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The basis of this work is the outer gatefold cover design of the album's UK release. It has been converted to black and white and tinted with blue green. It makes the bodies shimmer in the dark,
not so brightly, somewhat electric, but cool and not composed but lively and dynamic. That would be the total tone and mood of nineteen nude women peeping into my dream.
The other change I made was in flipping the image horizontally so that the right half of the image is on the left and the left half is on the right. I had no clear
reason for doing this, I write with my right hand but I am left-handled when throwing a stone, or dribbling a ball, or shooting a dart. I am
right-handed too when I am playing guitar.
As I was writing this I rediscovered that Jimi Hendrix was a left-handed guitarist.
So there's your inverted nineteen naked ladies.
Here's the original album cover art design.
No. 23, Rate Your Music, The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time; No. 32, The Virgin All-Time Album Top 1000; No. 55, Rolling Stone, The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
No. 51, Rolling Stone, The 100 Greatest Album Covers.
Photo by David Montgomery. Album produced by Jimi Hendrix. Reprise (US), Track (UK). 1968.
Electric Ladyland confounded contemporary music critics, who praised some of its songs, but felt that the album lacked structure and sounded too dense. Melody Maker
found the album "mixed-up and muddled", with the exception of "All Along the Watchtower", which it called a masterpiece. In a negative review for Rolling Stone,
Tony Glover preferred the less difficult "Little Miss Strange" to songs such as "Voodoo Chile" and "1983", which he felt were marred by reactively harsh playing.
Music journalist Robert Christgau, on the other hand, ranked it as the fifth best album of the year in his ballot for Jazz & Pop magazine's annual critics poll.
Electric Ladyland has been featured on many greatest album lists including a number 10 ranking on Classic Rock UK's list of 100 Greatest Rock Albums Ever
and number 37 on The Times ' 100 Best Albums of All Time. Music journalist and author Peter Doggett argued that it is very likely the greatest rock
album of all time because of its exceptional concept, artful melodies, experimentation, and skilled musicianship, which he felt remains
unparalleled by any other rock artist. In 2003, Q magazine included it on its list of the 100 greatest albums ever.Tom Larson identified
Electric Ladyland as an essential hard rock album in his 2004 book History of Rock and Roll. In 2014, Clash reviewer Robin Murray
viewed it as a "true classic of the psychedelic rock era". More
(A) And the Gods Made Love - Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland) - Cross Town Traffic - Voodoo Chile
(B) Little Miss Strange - Long Hot Summer Night - Come On - Gypsy Eyes - The Burning of the Midnight Lamp
(C) Rainy Day, Dream Away - 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) - Moon, Turn the Tides. . . Gently, Gently Away
(D) Still Raining, Still Dreaming - House Burning Down - All Along the Watchtower - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
"1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" from JimJoeJackJoe on YouTube
The basis of this work is the outer gatefold cover design of the album's UK release. It has been converted to black and white and tinted with blue green. It makes the bodies shimmer in the dark,
not so brightly, somewhat electric, but cool and not composed but lively and dynamic. That would be the total tone and mood of nineteen nude women peeping into my dream.
The other change I made was in flipping the image horizontally so that the right half of the image is on the left and the left half is on the right. I had no clear
reason for doing this, I write with my right hand but I am left-handled when throwing a stone, or dribbling a ball, or shooting a dart. I am
right-handed too when I am playing guitar.
As I was writing this I rediscovered that Jimi Hendrix was a left-handed guitarist.
So there's your inverted nineteen naked ladies.
Here's the original album cover art design.
No. 51, Rolling Stone, The 100 Greatest Album Covers.
Photo by David Montgomery. Album produced by Jimi Hendrix. Reprise (US), Track (UK). 1968.
Electric Ladyland confounded contemporary music critics, who praised some of its songs, but felt that the album lacked structure and sounded too dense. Melody Maker
found the album "mixed-up and muddled", with the exception of "All Along the Watchtower", which it called a masterpiece. In a negative review for Rolling Stone,
Tony Glover preferred the less difficult "Little Miss Strange" to songs such as "Voodoo Chile" and "1983", which he felt were marred by reactively harsh playing.
Music journalist Robert Christgau, on the other hand, ranked it as the fifth best album of the year in his ballot for Jazz & Pop magazine's annual critics poll.
Over time, opinion of the album has significantly improved among critics, who have since viewed it as Hendrix's best work. According to author Michael Heatley,
"most critics agree" that Electric Ladyland is "the fullest realization of Jimi's far-reaching ambitions"; Guitar World editor Noe Goldwasser called it his
greatest work. Christgau viewed the album as the definitive work of psychedelic music, describing it as "an aural utopia that accommodates both
ingrained conflict and sweet, vague spiritual yearnings, held together by a master musician".
Electric Ladyland has been featured on many greatest album lists including a number 10 ranking on Classic Rock UK's list of 100 Greatest Rock Albums Ever
and number 37 on The Times ' 100 Best Albums of All Time. Music journalist and author Peter Doggett argued that it is very likely the greatest rock
album of all time because of its exceptional concept, artful melodies, experimentation, and skilled musicianship, which he felt remains
unparalleled by any other rock artist. In 2003, Q magazine included it on its list of the 100 greatest albums ever.Tom Larson identified
Electric Ladyland as an essential hard rock album in his 2004 book History of Rock and Roll. In 2014, Clash reviewer Robin Murray
viewed it as a "true classic of the psychedelic rock era". More
(A) And the Gods Made Love - Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland) - Cross Town Traffic - Voodoo Chile
(B) Little Miss Strange - Long Hot Summer Night - Come On - Gypsy Eyes - The Burning of the Midnight Lamp
(C) Rainy Day, Dream Away - 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) - Moon, Turn the Tides. . . Gently, Gently Away
(D) Still Raining, Still Dreaming - House Burning Down - All Along the Watchtower - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
"1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" from JimJoeJackJoe on YouTube
