I'd say that anything by Nick Drake is perfect to fall asleep to. It's slow melodies and Nick's barley smallish voice make it very relaxing.

Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost (back when you could count the band members on one hand)
Iron and Wine
Sigur Ros

Here's a list of indivdual tracks that I use to fall asleep to. The order is track name, artist and the albumn if I've known it. One of these tracks, the Nina Gordon one, you'll need to download from the net as I don't think it's on any albums - it is free from her site though, and it's probably my favorite.


Le voyage de penelope, Air, Moon Safari
In My Room, The Beach Boys, Endless Summer
Because, The Beatles, Abbey Road
Strange Fruit, Billy Holiday, All Of Me
Come To Me, Bjork, Debut
sweet song, Blur, Think Tank
Knocking on Heavens door, Bob Dylan
Church In Calhoun, Boxharp, The Tailored Soldier
Sparks, Coldplay, Parachutes
The Severed Garden, The Doors
Mushaboom, Feist, Let it Die
Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley, Grace
Imagine, John Lennon, Lennon Legend- The Very Best Of John Lennon
Call Off The Search, Katie Melua, Call Off The Search
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime, The Korgis
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, Madeleine Peyroux
The Rocks and the Thunder II, Mark Knopfler, Local Hero
local hero-acoustic, Mark Knopfler, Local Hero
Lullaby, Martina Topley-Bird, Quixotic
Big Amoeba Sound, Max And Harvey, Xen Cuts (2 of 3)
Ben And Sera, Mike Figgis, Leaving Las Vegas Soundtrack
Bermuda Highway, My Morning Jacket, Way Beyond Nashville
Straight Out Of Compton, Nina Gordon
Superstar, Nina Nastasia, Way Beyond Nashville
The Other Woman, Nina Simone, After Hours
Here Comes the Sun, Nina Simone
Sugar In My Bowl, Nina Simone
Seven Years, Norah Jones, come Away With Me
The Nearness of You, Norah Jones, Come away with me
I've Got to See You Again, Norah Jones, Come Away With Me
Berceuse In D Flat Major, Op. 57, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Frederyck Chopin, Chill With Chopin
Feel, Syd Barrett, The Madcap Laughs
Any Other Name, Thomas Newman, American Beauty
The Drugs Don't Work, The Verve, Urban Hymns
Somersault, Zero 7, When It Falls
Natural Born Killers, Leonard Cohen

Fun topic. When I was younger I had a paper route during the summer and when I got back at 6 after deliveries, I honestly used to fall asleep to Metallica and Pantera. Ah, youth. Now I don't usually listen to music when falling asleep, mainly because I'm married, but when I do, these are some I listen to:

Air - Pretty much anything
Sigur Ros - Ditto
Nick Drake - Ditto again
Enigma - MCMXC A.D. - Remember this?
Norah Jones - Anything
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks. Daniel Lanois produced this.

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I listened to this last night...started to drift off just before the skyscraping finale...

Lateralus by Tool-makes me think about the songs as I'm falling asleep

Tangerine Dream - Ricochet live

Agreed, great topic. It seems to me that a lot of succesful sleeping music is string oriented (at least for me). I also enjoy sleeping to some of the artists mentioned earlier (i.e. Sigur Ros, Explosions In The Sky, Godspeed..) but I think my all time record to sleep to I discovered in the early 00's. Nightmares On Wax-Smoker's Delight
The albums simple repititions and smooth slow tempo always had me out by track two.

Shakedown Street - The Dead

Enya.. though I really enjoy her greatest hits during the day, too. I agree with Sigur Ros, though a couple of their songs build up.

I don't exactly know what it is about this album, but I can fall asleep to Enigma's MCMXC A.D. any time! It's very soothing to me.

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Enigma - MCMXC A.D. - Remember this?

Oh man! I remember when that first came out... I was in first year university in lethbridge and I flew out to Montreal during reading week (coldest time of the year) and I wandered all over ile saint helene by my lonesome and this was playing in my headphones. I swear there was not another soul on the island. It was the most surreal moment I have ever had. 15 years later anytime I hear Sadeness Pt 1, Mea Culpa, or Rivers of Belief, I just go right back there.

Another great album (not just song) to fall asleep to is the soundtrack to The Mission. Ennio Morricone is a genius!

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I'm actually kind of shocked because I don't think anyone has mentioned Pink Floyd. There is nothing better to fall asleep to that I can think of!

Sigur Ros!

Albums:
Buena Vista Social Club- Buena Vista Social Club
Radiohead- Kid A
Sigur Rós-Ágætis Byrjun
Stevie Wonder- Songs in the Key of Life

Songs/Works/Pieces:
Beck-"Lonesome Tears" from Sea Change
Beatles- "Julia" from The White Album
Beach Boys- "God Only Knows" from Pet Sounds
Nine Inch Nails- "A Warm Place" from The Downward Spiral
Samuel Barber- "Adagio for Strings"
Beethoven- "Moonlight Sonata"
Charles Ives- "Variations on America"
David Holsinger- "On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss"
Gershwin- "Rhapsody in Blue"
Tschesnokoff- "Salvation is Created"
Mark Camphouse- "A Movement for Rosa"

Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon
Brian Eno/Harold Budd - The Pearl
Datacide (anyone heard of this)
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
Seefeel - Quique
Top Hits of the 30s Comp.

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Sigur Ros!

Haha yeah... I don't even really like them, but I've definitely listened to Takk more than any other album from 2005, though I rarely make it past "Hoppipolla Afturabak."

I'll second Pink Floyd... just don't try it with Dark Side.

Sufjan really works. And Sun Kil Moon. And M83's "Dead Cities..."

tonight...Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas

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tonight...Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas

I don't usually fall asleep to music but the last time I did it was to that one. I've also fallen asleep to Souvlaki by Slowdive. Basically anything Slowdive is perfect "dream pop."

The album that i became always tired after listening to it at night is Air - Talkie Walkie.
Another great one to listen before gooing to bed is Godspeed you black emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
Other suggestions:
Radiohead - Kid A
Bjork - Vespertine
Coldplay - a rush of blood to the head