beautifully_depressing_albums
dalling fown fiona apple. tidal

beck. sea_change
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squint agrees partially ........ 020921
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bleakness is a way of life bob_dylan. time out of mind 020921
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downing up r.e.m. new adventures in hi-fi 020921
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ashes and diamonds pink_floyd. the_final_cut 020921
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im hiding under my bed. pink_floyd. wish_you_were_here 020921
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no surprise no mystery all albums by the_police 020921
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silentbob weezer pinkerton
fiona apple when the pawn...
dashboard confessional the places you've come to fear the most
alkaline trio maybe i'll catch fire
saves the day through being cool
the cure disintegration
the beatles rubber soul gave me some pretty miserable nights
counting crows Recovering The Sattellites
bright eyes Oh Holy Fools! bright eyes and son ambulence split
020921
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narpth edith jeff buckley- grace 020921
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unhinged yes narpth edith and silent bob are right on with the jeff_buckley and the dashboard_confessional. i think i might go listen. 020921
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devalis Matchbox Twenty- Mad Season
3 Doors Down- Kryptonite
Barenaked Ladies- Maroon
BIF Naked- I Bifcus
Everclear- So Much For The Afterglow
Fuel- Something Like Human
Harvey Danger- Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?
Dave Matthews Band- The Lily White Sessions
Tonic- Lemon Parade
020921
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IKC 56-80 joy_division "closer"
depeche mode "some great reward"
graeme revell, original score for The Crow
020922
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werewolf johnny cash...three...oh especially his cover of one by u2 020922
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blamethesky bright eyes-lifted... 020922
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no reason nine inch nails-downward spiral 020922
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unhinged coldplay --- parachutes

i held my niece in my arms and sang 'everything's not lost'
020922
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paste! yo la tengo - and then nothing turned itself inside out 020922
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Asrai radiohead, ok computer.
radiohead, amnesiac.
Smashing Pumpkins, adore.
020922
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silentbob ani difranco - dilate 020922
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myplasticmind The Used
*self titled*
020923
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jim_starks any-fucking-thing by The Smiths. Especially The world won't listen. 020924
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pig on the wing pink_floyd. animals 020925
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*nat* David Gray - White Ladder 030113
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Teenage Jesus Nebraska- Bruce

and the big daddy of them all - The Wall
030113
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eklektic most recently, "lifted or the story is in the soil, keep your ear to the ground" by brighteyes. 030113
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silentbob bright eyes - fevers and mirrors 030113
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lindsey rufus wainwright - poses 030601
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IKC 56-80 the_cure - disintegration 030601
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niska sap -alice in chains 030601
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acidic decal i could list a lot of albums, but here's a less obvious choice:

the rolling stones - exile on main street

depressing because it reveals that, before the stones turned into a bloated nostalgia act, there was actual substance behind the guitar riffs
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some insignificant soul HIM, that band on the cky videos 030601
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birdmad the_cure "wish"
Joy_Division "Still"
The_Smiths "The Queen is Dead"

Psychedelic_Furs "Forever Now" (or "All_of_this_and_nothing")
030602
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grendel dead_can_dance "within the realm of a dying sun"

chris isaak "heart_shaped_world"

and a few others, to be sure
030602
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Flowers from Safeway Patti Smith- Radio Ethiopia, Peace and Noise

Carrie Biell- Dusty Rooms, Symphony of Sirens.

Steven Jesse Bernstein- Prison

Leonard Cohen- (anything)

Aimee Mann- Lost in Space
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unhinged the bends --- radiohead 030604
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niska yeah.

HIM is good for a spiral of despair.

also: air - moon safri
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User24 eminem can be quite depressing.

but Type O still has the crown.
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User24 Tori Amos can be, too. 030623
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unhinged braille night (s) --- ida

i cry everytime and i'm not sure exactly what it is....but it's beautiful and depressing. which is just the sort of thing i love. it's my number one 'listen when you NEED to cry' album.
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crimson Marilyn_Manson makes me sad on occasion
Joy_Drop "Metasexual"
most Death_Cab_For_Cutie
Bright Eyes "Every Day and Every Night"
Smashing Pumpkins "Pisces Iscariot" or "Twilight to Starlight"
There are lots more, but I cant think of any really good, sad albums at the moment.
030925
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crimson Marilyn_Manson makes me sad on occasion
Joy_Drop "Metasexual"
most Death_Cab_For_Cutie
Bright Eyes "Every Day and Every Night"
Smashing Pumpkins "Pisces Iscariot" or "Twilight to Starlight"
There are lots more, but I cant think of any really good, sad albums at the moment.
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James "Astral Weeks" (Van Morrison)
"Expunged" (Student Nurse)
"Desertshore" (Nico)
"Eli and the 13th Confession" (Laura Nyro)
040716
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baby for pree Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles 040717
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dosquatch Toad_the_wet_Sprocket - Fear
Pink_Floyd - the Wall
Danzig - Black Aria
Mad_Season - Above

And some individual songs:
Richard Marx - Hazard
Austin Roberts - Rocky
Tim McGraw - Don't Take the Girl
Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County
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nonlucid why_is_pain_beautiful 040717
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silentbob postal_service give_up 040717
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poet deftones - self titled 040717
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Keboi "Love me, Love you"

John Michael Montgomery
040720
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unhinged live at sin-e legacy edition disc 2 --- jeff_buckley 040720
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love & hate mechanical animals - marilyn manson
antichrist superstar - marilyn manson
holywood - marilyn manson
lest we forget - marilyn manson
TGAOG - marilyn manson
Fallen - Evanesence
Away from the Sun - Three Doors Down
Songs about Jane - Maroon 5
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nonsensical air - the virgin suicides soundtrack 050530
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Twitch hmmm...its all personal preference i guess...

I don't know about an album...but Ozzy and Randy's "Goodbye to Romance" always struck a chord with me.
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unhinged from a basement on a hill --- elliot smith


especially track 9, twilight

he has turned me into an ocd listener; i could listen to that song for hours
050607
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