Songs for Insomnia

I am not exactly sure what made me think these particular set of songs is fit for insomniacs. Some are lullabies, some have sleepy titles, but mostly they are all quiet and dreamy. I hope it works, and don’t let the bed bugs, you know, do whatever it is they do.

01. Rio En Medio - “Everyone Is Someone’s” (The Bride Of Dynamite)
02. Antony & the Johnsons - “Soft Black Stars” (I Fell In Love With A Dead Boy EP)
03. Current 93 feat. Nick Cave - “All The Pretty Little Horses” (All The Pretty Little Horses)
04. Julee Cruise - “Into The Night” (Floating Into The Night)
05. Tom Waits - “Watch Her Disappear” (Alice)
06. Bat for Lashes feat. Scott Walker - “The Big Sleep” (Two Suns)
07. Bon Iver - “Flume” (For Emma, Forever Ago)
08. Iron and Wine - “Naked As We Came” (Our Endless Numbered Days)
09. Hope Sandoval - “Untitled” (Bavarian Fruit Bread)
10. Devendra Banhart - “Luna De Margarita” (Cripple Crow)
11. Joan Baez - “So We’ll Go No More A-Roving” (Joan Baez 5)
12. Joanna Newsom - “‘81” (Have One On Me)
13. Vashti Bunyan - “Rose Hip November” (Just Another Diamond Day)
14. Marissa Nadler - “Silvia” (Songs III: Bird On The Water)
15. Leonard Cohen - “Famous Blue Raincoat” (Songs Of Love And Hate)
16. Fabrizio De Andre & Luvi De Andre- “Geordie” (In Concerto)
17. Georges Moustaki - “Le Facteur” (Le Meteque)
18. Manos Hadjidakis & the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble - “Bitter Song” (Reflections)
19. Vangelis - “La Petite Fille De La Mer” (Portrait)

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