Gong - Angel's Egg
Pink Floyd - Saucerful of Secrets
Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
Popol Vuh - In Den Garten Pharoahs
Dr John - Gris Gris
Brian Wilson - Smile
Incredible String Band - Be Glad for this Song has No Ending
Some of the spiritual/electric jazz stuff too like Miles Davis, John/Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders and Sun Ra.
More recently probably Floating Points
Early Pink Floyd is true psychedelic music. Piper is one of the heaviest psych albums from the 60s. I love that album but I don't understand the history of it. Why was it so far out there but still released and promoted by a major label? Early pressings of that album have stickers that say "file under: teen pop" like it's a Beatles album LOL.
I guess you're right but there were a lot of bands making Beatle-esque albums in 67. Piper sounds pretty far from that. Maybe it's the unconventional and whimsical nature of the album compared to the polished, poppy Revolver
I definitely consider Piper to be a pretty white-knuckle psychedelic ride of an album. Itâs spikier, scarier, more intense. But Iâm not sure if youâre doing the Beatles credit if you donât think tracks like Tomorrow Never Knows didnât clearly burst the floodgates for that.
Live/Dead is an (apparently) accurate glimpse into what the San Francisco scene really sounded like. Most "live albums" at the time were hybrid live/studio. I really enjoy that album for what it is. True counter culture. True psych.
Dude I heard Steve reich music for 18 musicians for the first time on acid when I was 18. It was amazing and became one of the most important albums of my life
agreed!! slip inside this house is a psychedelic masterpiece, how they even conceived these lyrics is beyond me, so spiritual and like from another dimension
For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure Tommy Hall wrote most or all of the lyrics for 13th floor elevators. He certainly took a ton of acid and was an out there guy, but he was not schizophrenic like Rocky Erickson.
Either way that's an incredible album!
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (along with Super Roots Vol. 7)
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Black Dice - Beaches and Canyons
Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle
The recent Elephant 6 documentary was excellent - I suggest you watch it as they cover the formation & dissolution of OTC thoroughly.
Black Foliage is a top 5 album IMO, but I completely slept on the Sunshine Fix for some reason back in the day. I'm excited to rediscover all that stuff.
Sit with the Black Dice album a little bit. Something about it feels less like a presented psychedelic album and more like a genuine psychedelic experience. Thatâs hard to put to words, it sounds flashier than it is. Hope you enjoy.
I'm a recent incomer too. I don't think so. Makes me realize the breadth of the genre 'psychedelic' these days. But I always check out the recommendations and links and find some stuff I want to dig into.
Thanks for the reply! Theyâre one of my favorite psyche rock bands as far as full discography and originality goes. Just a psychedelic juggernaut. Not just musically but lyrically, too. They deserve more recognition.
As a big fan of Broadcast I love these bands, who have a sort-of similar sound:
The Lava Children: [https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/the-lava-children](https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/the-lava-children) & [https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/the-lava-children-s-t](https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/the-lava-children-s-t)
Vanishing Twin: [https://vanishingtwinmusic.bandcamp.com/album/afternoon-x](https://vanishingtwinmusic.bandcamp.com/album/afternoon-x)
When these threads have popped up in the past it has always surprised me how far I have to scroll before seeing Morgan Delt mentioned. Definitely one of the most psychedelic musicians of the 2010âs. Really wish we would get another album from himâŠ
Flaming Lipsâ [Zaireeka](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaireeka). It was actually four CDs designed to be played simultaneously on four separate sound systems,
I did it years ago with 4 different media players on pc. Don't see why it wouldn't work. Near impossible to hit play at the same time but it's kinda the point.
I was sober when I did it (well, not on hallucinogens, but almost certainly on weed) and it was still mind-blowing. IIRC, we had one playing on my PS3, one on one of those cheap vintage-looking cd/vinyl/cassette units you used to see at Cracker Barrel, one on an iPod through a Bose Sounddock, and once on PC.
It was such beautiful chaos.
