| Smash Hits | |
| Cover: | SmashHits.jpg |
| Alt: | Three photos of Hendrix in colorful clothing with the album title above him |
| Type: | greatest |
| Artist: | the Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| Recorded: | October 1966 – July 1967 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 44:31 |
| Label: | Polydor/Track (UK) Reprise (US) |
| Producer: | Chas Chandler |
| Chronology: | Jimi Hendrix UK |
| Prev Year: | 1967 |
| Next Title: | Electric Ladyland |
| Next Year: | 1968 |
Smash Hits is a compilation album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Track Records first issued it on April 12, 1968, in the UK and included all four of the group's singles (both A and B sides) released up to that time, plus four additional songs from the UK edition of Are You Experienced.
Reprise Records did not issue the album in the US until July 30, 1969, with some different tracks. It included two songs from Electric Ladyland and three tracks from the UK edition of Are You Experienced, which were previously unreleased in the US (including a stereo version of "Red House" from a different take than the original mono album version).
Smash Hits has been reissued several times on CD; however, it has been largely superseded by more recent and comprehensive compilations, such as (1997).
Neither the UK or US edition of Smash Hits contain any songs from .
In a review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album four and a half out of five stars. He notes "the main strength of Smash Hits is that it contains the best-known big-name songs in one place. Maybe not enough to make the collection essential, but still enough to make it a representative, accurate sampler".
Robert Christgau included the album in his "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in (1981).[1]
The running times are taken from the 1980 Polydor (Europe) and 1979 Reprise (US) reissues; the original Track Records and Reprise Records Smash Hits LPs did not include track lengths. Other releases may show different information. All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.
| Chart (1968–1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada RPM LP Chart[2] | 3 |
| Germany Charts[3] | 19 |
| Norway Charts[4] | 11 |
| UK Official Charts[5] | 4 |
| US Billboard 200 | 6 |
| US Best Selling Soul LP's[6] | 22 |
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it as 2× Multi Platinum[7] and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) ceritifed it as Gold.[8]