Artist	Song
Johnny Cash	Hurt
from American IV: Man Comes Around (2010)
Coldplay	Fix You
from X & Y (2005)
Roy Orbison	Crying
from The Essential Roy Orbison (2006)
Billy Bragg & Wilco	At My Window Sad and Lonely
from Mermaid Avenue (2007)
Bright Eyes	We Are Nowhere and It's Now
from I'm Wide Awake It's Morning (2005)
Jackson Browne	These Days
from The Next Voice You Hear - The Best of Jackson Browne (2007)
R.E.M.	Everybody Hurts
from In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (2003)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	The Tracks of My Tears
from The Ultimate Collection: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (1998)
Modest Mouse	The Good Times Are Killing Me
from Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
Ben Folds Five	Brick
from Whatever and Ever Amen (1997)
Neil Young	Helpless
from Neil Young: Greatest Hits (2004)
Nirvana	All Apologies
from MTV Unplugged in New York: Nirvana (1994)
Elliott Smith	Needle In the Hay
from Elliott Smith (1995)
Nick Drake	Way to Blue
from Way to Blue: An Introduction to Nick Drake (2003)
Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
from Hank Williams:The Ultimate Collection (2002)
Portishead	Sour Times
from Dummy (1994)
Cat Power	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
from The Covers Record (2000)
The Velvet Underground	Pale Blue Eyes ("Closet Mix" Version)
from Peel Slowly and See (1995)
Kris Kristofferson	Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
from The Essential Kris Kristofferson (2004)
Belle and Sebastian	Nice Day for a Sulk
from Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like a Peasant (2000)
Cowboy Junkies	Blue Guitar
from Miles from Our Home (2010)
Plain White T's	Hey There Delilah
from All That We Needed (2005)
Timbaland	Apologize (feat. OneRepublic)
from Shock Value (2007)
Travis	Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
from Singles (2009)
Death Cab for Cutie	A Lack of Color
from Transatlanticism (2003)
Lucinda Williams	Are You Down
from Live At the Fillmore (2005)
Damien Rice	9 Crimes
from 9 (2006)
10,000 Maniacs	What's the Matter Here
from In My Tribe (2007)
Morrissey	Everyday Is Like Sunday
from Morrissey: Greatest Hits (Deluxe Version) (2008)
The Damned	I Just Can't Be Happy Today
from Machine Gun Etiquette (2007)
Radiohead	Fake Plastic Trees
from The Bends (1995)
The Verve	Bitter Sweet Symphony
from This Is Music - The Singles 92-98 (2004)
The Fray	How to Save a Life
from How to Save a Life (2005)
Ben Harper	Another Lonely Day
from Fight for Your Mind (1995)
Billie Holiday	Gloomy Sunday
from Lady Day - The Best of Billie Holiday (2001)
M. Ward	Sad, Sad Song
from Transfiguration of Vincent (2003)
Eels	The Medication Is Wearing Off
from Electro-Shock Blues (1998)
Green Day	Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
from International Superhits! (2004)
Joni Mitchell	Blue
from Blue (2007)
Fiona Apple	Sullen Girl
from Tidal (1996)
Mazzy Star	Cry, Cry
from Among My Swan (1996)
Otis Redding	Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) [Single Version]
from The Dictionary of Soul (2008)
Nick Lowe	The Beast In Me
from Untouched Takeaway (2004)
Nick Drake	Time of No Reply
from Way to Blue: An Introduction to Nick Drake (2003)
Ray Charles	Nobody Cares
from Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) [Remastered] (2005)
Diana Krall	Almost Blue
from The Girl in the Other Room (2004)
Sinéad O'Connor	I Am Stretching On Your Grave
from So Far... The Best of Sinéad O'Connor (1997)
Etta James	Miss Pitiful
from The Essential Etta James (1993)
Amy Winehouse	You Know I'm No Good
from Back to Black (2007)
Tom Waits	Hang Down Your Head
from Rain Dogs (1990)
Bob Dylan	Tangled Up In Blue
from The Essential Bob Dylan (2000)
The National	Mistaken for Strangers
from Boxer (2007)
Soul Asylum	Misery
from Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum (2000)
Jeff Buckley	Hallelujah
from Grace (Legacy Edition) [Audio Version] (1994)
Peggy Lee	Is That All There Is? (Remastered)
from Peggy Lee: The Singles Collection (2002)
The Replacements	Here Comes a Regular
from Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? - The Best of the Replacements (2006)
Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain
from The Essential Willie Nelson (2003)
Suzanne Vega	Small Blue Thing
from Suzanne Vega (1986)
The Magnetic Fields	When You're Old and Lonely
from Get Lost (1995)
Nine Inch Nails	Hurt (Quiet)
from Further Down the Spiral (1995)
Yo La Tengo	Tears Are In Your Eyes
from And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
Low	Weight of Water
from Secret Name (1999)
The Soggy Bottom Boys	I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow
from O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (2000)
Frank Sinatra	Glad To Be Unhappy
from In The Wee Small Hours (1998)
American Music Club	Another Morning
from Love Songs for Patriots (2004)
The Decemberists	Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right
from Billy Liar - EP (2004)
Shout Out Louds	Go Sadness
from Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (2005)
Annie Lennox	The Saddest Song (I've Got)
from Bare (2003)
Lambchop	The Man Who Loved Beer
from How I Quit Smoking (1996)
Lou Reed	Sad Song
from Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology (1992)
Jimmy Scott	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
from The Fabulous Songs of Jimmy Scott (2003)
Antony & The Johnsons with Rufus Wainwright	What Can I Do? (With Rufus Wainwright)
from I Am a Bird Now (2007)

Comment:

Some of the most beautiful tunes in the world have their source in some of our darkest emotions. Let’s face it, suffering often brings out the best in creative people . . . unless you prefer to argue that geniuses are born to suffer: it’s just in their nature. The upshot of widespread melancholy for you, the lover of pop pain, is a playlist as enthralling and heart wrenching as any we’ve ever compiled. With these tracks, sweet melancholy never hurt so good, so draw down the blinds, turn up the sounds, and wallow in the spirit-lifting sadness of Fairport Convention (“Who Knows Where the Time Goes?”), Frank Sinatra (“One for My Baby”), Dusty Springfield (“I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore”), Chet Baker (“The Thrill Is Gone”) and their many companions in blissful woe.

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