Clearly demonstrates that "psychedelic music" has never been defined. Just anything subjectively labeled so. Jefferson Airplane's next album 'After Bathing at Baxters' and The Doors second album Strange Days are actually much more psychedelic than their listed albums.
In the summer of 1969 I was at the Marine 1st MAW DaNang Vietnam, in the early morning Armed Forces Radio would play a Musical Tune 'KaCing KaCing' and so on, I found it on RUclips years ago, What do you think it is, cannot find it anymore...
Many real great albums, but I hardly miss the 13th Floor Elevators and The Red Crayola, true innovators of Psychedelic Rock. And I can't understand the naming of "Maggot Brain", I think it is a fine Funk album, but Psychedelic?
You miss so many and in many ways much better bands like: Big Brother, Blackfoot J.D., Blue Cheer, Behemian Vendetta, C.A. Quintet, Captain Beefheart, Chocolate Watchband, Clear Light, Dennis Coffey, Corporation, Freak Scene, Devil´s Anvil, Druids Of The Stonehenge, Electric Prunes, Fear Itself, Flat Earth Society, Fort Mudge Memorial Dump, Fraction, Freeborne, Gandalf, Golden Dawn, Hunger, I´ll Wind, Id, Ilmo Smokehouse, It´s A Beautiful Day, Kennelmus, Landslide, Lost And Found, Morgen, Music Emporium, Mystic Siva, Odyssey, Omnibus, Orient Express, Phantom´s Divine Comedy, Power Of Zeus, Seeds, Stooges, Savage Resurrection, Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Twentieth Century Zoo, Ultimate Spinach, Velvet Underground, Yellow Pages and many more from the US !! By the way you forgot one of the most important psychedelic bands from the UK called The Soft Machine !!
Very good list ! I would have chosen Traffics first album Mr Fantasty, The Who Sell Out or Rolling Stones Their Satanic Majesties Request over Funkadelic, Os Mutantes or Dr. John !
The Twain Shall Meet was a spotty record, not overly listenable, Cream was Electric Blues, more than psychedelic, Funkadelic was Electric Funk, the Incredible String Band was weird Folk (an not overly listenable), SF Sorrow is the only listenable Pretty Things LP (not that great), I've never heard of Os Mutantes (at all), the Strawberry Alarm Clock had some interesting pieces, but it was drenched in AM Top 40, the United States of America was jazz, more than pop, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band was forgettable, and the Zombies last LP was a critic's darling that has never lived up to its hype. I was there, a teenager coming of age, as it all rolled out. I identified with it, encouraged it, participated, and still, listen to a lot of it, some 57 years later. I own every one o fthe albums on my list, several in multiple formats, and more than a few as second, or even third, copies, having literally worn out the grooves. You missed quite a few good ones, like #3, Spirit's indisputable best, and the latest entry, at 1970. The band's sophomore album, The Family that Plays Together almost makes the cut, but I limited it to one per band. Also missed, #4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and #11, probably the most psychedelic Lp of the era, Donovan's best, Sunshine Superman, a paean to "Orange Sunshine" LSD. "Everybody's hustlin' a-just to have a little scene When I say we'll be cool, I think that you know what I mean We stood on a beach at sunset, do you remember when? I know a beach where, baby, a-it never ends" Best of Psychedelic Albums 01 R E V O L V E R (1966) the Beatles 02 F O R E V E R C H A N G E S (1967) Love 03 T W E L V E D R E A M S O F D R S A R D O N I C U S (1970) Spirit 04 T R A F F I C ( I I ) (1968) Traffic 05 S T R A N G E D A Y S (1967) the Doors 06 A X I S : B O L D A S L O V E (1968) Jimi Hendrix Experience 07 S H I N E O N B R I G H T L Y (1969) Procol Harum 08 I N S E A R C H O F T H E L O S T C H O R D (1968) the Moody Blues 09 A L O N E T O G E T H E R (1968) Dave Mason 10 N O T O R I O U S B Y R D B R O T H E R S (1968) the Byrds 11 S U N S H I N E S U P E R M A N (1967) Donovan 12 C H E A P T H R I L L S (1967) Big Brother & the Holding Co 13 S A I L O R (1968) Steve Miller Band 14 A L O N G T I M E C O M I N ' (1968) the Electric Flag 15 H A P P Y T R A I L S (1969) Quicksilver Messenger Service 16 I T ' S A B E A U T I F U L D A Y (1969) It's A Beautiful Day 17 T H E R E A R E B U T F O U R S M A L L F A C E S (1968) the Small Faces 18 T H E I R S A T A N I C M A J E S T I E S R E Q U E S T (1968) the Rolling Stones 19 V A N I L L A F U D G E (1967) Vanilla Fudge 20 A F T E R B A T H I N G A T B A X T E R S (1967) Jefferson Airplane 21 E L E C T R I C M U S I C F O R T H E M I N D A N D B O D Y (1967) Country Joe and the Fish 22. R O T A R Y C O N N E C T I O N (1969) Rotary Connection 23 S T A N D (1969) Sly & the Family Stone 24 E A S T E R E V E R Y W H E R E (1967) the 13th Floor Elevators 25 W O W (1968) Moby Grape
Generally excellent list. I'm particularly glad to see the criminally underrated Pretty Things on the list, as SF Sorrow is truly one of the greatest albums of the 1960s. But any compilation of psychedelic albums MUST include the Jefferson Airplane, possibly the most psychedelic group of all time. I suppose the problem is that you could include ALL their albums between Surrealistic Pillow and Volunteers on such a list. Also, you forgot The Soft Machine, who were more important in the psychedelic phenomenon than a couple of the bands you include above. Moby Grape were another superb psychedelic band.
