Helplessness Blues (track)
by Fleet Foxes
Year: 2011
From the album Helplessness Blues (track #6)
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Helplessness Blues appears on the following album(s) by Fleet Foxes:
- Helplessness Blues (track #6) (this album) (2011)
- A Very Lonely Solstice (track #6) (2021)
- Live On Boston Harbor (track #27) (2024)
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| ! | 4 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 22,771 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2025 20:58 | 95rosem | 36 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2025 04:33 | mttr-in-plc | 1,997 | 88/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2025 18:22 | bonnequestion | 15,954 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2025 15:55 | NickD89 | 6,201 | 72/100 |
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What a song! One of my favourites of all time. Still sends shivers down my spine singing ‘If I had an orchid I’d work till I’m raw’
The perfect folk anthem.
One of the best songs of the decade
lleon79 09/29/2018 18:39 | #221845
Incredible lyrics
A generation-defining classic with lovely lyrics and excellent music.
One of my alltime favorite songs and I think it will be remembered fondly in the years to come.
this song has so much meaning to me, that lyrics..
what a brilliantly beuatiful song
Brilliant, one of the best pieces of music ever written.
One of the best songs ever!!!
ffudnebbuh 05/13/2011 10:21 | #21689
great title song...my fav song of the year so far...a song I would put in the category of "instant classic". Like "Every breath you take" (about which I have no opinion ) but it announced itself in the same way.
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