What are the softest music acts you like?

(the top two here are among my all time favorites)
Dan Fogelberg
Carpenters
Carole King
Gordon Lightfoot
Jim Croce
Seals & Crofts


I also like a good deal of new age:
Michael Gettel
George Winston
Danny Wright
Enya
Peter Kater
William Ellwood
Philip Aaberg
etc...

 

Apart from the obvious usual suspects such as Abba, the Carpenters, Gordon Lightfoot and Mr Sinatra, I also dig Agnetha Faltskog as a soloist, Mama Cass Elliott, David Kitt and Richard Marx.

 

Fnarr fnarr!

 

i woke up in love this morning

 

How are we defining "soft" here? Aside from the obvious joke responses there are quite a few suggestions which are not really soft:

Cocteau Twins? Listen to Garlands or, possibly, Head Over Heels;

Tangerine Dream? Try the likes of Atem and Zeit;

House Martins? Only if you ignore most of the lyrics, some of which are very acerbic and/or political - Flag Day or Drop Down Dead, being good examples.

 

Stars Of The Lid
Nick Drake

 

Soft Machine, Soft Cell, and the fourth album by the Dizzoors

 

Loudon Wainwright III

 

America, England Dan & John Ford Coley, John Denver, some Christian acts.

 

Only two:

Seals and Croft

Cat Stevens

 

The Arbors - "A Symphony For Susan"

 

From My Collection:

Ian Matthews
Bert Jansch
Simon & Garfunkel
Michael Nesmith
Adele
10,000 Maniacs
Glen Campbell

And then there's a bunch of soft songs from the harder bands in my collection that I adore as well!

 

Judie Tzuke. If you like singer-songwriters you need to know this lady- lovely, very English voice and great songs. Best known for her 1979 hit Stay With Me Til Dawn, for the past 25 years she’s released her own albums on her Big Moon label. Her complete works, Full Moon, gets you 24 CDs for a very reasonable £UK93.99 from tzuke.com, signed if you ask. If that’s a bit much try the 1979-2010 2CD Moon On A Mirrorball from the same place....(no I’m not getting paid....)

This is from her 2017 album Peace Has Broken Out....

 

Funny I see America several times in this post, I saw them live a few years back and they rocked harder and were louder then several harder edge bands I've seen

 

I'd describe Jean-Jacques Perrey as "spongy"

 

Breezin’ by George Benson is a mellow go-to for me .

Lots of CTI albums fit the bill as well .

 

do as you please, feel free at home (with a few restrictions on your taste)


House Martins would def B soft, great band, weekly listen

 

RIP Les....

 

Simon & Garfunkel
Peter and Gordon
Chad and Jeremy
The Everly Brothers
Sam Cooke