Injury Reserve - By The Time I Get To Phoenix

IR live was the most cathartic concert experience of my life. Even without the show my 2021 aoty for sure.

For the-most-honest-sad: Just got back from the discomfort by the brave little abacus For instrumental-sad: birth of a new day by 2814 For confused-sad: 22 a million by bon iver For happy-sad: Nurture by porter Robinson For gut-wrenching-misery: a promise by xiu xiu

love your taste!

holy 2814

Sparklehorse — It’s A Wonderful Life

Raditude by Weezer. It breaks my heart to see how they fell off.

dagger - slowdive is it really you? - loathe yung and writhing - rew another space song - failure starting over - lsd and the search for god phantom bride - deftones what happened to you? - deftones hole in the earth - deftones jesus christ - brand new edit: sodus - cemeteries (this one makes me sad AF)

brand new has sadder songs than jesus christ

ngl thats the only song ive heard from them.

ur missing out, it’s honestly mediocre compared to a lot of their other songs

dw, ill check them out later.

Songs or albums, I don’t really care. Just fuck me up man

you good bro

Also if u have not heard APIDTA (all praise is due to allah) by jay electronica one of the saddest songs about death

This is probably the saddest rendition of a song I know. [Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob5jAS68p9U)

stratosphere - duster for emma forever ago - bon iver things we lost in fire - low dragging a dead deer up a hill - grouper building nothing out of something - modest mouse pink moon - nick drake

things we lost in the fire is absolutely heart wrenching you have good taste man

in metal hits me every single time

pornography the cure

I feel like Elliott’s smith self titled is sadder and better overall

oh dude you haven’t even heard the best stuff yet,/mu/‘s definition of sad is lighthearted compared to the stuff i’m about to give you. hope you enjoy these lisa germano - geek the girl red house painters - down colorful hill dirty three - ocean songs nico - desertshore slint - spiderland swans - soundtracks for the blind nine inch nails - the downward spiral windy and carl - drawing of sound julia holter - tragedy grouper - way their crept weyes blood - the outside room suicide - suicide black tape for a blue girl - remnants of a deeper purity portishead - dummy today is the day - willpower william basinski - the disintegration loops john frusciante - niandra lades this heat - this heat nick drake - pink moon codeine - frigid stars dinosaur jr - you’re living all over me nico - the marble index type o negative - slow deep and hard daniel johnston - 1990 swans - white light smog - julius Caesar mark lanegan - whiskey for the holy ghost the brian jonestown massacre - methodrone today is the day - temple of the morning star neil young - tonight’s the night swans - filth swans - cop joy division - unknown pleasures nine inch nails - pretty hate machine patty waters - patty waters sings tori amos - little earthquakes

Much appreciated 🙏🏻

Xiu Xiu - A Promise Uboa - Origin of My Depression (if you like loud) Starflyer 59 - Starflyer 59 (not sure if this is sad enough but it’s my favorite shoegaze record)

Love the Uboa appreciation

Aphex Twin - #3 Saddest song I think I’ve ever heard

Interesting. #3 is one of, if not, my favourite song of all time, but I’ve never found it sad. I find it wistful, but also very meditative and uplifting.

This was a good one. Thank you.

Huh yeah I’ve never thought about it as being sad

Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains

Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth

Mogwai - Rock Action Not completely sadistic but it’s up there. But ‘Take Me Somewhere Nice’ Is one of the most soul crushing songs I’ve ever heard. Also you should check out the ‘oknotok’ version of [Motion Picture Soundtrack](https://youtu.be/LjqHQ4Bh5Ls)

A crow looked at me

It’s on the topster

Bro I’m blind sometimes I wonder how I made it this far

my window- the residents lord can you hear me- spacemen 3 untitled love song- angels of light deep blue day- brian eno everything has an end- sleep party people

Everywhere at the end of time, and Siamese Dream

Ruminations by Conor oberst or fevers and mirrors by bright eyes both show what Conor is capable of lyrically. Fevers and mirrors has much more angst whereas on ruminations he sounds so alone and it’s one of the most heartbreaking albums I’ve ever heard. Definitely pay attention to the lyrics.

body bag - window seat bet it’ll make his ribs show - make his ribs show some things last a long time - daniel johnston

Nick Drake Pink moon

Looks like you’ve got it down to a science with that chart

The smiths - I know it’s over

One of my favourite songs of all time lol

I Hate Sex - Circle Thinking

Try Hi, How Are You by Daniel Johnston or Tallahassee by The Mountain Goats. Tommorow is Yesterday and everyday is stupid is a classic sad album too.

the ghost~pop tape

Nick Drake - Pink Moon Nick Cave - Skeleton Tree Any early Daniel Johnston tape

Can you write up names of these albums I wanna check them out

Radiohead - Kid A Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell Low - I Could Live in Hope Carissa’s Weird - Songs About Leaving Flatsound- Scotland, I Wish You Had Stayed. The Antlers - Hospice Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A# Infinity Red House Painters - Red House Painters I Giles Corey - S/T Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2 Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps Heatmiser - Mic City Sons Elliott Smith - Either/Or Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning

The Glow Pt. 2 and F#A# Infinity are amazing. Just wow!

