Need Some Homework Albums

You are doing no favor to your studying or the music by trying to do both at the same time.

If you absolutely must have music on while reading, try listening to music with a fast surface (to stimulate the brain) and reasonably stable volumes/textures (to avoid the music breaking in on your concentration). I recommend either jazz (Keith Jarrett piano concerts are perfect) or some High Minimalism (such as Reich's Music for 18 Musicians). If you prefer popular music, try Jean Michel Jarre or (God help you!) some techno. But just don't do it.

I use instrumental or acoustics

Look up:

Toe - band. Japanese instrumental.

Crow'sclaw - one of my thinking band. If I need to think, put on Ketsubetsu and sit

Diana Krall - Live in Paris. Always liked it for some reason.

Incubus

Jackson Browne - skip his new stuff, sucks

Jimi Hendrix - Kinda hard, best if put through MONO

Classical, tends to you. I like Beethoven with isolating headphones.

I'm not sure I'd call these 'fun' albums, but definitely relaxing. No words (except some fragments on the gy!be album). I just graduated; these were the top albums I listened to (I think).

boards of canada - music has the right to children

emancipator - safe in the steep cliffs

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# infinity

helios - eingya

The only album I can study to (well, not study, make excersises) is And Their Refinement of the Decline by Stars of the Lid.

Classical Trancelations by Lowland have been with me for a few semesters when the library on campus gets too noisy. No lyrics to distract you and very relaxing classical versions of trance songs.

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Originally Posted by grimzz R 

Looking for Albums to listen-to while studying.

 

I'm basically looking for music that is not very focused on the lyrics so it does not distract me from my work.

 

I would prefer them to have a bit of a "Fun" taste in order to ease stress, but I would except "Relaxing" music as well.

Can't believe no one else asked this, but what general genre are you looking for?  I can think of music that would fulfill the criteria in almost every major genre.  

Now don't laugh but try the old live albums from The Allman Brothers Band-"Live at the Fillmore" or "Eat a Peach"...... Now, only with the Volume just loud enough to hear it, not to start jamin' with it... Also Little Feat--- "Waiting For Columbus".........just try one of them.... They got me through school, barely!.... 37 yrs. ago