10 Albums For Depressed People

First wave emo got the shaft. WHERE MY GET UP KIDS/PROMISE RING/CAP'N JAZZ AT, BSG?!?!

antlers – hospice is my favorite depressed album

The Smiths or gtfo.

yo beeKEEPERS, forgot osasis what's the story (morning glory)

i like that chopin is included. was hoping to see the get up kids or jawbreaker on this list.

morrissey is really funny, in a 'fucked-but-totally-ok-with-it' way

“Saturdays = Youth” is a gorgeous album and I've never considered along side the word “depressed.” Should have included Beck's “Sea Change”

oh man this is my life. elliott smith was my break up record. st ide's heaven was my (super depressing) jam.

My December by Kelly Clarkson (2007) is a fantastic yet depressing album

I think its funny that Nico, Elliot Smith, and Nick Drake are all on this list and all have (arguably) the best songs on the Royal Tennenbaums soundtrack. Why did I never think of that movie as super depressing until just now? weird.

could this be a troll even greater than the likes of myself? i cannot discern.

nick drake, jesus. i didn't know that's what happened to him, or forgot that happened to him, maybe. i liked reading this article.

Pink Floyd – “The Wall” (Too Obvious?)
Bob Dylan – “Blood on the Tracks”
Any Damien Rice

when I think depressed, I think jason molina. everything he writes is about the blues and depression. and it is all wonderful. (especially Let Me Go x3 and Didn't It Rain.)

carissa's wierd- songs about leaving

Bonnie Prince Billy – “I See a Darkness”

Bon Iver – For Emma Forever Ago.

really glad “
Frédéric Chopin’s Preludes and Nocturnes” was on here. was surprised to see that. Good post Brandon!If you make a counter article “ten albums for really happy people”.. N'sync's first album and some blink 182 album HAVE to be on there cause that shit is goofy as hell and makes people so damn happyi love you

This list could use more Antlers, Mountain Goats, the National, Walkmen, and Joy Division.

I second the Mountain Goats.

Also, I appreciate the inclusion of classical music. For all of y'all depressed people looking for some classical, though, I'd go for Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Mahler, or Stravinsky.

The Mountain Goats, yeah.

I really like this article and it's obvious it took a lot of work to put it together and write so well. Nice.

Love The Wall!

I agree. Sea Change is bar far the most depressing album I own. Well maybe that or City and Colour “Bring Me Your Love” (Which is gorgeous).

Where's the Joy Division? Unknown Pleasures is the ultimate album of self-loathing and pity.

Good job on the article, though. I enjoyed reading it!

Not to mention Beck's Sea Change.

That album makes me want to start slitting my wrists; in the best way possible, of course.

Yeah a few of us mentioned that one.

No mention of Neutral Milk Hotel? Two-headed Boy. also, so, so, so many others. Built to Spill oldschool.

i like a lot of these albums

it's sofia coppola, not sophia coppola, btw

thanks stephen

neil young- tonight's the night is good for drinking alone and feeling melodramatic

Dying via anti-depressant overdose. Jesus, depressing.

Have depressed people listen to the 10 most depressing albums ever? Not even one upbeat album, or even just a single song?

the National's Boxer is so goddamn depressing.

There is nothing depressing about the XX. That album is made for good, old-fashioned, fucking.

It don't get much darker than early 1980's The Cure! Literally one of my favourite albums ever, depressed or no.

The Smiths were def conspicuously absent..

my dad once dramatically said, “sometimes you are alone and drinking and depressed and it's just you… and… neil” thanks dad, now i can't hear him without thinking about you wallowing and making me feel guilty for not calling more.

oh man. two-headed boy is definitely some fetal-position shit.

nominating pulp 'this is hardcore' but that might be more of an anxious album than depressed album..

don't you mean…steven

no im being serious. it's really underrated and it's really good and different than all of her other albums. it's not as commercial. you should check out some of the songs – some highlights include Irvine, Don't Waste Your Time, and Maybe. To be honest, the whole album is very cohesive and tells a nice story.

Mazzy Star

“Blood on the Tracks” is so good and damn depressing as hell.

In Rainbows came out four years ago? Damn, everything goes by so fast.

Mad Season

i'm a sadcore girl myself. i was so seriously into elliott smith and nick drake, and now i don't even touch it. i would add bon iver, cat power and sigur ros.

there's also something intrinsically sad about billie holiday, even though the songs themselves weren't always so…

I agree with the lack Joy Division, but the album would have to ‘Closer.’

That album will Make you depressed no matter what mood you’re in.

Suggestions… perhaps some Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Thee Silver Mt. Zion… or, if you want something depressing, but with an angrier sound, listen to the albums My Downfall (Original Soundtrack) and Rossz Csillag Alatt Született by Venetian Snares.

A lot of the mellow stuff by pink floyd is what I listen to when I’m depressed. You know that floaty stage where nothing really matters anymore and you’re drifting. Not sure if I’d call it depressing, but I only listen to them when I’m depressed. Can’t name an album because it’s different tracks from Division Bell and The Wall but Comfortably Numb and Time are definitely UP THERE.