100 Greatest Psychedelic Albums

album covers for Electric Music For The Mind & Body and Piper at The Gates of Dawn
Criteria: With instrumental originality, sound exploration, studio effects and extended improvisation as the central elements of psychedelic music, these albums were chosen as the best examples that helped define the genre. Impact & lasting influence were primary factors with lyrical content considered to a lesser degree. Those artists known specifically as vocal groups were excluded. Editor's note: As with all lists, this is a subjective list & makes no claim of an official nature.

Last Updated: 2021-02-07
Newly added names are in  Red 
Greatest Psychedelic Albums
  1. Electric Music For The Mind & Body - Country Joe & The Fish
  2. Piper at The Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd
  3. Strange Days - The Doors
  4. Anthem Of The Sun - Grateful Dead
  5. United States of America - United States of America
  6. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix Experience
  7. After Bathing At Baxter's - Jefferson Airplane
  8. Angel's Egg - Gong
  9. Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
10. Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Experience
11. H.P. Lovecraft - H.P. Lovecraft
12. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band
13. Beacon From Mars - Kaleidoscope
14. Spirit - Spirit
15. Fifth Dimension - The Byrds
16. DeCapo - Love
17. Balaklava - Pearls Before Swine
18. 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus - Spirit
19. I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die - Country Joe and The Fish
20. Aoxomoxoa - Grateful Dead
21. Dear Mr Fantasy - Traffic
22. Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground
23. Tomorrow - Tomorrow
24. Easter Everywhere - 13th Floor Elevators
25. Crown Of Creation - Jefferson Airplane
26. S F Sorrow - The Pretty Things
27. Music In A Doll's House - Family
28. Forever Changes - Love
29. Volume 2 - West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
30. Parable of Arable Land - The Red Crayola
31. The Twain Shall Meet - Eric Burdon & The Animals
32. In Search of The Lost Chord - The Moody Blues
33. Clear Light - Clear Light
34. Roger The Engineer - Yardbirds
35. Cauldron - Fifty Foot Hose
36. The Amazing Charlatans - The Charlatans
37. L - Steve Hillage
38. A Child's Guide To Good & Evil - West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
39. Present Tense - Sagittarius
40. H.P. Lovecraft II - H.P. Lovecraft
41. Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
42. Camenbert Electrique - Gong
43. Earth Opera - Earth Opera
44. A Saucerful Of Secrets - Pink Floyd
45. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service
46. Behold and See - Ultimate Spinach
47. Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces
48. Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
49. Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donavan
50. Side Trips - Kaleidoscope
51. Inner Mystique - The Chocolate Watch Band
52. Quark, Strangeness and Charm - Hawkwind
53. The 5000 Spirits/Layers of The Onion - The Incredible String Band
54. Barrett - Syd Barrett
55. Volume One - The Soft Machine
56. Freak Out - Mothers of Invention
57. Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
58. Steppenwolf the Second - Steppenwolf
59. It's A Beautiful Day - It's a Beautiful Day
60. Sunshine Superman - Donavan
61. Begin - The Millenium
62. Caravan - Caravan
63. The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett
64. The Cycle Is Complete - Bruce Palmer
65. Jet Propelled Photograph - The Soft Machine
66. Hawkwind - Hawkwind
67. Fever Tree - Fever Tree
68. Space Ritual - Hawkwind
69. Use of Ashes - Pearls Before Swine
70. Space Hymn - Lothar & The Hand People
71. Flash - Moving Sidewalks
72. Their Satanic Majesties Request - Rolling Stones
73. The Great Conspiracy - Peanut Butter Conspiracy
74. 25 O'Clock - The Dukes of Stratosphear
75. Oar - Alexander 'Skip' Spence
76. Transmissions From The Satellite Heart - The Flaming Lips
77. Psychedelic Lollipop - Blues Magoos
78. Trout Mask Replica - Capt. Beefheart & The Magic Band
79. These Things Too - Pearls Before Swine
80. Before The Dream Faded - The Misunderstood
81. Gandalf - Gandalf
82. Underground - The Electric Prunes
83. Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Arthur Brown
84. Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
85. Contact - Silver Apples
86. Monster Movie - Can
87. Everybody's Here - Lost & Found
88. Long Years in Space - Neighb'hood Childr'n
89. Strictly Personal - Captain Beefheart
90. Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
91. Outsideinside - Blue Cheer
92. The Yellow Balloon - The Yellow Balloon
93. Truth - D.R. Hooker
94. Renaissance - Vanilla Fudge
95. Journey To The Center Of The Mind - The Amboy Dukes
96. SRC - SRC
97. I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell
98. Another Time/Another Place - Fever Tree
99. Mad River - Mad River
100. We Are Ever So Clean - The Blossom Toes



Electric Music For The Mind and Body album cover
Piper at The Gates of Dawn album cover
Strange Days album cover
Anthem Of The Sun album cover
United States of America album cover
Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix Experience album cover





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Voyage 34 The Complete Trip album cover
Psonic Psunspot album cover








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