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Top Psychedelic Folk albums of the 1960s

Updated: 23 April
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Tim Buckley - Happy Sad, Cover art
3.80 8k 7,620 127 127
April 1969 Album
happy sad introspective romantic bittersweet poetic mellow passionate
8k Ratings 127 Reviews 3.80 Average
Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello, Cover art
August 1967 Album
psychedelic poetic melancholic melodic cryptic passionate warm romantic
7k Ratings 100 Reviews 3.74 Average
Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis - Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis, Cover art
1969 Album
passionate protest surreal angry manic rebellious psychedelic energetic
1k Ratings 27 Reviews 3.73 Average
Pedro Santos - Krishnanda, Cover art
1968 Album
mysterious forest spiritual psychedelic melodic surreal rhythmic tropical
811 Ratings 9 Reviews 3.73 Average
Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon, Cover art
24 November 1969 Album
lonely mellow peaceful poetic calm passionate melodic soothing
4k Ratings 50 Reviews 3.71 Average
Dave Bixby - Ode to Quetzalcoatl, Cover art
1969 Album
Christian introspective lonely sad acoustic melancholic lo-fi religious
3k Ratings 32 Reviews 3.70 Average
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Illuminations, Cover art
July 1969 Album
mysterious spiritual eclectic psychedelic occult political passionate protest
2k Ratings 35 Reviews 3.64 Average
Donovan - Sunshine Superman, Cover art
3.62 4k 4,417 101 101
26 August 1966 Album
medieval psychedelic warm melodic mellow drugs eclectic fantasy
4k Ratings 101 Reviews 3.62 Average
The Incredible String Band - Wee Tam & The Big Huge, Cover art
November 1968 Album
meditative acoustic peaceful nature pastoral melodic epic existential
1k Ratings 40 Reviews 3.62 Average
Jim Sullivan - U.F.O., Cover art
3.60 1k 1,184 20 20
1969 Album
soft melodic desert psychedelic surreal cryptic acoustic space
1k Ratings 20 Reviews 3.60 Average
The Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion, Cover art
July 1967 Album
psychedelic acoustic pastoral love surreal philosophical poetic peaceful
2k Ratings 69 Reviews 3.57 Average
Nancy Priddy - You've Come This Way Before, Cover art
October 1968 Album
complex melodic playful lush mysterious ominous
245 Ratings 9 Reviews 3.60 Average
Traffic Sound - Virgin, Cover art
3.58 618 618 20 20
1969 Album
psychedelic raw warm playful drugs
618 Ratings 20 Reviews 3.58 Average
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man, Cover art
October 1968 Album
peaceful calm psychedelic pastoral melodic warm mellow eclectic
2k Ratings 40 Reviews 3.57 Average
Chrysalis - Definition, Cover art
3.57 395 395 20 20
June 1968 Album
psychedelic deadpan surreal satirical playful nature cold depressive
395 Ratings 20 Reviews 3.57 Average
The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, Cover art
March 1968 Album
psychedelic surreal forest pastoral spiritual acoustic quirky medieval
4k Ratings 110 Reviews 3.52 Average
Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn, Cover art
3.55 1k 1,374 40 40
16 May 1969 Album
fantasy surreal psychedelic spring playful bittersweet passionate melodic
1k Ratings 40 Reviews 3.55 Average
Pearls Before Swine - Balaklava, Cover art
November 1968 Album
psychedelic warm soothing natural acoustic fantasy peaceful pastoral
2k Ratings 46 Reviews 3.53 Average
Donovan - Wear Your Love Like Heaven, Cover art
December 1967 Album
optimistic psychedelic peaceful happy warm surreal melancholic lush
281 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.56 Average
Jan & Lorraine - Gypsy People, Cover art
August 1969 Album
psychedelic melodic
224 Ratings 15 Reviews 3.56 Average
Synanthesia - Synanthesia, Cover art
3.54 318 318 16 16
November 1969 Album
peaceful mellow spiritual psychedelic warm melodic poetic abstract
318 Ratings 16 Reviews 3.54 Average
Pearls Before Swine - One Nation Underground, Cover art
June 1967 Album
calm warm political psychedelic
1k Ratings 22 Reviews 3.52 Average
Donovan - Mellow Yellow, Cover art
3.50 1k 1,474 43 43
10 February 1967 Album
melodic playful happy peaceful love psychedelic
1k Ratings 43 Reviews 3.50 Average
Chris Lucey - Songs of Protest & Anti-Protest, Cover art
1965 Album
atmospheric melancholic acoustic autumn pessimistic melodic protest introspective
199 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.52 Average
The Rising Storm - Calm Before..., Cover art
1967 Album
lo-fi lonely introspective quirky mellow raw aquatic longing
307 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.50 Average
Alexander Spence - Oar, Cover art
3.46 3k 2,585 84 84
19 May 1969 Album
melancholic sparse acoustic surreal psychedelic anxious dark cryptic
3k Ratings 84 Reviews 3.46 Average
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - Soundtrack, Cover art
December 1969 Album
cryptic abstract playful progressive psychedelic folklore eclectic mysterious
179 Ratings 7 Reviews 3.51 Average
Roy Harper - The Sophisticated Beggar, Cover art
December 1966 Album
mellow acoustic peaceful calm melodic raw philosophical melancholic
477 Ratings 13 Reviews 3.49 Average
The Insect Trust - The Insect Trust, Cover art
November 1968 Album
acoustic psychedelic technical eclectic
371 Ratings 22 Reviews 3.48 Average
Dino Valente - Dino Valente, Cover art
August 1968 Album
psychedelic rebellious romantic peaceful love nature sentimental mellow
361 Ratings 16 Reviews 3.45 Average
The Gentle Soul - Gentle Soul, Cover art
30 October 1968 Album
calm quirky spring mellow forest happy warm sensual
204 Ratings 12 Reviews 3.48 Average
Sandy Bull - E pluribus unum, Cover art
March 1969 Album
mellow psychedelic hypnotic instrumental
403 Ratings 11 Reviews 3.45 Average
Saint Steven - Over the Hills, Cover art
July 1969 Album
182 Ratings 15 Reviews 3.48 Average
Jake Holmes - "The Above Ground Sound" of Jake Holmes, Cover art
July 1967 Album
introspective psychedelic lonely sentimental
403 Ratings 14 Reviews 3.43 Average
Pearls Before Swine - These Things Too, Cover art
September 1969 Album
peaceful psychedelic love
352 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.43 Average
Judy Henske & Jerry Yester - Farewell Aldebaran, Cover art
16 June 1969 Album
psychedelic eclectic religious
447 Ratings 21 Reviews 3.40 Average
Donovan - For Little Ones, Cover art
December 1967 Album
168 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.47 Average
David Stoughton - Transformer, Cover art
December 1968 Album
progressive nature lush pastoral quirky rhythmic complex playful
181 Ratings 11 Reviews 3.42 Average
Tea & Symphony - An Asylum for the Musically Insane, Cover art
November 1969 Album
quirky surreal abstract psychedelic playful progressive avant-garde bittersweet
336 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.41 Average
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