Items17The creator’s order
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EstrelarThe bass and bright keyboard chords still have plenty of daylight in them. The beat keeps the song moving at an easy pace, and the little accents between the lines make it a lively start while there’s still warmth in the air.0 - 2
Lovely DayThe groove holds steady while Bill Withers stretches his last notes across it. Listen beyond the famous sustained note to the bass keeping its easy pace underneath. It’s a way to keep a bit of the day without hurrying to fit more into it.0 - 3
Give Me Your Love (Love Song)Mayfield’s light voice leaves enough space to hear the percussion and strings curl around it. It has the movement to carry a conversation, and the details to keep you listening when the conversation stops.0 - 4
A Chance for PeaceA steady bass figure gives the keys and percussion room to travel. The band keeps that figure in sight as the sound opens out, the way you can watch the sky get wider once you’ve stopped looking at any one thing.0 - 5
UMI SaysA warm electric-keyboard figure and an easy pulse carry Mos Def’s sung refrain. He lets the repeated words settle into the groove, giving the evening something steady to hold onto while the light keeps changing.0 - 6
Come Live With MeListen for the quick glints of Dorothy Ashby’s harp over the slower pulse underneath. Follow the plucked notes as the colors outside begin to soften.0 - 7
CucurucuA patterned acoustic guitar gives the song its forward movement. The voice settles into those repetitions before the arrangement picks up around it, so it suits the moment when an unhurried evening suddenly feels full of things to notice.0 - 8
AvalonBryan Ferry sings low over a gentle sway, leaving the higher voice room to arc above him later on. Wait for that change in height. It lifts the track while everything else is settling around the beat.0 - 9
August 10The low notes keep an even pace as the guitar answers in short, ringing phrases. Let it sit under the last of the light. There’s plenty to follow without a voice putting a story over the scene.0 - 10
BaltimoreThe reggae-influenced rhythm walks at its own pace while Simone gives the lines a weight of their own. If the sky already looks a bit gray, the gentle sway still leaves room for a darker view without breaking the evening’s pace.0