Favorite Easy-Listening Albums

by **Jana** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:27 am

List your favorite albums you put on at home that you consider relaxing music.

For me lately, an album with vocals, Madonna's "Bedtime Stories" 1995. It's her only R & B album, which was a total departure for her.
It's sublime from beginning to end. I wouldn't really like it driving, but at home, when I'm working or reading or something, I love it. Not a bad song on it.

Forbidden Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2EslfUJMo0

Take a Bow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvPJc0yB ... re=related

And I always love Beyond the Thunder, Neal.

by **ScarabGator** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:29 am

when I wanna relax I throw in some Pantera....its very medicinal.

by **fredinator** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:46 am

I love Take A Bow... I have a guilty pleasure: an old Natalie Cole album singing some of her Dad's tunes and other jazzy-bluesy type songs.

by **Don** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:55 am

Spyro Gyra – Morning Dance

by **AlteredDNA** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:18 am

Not sure about a single album, but these songs are often on my playlist:

Wasis Diop - Everything - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW5p5YC5g8I
Lisa Gerrard - Meltdown - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_GDJH7WyoM
B-Tribe - Sensual Sensual - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CesqN-B8WY

by **WalkInMyShoes** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:40 am

Norah Jones from 2002 Come Away with Me

"Don't Know Why"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO4dxvguQDk

by **fredinator** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:38 am

Love Norah Jones--forgot about her...

by **Lula** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:39 pm

John legend can play piano and sing for me anyday!

love love him!

by **Maui Tom** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:48 pm

Bruddah Iz.....

by **Jana** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:47 pm

Lula wrote:John legend can play piano and sing for me anyday!

love love him!

Which CD did you finally buy, Lula? I've been playing his 2006 CD Once Again a lot these past few months. I love that album. It's been in rotation for a while.

by **Jana** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:48 pm

fredinator wrote:I love Take A Bow... I have a guilty pleasure: an old Natalie Cole album singing some of her Dad's tunes and other jazzy-bluesy type songs.

Take a Bow is great. But my favorite off Bedtime Stories, and probably one of my favorites, period, of Madonna, even though it wasn't one of the singles off the album, was the first link I posted, Forbidden Love. Love that song, and it's so unlike anything she had done before. Strangely, enough, she did on another album a Forbidden Love dance club song, totally different song, that is really nice, too, but doesn't have the beauty of the Bedtime Stories song.

by **Don** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:58 pm

In a Quiet Room I & II by Dan Seals. Nice Acoustic takes on a lot of his career hits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I01BwClpSk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6iHPMZm65w

by **Jana** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:02 pm

Don wrote:In a Quiet Room I & II by Dan Seals. Nice Acoustic takes on a lot of his career hits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I01BwClpSk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6iHPMZm65w

Wow, he's really good doing the acoustic versions. Some singers are a little disappointing.

by **Lula** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:20 pm

Jana wrote:
Lula wrote:John legend can play piano and sing for me anyday!

love love him!

Which CD did you finally buy, Lula? I've been playing his 2006 CD Once Again a lot these past few months. I love that album. It's been in rotation for a while.

get lifted.... and it takes me away. i'll be buying his catalog soon. love his voice and piano, so soothing.

by **Jana** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:44 pm

Lula wrote:
Jana wrote:
Lula wrote:John legend can play piano and sing for me anyday!

love love him!

Which CD did you finally buy, Lula? I've been playing his 2006 CD Once Again a lot these past few months. I love that album. It's been in rotation for a while.

get lifted.... and it takes me away. i'll be buying his catalog soon. love his voice and piano, so soothing.

I played that album into the ground. It's his most intimate album. And I had been playing his newest one so much, "Evolver," that I went back to the middle one, "Once Again", which is a really sexy CD. Love it.

I really enjoy his last one, Evolver. It's definitely a little different from his first two. He has a lot of collaborations and a much bigger sound. Very eclectic, different musical genres. It's a nice change, but still has the intimate songs, too, with piano. I love all three of his CDs so much.

From Once Again: (Some of my favorite songs)

Save Room: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3UfQx-dBa8
Again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XpyaRd- ... re=related
We Just Don't Care: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2t6OOVgFwk

From Evolver. Love Love these songs:

I Love, You Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrFLKsEJ ... re=related
No Other Love (ft Estelle) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TR3JuYr ... re=related
This Time (Sigh, so so beautiful) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07t_EU6a ... re=related - One of my favorite songs of all time.

by **Lula** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:08 am

save room is a great song!! i'm going to pick up evolver and once again, have to!!

by **Jana** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:40 am

Lula wrote:save room is a great song!! i'm going to pick up evolver and once again, have to!!

Re Evolver, I hate that some of my favorites off bonus editions to other countries aren't on it, so I bought them off iTunes. The first two songs listed below are included on the iTunes version of the album. So if you buy your albums through iTunes also, I would recommend it on Evolver b/c you get the first two songs below included and a remix of another song, and the album is only 9.99 that way.

Floating Away: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmcgc_pISOc
Set Me Free: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8MqKHfebZk
Can't Be My Lover - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIxCH4xQ ... re=related - such a fun reggae vibe. Love this song.

Pride (U2 cover) - Not as good as U2, but I love the stripped down version, just John and his piano -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75wyuR2n ... re=related

by **Peartree12249** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 5:33 am

CSN- Greatest Hits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ZNZj74pd8

Amazing Rhythm Aces: Stacked Deck, To Stuffed To Jump, Toucan Do It To and Burning the Ballroom Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuNMSlTF ... re=related

by **Peartree12249** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:24 am

Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts Of The Great Highway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKRA7weV ... xt_from=ML

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