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Some extraordinary records on your list. As expansive and expanding as rock got. Such a rich genre though, and the records from the 60s that weren't heard (like C.A. Quintet's - Trip Thru Hell, Fifty Fose Hose - Cauldron, Mad River's eponymous debut from 1968, Creation of Sunlight eponymous album from 1968, and on and on it really does go) could easily be up there. An incredibly rich period for rock music that both major and independent record labels gambled big on.
What is this 1967 albun of Tangerine Dream (which is not considered Psychedelic, but Electronic or Kautorock) I thought TD’s first album was 1970 Electronic Meditations. Please explain.
It’s two different bands with the same name, the UK tangerine dream made two albums for Fontana and nothing to do with the German band of the same name.
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Αρκετά καλή η λίστα. Προσωπικά, θα άλλαζα κάποια από αυτά με περισσότερο επιδραστικές ψυχεδελικές μπάντες, όπως: Αντί για : Funkadelic > Sweet Smoke - Just A Poke Αντί για : Pretty Things > Hunger - Strictly From Hunger Αντί για : Spirit > Gandalf - S/T Αντί για : The Incredible String Band > Indian Summer - S/T Αντί για : Os Mutantes > Aphrodite's Child - 666 Αντί για : The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band > Arcadium - Breath A While
You got most of the good ones, with some clunkers. Psychedelic Music only existed for a short while, although a few artists have brought the genre back, for an album. By 1970, the Psych tropes had all been used in Bubble Gum, Mainstream Adult, Pop and Rock genres, diluting the field too much to continue. The albums on this list are the Best of Psychedelic Rock: 01 T R A F F I C ( I I ) Traffic (1968) 02 T H E R E A R E B U T F O U R S M A L L F A C E S the Small Faces (1968) 03 T W E L V E D R E A M S O F D R S A R D O N I C U S Spirit (1970) 04 I N S E A R C H O F T H E L O S T C H O R D the Moody Blues (1968) 05 S H I N E O N B R I G H T L Y Procol Harum (1969) 06 E L E C T R I C M U S I C F O R T H E M I N D A N D B O D Y Country Joe and the Fish (1967) 07 R O T A R Y C O N N E C T I O N Rotary Connection (1967) 08 I T ' S A B E A U T I F U L D A Y It's A Beautiful Day (1969) 09 W O W Moby Grape (1968) 10 E A S T E R E V E R Y W H E R E the 13th Floor Elevators
Why do people like Spirit. I saw them give the worst performance I had ever seen at Fillmore West. Bill Graham actually kicked me out after I complained about them.
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Incomplete without the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, the innovators of the genre.
Clearly demonstrates that "psychedelic music" has never been defined. Just anything subjectively labeled so. Jefferson Airplane's next album 'After Bathing at Baxters' and The Doors second album Strange Days are actually much more psychedelic than their listed albums.
One band that should be on the list is FEVER TREE. One of the best albums that I listen to.
Hendrix - 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be). A total freakout.
a psychedelic masterpiece
Best song on Electric Ladyland listen to it often.
Hardly see anyone talk about it. Such a shame. Imagine if he had lived just long enough to make his collab album with Coltrane 😢
Interesting list. Think I'd pick Sgt Pepper over Revolver. I'm sure it was tough to only pick one from a number of artists.
In the summer of 1969 I was at the Marine 1st MAW DaNang Vietnam, in the early morning Armed Forces Radio would play a Musical Tune 'KaCing KaCing' and so on, I found it on RUclips years ago, What do you think it is, cannot find it anymore...
Many real great albums, but I hardly miss the 13th Floor Elevators and The Red Crayola, true innovators of Psychedelic Rock. And I can't understand the naming of "Maggot Brain", I think it is a fine Funk album, but Psychedelic?
Not Bad, but could have added the Sir Douglas Quintet or early Steve Miller, or The Mothers of Invention. Even I have have never heard of Os Mutantes.
