What are your Top 5. Psychedelic Albums?

Also: Neon Indian - Era Extraña

Reeeeeaaaaaally good. Especially with DXM.

 

1. Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (1968)

2. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)

3. The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966)

4. The Blues Magoos - Psychedelic Lollipop (1966)

5. Love - Forever Changes (1967)

6. Ultimate Spinach - Behold & See (1968)

7. The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesty's Request (1967)

8. Big Brother & the Holding Company - Self titled album (1967)

9. Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)

10. Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense & Peppermints (1967)

Just had to add five more, I have too many favorites.

 

No problem, very awesome list!:2thumbsup:

 

1. Brainticket - Cottonwoodhill
2. Brainticket - Psychonaut
3. Greatful Dead - Aoxomoxoa
4. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
5. Eloy - Colours

 

In NO particular order, this is my favorite psych repertoire:

Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Country Joe and the Fish - Electric Music for the Mind and Body
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Joseph - Stoned Age Man
The Power of Zeus - The Gospel According to Zeus
Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun
The Doors - Strange Days
Cream - Disraeili Gears
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere
The United States of America - The United States of America
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
The Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship - Blows Against The Empire

 

10. Kevin Ayers - Bananamour
9. Acid Mothers Temple - Absolutely Freak Out
8. Captian Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
7. Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
6. Incredible String Band - 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion
5. MGMT - Congratulations
4. Gnod and White Hills - Gnod Drop Out With White Hills II
3. Syd Barrett - Barrett
2. Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
1. Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

I couldn't choose just 5 sorry!

 

Haha thats alright, it seems almost no one could ony pick five, maybe I should have titled it top 20? lol

Good choices btw, 5000 Spirits is definitly in my top 5's right now.

 

Seeing lots of favourites here. You guys are MY type of guys.

Here's a list of psychedelic masterpieces in no particular order off the top of my head. Everyone NEEDS to hear these:

Animal Collective - "Merriweather Post Pavilion"
Animal Collective - "Strawberry Jam"
Grizzly Bear - "Veckatimest"
Pink Floyd - "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" (mono version)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Electric Ladyland"
Jefferson Airplane - "After Bathing at Baxter's"
Country Joe & The Fish - "Electric Music for the Mind and Body"
13th Floor Elevators - "Easter Everywhere"
Grateful Dead - "Anthem of the Sun"
The Beach Boys - "SMiLE"
The Moody Blues - "Days of Future Passed" (A mix of classical music and psych-inspired rock)

The Beatles - "Revolver", "Sgt Pepper's" and "Magical Mystery Tour" pretty much cover their psychedelic period.

Anything by Donovan, but the "Sunshine Superman" album is the best place to start. Especially with the new 2011 stereo remix.

The Doors, The Byrds, Cream and any other others I haven't mentioned are amazing, too. Can't get into "Trout Mask Replica" no matter what, though. Sorry guys.

I'm seeing Incredible String Band here listed quite a bit. I haven't listened to them yet, but I burned their 60's albums on CD and they're waiting for me in my music binder. I should really get on that soon.

Shpongle is another one I should get to. My friend's started showing a lot of interest towards them.

 

Purple Overdose? They aren't 60's though.

My top 5:

Strawberry Alarm Clock: Wake Up, It's Tomorrow
The Beach Boys: Friends
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
The Zombies: Odessey (sic) and Oracle
Pinback: This Is a Pinback CD

I know that there are better songs on some albums that I didn't mention, but I don't really know a lot of albums, mostly just bands, so.

And I would have to second SMiLE, although listen to Brian Wilson's solo version, not the SMiLE sessions, because they are incomplete productions, so they're missing things usually. Only a few of the songs were completely done in 1967 when Brian abandoned the project.

 

Deep Purple? Their early albums are psychedelic with 'Hush' being their most popular song from those years, they also were popular in the 70's but took on a more hard rock/heavy metal sound.

 

The SMiLE Sessions release is like 90% done, and the few songs that weren't finished are still there in instrumental form. I prefer the 60's Beach Boys version over the Brian Wilson solo version, because of the production. The solo version sounds too digitally modernized. Plus, let's face it, his voice was much better when he was younger.

I still give him the maddest props for completing the solo version, but I highly disagree in forgoing the 60's version.

 

The Delay 1968 release by Can is phenomenal. especially 'Little Star of Bethlehem'.

The Seeds self-titled album is awesome.

Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer is absolutely bitchin'.

Big Brother & the Holding Co.'s live-album from Winterland in '68 is also great.

The Electric Prunes' live-album Stockholm '67 is probably my fave, though.

 

AMEN to the CAN!!!!!

My favorites:

1) Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd

2) Forever Changes - Love

3) Monster Movie - Can

4) Axis: Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

5) S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things

 

Well, I mean, I have the 60's version on record, and I listened to it followed by the Brian Wilson version, and it just irritates me in some songs where there's like, no lead vocal or something like On a Holiday or one of those. I do like the ambience better in the sessions, they sound more authentic, but when I listen to them, I hear sessions, not a finished work of art. It's like a Mona Lisa without the smile. Or the SMiLE.

 

5. Farmer's Reserve - Medeski Martin & Wood
4. It Still Moves - My Morning Jacket
3. Phish Destroys America - Phish
2. One Ten Hundred Thousand Million - The Octopus Project
1. In Rainbows - Radiohead

 

Was it something I said?

 

1. "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" - Incredible String Band
2. "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" - Pink Floyd
3. "Balaklava" - Pearls Before Swine
4. "The Parable of Arable Land" - the Red Crayola
5. "Easter Everywhere" - 13th Floor Elevators

and there are so many more....

 

It's also so cool that people are picking things like Brainticket and Can, krautrock for the win!

And whoever put ISB's "5000 Spirits" on their list is the man.

 

All Incredible String Band is great! Hangmans Beautiful Daughter, Wee Tam and The Big Huge, Changing Horses, and have you ever seen their movie "Be Glad For This Song Has No Ending"? Just awesomeness!

 

Easter Everywhere, 13th Floor Elevators
Revolver, Beatles
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, Pink Floyd
Electric Ladyland, Jimi Hendrix Experience
Mass in F Minor, Electric Prunes!!!!!!!!!!!