# Good Music To Fall Asleep To **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892 "2003-06-01T04:01:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ruiniform](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@Ruiniform](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruiniform)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/1 "2003-06-01T04:01:59Z")
What are some good songs that are nice and soothing, good to drift off with? And I don’t mean insipid music like muzak, just songs you deem to be nice and sleepish. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/2 "2003-06-01T04:11:55Z")
Dire Straits _Brothers in arms_ can take you away, you might wake up during the third to last song. Vivaldi’s guitar concerto in G is good There is a couple of pieces from _Cosmos_ one with a French name and another called_Fly night Bird_ I think. Sorry I can’t remembr those titles exactly, hope others can help ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/3 "2003-06-01T04:22:27Z")
Enya’s _Watermark_ puts me to sleep every time. I’ve never made it all the way through the CD in one listen. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/4 "2003-06-01T04:24:57Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever made it through all of Radiohead’s **Kid A**. Guaranteed to put you to sleep or your money back! ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/5 "2003-06-01T04:30:25Z")
On long car trips I usually pipe _Hybrid Theory_ (Linkin Park) through my headphones and fall asleep… though I think it’s more conditioning than anything else 😃 Pachabel’s Canon in D on repeat also does it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ruiniform](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@Ruiniform](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruiniform)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/6 "2003-06-01T04:42:29Z")
Hmm…I don’t necessarily mean songs that actually aid you in sleeping, but more ones that well complement a sleepy, relaxed mood. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/7 "2003-06-01T05:02:57Z")
Daniel Lanois’ new album _Shine_ is pretty good if you’re in a sleepy mood. It’s full of soft, beautiful atmospheres, and half of it is instrumental. ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/8 "2003-06-01T05:05:44Z")
**Bjork** - “my headphones” ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/9 "2003-06-01T05:39:28Z")
**The Orb** ’s “Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld” is some of the most relaxing stuff I know of. Even when you’re, er, sober, to put it legally. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/10 "2003-06-01T15:21:08Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Lisa-go-blind_ > I don’t think I’ve ever made it through all of Radiohead’s Kid A. Guaranteed to put you to sleep or your money back! Not me! I always find that if I put it on late at night, _How to Disappear Completely_ and _Treefingers_ will put me in a beautiful trance before I’m rudely jerked back to the world of the awake by the opening riff of _Optimistic_. It’s the musical equivalent of a bucket of cold water being tipped over your head. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/11 "2003-06-01T15:35:42Z")
You will not be able to stay awake through this.[The Pachabel’s Canon with Ocean Sounds](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001J54/ref=ase_bridgebooks/102-0373977-1547326) But I think that’s what they intended. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/12 "2003-06-01T17:01:04Z")
Brian Eno’s _Music for Airports_. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/13 "2003-06-01T17:15:13Z")
I made a tape of The Doors’ _Riders on the Storm_ and followed it with a recording of a thunderstorm. Love it! When I was in college my roommate used to play Rachmaninoff’s _Second Piano Concerto_ each night as we were drifting off. After she left, I had to go out and buy the piece so that I could get some sleep again. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/14 "2003-06-01T20:58:31Z")
I always put on something like “Pure Moods” or “The Essential World Disc 1999” which oddly enough you can purchase [here](http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=853312&sourceid=0100000030140613202498) now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/15 "2003-06-01T21:01:50Z")
The Tindersticks’ self-titled album, and their greatest hits compilation _Donkeys_. Think somewhere between Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave, but British, heavy on strings and with a nasty sense of humour that cuts through the gloom. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/16 "2003-06-01T21:11:24Z")
I did not realize that “Pure Moods” was so hard to find, so here’s a [link](http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=product&id=1921206647&clink=dmmu-ks.10/pure_moods/ctx=mid:2,pid:1921206647,pdid:2,t:1,ht:1,pos:1,date:20030601,srch:kw&__yltc=s:53117439,d:15415387,src:srch,v:10,w:t,k:pure_moods,pos:1,ppos:1) to the album I mean. There are sound samples on both the links I provided. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/17 "2003-06-01T21:18:11Z")
Bah! Why can’t I get the link to work? ☹ Copying and pasting it seems to work, so here goes. [http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=product&id=1921206647&clink=dmmu-ks.10/pure\_moods/ctx=mid:2,pid:1921206647,pdid:2,t:1,ht:1,pos:1,date:20030601,srch:kw&\_\_yltc=s:53117439,d:15415387,src:srch,v:10,w:t,k:pure\_moods,pos:1,ppos:1](http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=product&id=1921206647&clink=dmmu-ks.10/pure_moods/ctx=mid:2,pid:1921206647,pdid:2,t:1,ht:1,pos:1,date:20030601,srch:kw&__yltc=s:53117439,d:15415387,src:srch,v:10,w:t,k:pure_moods,pos:1,ppos:1) ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/18 "2003-06-01T21:20:22Z")
Aha! I see, I’ll turn off smilies, and see if that works. _blush_ [Fixed link at last?](http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=product&id=1921206647&clink=dmmu-ks.10/pure_moods/ctx=mid:2,pid:1921206647,pdid:2,t:1,ht:1,pos:1,date:20030601,srch:kw&__yltc=s:53117439,d:15415387,src:srch,v:10,w:t,k:pure_moods,pos:1,ppos:1) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/19 "2003-06-01T22:40:42Z")
I usually fall asleep to any of the following: **Chopin** ’s nocturnes (op. 9 no. 1 and no. 2 being my favorites) **Neu!** - _Neu!_ or _Neu! 75_ **Tortoise** - _Millions Living Now Will Never Die_ **Massive Attack** -_Mezzanine_ **Stereolab** - _Mars Audiac Quintet_ **Anima Sound System** - _Hungarian Astronaut_ Actually, a lot of these have a fairly pulsing beat, and some can get a bit rockin’, but I find that for me, these have the right effect, but YMMV. The last one is a bit obscure, but is available in the West…quite minimalist, folk-influence, dub/drum-and-bass sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892/20 "2003-06-01T22:51:50Z")
My top, number one of all time go-to-sleep-in-a-pleasant-mood music would be the Boards of Canada album _Music Has the Right to Children_. Lovely stuff. I find the Depeche Mode album _Violator_ works a treat as well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-to-fall-asleep-to/178892.md?page=2)