Get Away From Me: 30 Uber-depressing CDs
Submitted by stooky on Sat, 07/03/2004 - 11:41
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- Joy Division – Closer (Factory, 1980)
- The Cure – Pornography (Elektra, 1983)
- Bauhaus – In A Flat Field (4AD, 1980)
- Nirvana – In Utero (DGC, 1993)
- Metallica – Master Of Puppets (Elektra, 1986)
- Elliot Smith – Either/Or (Kill Rock Stars, 1997)
- Lou Reed – Berlin (RCA, 1973)
- Nick Cave – The Boatman’s Call (Reprise, 1997)
- Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible (Epic, 1994)
- Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral (Interscope, 1994)
- Nick Drake – Pink Moon (Island, 1972)
- Radiohead – OK Computer (Parlaphone, 1997)
- Portishead – Dummy (Go Discs!, 1995)
- Leonard Cohen – Songs Of (Columbia, 1968)
- Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A Changin’ (Columbia, 1964)
- Afghan Whigs – Gentleman (Elektra, 1993)
- Tom Waits – Blood Money (V2, 2003)
- Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die (Bad Boy, 1994)
- The The – Soul Mining (Epic/Legacy, 1983)
- Thursday – War All The Time (Island, 2003)
- Hole – Live Through This (Geffen, 1994)
- The Doors – L.A. Woman (Elektra, 1971)
- Aimee Mann – Whatever (DGC, 1993)
- Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon (EMI, 1973)
- Tricky – Pre-Millenium Tension (Island, 1997)
- Marylin Manson – Mechanical Animals (Interscope, 1998)
- Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses (Sire, 1987)
- Gillian Welch – Hell Among The Yearlings (Almo, 1998)
- Siouxsie And The Banshees – The Scream (Polydor, 1978)
- Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Warner Brothers, 1970)
What? No SMITHS!!
I always get the sneaking suspision that Morrisey is enjoying his melancholy a little too much. Which is besides the point since Vicar In A Tutu is not very depressing.
Tallyho
:?)
Nothing from Neil Young's doom trilogy??
The album I was considering was Tonight's The Night but it's supposed to be a musical wake. A celebration of someone's life. It's the one that came close, but fell off to other more nihilistic efforts.
Tallyho
:?)