What are the most mindblowingly creative, inventive, or otherwise otherworldly albums you know of?

One of my favorite things to do while stoned is listen to albums that are really unique, artful, and/or jam packed with soul and energy, as in that head space music just hits completely differently and it just lends to me finding a deep love and appreciation for the art of music. What’re some of your favorites?

Scrof ,

Formless by Gridlock made me an IDM convert.

JIMMERZ ,
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Some of my favorites are

“Trust” by LOW

“October Rust” by Type O Negative

“Welcome Oblivion” by How to Destroy Angels

“Dusk” by The The

and more recently “DECIDE” by Djo

DestroyerOfWorlds ,
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Miles Davis On the Corner

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Boards of Canada Music has the Right to Children

Nom ,
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Porcupine Tree - Staircase Infinities 1994 album remastered in 2008. Also Piped Link

uhmbah ,

Tubular Bells for me at the time.

bactus_mole_wang ,

Global Goon: Plastic Orchestra one of my my favorite albums of the year, and very unique. Global Goon is really underappreciated and i think they are amazing.

JackiesFridge ,
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Not sure if it fits the assignment, but the first two Human League albums from the 70s (Reproduction and Travelogue) are analogue synth brilliance. If you can find the expanded version of Reproduction with the Dignity of Labour EP & flexidisc conversation added, even better.

ArbitraryMary ,
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2112 by Rush

LordCrom ,

Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains Absolutely fantastic

unreasonabro ,

truly a unique and complete experience, from beginning to end.

3volver ,

KNOWER FOREVER

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2F0oTqfL3E

3volver ,

and Clown Core www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR_rPd_ufK4

bactus_mole_wang ,

sounds like squarepusher had a baby with Nav Katze

Ultragigagigantic ,
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Televisions Marquee moon

RBWells ,

Some more modern/mainstream ones:

I love Janelle Monae and the Archandroid albums are fantastic.

Alt-J, we saw them live and my kids said “I just want to lay on the ground and listen”, and that’s a pretty good description of it.

AWOLNATION, the music is heavy but nice to sleep to, it is dreamy in some way.

funkless_eck ,

no one’s mentioned Tool - Lateralus

pretty much anything by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Herbie Hancock - Headhunters, or Thrust

The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium

Sunn O))) - Monoliths and Dimensions

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.

GiantRobotTRex ,

I am not familiar with Sunn O))) but given your other tastes I want to check them out

rappo ,

I saw Sunn and Godspeed You Black Emperor at different times in the same venue (Brooklyn Masonic Temple) and they were both the best show and the worst show I’ve ever seen in my life, respectively. Walked out halfway through Godspeed, it was so bad. Anyway, Sunn O))) rocks

CmdrUlle ,

Can you elaborate on why godspeed was best and worst at the same time? I’m intrigued …

rappo ,

Sorry, I didn’t phrase that clearly. Sunn O))) was one of the best shows I’ve ever been to. GY!BE was terrible.

Sunn built up such an intensity and anticipation, and during the show they put a hell of a show. Fog covered the venue… they had vocalist Attila with them who was wearing a robe covered in mirror fragments and he had lasers on the end of each finger that he would bounce off the mirrors and into the crowd/fog. I’ve been to a few hundred shows and this light show alone would rank it up there, but the performance was something else too. It was the most intense and loud show ever (don’t forget your hearos, lol), you could feel your skin and clothing vibrate. Supposedly the Brooklyn Masonic Temple has no noise ordinance to follow because they’re grandfathered out of it, or something like that. It was loud.

With Godspeed You! Black Emperor I would have been better off if I stayed home and listened to low quality mp3. No stage presence, no engaging the crowd, nothing notable to say really. They sounded off and bored, like they were doing this because their family was held hostage. I don’t know what I expected, but it was at least decent sound quality. This was not long after they got back together, so maybe that played into it.

intensely_human ,

I always enjoy listening to Bringing Down the Horse by the Wallflowers.

Hard to tell if it’s actually good or just nostalgia, because it’s the first album I ever bought as a kid.

Doggystyle is always a good listen all the way through too.

John_McMurray ,

It’s good

murmelade ,

Jega - Geometry

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