Meow Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 What are your favorite sad albums? Do you listen to sad music when you're sad? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I can't say I know any sad albums, as in albums where theres a sad aura throughout all the songs. Although I can't get through The New Abnormal by the Strokes without getting close to shedding tears. Never actually have though. Can't say I ever actually have to music, or any media really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) It's such a sonically innovative album ahead of it's time with or without lyrics like the opening, "It doesn't matter if we all die." Sea Change by Beck is another good one. Edited February 27 by invisible airwave 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Not so much sad album but sad song - Empty Handed Heart by Warren Zevon is my favourite sad song!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyz305 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 4 hours ago, invisible airwave said: It's such a sonically innovative album ahead of it's time with or without lyrics like the opening, "It doesn't matter if we all die." Sea Change by Beck is another good one. I LOVE that album - I remember it like yesterday, even though it came out 40 years ago! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Lacuna Coil- Unleashed Memories I find this a soulful, haunting and brooding listening experience. The abstract nature of the lyrics also evokes feelings more than literal interpretations which I find very unique. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 David Bowie - 'hours...' (1999) I can (sadly) relate to this album on oh so many levels. Here we find the artist trying make sense of his past while trying to put on a brave face while looking toward the future. Seeking answers and to make some kind of sense about the meanings of his life, death, aging, wasted time & opportunity, God, and relationships along the way, both successful and failed. The music is haunting and in perfect harmony with the lyrical counterpart. David said of this album... "It's a more personal piece but I hesitate to say it's autobiographical. In a way, it self-evidently isn't. I also hate to say it's a 'character', so I have to be careful there. It is fiction. And the progenitor of this piece is obviously a man who is fairly disillusioned. He's not a happy man. I was trying to capture elements of how, often, one feels at this age. There's not much concept behind it. It's really a bunch of songs, but I guess the one through-line is that they deal with a man looking back over his life." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarian Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 If I am sad now, I don't listen to anything. But - As a depressed teenager, I would listen to the following to get that pain out. Not that they are sad in general albums.. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Boy - U2 Organisation - OMD (original release UK) Abbey Road - Beatles Who's Next - The Who I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! - Janis Joplin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here I hate that it ends on a major chord, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 @JohnRogers @laughedatbytime The entire synth-era of Rush makes me sad. In fact, just thinking about it makes me cry. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 13 minutes ago, Rick N. Backer said: @JohnRogers @laughedatbytime The entire synth-era of Rush makes me sad. In fact, just thinking about it makes me cry. There is so much upbeat joy in the synth era unlike Black Sabbath. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrandir Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 15 minutes ago, Rick N. Backer said: @JohnRogers @laughedatbytime The entire synth-era of Rush makes me sad. In fact, just thinking about it makes me cry. Synth-era Rush is fantastic!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Sad? Oh my goodness pick a flavor, lol. Lots of different kinds of records I spin when I feel sad, lonely, angsty, etc. Also depends on how I want to deal with the feeling at the time. Here are a few that I have turned to in the past for various reasons: King Crimson - Red Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head The Cure - Disintegration Weezer - Pinkerton Paramore - After Laughter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 7 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said: Sad? Oh my goodness pick a flavor, lol. Lots of different kinds of records I spin when I feel sad, lonely, angsty, etc. Also depends on how I want to deal with the feeling at the time. Here are a few that I have turned to in the past for various reasons: King Crimson - Red Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head The Cure - Disintegration Weezer - Pinkerton Paramore - After Laughter Red? Guess I don't really know what a sad album is lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Purple Mountains is both the debut and final album by Purple Mountains. The guy who wrote this album hung himself a few months after the record came out. It's a really great record, but it's hard to listen to knowing what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, ST3V said: Red? Guess I don't really know what a sad album is lol Well my thing with Red is very personal. It’s by far the darkest thing KC ever recorded (at least that I’ve heard thus far), and as such fills me with an undefinable and sometimes inescapable malaise and dread, which makes me turn to it sometimes when I’m particularly sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 2 hours ago, JohnRogers said: There is so much upbeat joy in the synth era unlike Black Sabbath. This post makes me cry all over again. Might as well put on the ending of Toy Story 3. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 12 hours ago, Rick N. Backer said: This post makes me cry all over again. Might as well put on the ending of Toy Story 3. I adore the synth era! I forget many fans do not 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) wrong thread Edited February 28 by Segue Myles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) 15 hours ago, Mithrandir said: Synth-era Rush is fantastic!! Will you two ever agree on anything? Edited February 28 by Maverick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 24 minutes ago, Maverick said: Will you two ever agree on anything? Maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, Segue Myles said: I adore the synth era! I forget many fans do not It's more a running joke between Jackie and me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 minute ago, Rick N. Backer said: It's more a running joke between Jackie and me. It's all good, I say I love that era, but rarely will you find me spinning Power Windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, Segue Myles said: UFO- Strangers In The Night Okay, this version of Love To Love might just be my favourite song ever. Like WOW. The interesting thing about this album is the box set has 8 shows, and they are all fantastic. I played the Lights Out album to death when I first got it. It's up there with the likes of Moving Pictures, Paranoid, Pyromonia, and Fair Warning for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 32 minutes ago, Maverick said: Will you two ever agree on anything? In all seriousness, on the margins in SOCN I think he and I find some common ground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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