"Dance the Night Away" from "Disraeli Gears"
Where is Novalis and Lucifers Friend
What about Tomorrow and C A Quintet. Ignore Doors & dr John just bad rock.
ah good list, i know them all
Typical yank crap of bluesy, rock country the british groups are not psychedelic either maybe moody blues in search of...
F.y. from the beginning.
You miss so many and in many ways much better bands like:
Big Brother, Blackfoot J.D., Blue Cheer, Behemian Vendetta, C.A. Quintet, Captain Beefheart, Chocolate Watchband, Clear Light, Dennis Coffey, Corporation, Freak Scene, Devil´s Anvil, Druids Of The Stonehenge, Electric Prunes, Fear Itself, Flat Earth Society, Fort Mudge Memorial Dump, Fraction, Freeborne, Gandalf, Golden Dawn, Hunger, I´ll Wind, Id, Ilmo Smokehouse, It´s A Beautiful Day, Kennelmus, Landslide, Lost And Found, Morgen, Music Emporium, Mystic Siva, Odyssey, Omnibus, Orient Express, Phantom´s Divine Comedy, Power Of Zeus, Seeds, Stooges, Savage Resurrection, Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Twentieth Century Zoo, Ultimate Spinach, Velvet Underground, Yellow Pages and many more from the US !!
By the way you forgot one of the most important psychedelic bands from the UK called The Soft Machine !!
You forgot fifty foot hose, great list of bands
Iron Butterfly • In-A-Gadda-Da- Vida
The Chambers Brothers • The Time Has Come
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy • The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
Very good list ! I would have chosen Traffics first album Mr Fantasty, The Who Sell Out or Rolling Stones Their Satanic Majesties Request over Funkadelic, Os Mutantes or Dr. John !
The Twain Shall Meet was a spotty record, not overly listenable, Cream was Electric Blues, more than psychedelic, Funkadelic was Electric Funk, the Incredible String Band was weird Folk (an not overly listenable), SF Sorrow is the only listenable Pretty Things LP (not that great), I've never heard of Os Mutantes (at all), the Strawberry Alarm Clock had some interesting pieces, but it was drenched in AM Top 40, the United States of America was jazz, more than pop, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band was forgettable, and the Zombies last LP was a critic's darling that has never lived up to its hype.
I was there, a teenager coming of age, as it all rolled out. I identified with it, encouraged it, participated, and still, listen to a lot of it, some 57 years later. I own every one o fthe albums on my list, several in multiple formats, and more than a few as second, or even third, copies, having literally worn out the grooves. You missed quite a few good ones, like #3, Spirit's indisputable best, and the latest entry, at 1970. The band's sophomore album, The Family that Plays Together almost makes the cut, but I limited it to one per band. Also missed, #4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and #11, probably the most psychedelic Lp of the era, Donovan's best, Sunshine Superman, a paean to "Orange Sunshine" LSD.
"Everybody's hustlin' a-just to have a little scene
When I say we'll be cool, I think that you know what I mean
We stood on a beach at sunset, do you remember when?
I know a beach where, baby, a-it never ends"
Best of Psychedelic Albums
01 R E V O L V E R (1966)
the Beatles
02 F O R E V E R C H A N G E S (1967)
Love
03 T W E L V E D R E A M S O F D R S A R D O N I C U S (1970)
Spirit
04 T R A F F I C ( I I ) (1968)
Traffic
05 S T R A N G E D A Y S (1967)
the Doors
06 A X I S : B O L D A S L O V E (1968)
Jimi Hendrix Experience
07 S H I N E O N B R I G H T L Y (1969)
Procol Harum
08 I N S E A R C H O F T H E L O S T C H O R D (1968)
the Moody Blues
09 A L O N E T O G E T H E R (1968)
Dave Mason
10 N O T O R I O U S B Y R D B R O T H E R S (1968)
the Byrds
11 S U N S H I N E S U P E R M A N (1967)
Donovan
12 C H E A P T H R I L L S (1967)
Big Brother & the Holding Co
13 S A I L O R (1968)
Steve Miller Band
14 A L O N G T I M E C O M I N ' (1968)
the Electric Flag
15 H A P P Y T R A I L S (1969)
Quicksilver Messenger Service
16 I T ' S A B E A U T I F U L D A Y (1969)
It's A Beautiful Day
17 T H E R E A R E B U T F O U R S M A L L F A C E S (1968)
the Small Faces
18 T H E I R S A T A N I C M A J E S T I E S R E Q U E S T (1968)
the Rolling Stones
19 V A N I L L A F U D G E (1967)
Vanilla Fudge
20 A F T E R B A T H I N G A T B A X T E R S (1967)
Jefferson Airplane
21 E L E C T R I C M U S I C F O R T H E
M I N D A N D B O D Y (1967)
Country Joe and the Fish
22. R O T A R Y C O N N E C T I O N (1969)
Rotary Connection
23 S T A N D (1969)
Sly & the Family Stone
24 E A S T E R E V E R Y W H E R E (1967)
the 13th Floor Elevators
25 W O W (1968)
Moby Grape
For me personally S.F.Sorrow from The Pretty Things is the greatest album of the 20th century! What a mindblowing masterpiece.
