Live At Berkeley
by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Live At Berkeley is ranked 26th best out of 71 albums by Jimi Hendrix on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jimi Hendrix is Are You Experienced which is ranked number 38 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,608.
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Live At Berkeley track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Live At Berkeley rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | areminder | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 72/100 | 29 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the '00's (201 - 300) | 37/100 | - |
| 2024 | iancrockert141 | Top 30 Music Albums of 2003 | 25/30 | 1 |
| 2024 | glynspsa | Live | 86/99 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | 35 greatest live acts according to unpasted | 22/34 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Washington State | 56/100 | - |
| 2022 | Johnnyo | Top live albums of the 00’s | 15/43 | - |
| 2022 | Johnnyo | Essential blues albums picked by blues artists - Alan Paul | 45/56 | - |
| 2022 | 0129114 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 84/100 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 83 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/08/2026 02:04 | areminder | 930 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2023 22:16 | plasmicmist | 1,988 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2021 22:51 | Smith | 262 | 85/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 08/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5395): By areminder
pedro1976 03/17/2023 08:53 in What album are you listening to right now?Live At Berkeley comments
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Overall a very strong set, but some of the shorter songs have better recorded performances elsewhere. That being said, this set does contain the best recorded performances of Pass It On (Straight Ahead), and Voodoo Child (Slight Return). Pass It On is one of his most incredible openers to a set ever. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) is fine, but the best version is to be found on the Live at Maui set. Lover Man here is a lot of fun (especially with the Flight of the Bumblebee motif) but has a few sloppy moments. Machine Gun is great but not as mind meltingly spectacular as the 3rd and 4th shows from the Songs for Groovy Children boxset. The rest is pretty standard for Hendrix.
Between the great version of Voodoo Child (Slight Return) here and released performances from the early Berkeley set - the Johnny B. Goode (found on The Jimi Hendrix Experience purple box set) and "Hear My Train A Comin'" (found on the Jimi Hendrix "Blues" album's final track) performances - it's clear Hendrix was really feeling inspired on these recordings to play at the top of his abilities. If given a time machine, I'd probably go see Hendrix either at these sets or the new year's eve Band of Gypsys sets. Jimi Hendrix in 1970 on his Cry of Love tour with Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell backing him is to date the greatest rock 3 piece ever, and no act has ever come close.
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