Best Albums to listen to while stoned

[sweetcan]

Pink Floyd -- The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, anything

Smashing Pumpkins -- Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness

Mazzy Star -- If Tonight I Can See

Emerson Lake & Palmer - anything

Rush -- anything

Jesus and Mary Chain -- Honey's Dead

Van Morrison -- Moondance

Tori Amos -- From the Choirgirl Hotel

Live -- Secret Samadhi

I am sure there's more...but these are on standby all the time!

[Coldfire]

Pink Floyd -- The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, anything


Stop right there! No need to mention more. Light up already, and enjoy the vibes, man ;)

[yojimbo]

Anything by Tom Waits .

[Biotop]

1. Eskimo--The Residents

2. Low--David Bowie

3. As the World Disappears...--Current 93

4. Force the Hand of Chance--Psychic TV

5. Before and After Science--Brian Eno

6. Stratosfear--Tangerine Dream

7. No Tears Ep--Tuxedomoon

8. Metamatic--John Foxx

9. Closer--Joy Division

10. Songs for Swinging Larvae--Renaldo and the Loaf

[aenea]

BTW, Roger Waters' concert is one of the best I have ever been to. I was lucky enough to attend last week in Charlotte, and it was incredible.

Fleetwood Mac is good hanging out music too. Steve Miller too sometimes.

[Floompy]

Anything by The Swans! Dark and enjoyable.

[capacitor]

Okay, which albums get you stoned? (Not to death, of course)

[Milossarian]

While the two Floyd albums you mentioned are most worthy, and you did say anything else by them, I do feel that a few of the other Floyd albums that are quite effective for these purposes must be mentioned by name: Animals, Wish You Were Here and Works.

As far as newer albums, if you're looking for something a little edgier, Alice in Chain's "Dirt" CD is great from beginning to end. Another good newer one is Ben Harper's latest CD, "Burn to Shine."

(The Deadheads and Dave Matthews fanatics will be here any minute ...)

[Ukulele Ike]

Either Lou Reed's METAL MACHINE MUSIC or the Simon Rattle/Binghamton recording of Mahler's First...particularly the "landler" movement.

Hah! Fooled ya, Milo.

[dropzone]

No, not "The Wall" (cuz it sux) nor even "Dark Side." "Meddle" or "UmmaGumma."

"Close to the Edge" by Yes.

"Astral Weeks" by Van.

[kiffa]

Live Dead by the Grateful Dead
Susie Creamcheese by Frank Zappa

[Nacho4Sara]

The Stealing Beauty Soundtrack

Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper

Happy Pot Smoking, kids!! :)

[Silo]

Pink Floyd -- The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, anything


Stop right there! No need to mention more. Light up already, and enjoy the vibes, man ;)

ditto

[TN*hippie]

Eat a Peach...........Allman Brothers
"White Album".........The Beatles
Blood on the Tracks...Bob Dylan

Actually, the best record to listen to (stoned or not) is ANYTHING by John Prine. But I'm a bit biased.

Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors

are all strong contenders, too.

[Kricket]

Led Zeplin
Pink Floyd
Rush
Grateful Dead
Beatles

How bout movies to watch?
The Wall, Up in Smoke, The Wizard of Oz (Believe it, some pretty interesting stuff in there!)

[matt_mcl]

Little Earthquakes (Tori Amos).

[rundogrun]

I have to second the vote for the aforementioned "Before and After Science" by Brian Eno.

I'd swear I listened to that album almost every day in college.

Ummmm...not that I was stoned or anything...

[gobear]

My drug days are long behind me, but here's what i used to enjoy during my misspent youth.In addition to anything by Pink Floyd(Ummagumma, IMHO, being the trippiest selection), I would also nominate:
[list]
Anything by King Crimson, although 21st Century Schizoid Man would be an excellent choice.
Anything by Frank Zappa-Hot Rats or Uncle Meat being especially good
Anything by Johann Sebastian Bach. Listening to the trills and cadenzas of baroque music really takes you into a different space when you trip. Trust me.
Mozart's Requiem The music, especially the Dies Irae, can make some intense space in your head.
As far as videos, pretty much anything is good when you're high, although I would say the Three Stooges, Bugs Bunny, and Yellow Submarine always worked for me.

