# Musical valium recommendations, please- pre-1981 if possible

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-valium-recommendations-please-pre-1981-if-possible/402987>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 6, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-valium-recommendations-please-pre-1981-if-possible/402987 "2007-05-06T15:32:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-valium-recommendations-please-pre-1981-if-possible/402987/1 "2007-05-06T15:32:16Z")

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But any will be appreciated. In certain states of mind, I really enjoy ultra ultra mellow songs like Ian Matthews “Woodstock”- aural valium like nothing else, but in a good way- “May I” by Kevin Ayers, and the entire Mark-Almond catalog, but can’t think of many others. Any recommedations of similarly mellow tunes would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-valium-recommendations-please-pre-1981-if-possible/402987/2 "2007-05-07T13:05:35Z")

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shame-filled one time bump- anyone? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-valium-recommendations-please-pre-1981-if-possible/402987/3 "2007-05-07T13:09:12Z")

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Elton John’s entire _Tumbleweed Connection_ album. “Where to Now, St. Peter?”, “Come Down in Time”, and “Love Song” with Leslie Duncan are all especially mellow and beautiful.

[http://www.eltonography.com/albums/tumbleweed\_connection0.html](http://www.eltonography.com/albums/tumbleweed_connection0.html)

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-valium-recommendations-please-pre-1981-if-possible/402987/4 "2007-05-07T13:18:54Z")

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Gordon Lightfoot

Loreena McKennitt

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-valium-recommendations-please-pre-1981-if-possible/402987/5 "2007-05-07T13:20:06Z")

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The _Windham Hill 1981 Sampler_. A favorite of mine.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-valium-recommendations-please-pre-1981-if-possible/402987/6 "2007-05-07T13:21:02Z")

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Almost anything by the Carpenters as well. One definition of mellow would be “Karen’s voice”.

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**Author:** ![guppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@guppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guppy)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-valium-recommendations-please-pre-1981-if-possible/402987/7 "2007-05-07T14:29:46Z")

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Nick Drake works for me.