The Cry of Love is a posthumous compilation album by Jimi Hendrix. It includes new material that he was working on for his planned fourth studio album. The songs were selected by recording engineer Eddie Kramer and drummer Mitch Mitchell, who are also credited with producing the album.<\/p>\n
Released on March 5, 1971, by Reprise Records in the United States and Track Records in the United Kingdom, the album was successful on the record charts in both countries and was eventually certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1998. Critics responded favorably to the album, viewing it as an impressive tribute to Hendrix. Several of the songs on The Cry of Love were later featured on other efforts to recreate the album Hendrix had been working on, including Voodoo Soup in 1995 and First Rays of the New Rising Sun in 1997.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Cry of Love is a posthumous compilation album by Jimi Hendrix. It includes new material that he was working on for his planned fourth studio album. The songs were selected by recording engineer Eddie Kramer and drummer Mitch Mitchell, who are also credited with producing the album. Released on March 5, 1971, by Reprise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":3356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[1,82],"class_list":["post-3355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jimi-hendrix","tag-international-rock","tag-psychedelic-rock"],"yoast_head":"\n