R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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"Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
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"BPI Certified Awards – Search". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
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Concert tours |
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience French Tour
- The Cry of Love Tour
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- Original discography
- Posthumous discography
- List of songs
- Videography
- Canadian drug charges and trial
- Handel & Hendrix in London
- Electric Lady Studios
- Black Gold
- Unfinished fourth album
- Death of Jimi Hendrix
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На других языках
[de] Smash Hits
Smash Hits ist ein Greatest-Hits-Album der Jimi Hendrix Experience. Es wurde in Großbritannien 1968 in Mono und in den USA 1969 in Stereo veröffentlicht.
- [en] Smash Hits (The Jimi Hendrix Experience album)
[es] Smash Hits (álbum de Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Smash Hits es un álbum recopilatorio de Jimi Hendrix Experience. Track Records lo emitió por primera vez el 12 de abril de 1968 en el Reino Unido e incluyó los cuatro singles del grupo (ocho "lados") lanzados hasta ese momento, además de cuatro canciones adicionales de la edición británica de Are You Experienced.
[ru] Smash Hits
Smash Hits (с англ. Горячие хиты) — компиляция песен The Jimi Hendrix Experience, альбом, выпущенный в 1968 году на лейбле MCA Records.
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