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Christopher’s Top 40 Psychedelic Songs

 

1. House of Four Doors / Legend of a Mind / House of Four Doors – The Moody Blues

 

2. Amazing – One Eskimo

 

3. Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles

 

4. Soul Meets Body – Death Cab for Cutie

 

5. Mr. Tambourine Man – The Byrds

 

6. Across the Universe – The Beatles

 

7. Have You Heard/ The Voyage / Have You Heard – The Moody Blues

 

8. Memory of a Free Festival – David Bowie

 

9. The Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson

 

10. A Day in the Life – The Beatles

 

11. Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd

 

12. Within You Without You – The Beatles

 

13. I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home) – Grand Funk Railroad

 

14. Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills, and Nash

 

15. Higher and Higher – The Moody Blues

 

16. Close to the Edge – Yes

 

17. Us and Them – Pink Floyd

 

18. Eyes of a Child / Floating / Eyes of a Child – The Moody Blues

 

19. Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix

 

20. Journey to the Center of the Mind – Amboy Dukes

 

21. And You and I - Yes

 

22. Time – Pink Floyd

 

23. Candle of Life – The Moody Blues

 

24. Breathe – Pink Floyd

 

25. Out and In – The Moody Blues

 

26. Roll the Bones – Rush

 

27. Why Can’t I Be Free – Spirit

 

28. A Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum

 

29. I Am the Walrus – The Beatles

 

30. Astronomy Domine – Pink Floyd

 

31. Shut Your Eyes – Snow Patrol

 

32. When I Touch You – Spirit

 

33. Ride My See Saw – The Moody Blues

 

34. In a Gadda Da Vida – Iron Butterfly

 

35. Soldier - Spirit

 

36. Losing My Religion – REM

 

37. The Afternoon – The Moody Blues

 

38. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles

 

39. Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

 

40. White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane

 

Other Songs of Interest (in alphabetical order)

 

2000 Light Years from Home – The Rolling Stones

 

After the Gold Rush – Neil Young

 

All Along the Watchtower – Bear McCreary

 

Champaign Supernova  - Oasis

 

Dιjΰ Vu – Crosby, Stills, and Nash

 

Eight Miles High – The Byrds

 

Electric Feel – MGMT

 

Ghost of a Chance – Rush

 

Grace – Country Joe and the Fish

 

Hotel California – The Eagles

 

I Can See for Miles – The Who

 

Iron Butterfly Theme – Iron Butterfly

 

I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) - The Electric Prunes

 

Let’s Live for Today – Grass Roots

 

Love, Peace and Happiness – The Chambers Brothers

 

Magical Mystery Tour – The Beatles

 

Morning Glory – Oasis

 

Mother Russia – Renaissance

 

Nature’s Way – Spirit

 

Rain – The Beatles

 

Rainmaker – Traffic

 

Ride Captain Ride – The Blues Image

 

Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles

 

The High Road - Broken Bells

 

The Sun King – The Beatles

 

Time Has Come Today – The Chambers Brothers

 

Time of the Season – The Zombies

 

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) – The Byrds

 

What Light – Wilco

 

White Bird – It’s a Beautiful Day

 

White Room – Cream

 

Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd

 

Woodstock - Crosby, Stills and Nash

 

Criteria

 

The term “psychedelic” was coined in 1956 by psychiatrist Humphry Osmond who, in correspondence with Aldous Huxley regarding the need for a word to describe the experience imparted by entheogenic substances, stated:

 

To fathom Hell or soar angelic,

Just take a pinch of psychedelic.

 

The origins of the word are from the Greek, essentially meaning soul-manifesting, spirit-manifesting, or mind-manifesting.

 

The ranked songs were selected based on their ability to promote spiritual enlightenment or profound self-awareness – a Psychedelic Experience.

 

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