Various Artists - The Best Ever: Time To Relax (2015)

There are plenty of mellow tunes that do make you feel chilled and relaxed, lots of big names, and a good mix of old and new hits. Like the other sets in this series, it offers up excellent value. Disc one mostly focuses on the new stuff, opening up with Scotland's young crooner Paolo Nutini and his early hit single 'Last Request', followed by the beautiful vocals of Gabrielle Aplin on 'Please Don't Say You Love Me'. Disc two is largely made up of standards from the 1960s and 1970s. Big hits like Otis Redding's soulful late-60s number '(Sittin' On) The Dock of The Bay', the original version of 'Wuthering Heights' by Kate Bush, Lou Reed's early hit 'Halloween', and 'If You Don't Know Be My Now' by Simply Red will always be timeless.

Tracklist:

CD1

01 Last Request - Paolo Nutini 03:41
02 Please Don't Say You Love Me - Gabrielle Aplin 03:02
03 Ordinary World - Duran Duran 04:20
04 Yellow - Coldplay 04:30
05 The Sea - Morcheeba 05:48
06 Cold (Feat. Fryars) - Rae Morris 03:56
07 No Rest For The Wicked - Lykke Li 03:43
08 The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice 04:47
09 Lost & Found - Lianne La Havas 04:29
10 Into The Wild - Lewis Watson 03:48
11 Jolene (Radio Edit) - Ray Lamontagne 03:52
12 Mexico - The Staves 04:06
13 Sara Smile - Rumer 03:33
14 Walkin Man - Seasick Steve 02:43
15 Nothing Stays The Same - Luke Sital-Singh 04:01
16 Nothing Compares 2 U (Edit) - Sinead O'connor 04:42
17 Runaway - The Corrs 04:26
18 Shades Of Grey - Delilah 03:53
19 A Thousand Years (Radio Edit) - Christina Perri 03:59

CD2

01 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding 02:43
02 Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush 03:26
03 If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red 03:27
04 True - Spandau Ballet 05:32
05 Golden Brown - The Stranglers 03:29
06 Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground 04:07
07 A Message To You Rudy (2002 Remastered Version) - The Specials 02:54
08 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin 02:42
09 Just One Look - Doris Troy 02:30
10 For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield 02:35
11 Ooh La La - Faces 03:34
12 I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You - Tom Waits 03:56
13 Make It With You - Bread 03:12
14 All I Have To Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers 02:23
15 Wings - Tim Buckley 02:33
16 Old Man - Love 02:59
17 Halloween Parade - Lou Reed 03:35
18 The Last Thing On My Mind - Tom Paxton 03:07
19 Roll Um Easy - Little Feat 02:30