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After struggling to earn a living on the [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] circuit as a backing guitarist, Hendrix signed a management and production contract in 1966 with former [[The Animals (band)|Animals]] bassist [[Chas Chandler]] and ex-Animals manager [[Michael Jeffery (manager)|Michael Jeffery]]. Chandler brought Hendrix to London and recruited members for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, a band designed to showcase the guitarist's talents. In late October, after having been rejected by [[Decca Records]], the Experience signed with [[Track Records|Track]], a new label formed by [[the Who]]'s managers [[Kit Lambert]] and [[Chris Stamp]]. ''Are You Experienced'' and its preceding singles were recorded over a five-month period from late October 1966 through early April 1967. The album was completed in 16 recording sessions at three London locations: [[De Lane Lea Studios]], CBS Studios, and [[Olympic Studios]].
 
Released in the UK on May 12, 1967, ''Are You Experienced'' spent 33 weeks on the [[UK Albums Chart]], peaking at number two. The album was issued in the US on August 23 by [[Reprise Records]], where it reached number five on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs]] chart, remaining on the chart for 106 weeks, 76 of those in the Top 40. The album also spent 70 weeks on the US [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|''Billboard'' Hot R&B LPs]] chart, where it peaked at number 10. The US version contained some of Hendrix's best known songs, including the Experience's first three singles, which, though omitted from the British edition of the LP, were top ten hits in the UK: "[[Purple Haze]]", "[[Hey Joe]]", and "[[The Wind Cries Mary]]". Hendrix was unhappy with the cover artwork for the UK edition, and solicited photographer [[Karl Ferris]] to create a more "[[psychedelic]]" cover for the US release.
 
In the decades since its release, ''Are You Experienced'' has continued to receive acclaim. It was voted number 63 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' in 2000.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|author=[[Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=63}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked ''Are You Experienced'' 30th on its 2020 list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]". In 2010, the magazine placed four songs from the US version of the album on their list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]": "Purple Haze" (17), "[[Foxy Lady]]" (153), "Hey Joe" (201), and "The Wind Cries Mary" (379). In 2005, the album was one of 50 recordings chosen by the [[Library of Congress]] to be added to the [[National Recording Registry]] for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Writer and archivist [[Reuben Jackson]] of the [[Smithsonian Institution]] wrote: "it's still a landmark recording because it is of the rock, R&B, [[blues]]&nbsp;... musical tradition. It altered the syntax of the music&nbsp;... in a way I compare to [[James Joyce]]'s ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]''."<ref name="NPR">{{cite web|date=November 18, 2006 |url=https://www.npr.org/2006/11/18/6491823/the-psychedelic-debut-of-jimi-hendrix |title=The Psychedelic Debut of Jimi Hendrix |publisher=[[NPR]] |access-date=March 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421213321/http://www.npr.org/2006/11/18/6491823/the-psychedelic-debut-of-jimi-hendrix |archive-date=April 21, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>
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