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  Painting Music - Top 10 Albums

  Posted: 28-November-2009, 4:02pm CET by Woopidoo

  Since discovering the iPod I now rarely listen to whole albums while I paint as I just create play lists to suit my mood. But some albums just play well all the way through so I still use them in the studio.
  
  Here's Ten albums that have kept me company during the completion of a painting or two..
  
  

  1. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
     Anything by Leonard is good to paint to though.
  2. Antony and the Johnsons - Antony and the Johnsons
     This self titled album is a beauty. Antony Hegarty sings like an angel. All his stuff is good.
  3. The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
     Lovely album.. how could you not love this?
  4. Angus and Julia Stone - A Book Like This
     Australian brother and sister duo.
  5. Eddie Vedder - Music for the Motion Picture Into the Wild
     For some reason, this album always makes me want to give away all my possessions and travel. Perhaps it's because I saw the movie.
  6. Joan Valent - Insula Poetica
     Beautifully haunting music.. yum.
  7. Moby - Go: The Very Best of Moby
     I sometimes need a lift in the studio.
  8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
     This album has a habit of taking me back to darker times, so I'm careful how I use it.
  9. Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions - Bavarian Fruit Bread
     Her Mazzy Star albums are nice too.
  10. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
      I no longer have a working version of this CD but that's because it used to live in my studio.

  I really do like a lot of different types of music though. What are your TOP albums that you couldn't live without in the studio? I need some new tunes on my itunes.