Before I retired I was an operational network engineer working on the electricity supply network. When we were chasing faults it could get a bit hectic at times, thinking on your feet, co-ordinating staff, updating the control room etc, etc. For me it would always be a Laura Marling album as I was driving around. Anything more upbeat would make my brain go into overdrive. I used to call it my ‘fault music’.
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As a U.S. citizen, I plan to spend today listening to every track on this thread.
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I don’t blame you. Let us hope your stress period doesn’t last 4 years!!! 
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I can appreciate what you state about the hectic times chasing faults. I also worked in the electricity supply business, not an engineer but an ‘operative’.
Brazen (Weep) by Skunk Anansie from their Stoosh album.
Rocket man Elton John
Stinkfist-Tool
Whatever Comes to Pass - Kevin McDermott Orchestra
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Meet Me In The Gods - Ezio
And possibly many others, depending on stress level 
Tomorrows Harvest / Boards of Canada
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This. Small Hours by John Martyn. Mr Martyn has helped me through many sticky moments over the years and this is one of his finest. With train and geese and ducks. Magical. I drove from London to see him with Steve Winwood in Norwich at UEA student union, June 1976 just because Steve was playing that gig with him. (Bob Dylan had released Blood on the Tracks earlier that year and that was played all the way home after the gig. Good Times.)
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Schubert’s Ave Maria.
Quincy Jones - Money Runner
Runrig - Maymorning.
Very uplifting…
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Ditto on the strong coffee. 
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A few tracks I listen to to relax not so much to de-stress
Ventura highway America
Golden slumbers Elbow bit more chilled than Beatles
Across the universe Fiona apple again just a bit more chilled
The sunshine Manchester orchestra
Fever to the form Nick mulvey
Fuel to fire Agnes obel
Climb on your tears The paper kites
I could probably go on as we all could the good thing about music is that we are all so different in the same way
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