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Updated: 28 May
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25 October 1968 Album
psychedelic drugs surreal sensual energetic sexual raw passionate
29k Ratings 466 Reviews 4.16 Average
The Doors - The Doors, Cover art
4.08 42k 41,753 628 628
4 January 1967 Album
psychedelic drugs poetic sexual dark nocturnal mysterious cryptic
42k Ratings 628 Reviews 4.08 Average
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced, Cover art
12 May 1967 Album
psychedelic energetic sexual drugs raw hedonistic heavy passionate
31k Ratings 540 Reviews 4.10 Average
Can - Tago Mago, Cover art
4.06 28k 28,484 497 497
August 1971 Album
psychedelic surreal hypnotic avant-garde rhythmic improvisation cryptic abstract
28k Ratings 497 Reviews 4.06 Average
Ween - Quebec, Cover art
4.01 16k 15,609 145 145
5 August 2003 Album
eclectic drugs surreal psychedelic bittersweet melancholic quirky atmospheric
16k Ratings 145 Reviews 4.01 Average
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain, Cover art
3.98 20k 20,048 206 206
12 July 1971 Album
psychedelic passionate rhythmic apocalyptic hypnotic political playful philosophical
20k Ratings 206 Reviews 3.98 Average
Love - Forever Changes, Cover art
3.97 22k 22,464 544 544
November 1967 Album
psychedelic philosophical melodic existential bittersweet summer warm lush
22k Ratings 544 Reviews 3.97 Average
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love, Cover art
1 December 1967 Album
psychedelic surreal energetic passionate warm sexual hedonistic melodic
21k Ratings 324 Reviews 3.95 Average
The Doors - Strange Days, Cover art
3.93 21k 21,115 303 303
25 September 1967 Album
psychedelic mysterious cryptic poetic melancholic alienation surreal nocturnal
21k Ratings 303 Reviews 3.93 Average
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity, Cover art
29 April 2016 Album
energetic repetitive psychedelic science fiction uncommon time signatures concept album lo-fi occult
21k Ratings 131 Reviews 3.91 Average
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun, Cover art
3.92 13k 12,850 159 159
10 December 1999 Album
energetic energetic psychedelic psychedelic warm warm tribal tribal
13k Ratings 159 Reviews 3.92 Average
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Cover art
4 August 1967 Album
psychedelic surreal fantasy playful drugs abstract quirky avant-garde
37k Ratings 724 Reviews 3.79 Average
The Doors - L.A. Woman, Cover art
3.87 19k 18,649 326 326
29 April 1971 Album
psychedelic poetic cryptic mysterious dark urban nocturnal sexual
19k Ratings 326 Reviews 3.87 Average
Lift to Experience - The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads, Cover art
26 June 2001 Album
Christian epic concept album apocalyptic religious triumphant progressive spiritual
7k Ratings 96 Reviews 3.90 Average
Spiritualized® - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Cover art
16 June 1997 Album
drugs lonely melancholic psychedelic romantic space dense atmospheric
21k Ratings 221 Reviews 3.82 Average
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk, Cover art
September 1967 Album
playful raw psychedelic surreal energetic quirky rhythmic humorous
15k Ratings 253 Reviews 3.85 Average
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March 1970 Album
playful psychedelic summer tropical quirky warm surreal satirical
4k Ratings 45 Reviews 3.88 Average
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - I'm in Your Mind Fuzz, Cover art
31 October 2014 Album
psychedelic energetic noisy hypnotic playful surreal rhythmic dense
13k Ratings 71 Reviews 3.83 Average
Stereolab - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements, Cover art
10 August 1993 Album
repetitive noisy psychedelic hypnotic energetic political philosophical warm
10k Ratings 89 Reviews 3.84 Average
Amon Düül II - Yeti, Cover art
3.84 10k 9,673 159 159
April 1970 Album
psychedelic improvisation heavy hypnotic dense avant-garde atmospheric abstract
10k Ratings 159 Reviews 3.84 Average
Almendra - Almendra, Cover art
3.86 4k 4,320 51 51
29 November 1969 Album
psychedelic melancholic poetic melodic surreal peaceful warm eclectic
4k Ratings 51 Reviews 3.86 Average
Santana - Santana, Cover art
3.84 6k 5,707 87 87
August 1969 Album
energetic rhythmic psychedelic passionate warm summer improvisation spiritual
6k Ratings 87 Reviews 3.84 Average
The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!, Cover art
27 June 1966 Album
satirical psychedelic humorous sarcastic playful eclectic political surreal
15k Ratings 324 Reviews 3.79 Average
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes, Cover art
3.81 9k 9,044 166 166
June 1968 Album
psychedelic playful tropical energetic sarcastic humorous quirky satirical
9k Ratings 166 Reviews 3.81 Average
T2 - It'll All Work Out in Boomland, Cover art
August 1970 Album
progressive psychedelic atmospheric sombre melodic cryptic mellow complex
4k Ratings 81 Reviews 3.84 Average
Tame Impala - Lonerism, Cover art
3.72 27k 26,799 231 231
5 October 2012 Album
psychedelic summer warm lonely lush introspective melodic dense
27k Ratings 231 Reviews 3.72 Average
The United States of America - The United States of America, Cover art
6 March 1968 Album
psychedelic eclectic avant-garde surreal political sampling satirical quirky
8k Ratings 150 Reviews 3.80 Average
The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money, Cover art
4 March 1968 Album
satirical sarcastic humorous avant-garde psychedelic concept album eclectic pessimistic
11k Ratings 240 Reviews 3.77 Average
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December 1968 Album
psychedelic rock opera death war pessimistic concept album progressive philosophical
5k Ratings 132 Reviews 3.81 Average
Егор и Опизденевшие [Yegor i Opizdenevshie] - Сто лет одиночества, Cover art
April 1993 Album
lo-fi psychedelic surreal philosophical melancholic poetic cryptic existential
2k Ratings 16 Reviews 3.81 Average
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow, Cover art
1 February 1967 Album
psychedelic drugs melodic surreal mellow love uplifting warm
13k Ratings 233 Reviews 3.77 Average
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland, Cover art
17 November 2017 Album
uncommon time signatures progressive psychedelic mysterious epic repetitive hypnotic concept album
11k Ratings 56 Reviews 3.77 Average
Khan - Space Shanty, Cover art
3.81 2k 2,285 60 60
May 1972 Album
science fiction energetic melodic atmospheric psychedelic space progressive epic
2k Ratings 60 Reviews 3.81 Average
Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond, Cover art
July 1972 Album
heavy energetic psychedelic progressive complex surreal space uncommon time signatures
4k Ratings 130 Reviews 3.80 Average
Pescado Rabioso - Pescado 2, Cover art
3.81 2k 2,074 27 27
February 1973 Album
psychedelic passionate poetic warm surreal natural raw progressive
2k Ratings 27 Reviews 3.81 Average
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana, Cover art
24 February 2017 Album
microtonal psychedelic hypnotic desert rhythmic warm repetitive playful
15k Ratings 80 Reviews 3.74 Average
Funkadelic - Funkadelic, Cover art
3.79 5k 4,680 75 75
24 February 1970 Album
psychedelic drugs rhythmic sexual hypnotic passionate hedonistic playful
5k Ratings 75 Reviews 3.79 Average
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers, Cover art
3 January 1968 Album
psychedelic warm melodic atmospheric mellow soothing bittersweet ethereal
6k Ratings 169 Reviews 3.78 Average
Егор и Опизденевшие [Yegor i Opizdenevshie] - Прыг-скок: Детские песенки, Cover art
1990 Album
lo-fi melancholic surreal ritualistic folklore raw poetic cryptic
2k Ratings 14 Reviews 3.78 Average
Gong - Flying Teapot, Cover art
3.76 5k 5,143 77 77
25 May 1973 Album
playful psychedelic fantasy humorous space drugs quirky concept album
5k Ratings 77 Reviews 3.76 Average
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Soundtracks

