Sleeping songs for adults

For a busy head at the end of a long day: dreamy, slow and a little deeper, with long pads and low bass that give your thoughts somewhere soft to go. Dreamy chillwave and ambient downtempo by Purrple Cat, instrumental, every song in full with a free MP3, free under CC BY 4.0.

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A tip for this list

Phone face down, volume low, and let the list run. If you're still awake at the end, start it again.

How these songs were picked

Every song in the book was measured for tempo, loudness, brightness and steadiness. This list scores all 343 on its own rules, takes no more than 2 from any one release, leaves out the spooky albums and orders the picks so the list gets gently softer from first to last. From 11 releases: Sleep Tight, Sands of Time, Sea of Stars 2, Night Train, Multiverse, Sea of Stars, House in the Woods, Above the Clouds, Whispers in the Dark, Nostalgia and Moving On, Brain Fog.

1.
The PortalNo. 226 · Sands of Time
2:54MP3
2.
BalloonNo. 98 · Above the Clouds
3:15MP3
3.
Chugging AlongNo. 173 · Night Train
2:20MP3
4.
UnknownNo. 103 · Above the Clouds
3:16MP3
5.
Stale Cookies Still Taste Pretty GoodNo. 25 · Brain Fog
3:07MP3
6.
Whispers in the DarkNo. 60 · Whispers in the Dark
2:54MP3
7.
ConstellationsNo. 202 · Sea of Stars 2
2:45MP3
8.
Sea of StarsNo. 141 · Sea of Stars
2:21MP3
9.
Dune DrifterNo. 223 · Sands of Time
2:31MP3
10.
DiscoveryNo. 134 · House in the Woods
2:24MP3
11.
WeightlessNo. 328 · Sleep Tight
3:15MP3
12.
CreationNo. 159 · Multiverse
3:13MP3
13.
UFONo. 167 · Multiverse
3:08MP3
14.
Goodbye, I Hope We Meet AgainNo. 38 · Nostalgia and Moving On
3:21MP3
15.
SighNo. 33 · Nostalgia and Moving On
2:46MP3

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Music: Purrple Cat (purrplecat.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0