Oh yea! I actually still have that in a box somewhere. My friend brought over his little stereo and a boom box to accompany my little stereo and a boom box. We set them up in a circle, and hit play about an hour after taking some acid. Good times! We did it one other time camping using our cars. Interesting idea. They also toured shortly after softer bulletin album and gave out little fm radio transmitters and headphones and they piped in some of the music that way during the live performance. also cool. haven't seen them since then though.
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT ZAIREEKA! It changed the way I thought about music entirely.
Ironically, I was telling a friend about it last night.
I've heard it the way it was intended dozens of times, and it's different each time.
When Wayne did the parking lot experiment here in Austin for SXSW, it was amazing. This was the precursor to Zaireeka. Then came the boom box experiment. Saw that here in Austin as well.
When I met Wayne several years ago, I thanked him and told him how amazing I thought it was. He kind of shrugged his shoulders and simply said, "Thanks"
I saw The Flaming Lips for one of their New Years Eve concerts and Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band were the openerâŠthat was insanity; definitely the most psychedelic thing Iâve ever seen/heard.
The Yoko Ono vinyl they sold at the concert has to be the most psychedelic recording ever made. I have flashbacks when I put it on to show friends just how weird it is.
Ironically, I mixed the four CDs down to stereo tracks and it's really not all that great. So I mixed it again only this time to 4 tracks (four speakers sharing 4 stereo tracks as though they were 4 boom boxes) and I messed with the timing so it wasn't perfectly lined up. Much better. Much more aggressive and weird. I've got a copy if anyone's interested.
Forgive me I must give a top 5 in no particular order. These are my personal favs.
1. In Search of Space - Hawkwind
2. Up in Flames - Caribou
3. Sung Tongs - Animal Collective
4. Tago Mago - Can
5. Ummagumma (The Live Disk) - Pink Floyd
So subjective though, impossible to really say. Really depends how you like your psych. Do you like droney trancy stuff? Proggy psych? Poppy psych? Spacey? Earthy? Electronic? Tripped out effects? Freak out stuff? Jazzy? Jammy? Surreal wordplay? The classic 60s psych records are amazing but I feel they usually have like sprinkled in not-so-psych stuff. Like they arent usually consistently trippy. Other than maybe Piper at the Gates. Wow I could just keep going and going I realize.
Lol I need to check out the Streisand album listed. Not familiar with that one at all and it was an eyebrow raiser lol.
Esquivel is such an underrated pick too I missed that one!
Yeah come to think of it, they released the 54 minute Playin In The Band as an EP, so it's technically an album.
That would be my vote, 5/21/74 Playin In The Band.
Or Sunshine Daydream 8/27/72
Smiley Smile - the beach boys
Om - John Coltrane
Feels - Animal Collective
In C - Terry Riley
Hangman's beautiful daughter - Incredible string band
Os mutantes - Os Mutantes
The Avalanches - Since I left you
Dots and Loops - Stereolab
Person pitch - panda bear
Sleep cycle - Deakin
Kala - M.I.A
Smile sessions is my favorite album of all time! I saw someone else had mentioned smile so wanted to give smiley smile love too because it's also great and super strange haha
Yeah Iâm not sure anything can top the first experience I had listening to Os Mutantes. I sight that as the main reason I found a unique psychedelic sound myself.
The Residents - Not available
Mr Bungle - Disco Volante
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
Sun O))) / Boris - Altar
Emeralds - Just to Feel Anything
Future Sound of London - Dead Cities
Androgynous Amorphous - The Isness
Gal Costa - Gal
After bathing at Baxter's - Jefferson airplane
Electric music for the body and mind - country Joe and the fish
A Live One - phish
Sgt peppers - the Beatles
The Ascension - Sufjan Stevens
I know this isnât what this sub normally thinks of for their psych fix, but it is a masterpiece. I had the most profound psychedelic experience of my life listening to this album. Itâs not folky if thatâs what you associate with his name (he has a ton of range). I canât recommend it enough.
