These are artists I use for pain management, so it may be useful for you to experiment with them.
I have used the term "60s and 70s Style" pop because I have listed both artists from those decades and contemporary artists whose style is strongly rooted in those decades.
| Artist | Favorite Albums |
|---|---|
| Abba | Selected cuts from:
Gold Love Stories Voulez-Vous |
| Peter Allen | The Best of Peter Allen |
| America | America
Harbor Hat Trick Hearts Here and Now Hideaway History Holiday Homecoming |
| Harry Belafonte | Selected songs in:
All Time Greatest Hits Vol. I+II The Many Moods of Belafonte An Evening With Harry Belafonte and Friends The Very Best of Harry Belafonte |
| Belle & Sebastian | Selected songs in:
The Boy With the Arab Strap Dear Catastrophe Waitress Push Barman to Open Old Wounds Tiger Milk |
| Brothers Four | Selected Songs From:
B.M.O.C. Green Fields and Other Gold The Honey Wind Blows |
| Chor Leoni | Canadian Safari II |
| Shawn Colvin | Polaroids |
| Neil Diamond | 12 Songs
Selected Songs From: The Essential Neil Diamond Lovescapes Love Songs |
| Donovan | Barabajagal
The Hurdy Gurdy Man Mellow Yellow Wear Your Love Like Heaven |
| Free Design | The Best of Free Design |
| James Iha | Let It Come Down |
| Elton John | Peach Tree Road |
| Gordon Lightfoot | A Painter Passing Through
Endless Wire Harmony If You Could Read My Mind Shadows Songbook (Box Set) Summer Side of Life Sundown |
| J. David Lindsay | Daydreaming (instrumental) |
| Barry Mann | Soul & Inspiration |
| Barry Manilow | Summer of '78
Self-titled |
| Anne Murray | As I Am
The Best So Far Love Songs New Kind of Feeling Yes I Do |
| Carrie Newcomer | The Geography of Light |
| Tim O'Reagan | Tim O'Reagan |
| Peter, Paul, and Mary | Selected cuts from:
Album 1700 In the Wind Late Again Moving Peter, Paul, and Mary Peter, Paul, and Mommy See What Tomorrow Brings Note:Try for the albums digitally remastered by the group |
| Pozo Seco Singers | I Can Make It With You
Spend Some Time With Me Time |
| Kenny Rogers | Selected cuts from:
42 Ultimate Hits Back Home Again A Decade of Hits Love Is Strange Love Songs, Vol. 2 |
| Ron Sexsmith | Rarities
Retriever Time Being |
| Nancy Sinatra | California Girl |
| Dusty Springfield | Dusty in Memphis
A Very Fine Love |
| James Taylor | Selected Songs from:
Greatest Hits J.T. Sweet Baby James |
Sample Playlists
This playlist is a medley of some of my favorite dreamier Lightfoot songs from various albums.
1. Softly 2:40
2. Pussywillows, Cat-Tails 2:53
3. Beautiful 3:24
4. Spanish Moss 3:51
5. Changes 2:32
6. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 3:12
7. Talking In Your Sleep 3:01
8. (Remember Me) I'm The One 2:20
9. I'm Not Supposed To Care 3:31
10. A Message To The Wind 3:08
11. The Last Time I Saw Her 5:13
12. Your Love's Return 3:57
13. Song For A Winter's Night 2:58
14. Bitter Green 2:44
15. Affair On 8th Avenue 3:28
16. Now And Then 3:10
17. Shadows 3:03
18. It's Too Late, He Wins 2:31
19. Fine As Fine Can Be 2:59
20. Approaching Lavender 2:57
21. Same Old Loverman 3:22
22. Nous Vivons Ensemble 3:44
23. Saturday Clothes 3:21
24. You'll Still Be Needing Me 2:58
Total Playing Time 76:46
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This playlist mixes tracks from various artists of the period.
1. The John B. Sails 3:45 (The Brothers Four)
2. Tears 3:29 (Don Williams With Pozo Seco)
3. A Pretty Girl Is Like a Little Bird (New words + new music arr: Ashley/Lomax) 2:55 (The Brothers Four)
4. Lemon Tree 2:58 (Peter, Paul And Mary)
5. How Can I Tell You 4:28 (Cat Stevens)
6. Lady Greensleves 3:08 (The Brothers Four)
7. Changes 2:35 (Pozo Seco Singers)
8. My Love Song 2:38 (Tommy Sands)
9. Violets Of Dawn 3:50 (Eric Andersen)
10. Merlin's Time 2:43 (Al Stewart)
11. Sweet Rosyanne (Campbell/Lomax/Fisher/Cain/Hodge/Beane) 3:15 (The Brothers Four)
12. There's No Angel On My Shoulder 3:07 (Don Williams With Pozo Seco)
13. Early Morning Rain 3:06 (Peter, Paul And Mary)
14. Angelique-O (Burgess/Attaway) 3:14 (The Brothers Four)
15. Johnny 2:53 (Pozo Seco Singers)
16. Beautiful Brown Eyes (Smith/Capehart/Delmore) 2:49 (The Brothers Four)
17. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 3:09 (Peter, Paul And Mary)
18. The Green Leaves of Summer (Webster/Tiomkin) 2:52 (The Brothers Four)
19. Mockingbird 1:22 (Peter, Paul And Mary)
20. I Don't Care Who Knows It 2:08 (Tommy Sands)
Total Playing Time 60:10
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