# The 8 Best Acid House Tracks of All Time

One discontinued Roland bass synthesiser, misused. Chicago producers found that twisting a TB-303's filter mid-pattern produced a squelch nothing else made, and Britain built two summers of illegal parties on the sound.

- **Origin:** Chicago and London, 1987
- **Tempo:** 118–135 BPM
- **Also known as:** acid, acieed, 303 music, second summer of love
- **Tracks:** 8
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/genre/acid-house/

## The list

### 1. [A Guy Called Gerald](https://waxonia.com/artist/a-guy-called-gerald/) — [Voodoo Ray](https://waxonia.com/track/a-guy-called-gerald--voodoo-ray/)

*1988 · Rham!*

Made in a Manchester bedroom on borrowed equipment, with a vocal sample truncated by a sampler that ran out of memory. The most beautiful accident in British dance music.

Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-both-rooms/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/A%20Guy%20Called%20Gerald%20Voodoo%20Ray) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=j7vxHOCeiQ4)

### 2. [Phuture](https://waxonia.com/artist/phuture/) — [Washing Machine](https://waxonia.com/track/phuture--washing-machine/)

*1987 · Trax*

The B-side to the record that named the genre, and arguably the better one. Twelve minutes of a machine being tortured, released because Ron Hardy kept playing the tape.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Phuture%20Washing%20Machine) · [Search YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=Phuture%20Washing%20Machine)

### 3. [808 State](https://waxonia.com/artist/808-state/) — [Pacific State](https://waxonia.com/track/808-state--pacific-state/)

*1989 · ZTT*

A saxophone line and birdsong over an acid bassline, which should not work and does. The record that proved this music could be pretty without becoming polite.

Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/808%20State%20Pacific%20State) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv0UiQ5n7SM)

### 4. [Humanoid](https://waxonia.com/artist/humanoid/) — [Stakker Humanoid](https://waxonia.com/track/humanoid--stakker-humanoid/)

*1988 · Westside*

Brian Dougans making the most aggressive 303 record of the era and taking it into the UK top twenty. Britain's answer arrived louder and faster than the question.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Humanoid%20Stakker%20Humanoid) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=30Xi9HMrovk)

### 5. [Fast Eddie](https://waxonia.com/artist/fast-eddie/) — [Acid Thunder](https://waxonia.com/track/fast-eddie--acid-thunder/)

*1988 · DJ International*

Chicago answering Britain's enthusiasm with something harder and more functional. A reminder that while London was having a summer of love, the source was still making tools.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Fast%20Eddie%20Acid%20Thunder) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=sHTbkFx0_6E)

### 6. [D Mob](https://waxonia.com/artist/d-mob/) — [We Call It Acieed](https://waxonia.com/track/d-mob--we-call-it-acieed/)

*1988 · ffrr*

The moment the underground became a novelty hit and got itself banned from daytime radio for a chant. Cynical, effective, and genuinely the sound of a scene losing control of its own name.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/D%20Mob%20We%20Call%20It%20Acieed) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=FEdiOBz4zeM)

### 7. [Joey Beltram](https://waxonia.com/artist/joey-beltram/) — [Energy Flash](https://waxonia.com/track/joey-beltram--energy-flash/)

*1990 · R&S*

A Brooklyn teenager, a Belgian label and a whispered word. The point where acid stops being playful and becomes the harder European techno that swallowed it.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Joey%20Beltram%20Energy%20Flash) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BDj73pGQ6pE)

### 8. [Josh Wink](https://waxonia.com/artist/josh-wink/) — [Higher State of Consciousness](https://waxonia.com/track/josh-wink--higher-state-of-consciousness/)

*1995 · Strictly Rhythm*

Years after the fashion passed, Wink runs a single 303 line through a filter for six minutes and produces the most physically effective record in the whole tradition.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Josh%20Wink%20Higher%20State%20of%20Consciousness) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6DW6RXfvuFU)

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