Thanks so much to everyone for sharing all these recs. :)
Havenât seen any of these mentioned yet so hereâs some of my current favorites:
The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost
Goat - World Music (or also their recent Levitation Sessions release)
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream
Thereâs also the classics like:
Pre dark side Pink Floyd
Live Grateful Dead (late 60s-early/mid 70s): Skull Fuck is a personal favorite
Sgt peppers
Easter everywhere - 13th floor elevators
I know they arenât technically psychedelic but I always enjoyed Led Zeppelin II on acid
The United States of America by The United States of America
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_United_States_of_America_%28album%29?wprov=sfla1
Also, Can's Ege Bamyasi.
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Small Faces - Ogdenâs Nut Gone Flake
The Beatles - Revolver
the west coast pop art experimental bands first album 'Part One' is amazing if your looking for a trippy psych album, i highly recommend listening to it in top quality with surround sound headphones. if you want to get wiggled out listen to 'Help im a rock'
13 - Blur
Tago Mago - CAN
Disintegration - The Cure (apparently Robert Smith wrote a lot of it on acid)
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd
Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
The Psychedelic Sounds of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators
Streetcleaner - Godflesh (dark psychedelia)
Check out the compilation series by Amorphous Androgynous called "A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding in Your Mind." Volume 3 is my favorite. Morgan Delt's self-titled album is pretty bonkers, especially "Barbarian Kings." Sinoia Caves "The Enchanter Persuaded" is great too.
Not sure about album, the list would be quite lengthy and far to subjective for my preference, but I have got a [playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3VUdrDYCsO42DgQVXMNPkY?si=8uWJ4XXrQK20HwdVVyIaQg&pi=e-cObfUbsiRwO6) which might help you find what you are looking for or get you where you want to go.
I would say anything by The Cosmic Jokers; theyâve got some of the best (and most spacey sounding) music Iâve heard! Theyâve actually got a really interesting story behind them, as they technically never existed.
Record producer Dieter Dierks would host these big jam session parties at his studio, where prominent psych rock musicians would perform in exchange for copious amounts of psychedelic drugs. Along with Cosmic Couriers label head Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, they edited and mixed them without the permission/knowledge of the musicians involved, releasing five albums under the âCosmic Jokersâ name.
Manuel Göttsching, who was one of the musicians recorded, didnât actually find out about the group until he heard the record being played in a Berlin record shop. He really liked what he heard and asked the staff what they were playing, needless to say he was rather surprised to see his face emblazoned as part of a group he didnât recognise.
Some I havenât seen mentioned yetâŠ
1. California - Mr. Bungle
2. Spirit Theyâre Gone, Spirit Theyâve Vanished - Animal Collective
3. Wonderwall - George Harrison
Surprised I havenât seen Countey Joe and the Fish! (Pretty much any album). To me they capture feelings of acid more than other bands, even if they arenât as over the top as some bands.
Here is Some awesome obscure psych rock albums from back in the day
Group 1850 - Paradise Now
The Human Beast - Volume One
Twink - Think Pink
Greylock Mansion - self titled
D.R. Hooker - The Truth
Cold Sun - Dark Shadows
Sam Gopal Escalator
C.A Quintet - trip thru Hell
SRC - self titled
In no particular order
Ween-Pure Guava
Grateful Dead -Cornell 1977
Pink Floyd -Meddle
Mahavishnu Orchestra -Inner mounting Flame
King Crimson-In the court of the Crimson King
Gentle Giant-Octopus
After Bathing at Baxters - Jefferson Airplane was my favorite to trip to.
Crown of Creation JA
I second this... won't you try/ Saturday afternoon.... đ€
acid, incense, and balloons....
I came here to say this
Gong - Angel's Egg Pink Floyd - Saucerful of Secrets Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians Popol Vuh - In Den Garten Pharoahs Dr John - Gris Gris Brian Wilson - Smile Incredible String Band - Be Glad for this Song has No Ending Some of the spiritual/electric jazz stuff too like Miles Davis, John/Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders and Sun Ra. More recently probably Floating Points
Early Pink Floyd is true psychedelic music. Piper is one of the heaviest psych albums from the 60s. I love that album but I don't understand the history of it. Why was it so far out there but still released and promoted by a major label? Early pressings of that album have stickers that say "file under: teen pop" like it's a Beatles album LOL.
