Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection

Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
Compilation album by Jimi Hendrix
Released May 8, 2001
Recorded 1966-70
Length 85:30
Label MCA
Jimi Hendrix chronology
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
(2000)		 Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
(2001)		 Live in Ottawa
(2001)

Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection is a two-disc compilation album by American rock musician Jimi Hendrix, released on May 8, 2001, by MCA Records.[1] The first disc contains studio recordings, including alternate versions, while the second disc contains live recordings, some of which were previously unreleased. It was packaged with an essay by writer Kurt Loder. Voodoo Child was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having sold 500,000 copies in the United States.[1]

Critical reception

In a five-star review for Blender magazine, Robert Christgau said Voodoo Child was an improvement over the 1997 compilation album Experience Hendrix because apart from "Manic Depression", it did not leave out any crucial songs. He also believed the second disc featured undefinitive but revealing live recordings that made it Hendrix's best live album.[2] Nicholas Taylor from PopMatters felt the alternate versions on disc one were of mixed quality but that the two-disc set still offered listeners the most thorough overview of Hendrix's precarious artistry, particularly the live disc: "We hear him at his glorious studio best, we hear his less than stellar studio experimentation, and we hear his sometimes wildly exhilarating, sometimes horribly messy, live performances."[3]

In a three-star review, AllMusic's Lindsay Planer wrote that considering the difficulty in curating a compilation of Hendrix's music, Voodoo Child's exceptional song selection and sound quality made it successful as "a thumbnail sketch of Hendrix in both a studio and concert environment ... a great touchstone for anyone wishing to begin their Jimi Hendrix experience".[4] Rolling Stone journalists Paul Evans and Nathan Brackett gave the album four out of five stars in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004),[5] as did Colin Larkin in The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2011).[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

Disc one (Studio)

  1. "Purple Haze" – 2:50
  2. "Hey Joe" (written by Billy Roberts) – 3:30
  3. "The Wind Cries Mary" – 3:20
  4. "Fire – 2:43
  5. "Highway Chile" – 3:39 (alternate recording)
  6. "Are You Experienced?" – 4:14
  7. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" – 3:39
  8. "Little Wing" – 2:24
  9. "All Along the Watchtower" (written by Bob Dylan) – 3:59 (alternate recording)
  10. "Crosstown Traffic" – 2:12
  11. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 5:12
  12. "Spanish Castle Magic" – 5:48 (alternate recording)
  13. "Stone Free" – 3:43 (alternate recording)
  14. "Izabella" – 2:46 (original Band of Gypsys single version)
  15. "Stepping Stone" – 4:07 (original Band of Gypsys single version)
  16. "Angel" – 4:21
  17. "Dolly Dagger" – 4:44
  18. "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" – 6:04
  19. "Third Stone from the Sun" - 6:45 (UK bonus track)

Disc two (Live)

  1. "Fire" (Winterland, San Francisco, CA, October 12, 1968) - 3:33 (previously unavailable)
  2. "Hey Joe" (Winterland, San Francisco, CA, October 12, 1968) - 6:46 (previously unavailable)
  3. "I Don't Live Today" (Los Angeles Forum, Los Angeles, CA, April 26, 1969) - 6:45
  4. "Hear My Train A Comin'" (Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, May 30, 1970) - 11:00
  5. "Foxey Lady" (Maui, Hawaii, July 30, 1970) - 4:25 (previously unavailable)
  6. "Machine Gun" (Fillmore East, New York, NY, January 1, 1970) - 11:33
  7. "Johnny B. Goode" (written by Chuck Berry) (Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, May 30, 1970) - 4:45
  8. "Red House" (New York Pop Festival, Randalls Island, NY, July 17, 1970) - 8:00 (previously unavailable)
  9. "Freedom" (Isle of Wight Festival, England, August 30, 1970) - 4:06 (previously unavailable)
  10. "Purple Haze" (San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, May 24, 1969) - 3:55
  11. "The Star Spangled Banner" (composed by John Stafford Smith) (Woodstock Festival, Bethel, NY, August 18, 1969) - 3:43
  12. "Wild Thing" (written by Chip Taylor) (Monterey Pop Festival, Monterey, CA, June 18, 1967) - 7:41 (previously unavailable)

Charts

References

  1. 1 2 "Jimi Hendrix: Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (December 2005). "Back Catalogue: Jimi Hendrix". Blender (New York). Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ Taylor, Nicholas. "Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection". PopMatters. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ Planer, Lindsay. "Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection - Jimi Hendrix". AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ Evans, Paul; Brackett, Nathan (2004). "Jimi Hendrix". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 374. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 53. ISBN 0857125958.
  7. ↑ Billboard album charts info - Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "UK chart history - Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection". www.chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

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