AKA: Psychedelic Music • Umbrella of styles intended to replicate or enhance the altered state of consciousness brought on by the use of psychedelic drugs, originating in the 1960s.
Here are the best albums of the genre for each year from 1965 to the present.
1965: Ballads of Contemporary Protest, Point of Views, and General Dissatisfaction by The Village Fugs
1966: Revolver by The Beatles
1967: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
1968: Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
1969: Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
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1970: Exuma by Exuma
1971: Tago Mago by Can
1972: Arthur Verocai by Arthur Verocai
1973: Pescado 2 by Pescado Rabioso
1974: Anima latina by Lucio Battisti
1975: Paêbirú by Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho
1976: No Rest for the Wicked by Truth and Janey
1977: A Boy ボーイby Douji Morita 森田童子
1978: Amor de índio by Beto Guedes
1979: Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes by Eloy
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1980: Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys
1981: Black Snake Diamond Role by Robyn Hitchcock
1982: The Blurred Crusade by The Church
1983: Emergency Third Rail Power Trip by The Rain Parade
1984: World Shut Your Mouth by Julian Cope
1985: Fegmania! by Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians
1986: Skylarking by XTC
1987: The Perfect Prescription by Spacemen 3
1988: Starfish by The Church
1989: Playing With Fire by Spacemen 3
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1990: Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To by Spacemen 3
1991: Yerself Is Steam by Mercury Rev
1992: Blues for the Red Sun by Kyuss
1993: II by Kingston Wall
1994: Kyuss [Welcome to Sky Valley] by Kyuss
1995: Clouds Taste Metallic by The Flaming Lips
1996: Long Season by Fishmans
1997: The Mollusk by Ween
1998: Super æ by Boredoms
1999: The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips
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2000: Rated R by Queens of the Stone Age
2001: The Glow Pt. 2 by The Microphones
2002: Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age
2003: Mount Eerie by The Microphones
2004: Smile by Brian Wilson
2005: Feels by Animal Collective
2006: The Dance of the Moon and the Sun by Natural Snow Buildings
2007: Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective
2008: Two Airships / Exploder Falls by Candy Claws
2009: Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
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2010: Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter
2011: Caesar Demos by Ween
2012: Lonerism by Tame Impala
2013: Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time by Candy Claws
2014: I’m in Your Mind Fuzz by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
2015: 공중도덕 (Gongjoong Doduk) by 공중도덕 (Mid-Air Thief)
2016: Nonagon Infinity by King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
2017: Flying Microtonal Banana by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
2018: 무너지기 (Crumbling) by Mid-Air Thief 공중도둑
2019: Kiwanuka by Michael Kiwanuka
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2020: Heaven to a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor
2021: Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern by Lil Ugly Mane
2022: Once Twice Melody by Beach House