The Cry of Love

The Cry of Love
The Cry of Love
Studio album / compilation by Jimi Hendrix
Released	March 5, 1971
Recorded	March 1968 – August 1970
Studio	Electric Lady; Record Plant; Sound Center (New York);
Genre	Psychedelic rock;
Length	39:48
Label	Polydor/Track (UK); Reprise (US); Barclay (France); RTB (Yugoslavia)
Producer	Jimi Hendrix; Eddie Kramer; Mitch Mitchell;
Jimi Hendrix US chronology
Jimi Hendrix UK chronology
Singles from The Cry of Love
	"Freedom" / "Angel"; Released: March 8, 1971 (US); "Angel" / "Night Bird Flying"; Released: 1971 (UK);

The Cry of Love is the first posthumous album of music by American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Recorded primarily in 1970, it features new material that Hendrix was working on for his planned fourth studio album before his death later that year. While most of the songs were included on proposed track listings by Hendrix, the final selection was made by recording engineer Eddie Kramer and drummer Mitch Mitchell, with input from manager Michael Jeffery. Hendrix, Kramer, and Mitchell are credited as the album's producers, with Jeffery as the executive producer.

Released on March 5, 1971, six months after his death on September 18, 1970, by Reprise Records in the United States and Track Records in the United Kingdom, The Cry of Love was successful on the record charts in both countries and was 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 its songs 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.