Albums to go to sleep to

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  • rockpantsrockpants BC Posts: 838
    Three Fish - S/T
    Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
    Talk Talk - Laughingstock
    The Catherine Wheel - Ferment
    The Catherine Wheel - Chrome
    Tuatara - Breaking the Ethers
    Dead Man Walking - Original Score
    radiohead - Kid A
    Morrissey - You Are the Quarry
    The Smiths - Singles

    Last few days I've put The Catherine Wheel's 8+ minute-long opus "Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck" on repeat. It's from their Happy Days album.

    Once upon a time I could fall asleep to just about anything, but my brain's become more particular in recent years.
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    Antony & The Johnsons
  • Portishead
    the Minions
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    Portishead

    Oh good one! I never gave Portishead a listen until Third came out but I love them now. They put my in a trance and I love it.
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Cat Power - Moon Pix
    Alice In Chains - MTV Unplugged
    Mark Lanegan - The Winding Sheet
    Type O Negative - October Rust (puts me to sleep everytime I listen to it when tired and/or in bed with my skullcandys)
    Jeff Buckley - Grace (this album is like one giant lullaby)
    Mogwai - Any Mogwai, really.
    Neil Young - Massey Hall 1971
    Three Fish - Three Fish
    Three Fish - The Quiet Table
    Tom Waits - Mule Variations
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • mrshock13mrshock13 Posts: 472
    i think wilco's yankee hotel foxtrot is personally pretty awesome. some iron and wine too.

    Yeah, Wilco all the way, they're one of the best bands out there, and are pretty relaxing to listen to.

    If you have the Garden State soundtrack, give that a whirl. It's one of the best soundtracks I've found for a Hollywood film using contemporary music, and all the songs on there are great. For not being a big fan of Coldplay, their song which starts off the disk is pretty great, and very un-Coldplay-esque.
  • fotdfotd Posts: 514
    i want to thank all of you for all the suggestions. i'm glad some of you listed some heavy albums too. best sleep ive had lately came while blaring some dimmu borgir. when i get my new computer and can update my ipod i'll try some of your suggestions. till then three fish's 2 albums and grouper's ''dragging a dead deer up a hill'' will have to suffice.
    I’ve seen Pearl Jam 25 times, Eddie Vedder 9 times, and Brad once.
  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    I was wondering the same question, about albums that are good to listen to when you are falling asleep... the one that I recently found works awesomely for me is '( ) - Sigur Ros'!
  • Them-BonesThem-Bones Posts: 518
    Loveless-My Bloody Valentine
    Pink Moon-Nick Drake
    "If my thoughts, dreams, could be seen, they'd probably put my head, in a guillotine, but it's alright ma, it's life and life only."
  • mensanemensane Posts: 912
    i listen to NIN Ghosts I-IV when i fly...it either puts me to sleep or keeps me calm and serene.
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    I think Sigur Ros cds are excellent ones to fall alsleep to.
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  • WashMyLoveWashMyLove Posts: 804
    The first two albums of Enigma.
    specially the song "Sadness"

    You can also listen to Sarah Brightman. She has a smooth voice.
  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    bon iver - for emma forever ago
    miles davis - kind of blue
    my morning jacket - tennessee fire

    those always do the trick for me
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    tonight I'm going to try falling asleep to Philip Glass' Metamorphosis two (opening music for 08 tour)..... i need to clear my mind of thoughts.
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    Nick Drake - Pink Moon
    Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
    Tommy Emmanuel - Only
    Don Ross - Passion Session
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    I sometimes have trouble sleeping and i can tell you that I fell right asleep to....

    JEAN-LUC PONTY....Le Voyage: The Jean-Luc Ponty Anthology

    One of the best rock violinist I've ever heard.

    Peace
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  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    A lot of my "sleep" albums are on here already but I'll offer up one that isn't...

    Colma by Buckethead

    here's the opening track... it's a very haunting album... i believe he wrote it while his mom was in the hospital..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPihVXbS79g
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    A lot of my "sleep" albums are on here already but I'll offer up one that isn't...

