12 Perfect Classic Rock Albums With NO Bad Songs
7. Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
Once the '60s generation started to kick into high gear, there was no limit to what you could accomplish in the psychedelic scene. Since the genre of raga rock was just getting born, you had everyone from Cream in England to the Grateful Dead in the States playing with the boundaries of what constituted guitar rock. Let's face the facts though. No other guitarist mattered once Jimi Hendrix arrived on the scene.
Clad in the greatest psychedelic threads of the day, Hendrix delivered the complete package with Are You Experienced, taking the core ethos of the blues rock that he loved as a kid and sprinkling in bits and pieces from all other types of music that he loved. While one minute you'd be listening to the blues standards like Hey Joe or having your face melted off with Red House, songs like the Wind Cries Mary showed us the sensitive side of what Hendrix could do.
It's not like the rest of the guitar community weren't aware of it either. When Hendrix first debuted this material live in England, everyone from Eric Clapton to Jeff Beck were getting genuinely concerned that their careers were now in jeopardy. The British Invasion had had its time...now it was time that the US answered back with one of the greatest to ever pick up a six string.