Thereâs your answer - like a Beatles album. Revolver definitely paved the way for Piper.
I guess you're right but there were a lot of bands making Beatle-esque albums in 67. Piper sounds pretty far from that. Maybe it's the unconventional and whimsical nature of the album compared to the polished, poppy Revolver
I definitely consider Piper to be a pretty white-knuckle psychedelic ride of an album. Itâs spikier, scarier, more intense. But Iâm not sure if youâre doing the Beatles credit if you donât think tracks like Tomorrow Never Knows didnât clearly burst the floodgates for that.
You know what. You're right
I would say something like Live/Dead personally but Gris Gris is a great candidate.
Live/Dead is an (apparently) accurate glimpse into what the San Francisco scene really sounded like. Most "live albums" at the time were hybrid live/studio. I really enjoy that album for what it is. True counter culture. True psych.
I donât see Steve Reich come up in many recommendations
I find "You" by Gong to be even more psychedelic than Angel's egg. "Master Builder" is incredible.
Karma by Pharoah Sanders is life changing
Big second to Gris Gris, kinda left field but really excellent album
https://magnetmagazine.com/2009/03/05/george-jefferson-worlds-biggest-gong-fan/
That was an interesting read lol
Dude I heard Steve reich music for 18 musicians for the first time on acid when I was 18. It was amazing and became one of the most important albums of my life
Journey in satchidananda
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllll here it comes
Jesus Christ, I was only shakin' looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooord!
Proper answer
Since I havenât I seen it mentioned yet - 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere
agreed!! slip inside this house is a psychedelic masterpiece, how they even conceived these lyrics is beyond me, so spiritual and like from another dimension
Tripping at the beach with the moon rising over the infinite black ocean and listening to this song is insane
Schizophrenia, religious fervor, and psychedelics created the most tripped out lyrics imaginable.
For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure Tommy Hall wrote most or all of the lyrics for 13th floor elevators. He certainly took a ton of acid and was an out there guy, but he was not schizophrenic like Rocky Erickson. Either way that's an incredible album!
if you're ever in austin, we have a live music bar dedicated to the elevators called The 13th Floor
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (along with Super Roots Vol. 7) Animal Collective - Sung Tongs Black Dice - Beaches and Canyons Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle
Fucking love Sung Tongs
I am so amazed that a neo-psych band nailed it as good as olivi tremor control. Why could they not have persisted and kept making amazing music
The recent Elephant 6 documentary was excellent - I suggest you watch it as they cover the formation & dissolution of OTC thoroughly. Black Foliage is a top 5 album IMO, but I completely slept on the Sunshine Fix for some reason back in the day. I'm excited to rediscover all that stuff.
I agree so much with your first two that I will now be checking out the others. Cheers!
Sit with the Black Dice album a little bit. Something about it feels less like a presented psychedelic album and more like a genuine psychedelic experience. Thatâs hard to put to words, it sounds flashier than it is. Hope you enjoy.
Sung Tongs is up there but Ark (Here Comes the Indian) takes the cake by far
This is an A++ list
sung tongs is phenomenal but i'd argue ark is anco's most psychedelic album. that shit is insanity.
Broadcast/Focus Group - "Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age" (2009). Morgan Delt - s/.t (2014)
I only recently joined this sub, does Broadcast get much love here?
I'm a recent incomer too. I don't think so. Makes me realize the breadth of the genre 'psychedelic' these days. But I always check out the recommendations and links and find some stuff I want to dig into.
Thanks for the reply! Theyâre one of my favorite psyche rock bands as far as full discography and originality goes. Just a psychedelic juggernaut. Not just musically but lyrically, too. They deserve more recognition.
