by
Rob Jones
PURE RELAXATIONReleased on 20th Oct 2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Roxy Music, Mazzy Star, Goldfrapp, Air, Groove Armada, The Orb and many more.
55 SOOTHING HITS FROM THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ARTISTS
Pure Relaxation is a collection of down tempo, meditative songs, designed for those wishing to relax and unwind.
The album contains 55 contemplative hits from the world’s biggest-selling artists, starting with Enigma’s ‘Return to Innocence’, the international chillout hit (No.1 in ten countries), which sampled the Led Zeppelin drum track from ‘When The Levee Breaks’ and featured the hypnotic ‘Amis’ chant of Taiwanese folk singer, Difang Duana.
There are other relaxing hits from the nineties and noughties including Moby’s era-defining ‘Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?’, Goldfrapp ‘Lovely Head’, Morcheeba ‘The Sea’; Air ‘All I Need’; and Kinobe’s timeless ‘Slip Into Something More Comfortable’ which – like much of Moby’s output – was used for ground-breaking TV adverts such as Kronenbourg 1664.
Also featured are some moving songs and soundtracks from film and TV: Vangelis ‘Chariots of Fire’, Julee Cruise ‘Falling’ (From ‘Twin Peaks’), Dan Winters ‘You’re So Cool’ (From ‘True Romance’) and The BBC Concert Orchestra ‘The Blue Planet’, the theme song from David Attenborough’s Emmy and BAFTA winning series of 2001.
The set closes with a selection of more contemporary down-tempo hits, such as Jamie Woon’s mesmerising ‘Night Air’ (2011), Jessie Ware ‘Wildest Moments’ (2013), James Bay ‘Let It Go’ (2015), Jack Garratt ‘Surprise Yourself’ (2016) and Lewis Capaldi’s 2017 hit, ‘Bruises’.
CD1
1. Enigma Return To Innocence
2. Art Of Noise Moments In Love
3. Jan Hammer Crockett’s Theme
4. Vangelis Chariots of Fire
5. Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells (Part One)
6. Celtic Woman Orinoco Flow
7. Mazzy Star Fade Into You
8. Ryuichi Sakamoto Merry Xmas Mr. Lawrence
9. The BBC Concert Orchestra The Blue Planet
10. Dan Winters You’re So Cool (From ‘True Romance’)
11. Michael Nyman The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise
12. Nitin Sawhney Sunset
13. Roxy Music Avalon
14. Julee Cruise Falling (From ‘Twin Peaks’)
15. Jose Gonzalez Heartbeats
16. Yanni Aria
17. Giorgio Moroder Feat. Harold Faltermeyer (Theme From) Midnight Express
18. Luke Howard Nocturne
CD2
1. Coldplay Trouble
2. Moby Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
3. Groove Armada At The River
4. Goldfrapp Lovely Head
5. Morcheeba The Sea
6. Smoke City Underwater Love
7. Moloko Sing It Back
8. Röyksopp So Easy
9. Air All I Need
10. Joey Negro Presents Jakatta American Dream (Afterlife Remix)
11. Kinobe Slip Into Something More Comfortable
12. X-Press 2 Lazy ft. David Byrne
13. The Beloved Sweet Harmony
14. Zero 7 Destiny
15. Jamie Woon Night Air
16. Bonobo Kerala
17. I Monster Daydream In Blue
18. The Orb Little Fluffy Clouds
19. Faithless Drifting Away
CD3
1. Seal Crazy
2. Ellie Goulding How Long Will I Love You
3. Emeli Sandé Read All About It Part III
4. James Bay Let It Go
5. Keane Bedshaped
6. Jessie Ware Wildest Moments
7. Embrace Looking As You Are
8. Jamie Cullum Get a Hold of Yourself
9. Gabrielle Rise
10. JP Cooper September Song
11. Duffy Warwick Avenue
12. Banks Crowded Places
13. Oh Wonder Ultralife
14. Jack Garratt Surprise Yourself
15. James Blake Retrograde
16. Rosie Lowe Woman
17. Nick Drake River Man
18. Lewis Capaldi Bruises
