Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (Top 500 Countdown Update)

There is a certain ease with which Hendrix seems to produce his music. The cover of "All Along the Watchtower" is a great example of this. It seems so natural and simple and is so wonderfully complex it is truly amazing. This album is still very heavily experimental though one can hear a coherent new sound starting to emerge. Hendrix has a natural gift for throwing out pop melodies that shine through on even odd songs like "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)." Sad to say he would never release another studio album and so we would never see what direction he hoped to take this new found sound. In bits and pieces this is a fun album to listen to, but only in bits and pieces.