I recently bought the following albums on CD. If you don’t know which music to put on, you can also check them out on Spotify. It’s a selection of folk, indie, rock, pop, downtempo and soul. Music to relax on.

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Angus & Julia Stone ‎– Down The Way

• Genre: Folk Rock, Acoustic
• Year: 2010
• Producers: Angus & Julia Stone
• Discography: second studio album
• My reason for CD purchase: I played this album on Spotify to calm my crying baby with cramps. It worked and that’s why I also wanted the original CD in my music collection.

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Feist ‎– Metals

• Genre: Alternative, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
• Year: 2011
• Producers: Feist, Chilly Gonzales, Mocky, Valgeir Sigurðsson
• Discography: fourth studio album
• My reason for CD purchase: I didn’t know the songs on this album, but I’m a fan of Feist and the producers Chilly Gonzales and Mocky.

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Damien Rice ‎– 9

• Genre: Folk Rock
• Year: 2006
• Producer: Damien Rice
• Discography: second studio album
• My reason for CD purchase: I liked his debut studio album “O” and was interested in this album because of the single “9 Crimes”.

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Birdy – Birdy

• Genre: Acoustic, Indie Rock
• Year: 2011
• Producers: Jim Abbiss, Rich Costey, James Ford,…
• Discography: debut studio album
• My reason for CD purchase: I knew the single “Skinny Love” (a cover from Bon Iver) and was curious about the rest of the album. And I always like to give debut albums a try.

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Everything But The Girl ‎– Amplified Heart

• Genre: Folk Pop, Downtempo
• Year: 1994
• Producers: Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt, John Coxon
• Discography: eighth studio album
• My reason for CD purchase: I have a few albums of Everything But The Girl: “Walking Wounded” (1996) and “Temperamental” (1999). I like them, so I also wanted this album in my collection with their big hit single “Missing”.

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Erykah Badu ‎– Live

• Genre: R&B, Neo Soul, Hip Hop
• Year: 1997
• Producers: Kedar Massenburg, Erykah Badu, Norman Hurt
• Discography: live concert album
• My reason for CD purchase: I have her debut album “Baduizm” which released earlier that year in 1997. I read reviews about that album, which also mentioned this live CD that was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 1999 Grammy Awards. So I was really curious about this CD.