most relaxing album

[rick57]

pink floyd

wish you were here

glorious, ethereal, cool, uplifting . . .

perfect for driving on the freeway ~ or other smooth road ~ when the traffic is light,
(it doesn't hurt to have a car with effortless power and sure footed handling)

ideally the sun or the moon is shining brightly

no conversation, no phones, no boss, no time constraints

just let the vibes and Dick Parry's sax and the Richard Wright's synths envelop you

trivia coutesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_You_Were_Here_(album)

Syd Barrett actually turned up at the studio in the middle of a recording session, unannounced, completely devoid of hair (including eyebrows) and had put on so much weight that most of the band did not recognise him at first. A muso mistook him for a Hare Krishna devotee. Waters cried at the transformation.
While the band were listening to a song in progress (some 'legends' that contend it was "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"), Barrett sat motionless; he is sometimes quoted as saying, when someone asked to play it back again, that this would be pointless as they had already just heard it.

When Rolling Stone magazine reviewed the album on realease, with IMHO typical RS cluelessness, they panned and trashed the recording
"Passion is everything of which Pink Floyd is devoid."
They also panned most of the first albums of the band originally known as the New Yardbirds . . (and expect credibility?

[rick57]

when you're sleeping out in the desert, or just far away from the coast and towns, Tangerine Dream are hard to beat, with the stars brightness undiminished by the light of civilisation.

spacy

[Scottmoose]

Julian Cope: Odin

[Bama Slamma]

If you're into classical piano, Horowitz in Moscow is a great relaxing album, at least to me. Just beautiful music produced by a virtuoso pianist and a 9 foot Steinway.

[Nordic]

My wife brought something new home this week, pretty dull cover, I thought it was a bootleg, till I opened it.

Mojo Presents_ Love Will Tear Us Apart

It is a compilation filled with very sad songs, and seen in that line is pretty laid back melodies etc.

What stood out to me as bigtime favourites was;
Townes van Zandt and Willie Nelson with a song called Marie.
Very sad and haunting, left me haveing to rub my eyes.

Then something unusual, Susanna and the Magical orchestra doing Love will tear us apart (again)... Absolutley gobsmacking awesome, and I used to love the Joy Division version of this song when I was still a boy with lots of hair.

I would add just about any CD by Zucchero, my latest one from him was ZU and co.. with him doing duets will all of modern music's godfathers and divas. From Sting to Eric Clapton, Tom Jones, BB King, CHem Mami, Paul Yooung, Andrea Bocelli....
and many many more... the fact that these people are recording with him speaks for itself.

My absolute favourite album by him was in about '92 '93, I don't know the name, but I had the tape and played it till it was unlistenable, it had the most beautifull version of Blue and Diamante, on it as well as a song called You're loosing me...

As Always Zucchero recordings are of the best technical class you will find, and it is normally a pleasure to just listen to the way it all fits together and how well sound is mixed etc... just perfect..

HAH! Wait lemme go check something, I remember where I listened to the Zu and Co CD the first time... some very relaxing tunes hey, .... ok just wait for me.

Here..
http://music.download.com/zucchero/3...ng_song_artist

Many of the songs nice quality stream, totaly legal!

A shame it doesn't include the song with BB king... a real classic.. although my wife doesn't like that one for some weird reason.

Then again she was listening to Roxette when we met, so much taste was never expected... + she married me.

[AdamThorne]

Brian Eno: Music for Airports

Very ambient. Too much so for most occations. But if you're looking to settle down for sleep, or mask some background noise, or generate a modern and tastefully spare sonic landscape, then it's pretty cool.

[rick57]

Thank you, how could I forget

Brian Eno: Thursday afternoon

Absolutely perfect for Sunday afternoon . .evening . . (between the grinds of Monday - Friday)

[charlesmingus]

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

[Sonusthree]

Madeleine Peyroux ..... any of her albums really but Careless Love takes me on a journey as I doze on the sofa.

[autopoiesis]

No contest: "Chill Out" by The KLF

It must be heard.