hendrix finished his third album, called electric ladyland - a double album with two lp's - in 1968. in this year, chas chandler (hendrix’s manager) decided to leave hendrix and so did noel redding. when chandler left, hendrix changed everything in his music. he began using different musicians and instruments. he used guitars with flutes and trombones all with distortion to get strange sounds. the album reached number one in the us. it reached number five in the uk. in 2003, vh1 named the album the 72nd best album of all time, and the "rolling stones" magazine gave it 54th greatest album of all time.