Songs To Sleep By

[Qyöt27]

Kay, well I know that for me, I have to have music playing to go to sleep. And if the radio's not playing anything good, I'll pop in a CD of music I burned myself so that I get the right kind of mix to calm me down and help me fall asleep.

So I was wondering, how many other people here do this same sort of thing? And I guess it might be a good idea to post track listings for those CDs also. I'll start; a few of these are hard rock songs, but when you turn the volume down to a whisper-like level they take on a whole new feeling, and the ones that are on here aren't so chaotic that they would keep me up, but anyway, this is a CD I have that I call Mood Mix 4, since there were three that came before it

1. Bruce Springsteen-Secret Garden
2. U2-With Or Without You
3. Nickelback-Breathe
4. Utada Hikaru-Colors
5. Stabbing Westward-What Do I Have To Do?
6. Savage Garden-Gunning Down Romance
7. Color Theory-I Felt The Pain
8. Roxette-It Must Have Been Love
9. Richard Marx-Should've Known Better
10. Switchblade Symphony-Fear
11. Patty Smyth and Don Henley-Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
12. Gackt-Cube
13. East West-She Cries
14. Linkin Park-My December
15. Staind-It's Been Awhile
16. Vast-Touched
17. Concrete Blonde-Caroline

After having used this CD to fall asleep quite often, I can say without a doubt that I would probably willingly replace tracks 8 and 11 with other songs, probably 'Iris' by the Goo Goo Dolls, 'Wonderwall' by Oasis, 'All Night Long' by Peter Murphy, or 'Nothing Compares 2 U' by Sinead O'Connor.

P.S. You don't have to list tracks on a CD, but you can if you want. I don't want anyone to feel left out because they don't listen to a specific CD to go to sleep, I just want to know what some songs that you find relaxing enough to nod off to are.

 

[oldrooster]

I find a lot of my jazz cds are wonderful to sleep to.

 

[* kittie *]

i just turn on the radio. um...usually i leave it on KROQ or this Indie station.

oo...i used to listen to savage garden when going to sleep. that song is great.

 

[Axver]

I rarely need music on to fall asleep, but if I do, I'd use U2's The Unforgettable Fire. MLK is the perfect song to slip off to sleep during. I would perhaps use a modifed UF ...

1. The Three Sunrises
2. Love Comes Tumbling
3. A Sort Of Homecoming
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. Promenade
6. 4th Of July (extended version)
7. Bad
8. Indian Summer Sky
9. Elvis Presley And America
10. Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come
11. Boomerang I
12. Boomerang II
13. Bass Trap (5:13 version)
14. MLK

That's some of the UF CD, plus b-sides from that era. I really should make that CD and try it some night ...

 

[Western Deity]

Respiration is a track that is great anytime... lyrically it's raw but the beat is real relaxing too...

 

[twosteppin]

I usually pop in one of these...

Chris Thile (not all who wonder are lost)
Bela Fleck (Natural Bridge)
Brave Heart soundtrack

Chirs Thile's and Bela Fleck's cds are bluegrass style and really beautiful, nice to relax to. The braveheart soundtrack is nice, especially the first few tracks.

 

[Roo6339]

any original scores from movies.

a good song also is deftones - change. it's semi-heavy, but it's really... i dunno... makes you lazy...

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

I LOVE to fall asleep to Norah Jones. Her voice is just amazing, and I find her songs potray such strong immagry, I always fall asleep to wonderful thoughts.
She;s got the voice of an angel. Its beautiful

 

[KristianJ]

I'd go a nice soothing piece of classical music; maybe a solo piano piece like a Chopin nocturne or something symphonic with some light strings and a sparse feel.

 

[KenobiKid]

any original scores from movies.

Same here, I usualy drift off to some sort of AM talk radio, but 2001 or Star Wars EP4 score does the trick everytime.

 

[ps139]

I know youll all laugh at me for this one:
When I was 11 I used to listen to the Pocahontas soundtrack every night while going to sleep

Now I cannot listen to music while going to sleep, it keeps me up. I listen to the crickets instead, or the air conditioner, or heater.

 

[blackwasp]

I know youll all laugh at me for this one:
When I was 11 I used to listen to the Pocahontas soundtrack every night while going to sleep

Haha, no shame ps (I have a few Pocahontas songs on my computer). But hey, good music is good music. I think I'll put on "Colors of the Wind" (although I prefer the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack.)

 

[DixieBelle]

I have my mixed CD I fall asleep to...and wake up to too! It's an eclectic mix of new and old country and some other stuff mixed in for good measure...just good peaceful music!

