Name: Smash Hits [LP]
Brand: Sony Music Entertainment
SKU: 105164865
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Smash Hits [LP]

Rating

Album: Smash Hits [LP]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Purple Haze	More Info...	0:03
2)	Fire	More Info...	0:02
3)	The Wind Cries Mary	More Info...	0:03
4)	Can You See Me	More Info...	0:02
5)	51st Anniversary	More Info...	0:03
6)	Hey Joe	More Info...	0:03
7)	Stone Free	More Info...	0:03
8)	The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice	More Info...	0:04
9)	Manic Depression	More Info...	0:03
10)	Highway Chile	More Info...	0:03
11)	Burning of the Midnight Lamp	More Info...	0:03
12)	Foxy Lady	More Info...	0:03

Album: Smash Hits [LP]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Purple Haze	More Info...	0:03
2)	Fire	More Info...	0:02
3)	The Wind Cries Mary	More Info...	0:03
4)	Can You See Me	More Info...	0:02
5)	51st Anniversary	More Info...	0:03
6)	Hey Joe	More Info...	0:03
7)	Stone Free	More Info...	0:03
8)	The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice	More Info...	0:04
9)	Manic Depression	More Info...	0:03
10)	Highway Chile	More Info...	0:03
11)	Burning of the Midnight Lamp	More Info...	0:03
12)	Foxy Lady	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Personnel: Jimi Hendrix (vocals, kazoo, piano, bass); Dave Mason (acoustic guitar); Noel Redding (bass, background vocals); Mitch Mitchell (drums);
The Breakaways (vocals).
Recorded between October 23, 1966 & January 21, 1968.
The first good Jimi Hendrix collection, and one of the all time great best-of collections by any artist, SMASH HITS serves as a concise introduction to the Seattle guitar master's genius. Though far from a representative overview of Hendrix's career (AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE isn't represented, and 10 of the 12 tracks are from either the U.S. or U.K. versions of ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?), the collection is sequenced like a regular album, and in this respect may be the Experience's most consistently satisfying record.
These are the Hendrix tunes that have recieved the most media exposure over the years, from the primal blues-rock stomp of "Purple Haze" and "Foxey Lady" to the electrified murder ballad "Hey Joe" and the redefined Dylan tune "All Along the Watchtower. SMASH HITS has something in common with great Beatles records like RUBBER SOUL and REVOLVER; each song stands on its own as a fully formed progressive statement, yet the whole is greater than the sum of its uniformly excellent parts.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (9/19/02, p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Features all of the Hendrix songs still played on classic rock radio stations..."