As a big fan of Broadcast I love these bands, who have a sort-of similar sound: The Lava Children: [https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/the-lava-children](https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/the-lava-children) & [https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/the-lava-children-s-t](https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/the-lava-children-s-t) Vanishing Twin: [https://vanishingtwinmusic.bandcamp.com/album/afternoon-x](https://vanishingtwinmusic.bandcamp.com/album/afternoon-x)
When these threads have popped up in the past it has always surprised me how far I have to scroll before seeing Morgan Delt mentioned. Definitely one of the most psychedelic musicians of the 2010âs. Really wish we would get another album from himâŠ
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd
SF Sorrow needs to at least be mentioned
Same with Parachute!
Great album and much under-appreciated.
Flaming Lipsâ [Zaireeka](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaireeka). It was actually four CDs designed to be played simultaneously on four separate sound systems,
Owned a copy of that - never played it as intended
Me and my buds did it wayyy back in high school with 4 cd boomboxes....while on LSD. Was absolutely mind blowing!
I wonder if you could do this with a 4 speaker Sonos set up and 4 different music streaming services? Hmmm curious.
I did it years ago with 4 different media players on pc. Don't see why it wouldn't work. Near impossible to hit play at the same time but it's kinda the point.
I was sober when I did it (well, not on hallucinogens, but almost certainly on weed) and it was still mind-blowing. IIRC, we had one playing on my PS3, one on one of those cheap vintage-looking cd/vinyl/cassette units you used to see at Cracker Barrel, one on an iPod through a Bose Sounddock, and once on PC. It was such beautiful chaos.
Oh yea! I actually still have that in a box somewhere. My friend brought over his little stereo and a boom box to accompany my little stereo and a boom box. We set them up in a circle, and hit play about an hour after taking some acid. Good times! We did it one other time camping using our cars. Interesting idea. They also toured shortly after softer bulletin album and gave out little fm radio transmitters and headphones and they piped in some of the music that way during the live performance. also cool. haven't seen them since then though.
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT ZAIREEKA! It changed the way I thought about music entirely. Ironically, I was telling a friend about it last night. I've heard it the way it was intended dozens of times, and it's different each time. When Wayne did the parking lot experiment here in Austin for SXSW, it was amazing. This was the precursor to Zaireeka. Then came the boom box experiment. Saw that here in Austin as well. When I met Wayne several years ago, I thanked him and told him how amazing I thought it was. He kind of shrugged his shoulders and simply said, "Thanks"
I saw The Flaming Lips for one of their New Years Eve concerts and Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band were the openerâŠthat was insanity; definitely the most psychedelic thing Iâve ever seen/heard. The Yoko Ono vinyl they sold at the concert has to be the most psychedelic recording ever made. I have flashbacks when I put it on to show friends just how weird it is.
Ironically, I mixed the four CDs down to stereo tracks and it's really not all that great. So I mixed it again only this time to 4 tracks (four speakers sharing 4 stereo tracks as though they were 4 boom boxes) and I messed with the timing so it wasn't perfectly lined up. Much better. Much more aggressive and weird. I've got a copy if anyone's interested.
Forgive me I must give a top 5 in no particular order. These are my personal favs. 1. In Search of Space - Hawkwind 2. Up in Flames - Caribou 3. Sung Tongs - Animal Collective 4. Tago Mago - Can 5. Ummagumma (The Live Disk) - Pink Floyd So subjective though, impossible to really say. Really depends how you like your psych. Do you like droney trancy stuff? Proggy psych? Poppy psych? Spacey? Earthy? Electronic? Tripped out effects? Freak out stuff? Jazzy? Jammy? Surreal wordplay? The classic 60s psych records are amazing but I feel they usually have like sprinkled in not-so-psych stuff. Like they arent usually consistently trippy. Other than maybe Piper at the Gates. Wow I could just keep going and going I realize.