1. Whenver You Come Back To Me- David Ball
2. Night Rider's Lament- Garth Brooks
3. Feels Like Home - Linda Ronstadt
4. Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
5. Traveling Soldier - Dixie Chicks
6. You Have The Right To Remain Silent - Perfect Stranger
7. Somewhere In the Vicinity Of The Heart - Shenendoah and Alison Krauss
8. Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
9. Burn One Down - Clint Black
10. Help Me Make It Through The Night - Sammi Smith
11. Goodnight Sweetheart - David Kersh
12. Where've You Been - Kathy Mattea
13. Northbound Train - John Popper
14. Sweet Music Man - Reba McEntire
15. The Cowboy Song - Garth Brooks
16. I'll Go On Loving You - Alan Jackson
17. Today I Started Loving You Again - Buddy Jewell and Miranda Lambert
18. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
19. That's How I Got To Memphis - Deryl Dodd
20. Reasons To Believe - Kelly Willis
21. The Way You Look Tonight - Tony Bennett

 

[* kittie *]

hehe i like loud music to fall asleep.
hmmm...not loud. i mean, just not calm.

 

[mathias1979]

I have two words...Pure Moods. When I have trouble getting to sleep, this is the CD I usually put on. And just the original...Pure Moods 2 & 3 aren't as soothing in my opinion.

Another good album is Laid by James. There's are a few up-tempo songs on it...but most of the music is very mellow and quiet. Most notably:
Out to Get You
Dream Thrum
One of the Three
Say Something
Five-O

Toad the Wet Sprocket has some good ones too. Two good ones are:
Windmills
All in All

-Matt

 

[theFijian]

I know youll all laugh at me for this one:
When I was 11 I used to listen to the Pocahontas soundtrack every night while going to sleep

LOL!!

Well you knew we were going to laugh at you!

I hardly ever fall asleep to music these days. I find I don't need anything to send me off to sleep, I tired enough! Although I used to listen to The Bends (Radiohead) and Stanley Road (Paul Weller) a few years ago to send me off....zzz..z...z....zzz....

Andy

 

[Qyöt27]

I have two words...Pure Moods. When I have trouble getting to sleep, this is the CD I usually put on. And just the original...Pure Moods 2 & 3 aren't as soothing in my opinion.

My German teacher has driven most of us in the class utterly crazy with Pure Moods. Too much 'Orinioco Flow' will make you want to shoot yourself, lol.

Another good album is Laid by James. There's are a few up-tempo songs on it...

I'm familiar with James, but pretty much for the title track to that album and 'Sit Down'. Would those be a couple of the upbeat ones you were talking about?

Toad the Wet Sprocket has some good ones too. Two good ones are:
Windmills
All in All

I forgot about Toad the Wet Sprocket. Personally, the only two songs of their's I've really listened to were 'Walk On The Ocean' and 'All I Want', but the ones you mentioned sound good too.

 

[mathias1979]

I'm sorry your German teacher ruined Pure Moods for you....I only listen to it these days to relax...anything else is overkill.

With James, on the Laid album...there are 3 songs that I'd considered more upbeat...
Sometimes (Lester Piggot)
Laid
Low Low Low
Sit Down must be on another album...I haven't really listened to much of their other stuff.

I should also add there's a lot of relaxing New Age stuff...but if you are sick of Pure Moods...that may not work for you.

If you're looking for something more of a Christian Nature...I've been meaning to order this CD for awhile:

http://www.parable.com/parable/item_7474074346.htm

I have Refiners Fire on MP3 and it's beautiful.

-Matt

 

[nadroj1985]

When I was 11 I used to listen to the Pocahontas soundtrack every night while going to sleep

*points and laughs *

I agree with Sign here; Norah Jones is great sleeping music. Cool jazz is also a great choice, like Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. I also like to fall asleep to Coldplay and Sigur Ros.

 

[sad astronaut]

I rarely need music on to fall asleep, but if I do, I'd use U2's The Unforgettable Fire. MLK is the perfect song to slip off to sleep during. I would perhaps use a modifed UF ...

1. The Three Sunrises
2. Love Comes Tumbling
3. A Sort Of Homecoming
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. Promenade
6. 4th Of July (extended version)
7. Bad
8. Indian Summer Sky
9. Elvis Presley And America
10. Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come
11. Boomerang I
12. Boomerang II
13. Bass Trap (5:13 version)
14. MLK

That's some of the UF CD, plus b-sides from that era. I really should make that CD and try it some night ...

Axver, its no surprise that 2 U2 fans agree, but before I even saw your post, I immediately thought of most of the songs on U2's Unforgettable Fire. Even the same songs (Wire and Pride) are more like pump up songs. Coldplay's Parachutes album would be good too.