Best Psychedelic Soul
D'Angelo's second studio album, released in 2000 on the Virgin label. The recording sessions took place at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, featuring extensive jam sessions with musicians like Questlove on drums, Pino Palladino on bass, and Charlie Hunter. The music incorporates elements of f...
Sly and the Family Stone's 1971 album released on Epic Records. It was recorded primarily at Sly Stone's home studio in Bel Air, utilizing early drum machines and extensive overdubbing rather than the band's previous live ensemble approach. The music features a darker, more cynical tone compared to...
D'Angelo's third studio album, released in 2014 on RCA Records after a 14-year hiatus. Credited to D'Angelo and the Vanguard, the record features a blend of funk, soul, and psychedelic rock with unpolished, jam-oriented production. The lyrics address contemporary social issues, race relations, and r...
All Directions is a 1972 album by The Temptations on the Gordy label, produced by Norman Whitfield. It features the single "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and won three Grammy Awards. The album continued the group's psychedelic soul direction pioneered o...
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room: The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away is an immersive installation featuring a darkened chamber lined with hundreds of illuminated LED lights. These lights reflect endlessly across multiple mirrors, generating the illusion of an infinite cosmos. The work ev...
Cloud Nine is a 1969 album by The Temptations on the Gordy label, produced by Norman Whitfield. It marked the group's shift toward psychedelic soul, featuring extended arrangements and socially conscious lyrics. The title track won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance at the 1970 c...
A sultry, psychedelic soul track from 'This Land'. 'Numb' features a hypnotic wah-wah guitar riff and Clark's smooth, vulnerable vocals. The lyrics explore numbness in a relationship, with a slow, simmering groove. The studio version is pristine, but live performances often stretch into extended jam...
A Northern Soul is the second studio album by the English rock band The Verve, released in 1995 on Hut Recordings. Produced by Owen Morris, the album marked a shift from the extended psychedelic jams of their debut toward more conventional, emotionally charged rock song structures. It features promi...
Dance to the Music is a 1968 studio album by Sly and the Family Stone, released by Epic Records. Its title song uses traded lead vocals, ensemble responses, a prominent bass line, horns, guitar, and organ to introduce members of the multiracial, mixed-gender group. The album helped define the band's...
A Whole New Thing is the debut studio album by Sly and the Family Stone, released by Epic Records in 1967. It introduced the band's combination of soul, rock, rhythm and blues, and emerging psychedelic influences, performed by a lineup notable for including Black and white musicians as well as men a...
Embrya is the second studio album by American R&B and neo-soul singer Maxwell, released on June 26, 1998, through Columbia Records. Following his critically acclaimed debut, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, this record explores more experimental, atmospheric, and psychedelic sounds. Maxwell produced the...
