War Heroes


War Heroes is a compilation album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Released in the UK in October 1972, and in December 1972 in the US, it was the third album of mostly unreleased studio recordings to be issued after Hendrix's death. The album was engineered, mixed and compiled by Eddie Kramer and John Jansen, although biographer and later Hendrix producer John McDermott also identifies Hendrix as a producer.
War Heroes contains three songs that Hendrix proposed for his fourth studio album: "Stepping Stone", "Izabella", and "Beginnings". These and songs from the two 1971 albums, The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge, were included on First Rays of the New Rising Sun. War Heroes reached number 23 in the UK Albums Chart, number 48 on the US Billboard 200, and number 51 in Canada.

Reception

Robert Christgau felt that the material was "toward the bottom of the barrel", with tracks like "Peter Gunn" and "3 Little Bears," sounding like "filler", though on the whole "still strong stuff", particularly "the "Highway Chile" riff and the sheer speed of "Steppin' Stone"". He rated the album a B in his scoring system.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

Personnel