The following albums have been chosen for their contribution to the legacy of psychedelic music.
For the innovations, for the musical leaps of faith, for the mastery of their professions
and for the guts to try something different with a ‘damn the consequences’ attitude
these albums set the standards for all who followed, and are hereby inducted into the PSYCHEDELIC HALL OF FAME
1. Pink Floyd: THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN
2. Thirteenth Floor Elevators: PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS OF THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
3. Jimi Hendrix:AREYOU EXPERIENCED?
4. The Beatles: SERGEANT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
5. The Blues Magoos: PSYCHEDELIC LOLLIPOP
6. Cream: DISRAELI GEARS
7. Iron Butterfly: IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA
8. Jefferson Airplane: SURREALISTIC PILLOW
9. Love: FOREVER CHANGES
10. Velvet Underground: THE VELVET UNDERGROUNDAND NICO
11. The Grateful Dead: LIVE / DEAD
12. King Crimson: IN THE COURT OFTHE CRIMSON KING
13. The Yardbirds: OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN
14. Spirit: SPIRIT
15. The Doors: STRANGE DAYS
16. The Rolling Stones: THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST
17. Moby Grape: MOBY GRAPE
18. The Electric Prunes: ELECTRIC PRUNES
19. The Music Machine: (TURN ON) THE MUSIC MACHINE
20. Quicksilver Messenger Service: QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE
21. It’s A Beautiful Day: IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
22. Jimi Hendrix: AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE
23. The Zombies: ODYSSEY AND ORACLE
24. Blue Cheer: VINCEBUS ERUPTUM
25. Vanilla Fudge: VANILLA FUDGE
26. Steppenwolf: THE SECOND
27. Big Brother and The Holding Company: CHEAP THRILLS
28. Ravi Shankar: PORTRAIT OFA GENIUS
29. Strawberry Alarm Clock: INCENSE & PEPPERMINTS
30. The Seeds: THE SEEDS
31. Donovan: A GIFT FROM A FLOWER TO A GARDEN
32. The Animals: WINDS OF CHANGE
33. The Beatles: REVOLVER
34. The Mothers Of Invention: FREAK OUT!
35. The Shadows Of Knight: GLORIA
36. The Chocolate Watch Band: THE INNER MYSTIQUE
37. The Small Faces: OGDEN’S NUT GONE FLAKE
38. Grateful Dead: ANTHEM OFTHE SUN
39. Red Crayola: PARABLE OFARABLE LAND
40. Traffic: MR. FANTASY
41. Steve Miller Band: CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE
42. Deep Purple: BOOK OFTALIESYN
43. The Byrds: FIFTH DIMENSION
44. Amboy Dukes: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF YOUR MIND
45. Captain Beefheart: TROUT MASK REPLICA
46. Blind Faith: BLIND FAITH
47. The Nazz: NAZZ
48. Spirit: 12 DREAMS OF DR. SARDONICUS
49. The Peanut Butter Conspiracy: PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY IS SPREADING
50. Count Five: PSYCHOTIC REACTION
51. The Leaves: HEY JOE
52. The Who: THE WHO SELL OUT
53. Lothar And The Hand People: PRESENTING LOTHAR AND THE HAND PEOPLE
54. The Beatles: MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
55. Cream: WHEELS OF FIRE
56. The Doors: THE DOORS
57. Jefferson Airplane: CROWN OF CREATION
58. The Who: MAGIC BUS
59. Pink Floyd: ATOM HEART MOTHER
60. Jimi Hendrix: ELECTRIC LADYLAND
61. Mothers Of Invention: ABSOLUTELY FREE
62. Blues Magoos: ELECTRIC COMIC BOOK
63. Sun Ra: NOTHING IS
64. Pink Floyd: A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS
65. Donovan: HURDY GURDY MAN
66. Iron Butterfly: HEAVY
67. Country Joe McDonald: ELECTRIC MUSIC FOR THE MIND AND BODY
68. Kaleidoscope: SIDE TRIPS
69. Bubble Puppy: A GATHERING OF PROMISES
70. Jefferson Airplane: AFTER BATHING AT BAXTERS
71. Pink Floyd: UMMA GUMMA
72. Frank Zappa: HOT RATS
73. Buffalo Springfield: AGAIN
74. Timothy Leary: TURN ON —TUNE IN — DROP OUT
75. Barbarians: THE BARBARIANS
76. Procol Harum: PROCOL HARUM
77. Santana: ABRAXAS
78. Love: DA CAPO
79. Alice Cooper: PRETTIES FORYOU
80. Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies: THE AMERICAN METAPHYSICAL CIRCUS
81. Haphash & The Coloured Coat: HAPHASH & THE COLOURED COAT FEATURING THE HUMAN HOST AND THE HEAVY METAL KIDS
82. Incredible String Band: THE 5000 SPIRITS ORTHE LAYERS OFTHE ONION
83. ? And The Mysterions: 96 TEARS
84. Shiva’s Headband: TAKE ME TO THE MOUNTAINS
85. The Nice: ARS LONGS VITA BREVIS
86. Ultimate Spinach: ULTIMATE SPINACH
87. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band: PART ONE
88. The Move: SHAZAM
89. The Thirteenth Floor Elevators: EASTER EVERYWHERE
90. Country Joe McDonald: l-FEEL-LIKE-I’M-FIXIN’-TO-DIE
91. Amon Duul: PSYCHEDELIC UNDERGROUND
92. Dr.John: THE NIGHT TRIPPER
93. Can: MONSTER MOVIE
94. United States Of America: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
95. Steve Miller Band: SAILOR
96. Gandalf: GANDALF
97. Guru Guru: UFO
98. Fever Tree: FEVER TREE
99. Soft Machine: SOFT MACHINE VOL 2
100. H.R Lovecraft: SAILING ON THE WHITE SHIP |