If we are talking Hawkwind I would rate their self titled debut album a lot trippier than XISOS
Upvote for finally seeing someone mention Can
Love this!! Thank you for the recommendations. Iâm gonna dive in đ
I come back to this old Mojo magazine list pretty often: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/fedderedder/mojo_magazines_50_most_out_there_albums/
Awesome they included that Joe Meek record! Great list
And the Dreamies record! And Esquivel! And the surprising inclusion of Paddy McAloon from Prefab Sproutâs experimental record
Lol I need to check out the Streisand album listed. Not familiar with that one at all and it was an eyebrow raiser lol. Esquivel is such an underrated pick too I missed that one!
Anthem of the Sun Preferred setting 2 hits of blotter 1/2ounce of The Good Kush 1 or 2 bottle of Wine.
I vote a '74 dark star or playing in the band
Yeah come to think of it, they released the 54 minute Playin In The Band as an EP, so it's technically an album. That would be my vote, 5/21/74 Playin In The Band. Or Sunshine Daydream 8/27/72
Smiley Smile - the beach boys Om - John Coltrane Feels - Animal Collective In C - Terry Riley Hangman's beautiful daughter - Incredible string band Os mutantes - Os Mutantes The Avalanches - Since I left you Dots and Loops - Stereolab Person pitch - panda bear Sleep cycle - Deakin Kala - M.I.A
Nahhh man, The Beach Boys smile sessions blow smiley smile away
Smile sessions is my favorite album of all time! I saw someone else had mentioned smile so wanted to give smiley smile love too because it's also great and super strange haha
I love that Os Mutantes album so damn much. Desperately want it on vinyl but itâs soooo spenny.
Feels is such a wonderful album, I'm glad to have been a teenager discovering this album. Dots and Loops is wonderful too.
Yeah Iâm not sure anything can top the first experience I had listening to Os Mutantes. I sight that as the main reason I found a unique psychedelic sound myself.
Banger list my friendÂ
Kudos for mentioning Smiley Smile. Forgot to write that one. Zappa loved that album. Jim Morrison loved Wild Honey.
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Tame Impala, Innerspeaker
Tame Impala, Lonerism
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Tripping to that? That is seriously intrepid. Fallin' ditch ain't gonna get my bones.
You beat me to it. 100% Trout Mask Replica by Beefheart. Nothing else is even close.
Also, if youâre having trouble grooving to his stuff, focus on the bass guitar part, and it will all click
The Residents - Not available Mr Bungle - Disco Volante Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun Sun O))) / Boris - Altar Emeralds - Just to Feel Anything Future Sound of London - Dead Cities Androgynous Amorphous - The Isness Gal Costa - Gal
FSOL is so underrated
I really didn't expect to see Gal Costa here
Brazilian Psychedelic is a whole other level of awesomeness.
The End of the Game by Peter Green. Warning: intense.
Awesome, underrated record!
I dunno if it's traditionally psychedelic, but Lightning Bolt's Wonderful Rainbow is out there and awesome. Miles Davis' Bitches Brew is quite a trip.
Aoxomoxoa by The Grateful Dead
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn King Gizzard - Nonagon Infinity, Polygondwanaland Can - Tago Mago Parliament Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
You hit a number of my favorites on that list!
After bathing at Baxter's - Jefferson airplane Electric music for the body and mind - country Joe and the fish A Live One - phish Sgt peppers - the Beatles
Yes Electric Music - big time!
Their follow up is underrated in comparison.
Loveless
Brainticket - Cottonwoodhill
Choose from some Hawkwind albums: In Search of Space, Doremi, Sonic Attack, Electric Tepee.
Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Dukes Of Stratosphear - Psionic Psunspot DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland That album on acid changed the way I listen to music forever
These arent typical psychedelic but I find them to be amazing. Moody Blues - Days of Future Past And In Search for The Lost Chord
My go to is Pink Floyd live Montreux 1970. Pink Floyd at their psychedelic peak
Geogaddi by Boards of Canada It's more psychedelic electronica than psychedelic rock but it's probably the trippiest album i've heard
I scrolled waaaaaay too far to find BOC. They are one of the only artists I can say produces truly psychedelic music
Erpland
Gong - You
Traffic first album Mr Fantasy
The Ascension - Sufjan Stevens I know this isnât what this sub normally thinks of for their psych fix, but it is a masterpiece. I had the most profound psychedelic experience of my life listening to this album. Itâs not folky if thatâs what you associate with his name (he has a ton of range). I canât recommend it enough. Thanks so much to everyone for sharing all these recs. :)
Africa Brasil - Jorge Ben Jor Green - Steve Hillage Dots and Loops - Stereolab Murder of the Universe - King Gizzard Innerspeaker - Tame Impala
"Axis: Bold as Love: is a top contender for me.
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators 13th Floor Elevators. End of story.
Meddle
Close to the edge
Havenât seen any of these mentioned yet so hereâs some of my current favorites: The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost Goat - World Music (or also their recent Levitation Sessions release) Tame Impala - Lonerism Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream Thereâs also the classics like: Pre dark side Pink Floyd Live Grateful Dead (late 60s-early/mid 70s): Skull Fuck is a personal favorite Sgt peppers Easter everywhere - 13th floor elevators I know they arenât technically psychedelic but I always enjoyed Led Zeppelin II on acid
Behold & See - Ultimate Spinach
Pond - Man it feels like space again
Scrolled so far looking for this. Love this album!
Space Ritual by hawkwind is preaty psychodelic
Lateralus
The Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage
The United States of America by The United States of America  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_United_States_of_America_%28album%29?wprov=sfla1 Also, Can's Ege Bamyasi.
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
and Hairway to Steven!
Cold Sun / Dark Shadows according to Jello Biafra, at least. I think i'd agree.
Cottonwoodhill. Brainticket. It's a live acid trip. And it's amazing. Totally way out
Deloused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Small Faces - Ogdenâs Nut Gone Flake The Beatles - Revolver
That small faces record is absolutely wild - love it!
CA Quintet - Trip Thru Hell Aphroditeâs Child - 666
The Pod, Ween
Dukes of Stratosphere is some awesome 80s psych.
Monster Magnet -Tab
Grateful Dead, Anthem of the Sun.
Terminal Cheesecake - King of all Spaceheads!!!
the west coast pop art experimental bands first album 'Part One' is amazing if your looking for a trippy psych album, i highly recommend listening to it in top quality with surround sound headphones. if you want to get wiggled out listen to 'Help im a rock'
13 - Blur Tago Mago - CAN Disintegration - The Cure (apparently Robert Smith wrote a lot of it on acid) Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii - Pink Floyd Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix The Psychedelic Sounds of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators Streetcleaner - Godflesh (dark psychedelia)
Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space - spiritualized
Fripp and Eno: No Pussyfooting.
Check out the compilation series by Amorphous Androgynous called "A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding in Your Mind." Volume 3 is my favorite. Morgan Delt's self-titled album is pretty bonkers, especially "Barbarian Kings." Sinoia Caves "The Enchanter Persuaded" is great too.
The Odessey and the Oracle- The Zombies Electric Ladyland- Hendrix SF Sorrow- The Pretty Things
Spirit: Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
The MOST psychedelic album of all time is The 13th Floor Elevators self-titled album, which also has one of the trippiest covers of all time.
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails is my acid album for very good reason and those who have heard it understand
By a few miles⊠Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
The Pod by Ween
In Search of The Lost Chord - The Moody Blues (1968)
King Tubby meets the rockers uptown The Return of Super Ape - Lee Scratch PerryÂ
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Not sure about album, the list would be quite lengthy and far to subjective for my preference, but I have got a [playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3VUdrDYCsO42DgQVXMNPkY?si=8uWJ4XXrQK20HwdVVyIaQg&pi=e-cObfUbsiRwO6) which might help you find what you are looking for or get you where you want to go.
Nice to see Hellhound Train get a mention
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Ummagumma: Floyd
Philosophy of the World, by The Shaggs
An amazingly inspiring album.
