A psychedelic masterpiece: Must-listen recommended albums [2026]

AnthemThe Millennium

The Millennium – Begin (1968) Full Album

When you listen to the last track of the album, you can feel the band members’ hearts.

That track also closes with experimental elements, so please listen to the album as a whole.

When the distinctive bass drops out, it makes you feel as if everything was an illusion.

Roger the EngineerThe Yardbirds

The Yardbirds- Over, Under, Sideways, Down

It’s The Yardbirds, the band famous for having all three of the great British rock guitarists—Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page—among its members.

Among their works, this is “Roger the Engineer,” their second studio album from the period when Jeff Beck was in the band.

It’s said to have laid the foundations of psychedelic rock, and in Japan it was even given the subtitle “Ace of Psychedelic.”

Smell of IncenseWest Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Smell of Incense

It has a band sound that feels like prog mixed with psychedelic choruses.

There’s a peculiar charm, as if the traditions of psychedelia are blended into an early form of nu-metal/mixture rock production.

I think the way the vocal lines are crafted is what creates the atmosphere.

Happy TrailsQuicksilver Messenger Service

QMS Who Do You Love (Audio)

It is one of the psychedelic groups that represent San Francisco, alongside bands like Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead in American blues, folk, and rock.

The way the twin guitars overlap is distinctive, and it gives off a psychedelic feel.

Ege BamyasiCan

CAN – Vitamin C

Ege Bamyasi is one of the seminal albums by the German band Can.

German groups of that era eagerly incorporated rock, electronics, and other genres, developing a distinctive, experimental musical style.

Can, a leading example, had a strong psychedelic character, and during this period their vocalist was a Japanese singer named Damo Suzuki.