WE PUT OUT the call to trusted writers, friends, and stoners, asking for their very favorite records to get high to. Turns out, the people we know really like getting stoned while listening to music. Here's an exhaustive rundown of their 100 favorite albums to put on while lighting up—it should be plenty to fuel your next year's worth of pot playlists.
[Also: Don't miss our article on the best stoner albums you need to hear that go far beyond Dark Side of the Moon and "Sweet Leaf."]
Air, The Virgin Suicides (2000, France)
Amon Düül II, Yeti (1970, Germany)
Ashra, Blackouts (1977, Germany)
Beastie Boys, Check Your Head (1992, USA)
Chris Bell, I Am the Cosmos (1992, USA)
The Black Angels, Passover (2006, USA)
Blue Cheer, Outsideinside (1968, USA)
Boredoms, Super æ (1998, Japan)
Boris, Pink (2005, Japan)
The Boyoyo Boys, Back in Town (1987, South Africa)
The Byrds, The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968, USA)
Can, Tago Mago (1971, Germany)
Cat Power, Moon Pix (1998, USA)
Los Chiriguanos, Guarini Songs and Dances (1960, Paraguay)
Cocteau Twins, Heaven or Las Vegas (1990, UK)
Bootsy Collins, Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! (1977, USA)
John Coltrane, Live at Birdland (1964, USA)
Cornershop, Woman's Gotta Have It (1995, UK)
The Creation, We Are Paintermen (1967, UK/Germany)
Miles Davis, In a Silent Way (1969, USA)
The Devil's Blood, The Thousandfold Epicentre (2011, Netherlands)
Digable Planets, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993, USA)
J Dilla, Donuts (2006, USA)
DJ Kid Slizzard, For the Weed Smokers (2011, USA)
Nick Drake, Bryter Layter (1970, UK)
The Dukes of Stratosphear, 25 O'Clock (1985, UK)
Dungen, Ta Det Lungt (2004, Sweden)
Brian Eno, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (1983, UK/Canada)
Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief (1969, UK)
The Feelies, Crazy Rhythms (1980, USA)
The Flaming Lips, In a Priest Driven Ambulance (1990, USA)
Fripp & Eno, No Pussyfooting (1973, UK)
Funkadelic, Maggot Brain (1971, USA)
Ghost, In Stormy Nights (2007, Japan)
Gilberto Gil, Gilberto Gil (1968, Brazil)
Dizzy Gillespie, An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961, USA)
Goat, Commune (2014, Sweden)
Googoosh, Googoosh (2011, Iran)
Alain Goraguer, La Planète Sauvage (1973, France)
Handsome Boy Modeling School, So... How's Your Girl? (1999, US)
Shin Joon Hyun, Beautiful Rivers and Mountains (2011, South Korea)
Jex Thoth, Blood Moon Rise (2013, USA)
The Kinks, Face to Face (1966, UK)
Fela Kuti, Gentleman (1973, Nigeria)
Cate Le Bon, Cyrk (2012, UK)
Madvillain, Madvillainy (2004, USA)
The Master's Apprentices, Choice Cuts (1971, Australia)
Mercury Rev, Yerself Is Steam (1991, USA)
Charles Mingus, The Clown (1957, USA)
Morgen, Morgen (1969, France)
Morphine, Cure for Pain (1993, USA)
Van Morrison, Astral Weeks (1968, USA/Northern Ireland)
Mott the Hoople, Mott (1973, UK)
The Move, Shazam (1970, UK)
Junior Murvin, Police and Thieves (1977, Jamaica)
Os Mutantes, Os Mutantes (1968, Brazil)
My Bloody Valentine, Loveless (1991, UK)
Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger (1975, USA)
Neu!, Neu! (1972, Germany)
90 Day Men, To Everybody (2002, USA)
Nudity, The Nightfeeders (2008, USA)
Angel Olsen, Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014, USA)
Shuggie Otis, Inspiration Information (1974, USA)
Outkast, Aquemini (1998, USA)
The Pharcyde, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992, USA)
PRhyme, PRhyme (2014, USA)
Primal Scream, Screamadelica (1991, UK)
N. Ravikiran, Taj Mahal, V.M. Bhatt, Mumtaz Mahal (1995, India/US)
Rush, 2112 (1976, Canada)
Ty Segall and White Fence, Hair (2012, USA)
Sleep, Holy Mountain (1992, USA)
Sly and the Family Stone, There's a Riot Goin' On (1971, USA)
Small Faces, Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (1968, UK)
Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation (1988, USA)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Behind The Music (2001, Sweden)
Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997, UK)
Pops Staples, Don't Lose This (2015, USA)
The Rain Parade, Emergency Third Rail Power Trip (1983, USA)
Stereolab, Dots and Loops (1997, UK)
The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses (1989, UK)
George Strait, Icon/Best of George Strait (2011, USA)
Super Furry Animals, Rings Around the World (2001, UK)
Tame Impala, Lonerism (2012, Australia)
The Teardrop Explodes, Kilimanjaro (1980, UK)
Temples, Sun Structures (2014, UK)
Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak (1976, Ireland)
Toots and the Maytals, Funky Kingston (1975, Jamaica)
Tomorrow, Tomorrow (1968, UK)
Peter Tosh, Equal Rights (1977, Jamaica)
Various Artists, Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up (2005, Belize)
Caetano Veloso, Caetano Veloso (1969, Brazil)
Kurt Vile, Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011, USA)
Wand, Golem (2015, USA)
We All Together, We All Together (1972, Peru)
The Who, The Who Sell Out (1967, UK)
Chelsea Wolfe, Pain Is Beauty (2013, USA)
Wu-Tang Clan, 36 Chambers: Enter the Wu-Tang (1993, USA)
Yes, Relayer (1975, UK)
Neil Young, Tonight's the Night (1975, USA/Canada)
Yuck, Yuck (2011, UK)
