Best of the Psychedelic 60's
by NickVolos

INTRO:
This chart is focused primarily on Psychedelic Rock, attempting to identify and list some of those great psychedelic gems that somehow fell through the cracks. Albums such as "It's A Long Way Down" by "The Fallen Angels", "Trip Thru Hell" by "C.A. Quintet", "The Music Emporium" from the same, "Music" by "Axe", "Trilogy For The Masses" by "Ford Theatre", "Yesterday's Folks" by "US69", "Churchill's" by "The Churchills" and many more. Other works critically hailed as psychedelic masterpieces are not omitted. Albums such as "Forever Changes", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Surrealistic Pillow", "The Doors", "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn " and so on.

Music was drastically changed with the arrival of psychedelia influencing music even today. It was heralded sometime around 1966 with the issuance of such landmark works as "The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators" and "Revolver". As such, most of the selections in the chart are from that time on forward. The list starts with some early 60's non-psychedelic albums, which may be eventually replaced.

NOTES:
The chart is under construction as I am reshuffling the available material. As it is changed, some of the better known albums will be removed (well, not all...) and the number of albums per artist will be limited. It is sorted by preference. Selections 85 - End are not sorted.

• Chart updated: 06/23/2014 17:15
• (Created: 10/30/2013 19:04).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Forever Changes 

 Love

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Rank Score: 93.64% [First added to this chart: 10/30/2013]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,504 charts

Rank Score:

15,431

Rank in 1967:

5

Rank in 1960s:

19

Overall Rank:

76

Average Rating:

 85 (1,633 votes)

Comments:

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Moby Grape 

 Moby Grape

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Rank Score: 93.08% [First added to this chart: 10/30/2013]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

199 charts

Rank Score:

856

Rank in 1967:

31

Rank in 1960s:

187

Overall Rank:

1,941

Average Rating:

 77 (217 votes)

Comments:

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Deaf Priscilla 

 Beauregard Ajax

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Rank Score: 91.79% [First added to this chart: 10/30/2013]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

39

Rank in 1968:

257

Rank in 1960s:

1,517

Overall Rank:

24,376

Average Rating:

 69 (16 votes)

Comments:

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Middle Eastern Rock 

 John Berberian And The Rock East Ensemble

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Rank Score: 91.43% [First added to this chart: 10/30/2013]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

35

Rank in 1969:

303

Rank in 1960s:

1,616

Overall Rank:

26,092

Average Rating:

 74 (12 votes)

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It's A Long Way Down 

 The Fallen Angels

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Rank Score: 90.83% [First added to this chart: 10/30/2013]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

225

Rank in 1968:

86

Rank in 1960s:

460

Overall Rank:

5,884

Average Rating:

 78 (42 votes)

Comments:

4

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Safe As Milk 

 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

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Rank Score: 90.83% [First added to this chart: 10/30/2013]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

523 charts

Rank Score:

3,555

Rank in 1967:

16

Rank in 1960s:

63

Overall Rank:

485

Average Rating:

 80 (631 votes)

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The Doors 

 The Doors

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Rank Score: 90.00% [First added to this chart: 10/30/2013]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,425 charts

Rank Score:

26,893

Rank in 1967:

3

Rank in 1960s:

9

Overall Rank:

28

Average Rating:

 87 (2,847 votes)

Comments:

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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Rank Score: 90.00% [First added to this chart: 10/30/2013]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,590 charts

Rank Score:

49,532

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,586 votes)

Comments:

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Oar 

 Alexander Spence

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Rank Score: 89.58% [First added to this chart: 01/19/2014]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

146 charts

Rank Score:

523

Rank in 1969:

68

Rank in 1960s:

263

Overall Rank:

2,916

Average Rating:

 75 (126 votes)

Comments:

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H. P. Lovecraft 

 H. P. Lovecraft

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Rank Score: 89.44% [First added to this chart: 10/30/2013]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

101

Rank in 1967:

119

Rank in 1960s:

824

Overall Rank:

11,493

Average Rating:

 74 (40 votes)

Comments:

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Best of the Psychedelic 60's composition

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	5	5%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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100/100  !	07/31/2025 22:02	Repo	562	100/100
85/100  !	02/09/2025 18:32	Johnnyo	2,558	80/100
90/100  !	05/06/2020 19:31	Junomoogmello	15	87/100
90/100  !	05/31/2017 06:29	JulianR	570	75/100
95/100  !	12/21/2016 18:15	tgarritsen	375	86/100

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This chart is rated in the top 4% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 89.2/100, a mean average of 92.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 92.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.2.

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From Johnnyo 02/09/2025 18:32 | #307509

Great chart and source reference for future exploration.

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From Junomoogmello 05/06/2020 19:34 | #251002

Great chart which has given me plenty of bands to try out during isolation! The great thing about music is that it can span many genres so great to see Led Zeppelin 1 in here and although Pet Sounds is a cracking album as another psychedelic enthusiast has pointed out, I wouldn't expect that or anything else to be here because this is your chart! Thank you for all the new band exploration provided.

As a side note, if any person can define the lines between psychedelia, progressive, rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz, classical et al, then they are a superior being to me...

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From JulianR 06/02/2017 06:12 | #191843

Very helpful for exploring the genre. Thanks!

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From JulianR 05/31/2017 06:28 | #191749

Four comments:
Is Led Zeppelin I really psychedelic? It seems like straight up hard blues-rock to me.
Give "The Odessey and the Oracle" another listen and then rank it like top 5 where it belongs :)
Pet sounds belongs here.
What is the rank percentage you have here?

Also thank you for this excellent chart! I haven't heard of most of these albums whihc is exactly what i was looking for.

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From ObsoleteEntity 12/21/2016 15:39 | #180676

Thanks for introducing me to Beauregard Ajax. Nice album. I am currently making a chart of Psychedelic albums, and there are some great ones here on your chart! Thanks.

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From edubs 06/19/2016 14:35 | #169148

Thanks for putting this together. Great reference! Should I find some recommended additions, I will pass them on.

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From Roal 10/11/2014 11:42 | #124000

Now I know I know nothing about psychedelic rock.

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From NickVolos 11/09/2013 12:02 | #91389

Thanks. I am glad you like 'Corridor of Faces' - you are now the 2nd person in BEA that lists it. :) Too bad that few people are familiar with it. Looking forward to seeing your 60's chart when it is done.

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From latenighttv 11/09/2013 08:02 | #91385

This looks like an excellent chart, thanks a lot. I went ahead and added 'Corridor of Faces' to my current '60s playlist.

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