OCTOBER 16, 1968 – Jimi Hendrix Experience released “Electric Ladyland,” the third and final studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the final studio album released in Hendrix’s lifetime before his death in 1970. Released by Reprise Records in North America and Track Records in the UK in October 1968, the double album was the only record from the band produced by Hendrix. By mid-November, it had charted at #1 in the US, where it spent two weeks at the top spot.
“Electric Ladyland” was the Experience’s most commercially successful release and their only #1 album. It peaked at #6 in the UK, where it spent 12 weeks on the chart.“Electric Ladyland” included a cover of the Bob Dylan song “All Along the Watchtower” which became the Experience’s best-selling single, peaking at #6 in the UK and #20 in the US. Although the album confounded critics in 1968, it has since been viewed as Hendrix’s best work and one of the greatest rock records of all time. “Electric Ladyland” has been featured on many greatest-album lists, including Q magazine’s 2003 list of the 100 greatest albums and Rolling Stone’s 2020 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, on which it was ranked #53.
TRACKLIST:
1) And the Gods Made Love
2) Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) – [Electric Ladyland on UK edition gatefold]
3) Crosstown Traffic – [Cross Town Traffic on UK edition label]
4) Voodoo Chile
5) Little Miss Strange (Noel Redding)
6) Long Hot Summer Night
7) Come On (Part 1) – [Come On on UK edition] (Earl King)
8- Gypsy Eyes – [Gipsy Eyes on UK edition]
9) Burning of the Midnight Lamp
10) Rainy Day, Dream Away
11) 1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
12) Moon, Turn the Tides….Gently Gently Away
13) Still Raining, Still Dreaming
14) House Burning Down
15) All Along the Watchtower – (Bob Dylan)
16) Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – [Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) on UK edition]