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Records for background

The 40 albums with the highest Background suitability values — the same occasion suitabilities published on each album's page, best first.

No.	Artist	Album	Year	Suitability
1	Claire Martin	Devil May Care	1993	90
2	Janet Baker	Mahler Kindertotenlieder & Rückert-Lieder (Barbirolli)	1968	90
3	Stacey Kent	Breakfast on the Morning Tram	2007	90
4	Cleo Sol	Rose in the Dark	2020	88
5	Katie Melua	Call Off the Search	2003	88
6	Rumer	Seasons of My Soul	2010	88
7	Sade	Diamond Life	1984	88
8	Sade	Love Deluxe	1992	88
9	Sade	Lovers Rock	2000	88
10	Corinne Bailey Rae	Corinne Bailey Rae	2006	86
11	Sade	Promise	1985	86
12	Emma Kirkby	Dowland Time Stands Still (Rooley)	1986	85
13	Everything but the Girl	Amplified Heart	1994	85
14	Everything but the Girl	Eden	1984	85
15	Lianne La Havas	Lianne La Havas	2020	85
16	Tasmin Little	VW The Lark Ascending / Sym 6 (BBCSO/Davis)	2022	85
17	Vashti Bunyan	Just Another Diamond Day	1970	85
18	Annie Lennox	Diva	1992	84
19	Celeste	Not Your Muse	2021	84
20	Everything but the Girl	Idlewild	1988	84
21	Fairground Attraction	The First of a Million Kisses	1988	84
22	Olivia Dean	Messy	2023	84
23	Kathleen Ferrier	Blow the Wind Southerly / British folk songs	1952	83
24	Myra Hess	Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (her transcription)	1957	83
25	Norma Procter	Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Horenstein/LSO; alto solo)	1970	83
26	Amy Winehouse	Back to Black	2006	82
27	Beatrice Harrison	Elgar: Cello Concerto (composer cond.)	1928	82
28	Beth Orton	Central Reservation	1999	82
29	Clare Teal	A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald	2016	82
30	Duffy	Rockferry	2008	82
31	Goldfrapp	Seventh Tree	2008	82
32	Jacqueline du Pré	Elgar Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures (Barbirolli/LSO)	1965	82
33	Lucy Rose	Something's Changing	2017	82
34	Marjorie Thomas	Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (Sargent/Liverpool Phil; the Angel)	1955	82
35	Morcheeba	Big Calm	1998	82
36	Sade	Soldier of Love	2010	82
37	Sandy Denny	Sandy	1972	82
38	The Staves	If I Was	2015	82
39	Carol Kidd	The Night We Called It a Day	1990	81
40	Kathleen Ferrier	Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice (Glyndebourne)	1947	81