― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
Wichita Lineman-Glenn CampbellJohnny Cash-Sunday Morning Comin' DownStevie Wonder-You and IJames Taylor-Fire and RainGlenn Campbell-Gentle on My Mind
However, you really should read his personal commentary here to get the full flavor.
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
I guess it's a single, not an album, but it's most depressing.
― jot eff pe, Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
The Karl Hendricks Trio have a disc called Some Girls Like Cigarettes which is as close to recorded suicide as it gets.
― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Thursday, 16 January 2003 16:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― arjun (arjun), Thursday, 16 January 2003 17:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― piscesboy, Thursday, 16 January 2003 17:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Ball (James Ball), Thursday, 16 January 2003 17:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
...also, seriously, anything by Bob Dylan (is he the most overrated musician ever? I think so), anything by Leonard Cohen....
...but for GREAT albums that happen to be depressing:Nick Drake (can't think of the title but it's brilliant)Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen...The Smiths - The SmithsSinead O'Connor - Universal MotherPortishead - Dummy
― russ t, Thursday, 16 January 2003 17:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― piscesboy, Thursday, 16 January 2003 18:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― ian Johnson, Thursday, 16 January 2003 19:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― matt riedl (veal), Thursday, 16 January 2003 19:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 16 January 2003 19:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
Really? I find most of the album heeeelarious; it's hard to take seriously what's so absurd. The very concept of a Kylie Minogue duet with Cave overshadows whatever emotional baggage the song would contain; the only really upsetting songs on the album, I think, are "Song of Joy" and "Henry Lee."
― Ian Johnson, Thursday, 16 January 2003 19:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
Most depressing? I suppose one could say UNKNOWN PLEASURES or something, but I find that too intriguing to be depressing.
I find desperate albums depressing, i.e. albums made by folks whose time has clearly come and gone, yet they keep struggling in abject futility against the cruel tides of time, fashion and changing tastes -- like Motley Crue's GENERATION SWINE or MC Hammer's FUNKY HEADHUNTER. You just want to sit them down and tell them to give it up.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 17 January 2003 00:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 January 2003 00:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Leee (Leee), Monday, 3 March 2003 02:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 02:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 3 March 2003 02:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 3 March 2003 02:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Prude, Monday, 3 March 2003 03:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― booyah, Monday, 1 September 2003 22:37 (twenty years ago) link
first, I thought "author",just personae--then it's clearthat he's just LIKE that
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 1 September 2003 22:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Ben Dot, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 00:05 (twenty years ago) link
None of Joy Division's output ever reached the depressing depths of "Cruise", and Mr. E, of The Eels, even on Electro Shock Blues, didn't touch "Meat Means Murder" and Arab Strap is sunshine and flowers next to the emotional sandpaper of "Vietnam Serenade".
― Charlie Chomsky, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 00:21 (twenty years ago) link
I´d say...THE REPLACEMENTS- LET IT BE. Without a doubt. It prompts me to cry, that motherf...
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 03:06 (twenty years ago) link
My favorite one of these ever: Theater of Tragedy, "Velvet Darkness They Fear", because it's so beautiful and melodic and gloomy but also the most aggressive thing I've EVER heard.
― sucka (sucka), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 05:25 (twenty years ago) link
Personal to dave q: eloborate on your pick above and I will grant one wish.
― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 05:38 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 05:38 (twenty years ago) link
― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 06:29 (twenty years ago) link
― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 06:30 (twenty years ago) link
― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 06:31 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 06:43 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 06:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Fabrice (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 06:51 (twenty years ago) link
― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 07:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 08:07 (twenty years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 11:35 (twenty years ago) link
― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 11:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 11:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 11:58 (twenty years ago) link
The Funky Headhunter by MC Hammer.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 11:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 12:05 (twenty years ago) link
also, as I was reminded by someone else playing him this morning: Loren Connors.
― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 23:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 00:00 (twenty years ago) link
Really like it. Can't listen to it anymore. And my absence-of-hatred-at-best feeling about the movie is 25% Dunst, 75% this sound track, so go figure.
Still can't listen to it. Like doing bad, um ... lithium ... or something ...
― brian nemtusak (sanlazaro), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 00:10 (twenty years ago) link
― daria g (daria g), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 00:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 5 September 2003 04:17 (twenty years ago) link
Not depressing at all.
― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Friday, 5 September 2003 11:41 (twenty years ago) link
loveless- My Bloddy Valentine.
― tom, Tuesday, 7 August 2001 00:00 (7 years ago) Bookmark
trolling ain't what it used to be
― country matters, Sunday, 14 December 2008 03:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm surprised no one mentioned Joni's Blue.
― Mordy, Sunday, 14 December 2008 04:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, let me respond to this in two parts.
Part one. FUCK YOU and the bow-legged, oft-felched, syphillitic donkey you call "Mama" that you limped in on.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, February 21, 2004 2:29 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
brooklyn we go hard
― merriweather passantino pavilion (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 14 December 2008 04:22 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/qwerty/wire/images/itllendintears.jpg
― Creeztophair, Sunday, 14 December 2008 05:26 (fifteen years ago) link
red apple falls
― ciderpress, Sunday, 14 December 2008 05:40 (fifteen years ago) link