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Repo · 2017-02-11T01:32:36-05:00

Ok. This is my second stab at this. Last time I chickened out so we'll see what happens this time. The reason for this thread is pretty straightforward - to seek out and rank the greatest MELLOW albums of all time. Afterhours has done a lot of my home work for me so all I really need is to grab a pair of headphones and start ranking. I really like how Listmeister has done his Overall Top 100 diary so this will try to be in that vein except a lot less ambitious and I'll be starting from scratch. I highly welcome recs and discussion!!! Peace!

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While this is still on my mind, I'll drop a few more recs for the heck of it.

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What Color Is Love by Terry Callier

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Bless The Weather by John Martyn

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Out Of Different Bags by Marlena Shaw

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Beat by Bowery Electric

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Emergency Third Rail Power Trip by Rain Parade

Hope one of these finds you well.

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baystateoftheart wrote:

Fantastic diary and fantastic chart! Some mellow things you might like (unless you've already heard them haha):

Stereolab - Almost every album is fantastic and mellow. A lot of good starting points but if I had to pick a mellow starting point it might be

Al Green - The king of smooth soul. For a starting point I'm partial to

The Free Design - Mellow and angelic sunshine pop. You could start with

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The Best Of Free Design by The Free Design

Thanks, Baystate!!! I'm from New England myself and miss it IMMENSELY!!! The oceans, the mountains. It's really perfect. And Boston & Providence were just such great cities to live in. Amherst is very cool too but I never lived there. U ever run into Thurston Moore? lol. Or J Mascis?

Anyways, I'm a huge Patriots fan and getting super pumped (already! Just a month away) for the upcoming season! lol. I really think Bellichick wants that 18-0 to cement his legacy. Will be cool to watch. Are u a fan? Feel free to pm me if want.

Anyways, really appreciate the super kind words about my diary and the recs. Will totally check them out. I'm a huge fan of Streolab but really have never immersed myself in Dots & loops so that's perfect. Love Al Green so I'll start listening to him again too. But, I've never heard of Free Design. And that cover! Totally makes me homesick. lol. I will be back, beaches!!! The girls's cute too. 😉

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Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

While this is still on my mind, I'll drop a few more recs for the heck of it.

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Emergency Third Rail Power Trip by Rain Parade

Hope one of these finds you well.

Absolutely LOVE this album!! Psyched to check out the rest of those recs as well. 😁

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Jimmy Dread wrote:

baystateoftheart wrote:

The Free Design - Mellow and angelic sunshine pop. You could start with

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The Best Of Free Design by The Free Design

Amen. However given that Tilly is a fellow parent I would strongly recommend this as a starting point (just so happens to be my most favourite record of all-time and perhaps the most beautiful, life-affirming, heart-warming album I've ever heard):

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Sing For Very Important People by The Free Design

Coincidentally I don't know why I've never slung this your way - another personal love from the gorgeous Welsh county of Pembrokeshire. Folky acoustic loveliness...

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The Blue Trees by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

I don’t know, Jimmy. That best of album cover alone deserves a spot in my chart! 🤣 Ah, girls… 🥰

Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em which brings me coincidentally enough to …

PS. Love Gorky's btw, but never checked out that album. Will check it out soon. Peace!

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Hi Tilly,

I think I think I have forgot to mention the mellowest album which is also one of my most favorite.

People Are Like Seasons by Sophia

It's got two of the most beautiful slows I know: I Left You and Swept Back.

You might know the singer Robert Proper-Sheppard, who by the way has one of the most beautiful voices I know, from your indie period: he was the singer of The God Machine.

I think about it because Sophia is performing at a Belgian music festival (Cactus) but unfortunately I can't go.

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dihansse wrote:

Hi Tilly,

I think I think I have forgot to mention the mellowest album which is also one of my most favorite.

People Are Like Seasons by Sophia

It's got two of the most beautiful slows I know: I Left You and Swept Back.

You might know the singer Robert Proper-Sheppard, who by the way has one of the most beautiful voices I know, from your indie period: he was the singer of The God Machine.