[Milossarian]

Rush's "2112," particularly side one.

[jesuslynch]

Jean-Mechel Jarre - Oxygene

[ReservoirDog]

Well, I know it's not mellow or relaxing, but back in college, we used to throw on:

The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails

It's a lot of fun to break things to.

[Floompy]

Anything by King Crimson, although 21st Century Schizoid Man would be an excellent choice...
As far as videos, pretty much anything is good when you're high, although I would say the Three Stooges, Bugs Bunny, and Yellow Submarine always worked for me.


I agree with you. Bugs Bunny and King Crimson are awesome! But in contrast, they make me feel TOO slow when smoking with all their wild-ness.

[Whack-a-Mole]

Adding my $0.02

Has to be Pink Floyd with Grateful Dead a close second or even a tie. Still, I can't believe nobody mentioned Bob Marley yet! His albums practically came with a joint enclosed!

Moody Blues (In Search of the Lost Chord and On the Threshold of a Dream) aren't too bad either. Or was that a different frame of mind? I forget ;).

[ThisYearsGirl]

"Astral Weeks" and "Moondance" are both my favorite make-out albums. . .
"Led Zep III" is a good stoned album.

[rundogrun]

Shoulda mentioned this one earlier...Santana Moonflower...particularly side two.

[PunditLisa]

Yup. Pink Floyd wins my vote. In college, with the help of "Comfortably Numb" and a bong the size of Detroit, I do believe I discovered the meaning of life.

Too bad I can't recall what it is I discovered, because it was incredibly profound.

[ReservoirDog]

Nah. To truly discover the meaning of life, you need 'shrooms.

I discovered the meaning of life about three times back in school. Of course, each time it was significantly different, and none of them make any sense at all today.

[AHunter3]

I. First and Foremost

Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- Saucerful of Secrets
- Meddle (side two, "Echoes")
- Ummagumma
- Relics
- Atom Heart Mother
- Wish You Were Here
- Animals
- DSOTM of course
- The Wall

...heck, any album EXCEPT The Final Cut will do ya. (I'd probably skip several tracks in Obscured by Clouds or More, though).

II. And their one-time Sound Dude Too

Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination
- I, Robot
- Pyramid
- Eve (just "Luficer", though)
- Turn of a Friendly Card
- Ammonia Avenue
- Stereotomy (just "In the Real World")
- Gaudi

III. Something of More Modern Vintage

Enigma - MCMXC A.D.
- Cross of Changes
- Le Roi Est Mort, Viva Le Roi

[TN*hippie]

You are absolutely correct in your Bob Marley nomination.
(anything, but "Live" and "Exodus" are my faves.)
While we're talking Reggae, Peter Tosh does the best cover of anyone, anywhere, any style. Which song am I talking about?
Ya got 15 minutes.

[Coldfire]

TennHippie: J.J. Cale's "Cocaine"?

[Eo Echo]

I'll pile on with the Floyd and Rush and add anything by Mazzy Star (totallly mellow) and Cypress Hill, especially the Black Sunday album.

[billyt123]

Phish,

got to be a bootleg because the studio stuff is missing the crazy jam sessions that you need when you are wasted

any Dicks Picks from the Dead would also be a nice choice

[TN*hippie]

Well, I gave you folks a lot more than 15 minutes.
The answer is Johnny B. Goode, originally by Chuck Berry. Good tune to begin with, but Peter Tosh did an exquisite version of it.

[JamesCarroll]

Maybe its the Geritol talking, but even in my younger days Pink Floyd freaked the sh!t out me when I was stoned. I tend to prefer the Smiths, Violent Femmes, and anything cheesy from the 80's. Of course nothing tears down the roof like my 45 of Tony Basil singing "Oh Micky you're so fine" at 78 rpm. I've seen people literally pass out from hyperventilation.