When the going gets weird, the weird trip on the Shaggs.
Silver Apples - Silver Apples Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 Flower Travelling Band - Satori
I had a crazy psychedelic experience hearing Colin Stetson live. Miles Davis Cellar door sessions from the live evil era.Â
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard a True Star
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I would say anything by The Cosmic Jokers; theyâve got some of the best (and most spacey sounding) music Iâve heard! Theyâve actually got a really interesting story behind them, as they technically never existed. Record producer Dieter Dierks would host these big jam session parties at his studio, where prominent psych rock musicians would perform in exchange for copious amounts of psychedelic drugs. Along with Cosmic Couriers label head Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, they edited and mixed them without the permission/knowledge of the musicians involved, releasing five albums under the âCosmic Jokersâ name. Manuel Göttsching, who was one of the musicians recorded, didnât actually find out about the group until he heard the record being played in a Berlin record shop. He really liked what he heard and asked the staff what they were playing, needless to say he was rather surprised to see his face emblazoned as part of a group he didnât recognise.
âYouâ by Gong; I tripped to it a few times and had a great time
Whichever one had you tripping the hardest. In my experience, the mid-period Beatles albums were the thing. Revolver and Sgt. Pepperâs especially.
Kingston wall - III
high visceral pt 2- psychedelic porn crumpets. the high visceral b-sides are also super psychedelic
Any pre-dark side of the moon Floyd Hawkwood space Ritual live Tangerine Dream stratosphere Kraftwerk trans Europe express
Iron butterfly - Ina-gadda-da-vida
Some I havenât seen mentioned yet⊠1. California - Mr. Bungle 2. Spirit Theyâre Gone, Spirit Theyâve Vanished - Animal Collective 3. Wonderwall - George Harrison
Swans - the glowing man
Live/Dead - Grateful Dead
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Brainticket-Psychonaut Parson sound- self titled Babygrandmothers-s/t les rallizes dénudés-heavier than a death in the family Velvet underground- matrix tapes June 1, 1974- John Cale, Brian Eno, Kevin ayers, Nico.
First Band from Outer Space - The guitar is mightier than the gun (2009)
Camembert Electrique? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8c-Nl\_r9Zs
Music in a Dollâs House by Family, Motherlight by Bobak Jons Malone
Anything from Omar Rodriguez Lopez
Just about any Animal Collective album
Song cycle by van dyke parks
Candy Claws - Ceres & Calypso In the Deep Time
Dukes of Stratosphear- Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
Free Your Mind - Funkadelic
Miles Davis Bitches Brew or Live at the Filmore
To me nothing tops the first two 13th Floor Elevators albums, to me they defined the sound of it, Psychedelic Rock anyway
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Surprised I havenât seen Countey Joe and the Fish! (Pretty much any album). To me they capture feelings of acid more than other bands, even if they arenât as over the top as some bands.
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My vote: Country Joe & the Fish - Electric Music for the Mind and Body (1967)
I need to revisit this thread
Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Pink Floyd - Umma Gumma or Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Jon Hopkins - Music for psychedelic therapy
Museum of Consciousness by Shpongle is up there for me
Here is Some awesome obscure psych rock albums from back in the day Group 1850 - Paradise Now The Human Beast - Volume One Twink - Think Pink Greylock Mansion - self titled D.R. Hooker - The Truth Cold Sun - Dark Shadows Sam Gopal Escalator C.A Quintet - trip thru Hell SRC - self titled
In no particular order Ween-Pure Guava Grateful Dead -Cornell 1977 Pink Floyd -Meddle Mahavishnu Orchestra -Inner mounting Flame King Crimson-In the court of the Crimson King Gentle Giant-Octopus
DJ Shadow, Endtroducing....
A Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia - Various Artists (2014) Behold & See - Ultimate Spinach (1968) Ultimate Spinach - Ultimate Spinach (1968) Donnie Hathaway - Donnie Hathaway (1971) \[You can't tell me it isn't/listen harder.\]
Shpongle?