I think about it because Sophia is performing at a Belgian music festival (Cactus) but unfortunately I can't go.

Interesting. I remember The God Machine but they never made a big impression on me for reasons I can't remember why. Will totally check this out. Thanks, Dihansse! 😁

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Tilly wrote:

Thanks, Baystate!!! I'm from New England myself and miss it IMMENSELY!!! The oceans, the mountains. It's really perfect. And Boston & Providence were just such great cities to live in. Amherst is very cool too but I never lived there. U ever run into Thurston Moore? lol. Or J Mascis?

Anyways, I'm a huge Patriots fan and getting super pumped (already! Just a month away) for the upcoming season! lol. I really think Bellichick wants that 18-0 to cement his legacy. Will be cool to watch. Are u a fan? Feel free to pm me if want.

Anyways, really appreciate the super kind words about my diary and the recs. Will totally check them out. I'm a huge fan of Streolab but really have never immersed myself in Dots & loops so that's perfect. Love Al Green so I'll start listening to him again too. But, I've never heard of Free Design. And that cover! Totally makes me homesick. lol. I will be back, beaches!!! The girls's cute too. :wink:

Lol I haven't seen them. I go to UMass but I'll probably move somewhere else in New England once I graduate next year. You should come back if you get the chance!

I'm a casual Pats fan. Much more of a Red Sox / Celtics fan. I'll definitely watch the Super Bowl if they make it and maybe a playoff game or two.

I believe The Free Design were an influence on Stereolab - there's even a Stereolab song that I'm pretty sure is named after them.

Some of my other favorite mellow music is MPB - don't know if you've checked these out before?

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Tropicália: Ou Panis Et Circencis by Various Artists

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Construção by Chico Buarque

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Acabou Chorare by Novos Baianos
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baystateoftheart wrote:

Tilly wrote:

Thanks, Baystate!!! I'm from New England myself and miss it IMMENSELY!!! The oceans, the mountains. It's really perfect. And Boston & Providence were just such great cities to live in. Amherst is very cool too but I never lived there. U ever run into Thurston Moore? lol. Or J Mascis?

Anyways, I'm a huge Patriots fan and getting super pumped (already! Just a month away) for the upcoming season! lol. I really think Bellichick wants that 18-0 to cement his legacy. Will be cool to watch. Are u a fan? Feel free to pm me if want.

Anyways, really appreciate the super kind words about my diary and the recs. Will totally check them out. I'm a huge fan of Streolab but really have never immersed myself in Dots & loops so that's perfect. Love Al Green so I'll start listening to him again too. But, I've never heard of Free Design. And that cover! Totally makes me homesick. lol. I will be back, beaches!!! The girls's cute too. :wink:

Lol I haven't seen them. I go to UMass but I'll probably move somewhere else in New England once I graduate next year. You should come back if you get the chance!

I'm a casual Pats fan. Much more of a Red Sox / Celtics fan. I'll definitely watch the Super Bowl if they make it and maybe a playoff game or two.

I believe The Free Design were an influence on Stereolab - there's even a Stereolab song that I'm pretty sure is named after them.

Some of my other favorite mellow music is MPB - don't know if you've checked these out before?
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Oh, I'd love to. Once my little girls are all grown up. I used to b a HUGE Celtics and Red sox fan. I especially loved listening to the Red Sox on the radio, but I haven't r=been able follow them since Paul Pierce left the
Celtics since I have to concentrate on my health. Following one team is enough. lol. And the Patriots were an easy choice since there's less games to obsess over and they've just ben so good over the last 15 years. I've been a fan since the 70s so the past 15 years have been like a dream.

Very cool that Free Design influenced Stereolab. I was a HUGE Sterolab fan in the 90s. Used to love catching them live. They were just really fun live.

Will totally check out the other recs. Never heard of them! Say hi to the Atlantic for me! You have no idea how much I miss its salty wonderfulness. Peace, brother!

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Dedicated to my boy, NoisyBeast and his “Lovely Linda.” You guys are the greatest! Thanks for being there for me over the past couple of months!

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You guys should totally check out this movie when you get the chance! 😁

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