The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Electric Ladyland
The double album Rolling Stone panned in 1968
Released in the US on 16 October 1968. A contemporary hostile review, alongside chart results with their dates.
The verdict at the time
Glover admitted he was 'set not to dig this LP', praised Hendrix's musicianship, but dismissed 'Burning of the Midnight Lamp' as 'on the whole a drag . . . it goes nowhere' and the '1983' finale as 'in several ways, a bummer', criticising its 'heavy handed guitar'. A hostile take on the record that reached number one.
Chart peaks
European positions are listed by country. Later chart entries are labelled separately.
Sources & context
One critic's opinion, summarised from Tony Glover's original Rolling Stone review of 9 November 1968. The album is now ranked number 53 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020) and recognised as a landmark of psychedelic rock and acid rock.
