# Need help, songs/albums that sound REALLY good when stoned **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806 "2006-03-17T20:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jacob\_Silj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Jacob\_Silj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jacob_Silj)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/1 "2006-03-17T20:51:25Z")
If this thread is deemed inapporpriate, I apologize in advance. If not, I am looking for songs or preferably enitre albums of any type from any era that sound really good when stoned. “Forever Changes” by Love is one I like, as well as “Who’s That Lady” by the Isley Bros. (mainly the wah-wah guitar), “Magic Man” by Heart and “Tattva” by Kula Shaker. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/2 "2006-03-17T20:54:15Z")
Anything off this list should work: [http://www.connollyco.com/discography/rick\_wakeman/index.html](http://www.connollyco.com/discography/rick_wakeman/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/3 "2006-03-17T21:19:04Z")
I’m not into drugs but I would think that Dark Side of the Moon would be practically _made_ for stoners. Also most Nine Inch Nails stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/4 "2006-03-17T21:19:43Z")
Maggotbrain by Funkadelic and pretty much any Pink Floyd. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/5 "2006-03-17T21:25:13Z")
_Inna Gadda da Vida_ requires you be stoned to think it’s any good. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/6 "2006-03-17T21:35:54Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > _Inna Gadda da Vida_ requires you be stoned to think it’s any good. Damn, I was going to post pretty much the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/7 "2006-03-17T22:01:11Z")
_Reefer Madness_ by Hawkwind is good. As is _Hang On To Your Life_ by The Guess Who. And _Nobody’s Fault But Mine_ and _Kashmir_ by Led Zeppelin. And thousands of others, but these are good. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/8 "2006-03-17T22:46:30Z")
How about [this semi-classic](http://www.rhinohandmade.com/browse/ProductLink.lasso?Number=7830)? ---
**Author:** ![Logan\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Logan\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan_5)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/9 "2006-03-17T23:06:06Z")
So am I outting myself by posting? heh heh. Depending on what you like when you are lit, some are good for grooving, some for spacing out. Play loud! Hawkwind - Psychedelic Warlord, Master of the Universe (really any Hawkwind) Cream - Born Under a Bad Sign, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Politician Dizzy Gillespie - Night in Tunisia The Doors - Strange Days Jane’s Addiction - Ocean Size Revolting Cocks - Union Carbide (Live) Cevin Key - The Dragon Experience (album) Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows The Cult - Phoenix Primus - My Name is Mud The Legendary Pink Dots - Disturbance Jesus and Mary Chain - Taste the Floor (actually if you like feedback all of Psychocandy) The Creatures - Hai! (album, very tripped out if you dig Taiko drumming) Kruder and Dorfmeister - Transfatty Acid, Bass and Several Cars Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (album) Cypress Hill - Hits From the Bong Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (album) Juno Reactor - God Is God ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/10 "2006-03-18T01:24:22Z")
It’s somewhat run into the ground by overplay on classic rock stations but it’s hard to beat Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” in it’s entirety, preferably through headphones. Or so they tell me. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/11 "2006-03-18T01:35:21Z")
Pink Floyd’s _Dark Side …_ and _Animals_ both are best consumed when … altered of consciousness. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/12 "2006-03-18T01:46:01Z")
Anything by Tangerine Dream (especially on acid or mushroom). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/13 "2006-03-18T02:35:42Z")
I assume Dave Matthews and Phish sound _much_ better while stoned. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/14 "2006-03-18T02:52:19Z")
Dinosaur child of the 70’s checking in here… RULE NUMBER ONE: HEADPHONES. One CD that’s really hard to find is _Elements_ by **Roger Glover**. Glover was the bass player from Deep Purple, but this album is nothing like their stuff. His one other album isn’t in the same league. All of the **Pink Floyd** between _Dark Side of the Moon_ and _The Wall_ is fair game. My favorite, _Wish You Were Here_, was the triggering mechanism for, umm, my friend’s first visualization of musical notes. Once the 80’s started, of course, we had laser shows at planetariums for such things… _Brain Salad Surgery_ by **Emerson, Lake & Palmer** is very cleanly mixed and has a lot of headphone-friendly stuff on it too. ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/15 "2006-03-18T05:38:24Z")
Of course I am not qualified to make this recommendation 😃 but, Led Zeppelin II will be the ultimate source that you are seeking. No further discussion is necessary. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/16 "2006-03-18T05:43:09Z")
[**The Swans** _'87_](http://www.swans.pair.com/DISCOGRAPHY/cog.html) ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/17 "2006-03-18T05:52:26Z")
**12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus** by Spirit. It’s best on headphones as there’s a lot of wild channel channel swapping. **Blows against the Empire** by Jefferson Starship. **Tarkus** by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. For a completely different experience, try **An English Ladymass** by the Anonymous Four. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/18 "2006-03-18T06:17:22Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > _Inna Gadda da Vida_ requires you be stoned to think it’s any good. Some people say the same thing about the Grateful Dead, but I don’t agree with them. Still, they made some great lighting-up material. Go for the early, more experimental and psychedelic stuff. I haven’t used any hallucinogen in decades, but I feel a little high just listening to that stuff. Try _Live Dead_, _Anthem Of The Sun_, or _From the Vault II_, which is another live version of the material on the other two that I mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/19 "2006-03-18T06:38:04Z")
> [@Kilvert's Pagan](#): > > All of the **Pink Floyd** between _Dark Side of the Moon_ and _The Wall_ is fair game. My favorite, _Wish You Were Here_, was the triggering mechanism for, umm, my friend’s first visualization of musical notes. _Once the 80’s started, of course, we had laser shows at planetariums for such things_… (italics mine) I went to Boston a few years ago, and went to a planetarium Pink Floyd laser show. The announcer gave the following ground rule: “No smoking…OF ANYTHING…(I smelled you people as you came in)…in the auditorium during the show.” ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806/20 "2006-03-18T06:39:07Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > (italics mine) never mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-songs-albums-that-sound-really-good-when-stoned/348806.md?page=2)