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Is ENYA the greatest mellow out music of all time?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by ROXRAN, Nov 10, 2001.

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  1. ROXRAN

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    could it be true?....very nice music to mellow out with. I play the new CD before bed sometimes to drift off to neverneverland. Really nice. Who are the contenders?
     
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  2. DREAMer

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    <FONT SIZE="6"><B>Sade</B></FONT> - Man, you cannot get any more mellow by popping in all six of her CDs and just closing your eyes and letting Ms. Adu carry you away in her voice.....

    Jethro Tull, also has many "mellow out" songs. That flute is hypnotic.
     
    #2 DREAMer, Nov 10, 2001
  3. outlaw

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    Sarah McLachlan
     
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    To answer your question, no.

    My personal favorites:

    Pink Floyd

    Brian Eno
     
    #4 subtomic, Nov 10, 2001
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    Jacintha is at the top of the list for sure.....
     
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    From my perspective, yes. I don't have any CD's or anything by her but the 4 songs I do have are perfect "mellow out" music. Especially love Orinoco Flow and Only Time.
     
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    I agree. Very mellow, mystical quality to her music. Not to bash Floyd, but I couldn't sleep listening to them....they're just too good.
     
    #7 Lynus302, Nov 10, 2001
  8. Manny Ramirez

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    It depends on how mellow you want. Enya is very good and I would recommend getting her greatest hits album, "Paint the Sky with Stars". However, if it's ambient, chill-out music you want, you can't do any wrong with Chill Out by the KLF or The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld by the Orb.

    Great mellow albums of mine include the following:

    No Angel - Dido
    Protection - Massive Attack
    Blue Lines - Massive Attack
    The Screen Behind the Mirror - Enigma
    Enigma 3 - Enigma
    Semantic Spaces - Delerium
    A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular - Hooverphonic
    Maxinquaye - Tricky
    Moon Safari - Air
    Sunday 8pm - Faithless
    Play - Moby
    Fumbling Towards Ectasy - Sarah McLachlan

    These are all great but the greatest of them all is Karma by Delerium. Unbelievable album with great guest female vocalists including McLachlan (on the song Silence) all backed by interesting samples with a new age/techno flair to it.
     
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  9. Dr of Dunk

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    If you want mellow, a lot of Trance music artists would be good, but Enya's music always annoyed me because I could never figure out what the hell she was saying... :)

    I like :

    Sade
    Anita Baker
    Enigma (Can't believe no one's mentioned them!)
    Delirium (so so...)
    Sarah McLachlan
    Clannad (if you like the Enya/McLachlan stuff, you may like this)
    Deep Forest
    Moodswings


    Somebody mentioned Brian Eno. I've listened to some of his stuff, but I'm not knowledgable about him. Is the music that mellow? I just remember it being really electronic/spacey which, come to think of it, could be mellow, too... hehe.
     
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    Manny, here I was thinking you were some 40 year old dweeb. I like your taste in music. I need to check out the Dido album and I love The Orb (good suggestion) and the KLF/Ancients of Moo/Time Lords/or whatever they're calling themselves nowadays...hehe.
     
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    I've gotta go with Greg Howard. I can't listen to him in the car or else I get distracted by the music and then I fall asleep . . . "Stick Figures" is great for just sitting down and relaxing . . . mellowing out to the Chapman Stick.
     
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    you mellow out to 'bodyrock' and 'machette' off that cd?

    I don't see how you can classify Moby as mellow
     
    #12 SirCharlesFan, Nov 10, 2001
  13. Manny Ramirez

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    Listen to Natural Blues, Run On, My Weakness, The Sky is Broken, Rushing, and Porcelain.

    Yes, you are right about Bodyrock and Machete (which are excellent tracks), but there are more mellow, ambient pieces on that CD, IMO, compared to fast, big-beat, techno-like tracks.
     
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    The grandaddy of tech mello ambient.... Tangerine Dream

    some modern day mellow
    Alpha
    Clannad
    Elliott Smith
    Nick Drake
    B-Tribe
    Enya has always been a favorite
     
    #14 rockHEAD, Nov 10, 2001
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    Pink Floyd-
    Shine ON YOu Crazy Diamond, Parts I-IV, V-IX
    (Basically the entire Wish YOu Were Here Album)
     
    #15 across110thstreet, Nov 10, 2001
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  16. DREAMer

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    I also thing The Doors and Jonny Lang are good to mellow out to.
     
    #16 DREAMer, Nov 11, 2001
  17. MadMax

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    i'm with DREAMer on this one!! Sade is serious mellow out music!! i used to fall asleep to her CD's nearly every night in college.
     
    #17 MadMax, Nov 11, 2001
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