# Best Albums to listen to while stoned **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422 "2000-06-15T00:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/21 "2000-06-15T16:01:05Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Floompy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@Floompy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floompy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/22 "2000-06-15T16:25:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > [li]Anything by King Crimson, although 21st Century Schizoid Man would be an excellent choice…[/li]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. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/23 "2000-06-15T16:38:22Z")
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 ;). ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/24 "2000-06-15T17:05:43Z")
“Astral Weeks” and “Moondance” are both my favorite make-out albums. . . “Led Zep III” is a good stoned album. ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/25 "2000-06-15T18:50:34Z")
Shoulda mentioned this one earlier…Santana Moonflower…particularly side two. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/26 "2000-06-15T18:55:02Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/27 "2000-06-15T18:59:49Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/28 "2000-06-15T19:14:36Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/29 "2000-06-16T00:20:32Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/30 "2000-06-16T00:26:28Z")
TennHippie: J.J. Cale’s “Cocaine”? ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/31 "2000-06-16T00:30:51Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![billyt123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@billyt123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billyt123)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/32 "2000-06-16T01:17:23Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/33 "2000-06-16T16:06:25Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/34 "2000-06-16T20:22:40Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ozone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e95f7d/32.png) [@Ozone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ozone)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/35 "2000-06-16T20:25:55Z")
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… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/36 "2000-06-16T22:17:11Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/37 "2000-06-17T05:43:36Z")
“A Child’s Garden Of Grass” - Ron Jacobs (Elektra) ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/38 "2000-06-17T08:10:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > 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! ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/39 "2000-06-17T08:37:38Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![flikker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@flikker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flikker)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-to-listen-to-while-stoned/22422/40 "2000-06-18T10:22:32Z")
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