Best Ever Albums

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

MelverneArkady — Thu, 6 Jun 2013 04:20:32 GMT

Author: MelverneArkady

Posted: 06/06/2013 08:20

Anything by Bolt Thrower pre-2000. or Jane Doe by Converge.

If you want cheering up, you can't beat a bit of Chromeo! Hot Mess is my go-to happy maker, and a great single in it's own right.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

Trickington — Wed, 5 Jun 2013 20:46:34 GMT

Author: Trickington

Posted: 06/06/2013 00:46

For my go-to albums,
Parachutes by Coldplay (sue me)
Whatever And Ever Amen by Ben Folds Five

Jeff Buckley (More of his covers like 'Just Like a Woman')
Radiohead ('Thinking About You' / 'Motion Picture Soundtrack' / 'High And Dry' / 'Fake Plastic Trees')
The Smiths ('The Boy With The Thorn in His Side' / 'I Know It's Over' / 'Cemetry Gates' / 'Asleep' / etc.)
Coldplay (Honestly any fucking song will do. Even their B-sides like 'Idiot' or 'Animals')
David Bowie
Glen Hansard

And I've got a mellow playlist that I've accumulated a lot of sad or mellow songs of over the years.
To name a few songs:
'Candyman' by Grateful Dead / 'Girl' by T. Rex / 'Skyway' by The Replacements / 'Colour My World' by Chicago
'Baby Blue' by The 13th Floor Elevators

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BUT for happy music I'll basically listen to The Smiths or whatever else.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

AlexZangari — Fri, 31 May 2013 12:54:08 GMT

Author: AlexZangari

Posted: 05/31/2013 16:54

I typically listen to sad music. Mostly because it's hard for me to enjoy happy music when I'm sad. Also because it makes me feel better to know other people have felt the same emotions I have. I've spent an unreasonable amount of my life feeling sad, so this music is very important to me.

An old favourite song of mine from when I was a hopeless romantic was Billy Joel's "And So It Goes." The line "And every time I've held a rose/It seems I only felt the thorns" always hit me. Weezer's "Only In Dreams" fits the same emotions, though if you want an album I'd go for Pinkerton, which is full of heartbreak and catchy pop melodies.

When my brother passed away there were only two songs I listened to during the five days between his sudden and untimely death and his funeral: my favourite song, Franz Schubert's "Ellens dritter Gesang," commonly known as "the Ave Maria," as performed by Barbara Bonney, and Tegan and Sara's "I Can't Take It."

If I ever listen to happy music, it's something from the underrated power pop band Ludo. The Flaming Lips also have some songs like "Waiting For a Superman" and "Do You Realize??" that present a positive outlook to sadness.

As for albums, a favourite is Elbow's Seldom Seen Kid. "One Day Like This" is the most uplifting song I can think of, and followed by the heartfelt "Friends of Ours," it's near-perfect. Daydream Nation is great for a particular type of sad where I just want to leave everyone behind me.

Radiohead's discography is great as well, especially songs like "How to Disappear Completely," "No Surprises," and "Fake Plastic Trees."

One of the interesting things about sadness is that it can help you see music on a completely new, more personal level. Recently certain emotional troubles have doubled my love for The Unicorns' "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?" The semi-psychotic way in which it can jump from sounding happy to angry has been perfect for me. Blur's "No Distance Left to Run" has also been important to me lately.

I know I'm trying to cram a lot in, but the last thing is that there are two songs which I identify with so well it's as if they were written for me. I've been told that it's depressing that they are these two in particular, but oh well. They are Wilco's "Ashes of American Flags" and the Beach Boys' "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times."