[Ozone]

I wouldn't want to be listening to any music while people were throwing rocks at me. I'd be for getting the hell out of there..... ;)

[mouthbreather]

Ambient/Music for Airports -- Brian Eno
Rembrandt Pussyhorse -- Butthole Surfers
Spiderland -- Slint
The Pod -- Ween
TNT - Tortoise
Combustication -- MMW
Positive -- The Grassy Knoll
Frigid Stars -- Codeine
UFOrb-- The Orb
Crookt, Crackt, Or Fly --Gastr del Sol
Djelika -- Toumani Diabate
Pinback s/t
#1 -- Skylab
Cure for Pain -- Morphine
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out -- Yo La Tengo
The Calender of Unlucky Days -- Euphone
Nassau -- The Sea & Cake

I could go on, but I won't. For now.

[Cajun Man]

"A Child's Garden Of Grass" - Ron Jacobs (Elektra)

[chief]

While the two Floyd albums you mentioned are most worthy, and you did say anything else by them, I do feel that a few of the other Floyd albums that are quite effective for these purposes must be mentioned by name: Animals, Wish You Were Here and Works.

As far as newer albums, if you're looking for something a little edgier, Alice in Chain's "Dirt" CD is great from beginning to end. Another good newer one is Ben Harper's latest CD, "Burn to Shine."

(The Deadheads and Dave Matthews fanatics will be here any minute ...)


Awesome albums you mentioned! Dirt is one of my all time favorites of the 90s, and Burn to Shine is simply amazing,
its hard to explain but there's something special about Ben Harper!

[Shayna]

In fact, I'm very much against it. However, I was young and stupid once, so...

Does anybody remember a group from the early 70's called Nektar (http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&sql=B19532~C) and their album Remember the Future?

Nektar's sound, built around guitar, electronic keyboards, and bass, was far more gothic, with dense textures that didn't always reproduce well on stage -- the fans didn't seem to notice. On radio, however, their music filled in large patches of time and attracted listeners ready to graduate from Iron Butterfly and Vanilla Fudge, and seeking a recreation of the drug experience in progressive rock.

Their third album, Remember the Future, released in Germany in 1973, was the group's breakthrough record. The title track, broken into two side-length halves, took up the entire record, and became a favorite of FM radio in 1974.

There simply was no better album to listen to when you were stoned.

[flikker]

Anything by Led Zeppelin....or The Doors

[Typo Negative]

Like goboy, my drug days are far behind me. But every time I hear 'Lakeside Park' of 'All the World's a Stage' by Rush, I want to spark one up.

[Asmodeus]

Anything by Traffic

or the Beatles in their drug music days.

[KarlGauss]

I haven't tripped in 30 years (well, once or twice since). But I do remember ...there was a swimming pool and they said it couldn't happen here, no, no, ... Who could imagine that they would freak out somewhere in...

1. The Wozard of Iz - (can't remember by whom)

2. Anything by The Firesign Theatre.

3. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix

4. Atom Heart Mother - Pinkfloyd

5. In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

BTW, have you ever listened to classic Beach Boys stuff when spaced?

[Czarcasm]

Grass-Electric Light Orchestra, "Out Of The Blue"
Acid-Beatles, "The Beatles"(White Album)British pressing.

Or so I've been told. :)

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

I haven't tripped in 30 years (well, once or twice since). But I do remember ...there was a swimming pool and they said it couldn't happen here, no, no, ... Who could imagine that they would freak out somewhere in...


UNIX IS WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFULL!! It really makes it, man.

Sorry, inside joke for whoever knows the above quote, and is forced to use a UNIX system.

[taddycat]

The White Album (especially Dear Prudence, really loud)
Garcia/Grisman--their first album together (love that mandolin)
Anything live by the Grateful Dead
Junta by Phish
Fables of the Reconstruction or Murmur by REM
Days of Future Past by the Moody Blues (Normally this album sounds overblown and stupid, but for some reason, when high it just sparkles)

Off the topic, I haven't smoked in 3 years, and the one thing I miss about it is how cool music sounds when stoned.

[Spolvy]

The Delicate Sound Of Thunder -- Pink Floyd
The Last Waltz -- The Band
Stop Making Sense -- The Talking Heads
24 nights -- Clapton
1984 -- Van Halen

Almost anything by Jimi, Stevie, VH, Led Zep...