People, Hell and Angels

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.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/news/jimi-hendrix--2/67315 |title=Lost Jimi Hendrix album will be released in 2013 |magazine=NME |date=November 21, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2012}} The majority of the recordings are drawn from sessions in 1968 and 1969 at the Record Plant Studios in New York, with a few inclusions from Hendrix's brief residencies at Sound Centre, the Hit Factory, and his own Electric Lady Studios.{{cite news |url=http://www.jimihendrix.com/us/news/jimi-hendrixs-people-hell-angels-coming-march-5-2013 |title=Jimi Hendrix's People, Hell & Angels Coming March 5, 2013! |website=jimihendrix.com (official website)|date=November 26, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2012}}

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{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Westergaard|first=Sean|title=Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell and Angels|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/people-hell-and-angels-mw0002462364|website=AllMusic|access-date=March 6, 2013}}

|rev2 = American Songwriter

|rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite journal|last=Beviglia|first=Jim|date=February 27, 2013|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/02/jimi-hendrix-people-hell-and-angels/|title=Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell And Angels|journal=American Songwriter|access-date=August 11, 2015}}

|rev3 = Consequence of Sound

|rev3score = C−{{cite web|last=Hadusek|first=John|title= Album Review: Jimi Hendrix – People, Hell and Angels |url=https://consequence.net/2013/03/album-review-jimi-hendrix-people-hell-and-angels/|work=Consequence of Sound|access-date=March 7, 2013|date=March 7, 2013}}

|rev4 = The Guardian

|rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=Dave|title=Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell and Angels - Review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/28/jimi-hendrix-people-hell-review|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|access-date=March 6, 2013|date=February 28, 2013}}

|rev5 = The Independent

|rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite news|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=March 1, 2013|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-jimi-hendrix-people-hell-and-angels-experience-hendrix-llcsony-8515541.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-jimi-hendrix-people-hell-and-angels-experience-hendrix-llcsony-8515541.html |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Album review: Jimi Hendrix, People, Hell and Angels Experience Hendrix (LLC/Sony)|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=August 11, 2015}}

|rev6 = NME

|rev6score = 8/10{{cite web|last=Welsh|first=Andy|title=Jimi Hendrix - People, Hell and Angels|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/jimi-hendrix--2/14149|work=NME|publisher=IPC Entertainment Media Network|access-date=March 6, 2013|date=February 27, 2013}}

|rev7 = PopMatters

|rev7Score = 7/10{{cite magazine|last=Murphy|first=Sean|date=March 7, 2013|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/168627-jimi-hendrix-people-hell-angels/|title=People, Hell & Angels|magazine=PopMatters|access-date=August 11, 2015}}

|rev8 = Q

|rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal|journal=Q|title=none|page=117|date=May 2013}}

|rev9 = Rolling Stone

|rev9score= {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Fricke|first=David|title=Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell and Angels|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/people-hell-angels-20130305|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media|access-date=March 6, 2013|date=March 5, 2013}}

|rev10 = Slant Magazine

|rev10score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Scheinman|first=Tom|title=Jimi Hendrix: People, Hell and Angels|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/jimi-hendrix-people-hell-and-angels/2988|work=Slant Magazine|access-date=March 6, 2013|date=February 28, 2013}}

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People, Hell and Angels received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 74, based on 18 reviews.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/people-hell-and-angels/jimi-hendrix|title=Reviews for People, Hell and Angels by Jimi Hendrix|website=Metacritic|access-date=August 11, 2015}} In Rolling Stone, David Fricke said Hendrix "plays at an elevated level in every setting" on the album, while The Wire called the recordings "among the best of Hendrix's late work".{{cite journal|journal=The Wire|title=none|date=April 2013|page=50}} Patrick Humphries from BBC Music wrote that it "offers a tantalising glimpse of how Hendrix's genius might have progressed".{{cite web|last=Humphries|first=Patrick|title=Jimi Hendrix People, Hell and Angels Review|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mdfd|work=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=October 11, 2013}} AllMusic's Sean Westergaard was less enthusiastic and said the album "certainly isn't the place to start your Hendrix collection, but collectors will surely want to hear this". Writing for MSN Music, Robert Christgau called it a quality collection of leftovers highlighted by the songs "Somewhere" and "Let Me Move You", in which Hendrix comps behind saxophonist Lonnie Youngblood.{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=May 7, 2013|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ew2013-05.php|title=Odds and Ends 028|publisher=MSN Music|access-date=August 11, 2015}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Jimi Hendrix, except where noted

|extra_column = Recording date(s) and studio(s)

| total_length = 52:33

| title1 = Earth Blues

| length1 = 3:33

|extra1 = December 19, 1969, at Record Plant Studios

| title2 = Somewhere

| length2 = 4:05

|extra2 = March 13, 1968, at the Sound Centre

| title3 = Hear My Train A Comin'

| length3 = 5:41

|extra3 = May 21, 1969, at Record Plant Studios

| title4 = Bleeding Heart

| note4 = Elmore James

| length4 = 3:58

|extra4 = May 21, 1969, at Record Plant Studios

| title5 = Let Me Move You

| length5 = 6:50

|extra5 = March 18, 1969, at Record Plant Studios

| title6 = Izabella

| length6 = 3:42

|extra6 = August 28, 1969, at the Hit Factory

| title7 = Easy Blues

| length7 = 5:57

|extra7 = August 28, 1969, at the Hit Factory

| title8 = Crash Landing

| length8 = 4:14

|extra8 = April 24, 1969, at Record Plant Studios

| title9 = Inside Out

| length9 = 5:03

|extra9 = June 11, 1968, at Record Plant Studios

| title10 = Hey Gypsy Boy

| length10 = 3:39

|extra10 = March 18, 1969, at Record Plant Studios

| title11 = Mojo Man

| note11 = Albert Allen, Arthur Allen

| length11 = 4:07

|extra11 = June 1969, at Fame Studios
August 1970 at Electric Lady Studios (overdubs)

| title12 = Villanova Junction Blues

| length12 = 1:44

|extra12 = May 21, 1969, at Record Plant Studios

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{{tracklist

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| total_length = 72:34

|extra_column = Recording date and studio

| title13 = Ezy Ryder/MLK Jam [Captain Coconut]

| length13 = 20:01

|extra13 = January 23, 1970, at Record Plant Studios

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;Primary musicians

• Jimi Hendrix – guitars, vocals, (bass guitar on track 9)
• Billy Cox – bass guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–8, 13)
• Buddy Miles – drums (tracks 1–4, 10, 12, 13)
• Mitch Mitchell – drums (tracks 6, 7, 9)
• Juma Sultan – congas (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 12)

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;Additional musicians

• Larry Lee – rhythm guitar (tracks 6, 7)
• Jerry Velez – congas (tracks 6, 7)
• Stephen Stills – bass guitar (track 2)
• Lonnie Youngblood – vocal & saxophone (track 5)
• Rocky Isaac – drums (track 8)
• Al Marks – percussion (track 8)
• Albert Allen – vocal (track 11)
• James Booker – piano (track 11)
• Gerry Sack{{snd}}triangle & mime vocal (track 6)

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