Crash Landing (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Crash Landing
Type = studio
Artist = Jimi Hendrix


Released = Start date|1975|3
Recorded = 1968–1974
Genre = Rock, psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues-rock
Label = Reprise
Length = 29:34
Producer = Alan Douglas, Tony Bongiovi
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hifwxq85ldje link]
*Review-Christgau|B+|album=7001
Last album = "Loose Ends"
(1974)
This album = "Crash Landing"
(1975)
Next album = "Midnight Lightning"
(1975)

"Crash Landing" is a posthumous studio album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, released in March and August 1975 in the United States and the United Kingdom respectively. It was the fifth Hendrix studio album released after his death and was the first to be produced by Alan Douglas.

Douglas is a controversial figure in the history of Jimi Hendrix as he worked by taking unfinished and damaged tracks and using session musicians, none of whom had ever even met Hendrix, to overdub many of the parts. Furthermore, Douglas credited himself as co-writer of five of the eight songs on "Crash Landing", much to the obvious distaste of fans and critics. Despite all this, the album peaked at #5 in the U.S. and #35 in the UK, the highest chart positions since "The Cry of Love".

Track listing

All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix. Alan Douglas claimed co-writer credits on five tracks.

ide one

#"Message to Love" – 3:14
#"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" – 3:30
#*Correct title: "Somewhere"
#"Crash Landing" – 4:14
#"Come Down Hard on Me" – 3:16

ide two

#"Peace in Mississippi" – 4:21
#"With the Power" – 3:28
#"Stone Free Again" – 3:25
#"Captain Coconut" – 4:06
#*Correct title: "M.L.K."

Personnel

Original musicians

*Jimi Hendrix – guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals on tracks 1 and 6
*Buddy Miles – drums on tracks 1, 2, 6 and 8 (tracks 2 and 8 wiped), backing vocals on tracks 1 and 6
*Billy Cox – bass on tracks 1, 4, 6 and 8 (track 4 wiped), backing vocals on tracks 1 and 6
*Noel Redding – bass on tracks 2, 5 and 7 (all wiped), backing vocals on track 7
*Mitch Mitchell – drums on tracks 4, 5 and 7 (all wiped)
*Juma Sultan – percussion on tracks 1 and 6 (track 6 wiped)

ession musicians

*Jimmy Maeulen – percussion on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8
*Jeff Mironov – guitars on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7
*Alan Schwartzberg – drums on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8
*Bob Babbitt – bass on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7
*Linda November – backing vocals on track 3
*Vivian Cherry – backing vocals on track 3
*Barbara Massey – backing vocals on track 3

References

*cite book |last=Shapiro |first=Harry |authorlink=Harry Shapiro (author) |coauthors=Caesar Glebbeek |title=Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy |origdate=1990-09-17 |edition=3rd Edition |date=1995-08-15 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |location=New York |isbn=9780312130626 |pages=pp. 545-46 |chapter=Appendix 1: Music, Sweet Music: The Discography