  • Chris Christodoulou - Risk of Rain 2, Cover art
    623 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.90 Average
    3.90 623 623 6 6
  • Various Artists - Woodstock, Cover art
    Woodstock
    1970 Album
    1k Ratings 51 Reviews 3.86 Average
    3.86 1k 1,171 51 51
  • Popol Vuh - Nosferatu: Brüder des Schattens - Söhne des Lichts, Cover art
    1k Ratings 19 Reviews 3.75 Average
    3.75 1k 1,384 19 19
  • Bobby Beausoleil and The Freedom Orchestra - Lucifer Rising, Cover art
    568 Ratings 11 Reviews 3.69 Average
    3.69 568 568 11 11
  • 天井桟敷 / 東京キッドブラザース - サントラ盤!! 書を捨てよ町へ出よう (Santora-ban‼ Sho o suteyo machi e deyō), Cover art
    3.68 521 521 7 7
  • Live

  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Live at Red Rocks '22, Cover art
    1k Ratings 37 Reviews 4.27 Average
    4.27 1k 1,356 37 37
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Live in Chicago '23, Cover art
    358 Ratings 9 Reviews 4.28 Average
    4.28 358 358 9 9
  • Grateful Dead - Sunshine Daydream: Veneta, Oregon, August 27, 1972, Cover art
    743 Ratings 19 Reviews 4.17 Average
    4.17 743 743 19 19
  • Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks Volume Twelve: Providence Civic, June 26, 1974 - Boston Garden, June 28, 1974, Cover art
    4.16 409 409 14 14
  • Ween - Live in Chicago, Cover art
    753 Ratings 7 Reviews 4.13 Average
    4.13 753 753 7 7
  • Archival

  • Les Rallizes Dénudés - '77 Live, Cover art
    9k Ratings 130 Reviews 4.06 Average
    4.06 9k 8,639 130 130
  • Grateful Dead - Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings, Cover art
    367 Ratings 7 Reviews 4.13 Average
    4.13 367 367 7 7
  • Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon - Live at Wembley Empire Pool, London, 1974, Cover art
    4.11 769 769 16 16
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