Ever find yourself wasting half an hour of revision time searching for the perfect playlist to have on in the background? Fortunately, HCX have hand-picked 8 of the best relaxing albums to work to, encompassing a variety of genres, for those of you who are getting tired of listening to Johan Sebastian Bach…
1. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Genre: Indie folk
Favourite Song: Holocene
If you like this: Iron & Wine ‘Our Endless Numbered Days’; The Civil Wars ‘The Civil Wars’
2. Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
Genre: Soul, folk
Favourite song: ‘Home Again’
If you like this: Lucy Rose ‘Something’s Changing’, Laura Marling ‘Semper Femina’
3. Sza – Ctrl
Genre: Alternative R&B
Favourite song: Drew Barrimore
If you like this: Khalid ‘American Teen’, Frank Ocean ‘channel ORANGE’
4. Ben Howard – Every Kingdom
Genre: Indie folk
Favourite song: Old Pine
If you like this: José González ‘Vestiges & Claws’, Dustin Tebbutt ‘Still in My Heart’, The Paper Kites ‘Woodland’, The Staves ‘If I Was’
5. Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Genre: Country folk
Favourite song: The Boxer
If you like this: Van Morrison ‘Moondance’; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ‘Deja Vu’; Foy Vance ‘The Wild Swan’
6. FKA Twigs – LP1
Genre: Electronic pop
Favourite song: Give Up
If you like this: AlunaGeorge ‘Jealous’, Sampha ‘Process’
7. Josephine Baker – The Very Best of Josephine Baker
Genre: French 1940s jazz
Favourite song: Je voudrais
If you like this: Marlene Dietrich ‘The Essential Marlene Dietrich’
8. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
Genre: Blues/folk/country
Favourite song: Blowin’ in the Wind
If you like this: Neil Young ‘Harvest Moon’, Don McLean ‘American Pie’