Loose Ends review

The 4th posthumous compilation album of Jimi Hendrix's work. This is another fairly rare record that isn't even available in its entirety on Spotify. It only contains 8 songs. Since it's a rare album, some of the reviews below might be alternative, but highly similar versions of the tracks on this album.

Tracks:

1. Come Down Hard on Me Baby: 7/10 simple and unmemorable, but genuinely quite fun.

2. Blue Suede Shoes: 8/10 a really entertaining cover song. Come to think of it, Jimi Hendrix does seem to have a knack for doing excellent covers.

3. Jam 292: 8/10 a generic but highly enjoyable jam.

4. The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice: 6/10 if you ignore the terrible writing, it's a perfectly decent rock song.

5. Drifter's Escape: 7/10 despite being 2 such different artists, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix do go together well.

6. Burning Desire: 7/10 a good track but it doesn't show Hendrix at his peak.

7. Born a Hoochie Coochie Man: 6/10 average.

8. Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland): 5/10 a fairly bland instrumental version.

Best song: Blue Suede Shoes
Worst song: Born a Hoochie Coochie Man (Out of the songs which didn't appear on earlier albums)

Summary: Another unremarkable but decent compilation album. It's a rarity that doesn't need to be discovered and most, if not all of the songs can be found on other albums. It doesn't match the earlier stuff, but in fairness none of the songs on this album are particuarly bad and it gets off to a pretty decent stuff. As usual, it's Hendrix and his guitar that truly make the album.


Final rating: 7/10