People, Hell and Angels

People, Hell and Angels
Studio album by Jimi Hendrix
Released March 5, 2013
Recorded March 1968 – August 1970 at Record Plant Studios, Hit Factory, Sound Centre and Electric Lady Studios, NYC;
Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Genre Blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, acid rock, funk rock, electric blues
Length 52:33
Label Legacy
Producer Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, Janie Hendrix, John McDermott
Jimi Hendrix chronology

Winterland
(2011)		 People, Hell & Angels
(2013)		 Miami Pop Festival
(2013)
Singles from People, Hell and Angels
  1. "Somewhere"
    Released: February 5, 2013
  2. "Earth Blues"
    Released: February 18, 2013

People, Hell and Angels is a posthumous studio album by the American rock musician Jimi Hendrix. The fourth release under the Experience Hendrix deal with Legacy Recordings, it contains twelve previously unreleased recordings of tracks he was working on for the planned follow-up to Electric Ladyland. It was released on March 5, 2013.

Background

The tracks featured on People, Hell and Angels are previously unreleased recordings of songs that Jimi Hendrix and fellow band members (mainly the Band of Gypsys lineup featuring Billy Cox and Buddy Miles) were working on as the follow-up to Electric Ladyland, tentatively titled First Rays of the New Rising Sun.[1] The majority of the recordings are drawn from sessions in 1968 and '69 at the Record Plant Studios in New York, with a few inclusions from Hendrix's brief residencies at Sound Centre, the Hit Factory, and his own Electric Lady Studios.[2]

According to Eddie Kramer, the engineer who recorded most of Hendrix's music during his lifetime, this will be the last Hendrix album to feature unreleased studio material. Kramer said that several as-yet-unreleased live recordings would be available in the coming years.[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jimi Hendrix, except "Bleeding Heart" by Elmore James and "Mojo Man" by Albert Allen and Arthur Allen. 

No. Title Length
1. "Earth Blues"   3:33
2. "Somewhere"   4:05
3. "Hear My Train A Comin'"   5:41
4. "Bleeding Heart"   3:58
5. "Let Me Move You"   6:50
6. "Izabella"   3:42
7. "Easy Blues"   5:57
8. "Crash Landing"   4:14
9. "Inside Out"   5:03
10. "Hey Gypsy Boy"   3:39
11. "Mojo Man"   4:07
12. "Villanova Junction Blues"   1:44
Total length:
 52:33
Target bonus track [4]
No. Title Length
13. "Ezy Ryder/MLK Jam [Captain Coconut]"   20:01
Total length:
 72:34

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [5]
BBC Music Favorable [6]
Consequence of Sound [7]
The Guardian [8]
NY Daily News [9]
NME [10]
Rolling Stone [11]
Slant Magazine [12]
Sputnikmusic 3.7/5 [13]

Upon its release, "People, Hell and Angels" received positive reviews from music critics. William Clark of Music Enthusiast Magazine wrote, "Between the downright fantastic music, to the production quality and the attention to detail, this new album is something any established Hendrix fan should easily be able to get into and passionately enjoy time and time again".[14] Allmusic gave the album three and a half stars, saying, "People, Hell and Angels certainly isn't the place to start your Hendrix collection, but collectors will surely want to hear this".[15] BBC Music also gave the album a positive review, saying "This latest collection offers a tantalising glimpse of how Hendrix's genius might have progressed".[16]

Personnel

Primary musicians
Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Hungarian Albums Chart[17] 12
Spanish Albums Chart[18] 24
Billboard 200[19] 2

Recording details

Recording details for People, Hell and Angels:[2][20]

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On Sunday January 20, 2013, seven songs from the album were used as part of the soundtrack to the Hawaii Five-0 episode "Olelo HoʻOpaʻI Make"/"Death Sentence".

References

  1. ↑ "Lost Jimi Hendrix album will be released in 2013". NME. November 21, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jimi Hendrix's People, Hell & Angels Coming March 5, 2013!". Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. November 26, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ Talbott, Chris (March 5, 2013). "Hendrix at 70: New album offers different look". Yahoo! Music. Associated Press. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ first released in 2006 on Burning Desire
  5. ↑ Westergaard, Sean. "Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell and Angels". Allmusic. Rovi Corp. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ Humphries, Patrick (March 5, 2013). "Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell and Angels Review". BBC Music. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  7. ↑ Hadusek, John (March 7, 2013). "Album Review: Jimi Hendrix – People, Hell and Angels". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  8. ↑ Simpson, Dave (February 28, 2013). "Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell and Angels - Review". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  9. ↑ Farber, Jim (March 5, 2013). "Music review: Jimi Hendrix's 'People, Hell & Angels'". NY Daily News. NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  10. ↑ Welsh, Andy (February 27, 2013). "Jimi Hendrix - People, Hell and Angels". NME. IPC Entertainment Media Network. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  11. ↑ Fricke, David (March 5, 2013). "Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell and Angels". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  12. ↑ Scheinman, Tom (February 28, 2013). "Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell and Angels". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  13. ↑ Campbell, Hernan M. (March 7, 2013). "Album Review - Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell, and Angels". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  14. ↑ Clark, William. "Jimi Hendrix, ‘People, Hell and Angels’ – Album Review". http://musicenthusiastmag.com''. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  15. ↑ Westergaard, Sean. "Jimi Hendrix People, Hell, and Angels". http://www.allmusic.com''. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  16. ↑ Humphries, Patrick. "Jimi Hendrix People, Hell and Angels Review". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  17. ↑ "MAHASZ – Magyar Hangfelvétel-kiadók Szövetsége". mahasz.hu. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  18. ↑ "TOP 100 ALBUMES" (PDF) (in Spanish). PROMUSICAE. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  19. ↑ ["http://www.billboard.com/artist/304657/jimi+hendrix/chart?f=305 "Billboard 200"]. billboard.com. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  20. ↑ Geldeart, Gary; Rodham, Steve (2008). Jimi Hendrix: The Studio Log. Jimpress. ISBN 978-0-9527686-4-7.