The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
by 13th Floor Elevators
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The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators is ranked as the best album by 13th Floor Elevators.
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The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1966 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 25 Music Albums of 1966 | 16/25 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 80 Music Albums of 1966 | 38/80 | 3 |
| 2026 | BurndenAce | Top 75 Music Albums of the 1960s | 73/75 | 1 |
| 2026 | downandout | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 48 Music Albums of 1966 | 30/48 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1966 | 15/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1966 | 4/49 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Repo Music: An Alt Hx of Cosmic Music | 9/32 | - |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1966 | 10/22 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 434 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,994 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2026 18:12 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 20:00 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2026 18:38 | duelek | 2,135 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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TitusGroan 12/16/2024 08:17 | #306537
Own: original American IA mono LP from 1966, in shrink wrap with old Sam Goody price sticker on it. I think it was on sale. A hugely important album with a wonderful psychedelic cover and title, though the music is still mostly in the 1965/1966 garage rock vein. A cornerstone of vinyl culture! (Edited)
The 2nd is the best ??? The 1st is the worst ?? (Edited)
The first 4 songs are absolutely phenomenal and the group are just brimming with ideas on these tracks which make them such a joy to listen to. If the whole record maintained this quality then this album would be amongst the very best but all the tracks that follow let the music down. All their experimentation seems to dry up and we get a slow crawl to the finish instead of the huge psychedelic explosion the opening tracks make us think we are going to get. This makes the release feel very unsatisfying and has stopped me from revisiting it a few times. Overall, this is a unique and special release in the 60's as it attempted to push the genre to the limit and this leads to some incredible cuts on here but they just lack consistency on the whole.
If it would remain quality of first four tracks throughout the tracklist it would be one of the greatest albums of 1960s, it's still very influential, but sounds like they were losing ideas by the end of it.
salahshoori 01/13/2022 07:36 | #279232
One of the most underrated albums of all time. That's how GOOD it is!
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