The Ultimate Experience

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The Ultimate Experience
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Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 2, 1992 (1992-11-02)
RecordedOctober 23, 1966 – July 23, 1970
Genre Rock
Length71:55
Label Polydor - MCA
Compiler Alan Douglas, Chris Griffin
Jimi Hendrix chronology
Live Isle of Wight '70
(1991)
The Ultimate Experience
(1992)
Blues
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Tom Hull – on the Web B+ [3]

The Ultimate Experience is a 1992 compilation album of songs by American musician Jimi Hendrix. It includes 20 tracks spanning his career. The album was among the last to be supervised by interim producer Alan Douglas, before the Hendrix family regained control of his recording legacy. It has gone out-of-print and, in 1997, was replaced by the 20 track compilation Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix .

Contents

The Ultimate Experience was released in the United Kingdom in November 1992, and later on April 27, 1993, in the United States. The album reached No. 25 on the UK Albums Chart [4] and No. 72 on the Billboard 200. [5] It was certified as gold by the British Phonographic Industry, [6] 3× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, [7] and 2× platinum by Music Canada. [8]

Track listing

All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

  1. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 4:07 ( Electric Ladyland , 1968)
  2. "Purple Haze" – 2:44 ( Are You Experienced , 1967)
  3. "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 3:26 (Are You Experienced)
  4. "The Wind Cries Mary" – 3:18 (Are You Experienced)
  5. "Angel" – 4:17 ( The Cry of Love , 1971)
  6. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 5:13 (Electric Ladyland)
  7. "Foxy Lady" – 3:15 (Are You Experienced)
  8. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" – 3:35 (Electric Ladyland)
  9. "Highway Chile" – 3:30 (Smash Hits [UK])
  10. "Crosstown Traffic" – 2:14 (Electric Ladyland)
  11. "Castles Made of Sand" – 2:45 ( Axis: Bold as Love , 1967)
  12. "Long Hot Summer Night" – 3:27 (Electric Ladyland)
  13. "Red House" – 3:54 (Kiss the Sky)
  14. "Manic Depression" – 3:37 (Are You Experienced)
  15. "Gypsy Eyes" – 3:42 (Electric Ladyland)
  16. "Little Wing" – 2:24 (Axis: Bold as Love)
  17. "Fire" – 2:38 (Are You Experienced)
  18. "Wait Until Tomorrow" – 3:00 (Axis: Bold as Love)
  19. "The Star-Spangled Banner (live)" (John Stafford Smith, arr. Hendrix) – 4:05 ( Woodstock , 1970) [9]
  20. "Wild Thing (live)" (Chip Taylor) – 6:54 ( Monterey Pop , 1970) [10]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [22] 2× Platinum140,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [23] 2× Platinum200,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [24] Platinum15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [25] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [26] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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