K. Stockhausen Sternklang indeed, thank You, Syd Barrett Pink Floyd, also Gong, and Kaleidoscope side trips and a beacon from mars, definitely Jerry Garcia & the Grateful Dead. It has some elements, but Tame Impala has essentially put the genre behind him with that album. Their first four albums could have made this list. The cover looked cool and that was about all. Shocked that you chose Revolver over Sgt. Bubble Puppy A Gathering Of Promises yes erland,uria heep were an early “heavy rock”band as oppose to electric blues but were born out nof the gods who had psychedelic roots. :0. Children of the Future – Steve Miller Band I certainly would rate “Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus” by Spirit somewhere in the top 25 psychedelic albums of all time as well…. Already known as a superior pop singer, Costa collaborates here with a sublimely freaky studio band. 1. Hell, you can trip on ‘Warrior on the Edge of Time’ without any drugs. Jefferson Airplane’s “After Bathing at Baxter’s” and “Crown of Creation” are both far better and more psychedelic albums than “Surrealistic Pillow”. Great list. Are you guys having a laugh? In ’66 “Sunshine Superman” was full on Celtic psychedelic followed a year later by “Mellow Yellow”. “The Sylvie and Babs Hi Fi” by Nurse with Wound. Traffic’s first album was the revolutionary one: Mr. Fantasy. Glad someone has mentioned rotary connection. I looked pretty hard and not a mention of Ten Years After and one of their great psychedelic tunes ‘50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain’.. Spirit is often over looked for some reason. Regardless here’s a few titles to think about : King Crimson – In The Court Of Crimson King, Radiohead – Ok Computer, The Police – Synchronicity, Rush – 2112, Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?, I Mother Earth – Scenery And Fish, Pink Floyd – Ummagumma (& just about everything they released before Dark Side Of The Moon). I agree! Not sure about Revolver… if you want a Beatles one, I’d have to agree with this other commenting person that Magic Mystery Tour is their most psychedelic, even if it’s not as innovative. The band’s sophomore opus takes the psychedelic blues-rock template of their debut and amplifies it, cranking frontman Robert Plant’s mystique and raw sexuality to 11. The Doors first album is their masterpiece but I wouldn’t consider it psychedelic. 1. It’s better than the rest of those albums put together. They originate from the remnants of a previous band of guitarist Scott Holiday. In Search Of The Lost Chord. Love those albums. Best Of 2019 Space Rock: 2019. Jimi – Are You Experienced? And surely an honourable mention for The Small Faces ‘Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake’ for side 2 alone, with the completely barking narration by Stanley Unwin, between the very trippy music. King Crimson. No one on staff with the balls or the brains to offer some insight/ and or justification into the validity of each choice!?! sweet smoke,,,,,,silly sally and just a poke ?????????? There’s something beautifully English about the whimsical hippie humour in the title track and ‘Golf Girl’, which turns the illicit substance into tea. Their music truly enhanced the hallucinations, defining the effect of psychedelic music. Zappa must be here!!! Album-Strange Universe?? Richard Norris is a man of many psych talents. good to see that there are so many comments on Caravan Great band that had a good run. Who Do You Love?, a crazed hard rock cover of a Bo Diddley song which got to No.14 in the UK, and stayed in the chart for three months. Get the latest rock news straight to your inbox! Whether or not you want to classify it as Psych Rock is a different story), especially considering the resources he had available for those two albums, and I’m really happy to see that even generations before me are able to appreciate what he does. To me, that’s a major plus. Those artists known specifically as vocal groups were excluded. Blows Against The Empire and not to forget Grace Slicks first solo album Manhole as well. Must hear: ‘The End’, As Paul Kantner later explained, “bathing at Baxter’s” was band-slang for dropping acid, and this influence is clearer than on Jefferson Airplane’s more song-oriented later albums. Psychedelic Music is in the eye, or the mind, of the beholder..Pink Floyd, Hendrix and Country Joe would all be on my list. In den Gärten Pharaos, Einsjäger und Siebenjäger, and Aguirre, the Wrath of God (soundtrack to Werner Herzog film). And ‘Odessea and Oracle’ by the Zombies! I was just thinking that Gong and probably Steve Hillage should be on that list. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – Safe as Milk Did one spectacular album that was an anthem on underground stations. The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds? What about Magical Mystery Tour!? YES!!! You got Country Joe in there. Here is a list of my 800 favourite psychedelic rock albums ever. Bent Wind “Sussex” (1969) The United States of America’s self titled debut album. The Electric Flag soundtrack from The Trip, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Amon Duul, Fever Tree, and Silver Apples. “TMR” is a lot of things, but “psychedelic” ain’t one of them! The Prety Things – S.F. It proved too much for their pre-teen fans and was the first Monkees single to flop. or (as in the case of many Beatles compositions) is it music that was composed by musicians as a result of their drug experiences? I swear you picked some of these after doing nothing more than Googling their cover images. We Are Ever So Clean by Blossom Toes. Hard to believe that Big Brother’s “Cheap THrills” didn’t make the list. There are vibrant splashes of colour, and surrealism draped over a velvet reality. Some of their music can be considered more world music, devotional, or mystical but some is quite psychedelic, all beautiful. Blind Faith The first Creedence album and the first Jethro Tull album were also magnificent. To name a few…, I suppose you should have been there to qualify in making the list: They improved with each release. Wild Honey by the Beach Boys comes close. A concept album released by Electra in 1967. Small Faces Ogdens Nut Gone Flake a glaring omission. They had a psynthasiser as big as a car on stage. Ambient albums by Eno We must be stone freaks. “H.P. While you’re reading, listen to our Psychedelic Songs playlist here. Hot Tuna – Phosphorescent Rat, Grateful Dead – Aoxomoxoa (instead of Anthem), Quicksilver – Happy Trails, Zep III, Miles Davis – Bitches Brew, Mahavishnu Orchestra (any), Renaissance – 1st album, Judy Henske & Jerry Yester – Farewell Aldebran….to name a few.