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

SingingPeasant96 — Fri, 31 May 2013 07:42:36 GMT

Author: SingingPeasant96

Posted: 05/31/2013 11:42

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How could I forget this? It's really cheerful

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

Jovian — Thu, 30 May 2013 08:33:22 GMT

Author: Jovian

Posted: 05/30/2013 12:33

Fix You by coldplay is a good song when you are going through a bad time and are feeling low. it just makes you feel better.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

CaptainFicus — Thu, 30 May 2013 02:08:26 GMT

Author: CaptainFicus

Posted: 05/30/2013 06:08

Puncture Repair wrote:

In The Attic of the Universe is The Antler's best work, shame it isn't longer, but I don't think it needs to be.

my sentiments exactly! though hospice has higher highs and lower lows, this album just straight up connects to my soul.. hospice is really sad and beautiful, but i don't feel as protective over it as this album

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

Anonymous — Wed, 29 May 2013 10:13:01 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/29/2013 14:13

In The Attic of the Universe is The Antler's best work, shame it isn't longer, but I don't think it needs to be.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

SingingPeasant96 — Wed, 29 May 2013 08:16:26 GMT

Author: SingingPeasant96

Posted: 05/29/2013 12:16

CaptainFicus wrote:

be sure to let me know what you think!

Well, I expected pre-'Hospice'(which one is heartbreaking), well this one has sad feeling too, but definitely this one is more cheerful and have some hope(maybe)
I enjoyed it 😄 , thax for suggestion

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

HigherThanTheSun — Wed, 29 May 2013 08:11:26 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 05/29/2013 12:11

The Smiths
Unknown Pleasures
If You're Feeling Sinister

The Smiths' s/t especially, first album I go to if I'm having a rough patch.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

SamuelPear — Wed, 29 May 2013 07:15:20 GMT

Author: SamuelPear

Posted: 05/29/2013 11:15

When I'm sad I tend to listen to sad stuff, for exemple the perfect album when I'm down is Tonight's The Night by Neil Young or even Carol King's Tapestry.

But Sgt Peppers or Is This It work to cheer me up.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

CaptainFicus — Wed, 29 May 2013 01:39:30 GMT

Author: CaptainFicus

Posted: 05/29/2013 05:39

SingingPeasant96 wrote:

I will

be sure to let me know what you think!

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

MrFrogger — Tue, 28 May 2013 20:08:07 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 05/29/2013 00:08

Oh I forgot the biggest one for me, Death Cab for Cutie-Transatlanticism

Its the perfect mix of more uplifting songs and more depressing angsty ones.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

Anonymous — Tue, 28 May 2013 20:06:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/29/2013 00:06

Dirty Three - Ocean Songs
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

https://soundcloud.com/alexandra-anthony/laugh-again

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

EyeKanFly — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:36:38 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 05/28/2013 22:36

pearljammer13 wrote:

I know I mention this album too much, but I've always thought Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins is the perfect album to lift your mood. Always works for me.

Ohh any Shins too.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

EyeKanFly — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:36:16 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 05/28/2013 22:36

Illinois is an album which always makes me feel good. Any Belle & Sebastian helps too.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

pearljammer13 — Tue, 28 May 2013 18:14:15 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 05/28/2013 22:14

I know I mention this album too much, but I've always thought Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins is the perfect album to lift your mood. Always works for me.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

AranD — Tue, 28 May 2013 15:06:30 GMT

Author: AranD

Posted: 05/28/2013 19:06

I rarely listen to upbeat music when i'm down. I like to listen to things sad or even angry. Eels, Antlers, Manics, The Cure or earlier Eminem are some of the stuff I stick on.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

Evandar — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:22:00 GMT

Author: Evandar

Posted: 05/28/2013 15:22

Threads like these are interesting to me, because as far as I'm aware, what I choose to listen to rarely reflects my mood. Whether I'm happy or sad doesn't seem to influence whether I listen to happy or sad music. The only exception I can think of is when I'm drunk and want to get some adrenaline flowing, I'll often turn to big, dumb rock music. So in that way it's hard for me to recommend an album for you. But in general, if people are unhappy, it means they are thinking a lot about things that are sad or things that cause the sadness, potentially worsening the mood. So therefore an emptying in the mind would be in order, which makes me want to recommend Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

drakonium — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:09:25 GMT

Author: drakonium

Posted: 05/28/2013 15:09

Puncture Repair wrote:

I like to listen to a really sad album to project how I'm feeling.

This, totally. Listen to music whose mood it opposite to the one you're currently into is aboslutely awful. When I'm happy, I listen to happy music. When I'm sad, I listen to sad music. Both make me happier.

Re: When you're going through bad times and need to listen to...

Anonymous — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:07:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/28/2013 15:07

I like to listen to a really sad album to project how I'm feeling.