People, Hell and Angels

4/5

People, Hell and Angels

Jimi Hendrix

Genre: Rock

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. 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. The majority of Read more on Last.fm.

  1. gives it a: 4/5

    Not a lot that can be said about this one: if you’re the type of person looking for “new” posthumous Hendrix material, then you’re going to dig this. It’s a remarkably consistent set of songs, and the mix is crisp and impressive. My guess would be that it’s basically a really polished rehearsal for a solo/blues set. Dig it.