Generally excellent list. I'm particularly glad to see the criminally underrated Pretty Things on the list, as SF Sorrow is truly one of the greatest albums of the 1960s. But any compilation of psychedelic albums MUST include the Jefferson Airplane, possibly the most psychedelic group of all time. I suppose the problem is that you could include ALL their albums between Surrealistic Pillow and Volunteers on such a list. Also, you forgot The Soft Machine, who were more important in the psychedelic phenomenon than a couple of the bands you include above. Moby Grape were another superb psychedelic band.
the Electric Prunes ? the 13th Floor Elevators ? Sean Bonniwell Music Machine ? the Chocolate Watch Band ? The Seeds ?
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Magnum Opus : Sinestesia, Imagens, Trilogia, Ummo and Magnum Opus
The Doors - 'Strange Days' was more psychedelic than their first.
Some extraordinary records on your list. As expansive and expanding as rock got. Such a rich genre though, and the records from the 60s that weren't heard (like C.A. Quintet's - Trip Thru Hell, Fifty Fose Hose - Cauldron, Mad River's eponymous debut from 1968, Creation of Sunlight eponymous album from 1968, and on and on it really does go) could easily be up there. An incredibly rich period for rock music that both major and independent record labels gambled big on.
Psychedelic era, yes. But most of this music is not.
... what ?... no SOFT MACHINE ?
Excellent list. Some well-known classics, some I’m slightly familiar with, and some completely unknown and in need of more research.
What is this 1967 albun of Tangerine Dream (which is not considered Psychedelic, but Electronic or Kautorock) I thought TD’s first album was 1970 Electronic Meditations. Please explain.
The name of the band was Kaleidoscope, the album was called Tangerine Dream. It's just a coincidence ....not the same band.
It’s two different bands with the same name, the UK tangerine dream made two albums for Fontana and nothing to do with the German band of the same name.
This album is by kaleidoscope called tangerine dream which I believe I where the German group got there name from take care keep rockin cheers
Kaleidoscope an English band the album was called tangerine dream@@RoofLight00
Thanks for adding us to your list much appreciated keep rockin cheers dan
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Αρκετά καλή η λίστα. Προσωπικά, θα άλλαζα κάποια από αυτά με περισσότερο επιδραστικές ψυχεδελικές μπάντες, όπως:
Αντί για : Funkadelic > Sweet Smoke - Just A Poke
Αντί για : Pretty Things > Hunger - Strictly From Hunger
Αντί για : Spirit > Gandalf - S/T
Αντί για : The Incredible String Band > Indian Summer - S/T
Αντί για : Os Mutantes > Aphrodite's Child - 666
Αντί για : The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band > Arcadium - Breath A While
The Seeds and The 13th Floor Elevators are the innovators.
Point 2 I disagree with because commercial success does not necessarily equal good or quality music.
Interesting list, but about half of them are not psychedelic
You got most of the good ones, with some clunkers. Psychedelic Music only existed for a short while, although a few artists have brought the genre back, for an album. By 1970, the Psych tropes had all been used in Bubble Gum, Mainstream Adult, Pop and Rock genres, diluting the field too much to continue. The albums on this list are the
Best of Psychedelic Rock:
01 T R A F F I C ( I I )
Traffic (1968)
02 T H E R E A R E B U T F O U R S M A L L F A C E S
the Small Faces (1968)
03 T W E L V E D R E A M S O F D R S A R D O N I C U S
Spirit (1970)
04 I N S E A R C H O F T H E L O S T C H O R D
the Moody Blues (1968)
05 S H I N E O N B R I G H T L Y
Procol Harum (1969)
06 E L E C T R I C M U S I C F O R T H E M I N D A N D B O D Y
Country Joe and the Fish (1967)
07 R O T A R Y C O N N E C T I O N
Rotary Connection (1967)
08 I T ' S A B E A U T I F U L D A Y
It's A Beautiful Day (1969)
09 W O W
Moby Grape (1968)
10 E A S T E R E V E R Y W H E R E
the 13th Floor Elevators
Why do people like Spirit. I saw them give the worst performance I had ever seen at Fillmore West. Bill Graham actually kicked me out after I complained about them.
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Best album of this list (to me) is Revolver, but then again the Beatles are my favorite band lol, Pysch Rock is a great genre!
No, you left out many that were better.
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best album is Love "forever changes"