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Wanted: What is the best music with NO lyrics

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Not classical. EAR & Aphex Twin I know about.

In any genre, what are the best albums that have NOT ONE WORD on them?

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 1 September 2003 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, and let's NOT include "white-noise" type stuff, machinery etc.

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 1 September 2003 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

You might find something on this thread, p'haps:
Where's all the contemporary instrumental music that isn't classical, jazz, New Age, electronic dance, or wild-eyed free improv?

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 00:04 (twenty-one years ago)

(sorry, me not link make)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

love of diagrams "the target is you" is an excellent (almost entirely) instrumental album and it's great sonic youth-meets-the clean stuff (disclaimer: one song has vocals, but it's easy to program out, as it's the weakest track)

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

penguin cafe orchestra

― gaz (gaz), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)

The new Do Make Say Think is wonderful instrumental rock. Noisy and quiet and full of different sounds.

― Sean M (Sean M), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Shuttle 358 - Understanding Wildlife

Do you mind voice samples (as in short snippets of spoken word)? If not, Biosphere - Substrata

― damian_nz (damian_nz), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 01:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, and there's a New Zealand band called Jakob who do the emotional-wall-of-noise-guitar thing a la Mogwai, but more 'purely' perhaps. They have an album called Subsets of Sets on Midium records which is the shiznit. Their new one Cale:Drew (also on Midium) has some singing in one or two tracks but is also very good.

― damian_nz (damian_nz), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 01:36 (twenty-one years ago)

v/a - cash money platinum instrumentals

― trife (simon_tr), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 01:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Labradford's "Fixed::Content". Fucking classic.

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 03:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Eno, Micheal Brooks, Andy Mackay - In Search of Eddie Riff,
tons and tons of Indian raga, David Bowie - All Saints compilation, Liquid Liquid!!!, Tortoise, Muslimgauze, Fuxa, John Zorn, many many more, this is way too broad a category.

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 04:24 (twenty-one years ago)

and most electronic music

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 04:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Raymond Scott - Soothing Sounds for Baby, Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon. Neu, most Jazz, Chris Watson, ...

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 04:29 (twenty-one years ago)

the Ventures

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 04:30 (twenty-one years ago)

trife - does that actually exist!?!?

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 07:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 08:08 (twenty-one years ago)

to me this is equivalent to asking: recommend me some music WITH lyrics

the majority of jazz, classical, electronic, and dub (although there's lil bits of lyrics in it, ain't there?), for starters.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 08:57 (twenty-one years ago)

The Dirty Three, "Horse Stories"

― cis (cis), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

'wild-eyed' free imporv and owns and it incorporates any kind of instrumentation.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 10:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Rothko's 'A Negative For Francis', and 'Aquatica' by Scenic (es- Savage Republic)

― Mog, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 11:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Man or...Astroman?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 12:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Sad Rockets-Transitions

― Barima (Barima), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Try this thread even though it doesn't answer the same question, it might provide some answers.

― Al Andalous, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i'll second do make say think and stick the microphones 'the glow pt. 2' down, if you skip the tracks with vocals.

― chicken tonight (chicken tonight), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

That's a lot of skipping there.

― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Beastie Boys - The In Sound from Way Out!

― Nate (Nate), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, and now that i think about it, track 6 is the only real lyricless gem. ceephax 3 note safari always makes me shake, in a good way.

― chicken tonight (chicken tonight), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)


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