Definitive Psychedelic Albums

[I. Spaceman]

Or Yes to Steely Dan.  Why would you listen to the Eagles?

 

Hahahaha.  Good call.  I'd never listen to that bland castor-oil-taste-sound of a band.  I hear that and I think of groups of socially inept idiots who drink nothing but Budweiser.

And Jeff Baxter is a blazing guitarist...big ego self-serious exaggerator, but an excellent axeman.

 

[Old Rake]

People act like it's like some major stuff when compared to the rest of psychedelic rock, it's like comparing the Eagles to Yes when it comes to musicianship.

Who gives a f*** about the musicianship? Forever Changes could have been played on tin cans for all I care -- that album is about the SONGWRITING. And damn brilliant it is, too.

[I. Spaceman]

Yep. Who loves ya, Rake.

[Sir Rob]

Can't believe no-one's mentioned Pink Floyd's 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' in this thread yet.  That's a fantastic album.

I can't believe you didn't see the 3 or 4 times it's already been mentioned.

Well, wood for trees I suppose.  We all make mistakes.

[I. Spaceman]

Juts fodain' witcha, buddy!

[chris.metcalfe]

Peanut Butter Conspiracy
Cream 'Disraeli Gears' and the studio 'Wheels of Fire'
Left Banke
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Traffic 'Mr Fantasy'
Donovan 'Gift from a flower to a garden'
Soft Boys 'Underwater Moonlight' (1980)
Nick Nicely 'Hilly Fields(1892)' (1983) (heehee)

[theeponymuseudonym]

i love donovans gift album, monkees head, simon & garfunkle parsley ....& Bookends...

but truthfully, this is for the Tripper's here, which of these Definate Psych albums will u turn OFF if the TRIP became way toooo much???

i actually turned off strawberry fields b/w are you exp. (the song) i had recorded on tape in the middle of Exp. once cause it actually induced a freak out in my mind....no sh*t!!! i got thru strawberry fields though....

after which i put on bookends and came back down....

i actually turned off sgt.peppers cause it was so familliar, it bored me!!!
btw...the beach boys concert'73 is a great come down record!!!!

[monkee knutz]

WHAT??? No Music Machine represented??
Turn on! on Original Sound & Bonniwell Music Machine self titled release on Warner Brothers.
Both undeniable psyche classics.

Is anyone familiar with them besides Ian & myself? Very dark, percussive sounding pop.
They used to tune their guitars down 1 full step to D to give it a more haunting tone.
UK's Big Beat is supposed to release a monster 2 CD set this spring with loads of unreleased goodies!
Dig 'em folks, really!

[donald]

Speaking of ultimate psychedelic music...have you heard the Robert Goulet version of Green Tambourine?

Man ...what a trip!!!

[al]

Traffic 'Mr Fantasy'

That to me is THE most psyched out record. Other records of that era try to be (Sell Out isn't- that is the sound of a band with focus and not doing hard drugs). Mr Fantasy is just whacked out. Totally.

THe Beatles real true moment of psychadelia was, of course, before the herd. Tomorrow Never Knows is IT. Sgt Pepper is whimsy.

Satannic Majesties is PROBABLY the real thing but they were still in their copying the Beatles phase so they could have just been faking it.....

I think Are You Experienced and Axis:Bold As Love encapsulate the feeling of the psychadelic era better than most, even though they weren't trying to - I think Jimi was just naturally psychadelic - it just flowed out of him. Others had to ingest huge quantities of drugs to get the same effect and look what it did to most of them. Poor Syd....

[Bean Bag]

Those albums...fNck...I'm tripping...ya'll feelin' that sh!t???

[bluesno1fann]

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
The Who - The Who Sell Out
The Doors - The Doors
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Zombies - Odyssey And Oracle
The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Love - Forever Changes
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow

[feelsflow]

Rei,  I see you are busy pulling up "old threads" this morning...and I like this one.

Some of my favorites have been given mention:  Spirit's fourth, Traffic's first, Donovan's Gift and Hurdy Gurdy Man, The Who Sell Out (still my favorite Who album), JA's - well any of them, that's all they went for with Grace, Vanilla Fudge, and Hendrix's first three (Axis: Bold As Love is my favorite of those), Byrd's Notorious, Procol Harum (one of the Best first albums ever), and the Zombies Odessey and Oracle.

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Add to my list:

Spirit - Clear

Fat Mattress - Magic Forest Anthology, so as to get All of their stuff

Steve Miller Band - Children of the Future (especially side one)

Steve Miller Band - Sailor

Steve Miller Band - Brave New World

Steve Miller Band - Your Saving Grace

Steve Miller Band - Number 5

Steve Miller Band - Recall the Beginning...Journey From Eden

Steve Miller Band - I'm running out of colors...let's just say he continued to create some of the Best Psych for years to come.

Quicksilver - Shady Grove

Vanilla Fudge - Rock and Roll, they called it that, but couldn't get away from the psych sound.

Hollies - Butterfly/or US AKA Dear Eloise/King Midas in Reverse

If I walked over to my music closet could come up with even more from the Fabulous 60/70's, some of Terry Reid's and The Bee Gees' stuff comes to mind, but let me add a few from more modern times:

The Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 o'Clock

The Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot

Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog 

[Orange Crate Art]

Outsideinside Blue Cheer

[pixletwin]

Hit To Death in the Future Head by THE FLAMING LIPS. 

[alf wiedersehen]

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

I'll never understood how people think this album is psychedelic.

[bluesno1fann]

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

I'll never understood how people think this album is psychedelic.

It may not be a full Psychedelic album - it's more Proto-punk - but it does have psychedelic elements

[alf wiedersehen]

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

I'll never understood how people think this album is psychedelic.

It may not be a full Psychedelic album - it's more Proto-punk - but it does have psychedelic elements

I think people have "psychedelic" confused with "avant-garde."

[Moon Dawg]

People act like it's like some major stuff when compared to the rest of psychedelic rock, it's like comparing the Eagles to Yes when it comes to musicianship.

Who gives a f*** about the musicianship? Forever Changes could have been played on tin cans for all I care -- that album is about the SONGWRITING. And damn brilliant it is, too.

  Agreed

[clack]

Buffalo Springfield Again hasn't been mentioned yet.

Psychedelia is different category to pin down. 'Surrealistic Pillow' might have a trippy feel, but it's mostly folk-rock. British, San Francisco, and Los Angeles psychedelic rock were all quite distinct.