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When news broke earlier this year that divorce was on the cards for Beck and his wife of almost 15 years, a small, petty part of me that Only Cares About The Music™ (whatever, you have that part too) was stoked. 35 Albums That Will Hit You Right In The Feels I wanted to send a heartful “thank you” to my colleague Jess Thompson for the beautiful texts she’s written to accompany Sea Change, Either/Or, Pink Moon, White Chalk, Dummy, Purple Mountains, and Carrie & Lowell. Now that the doctors have covered the psychological reasons why we turn to sad music under so many different circumstances, it’s my time to do what we do best at Discogs, cover the music side of things. I recommend you read both since I admit my inability to put into words so precisely the reasons why we, as humans, use sad music as such an endless resource. Shahram Heshmat, is called 6 Reasons Why We Enjoy Listening To Sad Music and it points out reasons that you might have never thought about before, such as the production of prolactin or the role of empathy. Berezin explored the different reasons why sad music is a great companion under many different life circumstances. Robert Berezin, is called Why We Love Sad Music. I easily found two great pieces in Psychology Today. So this time, without those limitations, I’ll cover much more sad music, spanning a diverse set of genres, artists and moods.īefore I jump into the usual list format, I wanted to reflect on why sad music has such an impact on listeners’ lives. The rules that apply are similar to those at your nearest casino roulette table: If you bet all of your money on just one number, the odds are incredibly high that you won’t win anything.

Trust me on this one, it would be much easier for each of us to pick 50 than just one. The rules for our Staff Picks are clear: one release per person. In defense of the Discogs staff, there are only so many of us. The main disagreement with our previous blog post was that we “forgot” about a lot of the saddest albums in history.

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It’s taken me forever but it’s finally happening, I’m sitting down in front of my computer deciding how to speak about sad music and albums that you, our beloved community, have mentioned. I’m confident that the opposite subject, covering happy music, wouldn’t be as relatable and popular. By pure chance, I clicked the right button: Everybody loves sad music.

We had tapped into the deep music knowledge of Discogs staff in that past for the best music for a BBQ and the best Halloween records, so why not explore sad records too? What surprised and intrigued me was the massive amount of replies and comments we received on the Blog and social media accounts after publishing the article and sharing it with the Discogs Community. I recently decided to ask all of my colleagues at Discogs which album they considered the saddest of all-time.