[priest]

Marvin Gaye - "Sexual Healing"

 

[The Other Allen]

Sade Smooth Operator

 

[bigshot]

George Benson Breezin

 

[Kukuk]

Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits definitely comes to mind when I think of "smooth".
 
Another one is Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan.

 

[srld]

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits.
The vocals on Islands by The xx sound very smooth to me in the sense that they seem really effortless and comfortable.

 

[Kukuk]

Thought of some more:
 
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan
You're a Big Girl Now - Bob Dylan
Nutshell - Alice In Chains
Here Comes The Flood (Shaking The Tree version) - Peter Gabriel
Before The Dawn - Judas Priest

 

[MrProggie]

Another one came into my mind:  Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy.

 

[GoldBug]

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Another one came into my mind:  Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy.

 
Best track ever.

 

[fatcat28037]

I'm not certain what you mean by "smooth", there are a lot of way to interpet "smooth", but I'll run with it an suggest this Rhino label series, Smooth Groves.

Here's alink to the series at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=smooth+groves

 

[Brandon7s]

The entire album, Mezzanine, by Massive Attack. A perfect album in every way, and it's just plain smooth. Particularly Dissolved Girl, as stated by someone before.

 

[pejayjay]

x2 on Massive Attack.  If you're going down the smoothest electronic road, then 'trip-hop' is where it's at (Archive's Londinium album, for example).
 
Also, combine trip hop with an avant-garde jazz trumpeter and you get DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo's Ki-Oku.  So so good.

 

[Chimera-se]

Pat Metheny, The Way Up: Part One. I've probably listened to this track before bed for about a year now. I just love it.

 

[falis]

By saying that about going to sleep, it reminded me of Kenny Wheeler's "GNU High" and also his "Angel Song" (w/ Bill Frissell and Lee Konitz).
 
- Ed
 
Quote:

Pat Metheny, The Way Up: Part One. I've probably listened to this track before bed for about a year now. I just love it.

 

[KingStyles]

How about a hole album of smooth.
Cowboy Junkies  --  The Trinity Session

 

[Caphead78]

The xx -- Stars