Dream Of The Return/Pat Metheny Group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVxhyeaG87w

From their Grammy Award-winning album, 1989's Letter From Home. Pedro Aznar provides the beautiful Spanish vocals.

Round Here/Counting Crows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PAP3kN8J8w

Throwback Monday. :)

Look At Me/Bread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAPl8jXcn1U

One of the band's finest vocal performances. Royer's woodwind is the icing on the cake.

Half Full Glass Of Wine/Tame Impala

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ7QXTVs230

Gene Simmons recommended this band in a recent interview. 'Nuff said?

Life On Mars/David Bowie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v--IqqusnNQ

Just watched Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and rediscovered this '71 classic. One of my favourite choruses to sing along to. The piano is played by none other than Rick Wakeman of Yes fame.

This Love/Pantera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fKlgxSKNdU

I've always loved the groove-metal styling of the rockers from Texas. This is from their seminal album, 1992's Vulgar Display Of Power.

Don't Dream It's Over/Crowded House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I52eefwAKDE

One of my all-time favourite songs. This live version is from their Farewell to the World concert performed next to the picturesque Sidney Opera House.

Pick Up The Phone/The Notwist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gH7GLSxCO4

This German indie rock outfit experimented with several genres since their inception in 1989, before settling on electronica.

Glad And Sorry/Faces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZfJIC_ACl4

Bassist Ronnie Lane and keyboardist Ian McLagan share vocals on this beautiful track from the band's final studio album, 1973's Ooh La La.

Great Albums (Dive/Tycho)

Year: 2011

I've been listening to this album regularly for the past few months. Unlike most offerings in the ambient music genre, Dive incorporates deep bass grooves, synthesized beats, and other elements that one usually associates with EDM. However, the music won't urge you to tear it up on the dance floor. Instead, you'll find yourself softly bobbing along to one of its tracks as you go about your work. Highly recommended for people who like to listen to music at work.

Personal Picks: "Daydream", "Coastal Brake", "Adrift", and "Epigram"

Don't Stop Believing/Journey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k8craCGpgs

The guitar bit from 0:54 to 1:06 still gets to me after all these years. One of the greatest feelgood songs ever written.

The Warmth/Incubus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4XQMEMQE94

The hook that plays in the verses and the outro is just glorious.

Nagekidori (The Bird Of Wounds)/Paul Mauriat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5y7MLDRSw

Been listening to Mauriat's album by the same name since I was a kid. It still sounds fresh as ever. The man on the pan flute is none other than Gheorghe Zamfir.

Sober/Tool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqmRDV0a_70

If there was such a thing as a perfect tempo, this song would exemplify it.

Remember That/Sonic Future

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZnJIkIWqFo

Deep house. That's the name of the genre. I'm not sure what it connotes, but I really dig this tune.

That's The Way/Led Zeppelin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TANKvE3sI3w

Sometimes it takes just one song to change how you listen to a band. I was introduced to this song quite recently. One of their more stripped down compositions, yet so powerful that it makes you realize how melodic their music truly is.

Then I Close My Eyes/David Gilmour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN8q4Yt9BbU

That recurring guitar riff hits home every time. Enchanting track from Gilmour's On An Island.

Drive/Deftones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG4dE9-g_FM

Sweet cover of The Cars' melodic 1984 hit. Check out Carpenter's guitar wails.

Drop/Red House Painters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBL28tgXK18

Melancholic rock can really hit the spot sometimes.

Ask The Mountains/Vangelis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBYf3lYSEg

Swedish musician Stina Nordenstam provides the hauntingly beautiful vocals.

Change (Acoustic)/Deftones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUlOwfMNewQ

Reduce the mind-numbing distortion, and they still sound awesome. Chino rocking the vocals as usual.

Time (Clock Of The Heart)/Culture Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74LOcw-ap-g

The '80s. My happy place. :)