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Poll: Best depressing album by a male singer-songwriter |
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Either/Or (Elliott Smith) |
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11% |
[4] |
Pink moon (Nick Drake) |
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27% |
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I see a darkness (Bonnie "Prince" Billy) |
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5% |
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Carrie & Lowell (Sufjan Stevens) |
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8% |
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I'm wide awake, it's morning (Bright Eyes) |
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2% |
[1] |
Benji (Sun Kil Moon) |
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0% |
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The downward spiral (Nine Inch Nails) |
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8% |
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A crow looked at me (Mount Eerie) |
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27% |
[10] |
Sea change (Beck) |
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8% |
[3] |
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Total Votes : 36 |
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CharlieBarley
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Location: Mount Olympus
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- #11
- Posted: 06/15/2018 02:56
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Wot? No Morrissey?!?
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cestuneblague
Edgy to the Choir
Location: MA/FL
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- #12
- Posted: 06/15/2018 04:39
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That title is an oxy moron
I guess you could go with Yip! Jump Music by Daniel Johnston, Trials and Errors by Magnolia Electric Co, The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers and North Star Deserter by Vic Chesnutt
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9999
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Location: España
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- #13
- Posted: 06/16/2018 23:53
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Stover75 wrote: | Wot? No Morrissey?!? |
Well, to be honest, I haven't heard anything from Morrissey's solo career, so I couldn't say.
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
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- #14
- Posted: 06/17/2018 03:32
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So many different depths of depression listed.
I went with Beck because musically I like it the most, but Best depressing album... I've never felt the real feeling of depression... like the deep down darkest depths of it from anything but Mount Eerie's A crow looked at me (as already mentioned). Perhaps I'm associating the deep depression I went through as dealing with death, but some might see it as "just" grief and not depression. For me it was inseparable.
Beck's album has it's moments of true despair.
Elliot's and Drake's performances seem more melancholy than true depression.
Downward Spiral seems more dark than depressive if that makes any sense. Hurt I suppose has some serious depression to it though.
I forget what else was on the list now that I'm writing this... that's good for now.
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
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bobbyb5
Gender: Male
Location: New York
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
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bobbyb5
Gender: Male
Location: New York
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- #18
- Posted: 06/17/2018 17:17
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Those are two really good albums. Today I find it hard to imagine that all of these seventies guys we're huge Stars and sold millions of Records. They still have people making this kind of music today, but they don't become huge stars like they used to. Except for maybe Beck, most of them today are probably unfamiliar to the General Public, and just make music for a niche audience. Back then they used to be mainstream. Things are so different today.
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
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- #19
- Posted: 06/17/2018 17:25
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I just listened to these albums this week and thought the same thing about Willie Nelson.
Willie Nelson would likely be a nobody if he was getting his start today.
Kinda sad to think there is a 24 year old Willie Nelson type out there somewhere, from whom we'll never know.
I suppose Father John Misty really sounds much like these 70s artists though... and he's pretty famous.
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AfterHours
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Location: originally from scaruffi.com ;-)
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- #20
- Posted: 06/17/2018 18:42
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Some of these might technically be incorrect as "singer-songwriter" (because there is a little too much of a "band" around them or some other nuances/reasons), however they all fit the general gist of what the genre entails and should satisfy one looking for similar experiences -- if we're not being too strict and "mostly minimal accompaniment" is okay too. Here are my selections for the most amazing depressing/very sad/heartbreaking such works...
1. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
2. Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
3. Desertshore - Nico (1970)
4. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
5. Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
6. Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
7. Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
8. Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968)
9. On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
10. Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968)
11. Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1975)
12. Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters (1993)
13. Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
14. The Marble Index - Nico (1968)
15. 2 - Black Heart Procession (1999)
16. Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
17. Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
18. Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
19. Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988)
20. I Could Live in Hope - Low (1994)
21. Excerpts From A Love Circus - Lisa Germano (1996)
22. Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
23. If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby (1971)
24. Trust - Low (2002)
25. You Are Free - Cat Power (2003)
A small number may be borderline depressing "not quite sad enough?". And, a few, I may have taken a little too far in regards to instrumentation/accompaniment... Down Colorful Hill above is probably the most thoroughly accurate and potent example of the true depths of depression some can sink to -- if you're looking for the most "perfect" selection among these. _________________ Best Classical
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