What albums could you listen to all day? What’s your “All Day Music”?
For me, the music I can let play over and over has certain characteristics:
- timeless feeling (not totally wedded to a particular era).
- depth of musical expression that rewards repeated listening.
- personal connection to a time or experience in my life.
- can accompany me through a variety of activities and attention focuses.
By those criteria, even those albums I pick wouldn’t be the ones you pick.
On the other hand, some of my favorite albums aren’t All Day Music – they require focused attention, maybe, or are heavily connected to a certain era.
Here are a few albums on my All Day Music list
Ella & Louis – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
October Road – James Taylor
Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell
Three Decades of Vocal Music – The Real Group