    Colma by Buckethead

    here's the opening track... it's a very haunting album... i believe he wrote it while his mom was in the hospital..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPihVXbS79g


    Thank you for jogging my memory. However, I would not choose Colma, as some of the drums are a little sharp to the ear. Try "Electric Tears". Beautiful, melodic, haunting guitar playing, with no jarring background beats.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • BE257117BE257117 Posts: 44
    Grouper-Dragging a Dead Deer up a Hill

    Works the best for me BY FAR
  • Dark StarDark Star Posts: 496
    PJ is actually the band that helps puts me to sleep better than anything else, you just have to keep it on a very low volume. Ed's voice is soothing to me, and since I know every song so well my mind isn't overly attentive to the music, which helps.

    The Dead Can Dance might do the trick for you. There was one fan website where they would put together tracklists just for the sole purpose of helping people sleep.

    Pink Moon by Nick Drake is a good one too.

    Again, a mix CD of PJ's slower stuff should work wonders for you... namely Of the Girl, Dead Man, I'm Open, Off He Goes, Strangest Tribe, Indifference, Thumbing My Way, Thin Air, Habit, Other Side, etc...


    If none of the above work, take up weed + beer and you'll be alright. And Yes, I am a doctor. ;)
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    sigur ros
    explosions in the sky
    neil young- live at massey

    all pretty peaceful and relaxing albums for me.

    Hell yeah, great choices!

    Jeff Buckley's - Grace always makes me sleep well...
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Dark Star wrote:

    If none of the above work, take up weed + beer and you'll be alright. And Yes, I am a doctor. ;)

    helps me :)
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    dcfaithful wrote:
    sigur ros
    explosions in the sky
    neil young- live at massey

    all pretty peaceful and relaxing albums for me.

    Hell yeah, great choices!

    Jeff Buckley's - Grace always makes me sleep well...

    Just realized I've already posted on this thread, and already mentioned Jeff...

    :oops:
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • peacegirlpeacegirl Posts: 841
    Nirvana Unplugged - this has been the album I use to fall asleep to for years
  • Dark StarDark Star Posts: 496
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Dark Star wrote:

    If none of the above work, take up weed + beer and you'll be alright. And Yes, I am a doctor. ;)

    helps me :)


    Yeh, the one or two times I tried that (<--- :lol: ) I slept like a Dead Man. But the hammer that I once brought down now hovers over me.
  • ITW by Eddie
    Jar Of flies by AIC
    Dark Side by Pink floyd
    7/28/1992 Lollapalooza Cincinnati, 9/22/1996 Toledo, 8/20/2000 Cincinnati, 6/24/2006 Cincinnati, 8/5/2007 Lollapalooza Chicago @ Grant Park, EV solo 8/21/2008 Chicago @ Auditorium Theater
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    ITW by Eddie
    Jar Of flies by AIC
    Dark Side by Pink floyd



    Jar of Flies is a good choice. And ITW I can see being decent.

    But Dark Side, no offense, is a terrible choice for one reason only. I dare you to even remotely stay relaxed when the clocks kick in at the beginning of Time. If it were not for that section (and perhaps the GGITS wailing), I would agree.

    I think "Wish You Were Here", "Animals" and "Obscured By Clouds" are better choices.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • BinFrog wrote:
    ITW by Eddie
    Jar Of flies by AIC
    Dark Side by Pink floyd



    Jar of Flies is a good choice. And ITW I can see being decent.

    But Dark Side, no offense, is a terrible choice for one reason only. I dare you to even remotely stay relaxed when the clocks kick in at the beginning of Time. If it were not for that section (and perhaps the GGITS wailing), I would agree.

    I think "Wish You Were Here", "Animals" and "Obscured By Clouds" are better choices.


    I fall asleep fast. Ususally under 3 songs. I will put a CD on shuffle just for some variety or I'd only ever hear the first couple of songs :)
    7/28/1992 Lollapalooza Cincinnati, 9/22/1996 Toledo, 8/20/2000 Cincinnati, 6/24/2006 Cincinnati, 8/5/2007 Lollapalooza Chicago @ Grant Park, EV solo 8/21/2008 Chicago @ Auditorium Theater
  • gusturtlegusturtle Posts: 442
    Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
    Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See


    Either of these (or both) works great EVERY single time.
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