The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
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The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators rankings summary
Overall rank: 849th | 1960s rank: 92nd | 1966 rank: 10th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 41 Music Albums of 1966 | 34/41 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Dankel | Top 32 Music Albums of 1966 | 8/32 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1966 | 18/43 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 50 Music Albums of 1966 | 11/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best of The 60s Pt.2 (101-200) | 76/100 | - |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 7 Music Albums of 1966 | 3/7 | 4 |
| 2026 | sweetness | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 47 Music Albums of 1966 | 7/47 | 4 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1966 | 15/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 81/100 | 19 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 434 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,037 | |||
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| ! | 10/09/2026 15:15 | rubens | 883 | 71/100 |
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RhymeDragWiDrag 12/24/2012 07:33 | #58784 | TOP COMMENT
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Raw, edgy garage with a queasy, malevolent psychedelic gleam. A glorious atmosphere and great, robust songs throughout. I personally love the electric jug, but I see it's not to everyone's taste! A crucial record for more reasons than just being the first to have the word "Psychedelic" in the title. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys 60s "garage" and the more provocative underground limb of early psychedelic rock. (Edited)
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This is a really good album even though the recording quality is terrible. It's obvious that the band was heavily influenced by LSD and it shows right from the start if not in the sound of "You're Gonna Miss Me" then certainly in "Roller Coaster". I find myself enjoying the songs towards the beginning but the whole album is still enjoyable. The guitars, vocals and songwriting are all fantastic which would make sense for an album that was the first to be advertised as "psychedelic rock". I played around with the different mixes on spotify and found the 2008 mono mix to be the best. The vocals in the stereo version don't sound right. In addition to the two previously mentioned songs I also liked "Reverberation" and "Thru the Rhythm". (Edited)
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hairymarx1 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/09/2011 04:14 | #28154 | TOP COMMENT
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This is probably the archetypel psychedelic album. Combining Roky Erikson's cerebral lyrics and Stacy Sutherland's trademark 'electric jug' fuzztone/reverb guitar (which was the cornerstone of their arrangements), the Elevators create a unique ethereal folk-rock and rhythmic-boogie 'garage' sound with hints of Tex-Mex. This album is a kind of deranged 'acid' trip version of the Rolling Stones. (Edited)
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The jug sounds annoyed me at first, but I have grown to love them. I have even added them to the playlist on our school radio. The kids love Fire Engine. (Edited)
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rockingbyrd456 06/30/2021 05:27 | #271171 | TOP COMMENT
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Really solid album. "You're Gonna Miss Me" would be the choice cut on the album, but there is not bad track here. The production isn't that great, but for psychedelic garage music, it's suits the murkiness.
Listening to this album for the first time, I was startled by just how many psych rock and pop bands and even heavy rock groups that followed the release of this album copied the exact sound of this album, or at least borrowed significant elements from it. Goes to show how influential this thing was. (Edited)
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