Best Albums to listen to while stoned

[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]

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[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.
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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.

[Larry_Griffin-Kentzel]

“A Child’s Garden Of Grass” - Ron Jacobs (Elektra)

[chief]

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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 …)
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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 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