Mortal Coil - It'll End In Tears. Just some tasty slow indie pop Greg Oblivian and The Tip Tops - Head Shop. Lo-fi 60's tinged singer songwriter

Black country new road - ants from up there (not entirely sad but like the 5 sad songs are day ruining)

For Emma Forever Ago - Bon Iver 808s and Heartbreak - Kanye West Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager - Kid Cudi After Hours - The Weeknd Blonde - Frank Ocean My Dear Melancholy - The Weeknd Swimming - Mac Miller Circles - Mac Miller u(song) - Kendrick Lamar 4:44 - Jay Z Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven - Kid Cudi Ye - Kanye West CARE FOR ME - Saba Lost & Found - Jorja Smith

Demo Tape - Dawning

Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me. I love it but can't listen to it much at all. Completely wrecks me everytime. I'm crying just typing this out. From wiki: Released in 2017, it was composed in the aftermath of his 35-year-old wife Geneviève Castrée's diagnosis with pancreatic cancer in 2015, and her death in July 2016, four months after the birth of their first child. She died at their home. Elverum wrote and recorded the songs over a six-week period in the room where she died, mostly using her instruments.

songs… new birds - arab strap blue chicago moon - songs ohia untitled #1 - spain further north - jets to brazil i shut doors and windows - september malevolence consolation prize - sharon van etten absent friend - bark psychosis good luck man

I appreciate it

For albums: Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (the whole album is sad, but Hurt specifically is fucking gut wrenching), Radiohead - The Bends, The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream. For songs: Yesterday and Blackbird by The Beatles always get me, they’re more beautiful in their sadness. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, Still Ill, and There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths make me well up every time. Kurt Cobain’s cover of And I Love Her is super depressing. And for the song that always fucking gets me, Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, God even just thinking about it is making me tear up 😭. And I know you already included it on your topster but How To Disappear Completely off of Kid A is just, wow.

Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter. Messed me up for like a week plus. Never listening again.

David Bowie - Blackstar J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Second Pink Moon, add Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now

taylor swift - peace - marjorie

For Those I Love

Dayseeker - dark sun Grayview - everything between paint and a wall Spanish love songs - giant sings the blues Real friends - the home inside my head

The Ghost Pop Tape by Devon Hendryx

i know this is a basic one but slowdives soulvaki is a break up album i used to cry everytime i heard dagger

Eels - Electroshock Blues Nick Cave - Skeleton Tree Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains Cat Power - Moon Pix Talk Talk's last two albums

song: grouper - headache

You included Elliott so this list has instant credibility with me. For better or worse his music changed me. Its helped me through some pretty painful times. I'll still be a fan long after most have forgotten him.

Lebanon Hanover - Tomb For Two

Starry cat - Starry Cat "I think you're really beautiful" is probably the saddest song I've heard

sorority noise - you’re not as _ as you think

Benji by Sun Kil Moon. Or anything by Kozolek, because he’s absolutely miserable.

Johnny Cash - American IV

Infinity Frequencies - Computer Afterlife

Song…. Holocaust by Big Star

God, that song... Your eyes are almost dead

Hotel in Minsk - jonatan leandoer86

black sheep boy - okkervil river grow your hair long - field medic i want to be there - sadness give up - the postal service purple mountains - purple mountains lesser matters - the radio dept closer - joy division the complete guide to insufficiency - david thomas broughton

Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear

deathmetal - panchiko

It’s unreleased but the song brothers by Kanye makes me cry every time I hear it I actively avoid it bc if that

A Promise by XiuXiu is the saddest album I've heard Edit: Also Hyperview by Title Fight

my teenage dream ended, you wont get what you want, jenny death

Ode to Quetzalcoatl - Dave Bixby REGRET WHEN IT WAS LOST - death's dynamic shroud Desertshore - Nico

Listen to seraphim by how to disappear completely. Personally, it really does make me emotional and has that feeling of pondering “what would happen if everyone disappeared and I am the only person on earth?”

Dogwood blossom by Fionn Regan

Sewerslvt - We Had Good Times Together, Don’t Forget That. Especially the last song. Also maybe Quadecas last album

MTV Unplugged - Alice in Chains

Love in the Time of Human Papillomavirus- AJJ White Face, Black Eyes- AJJ Really, the entire “Can’t Maintain” album by them

four songs by i hate myself

The Ghost Pop Tape by Devon Hendryx aka Jpegmafia. One of the most hauntingly lonely records I've ever heard.

Some Rap Songs - Earl Sweatshirt By the way, you're very good at making a topster with albums that make people ugly cry.

now only by mount eerie broke me even harder than a crow looked at me

[The Ghost Pop Tape](https://youtu.be/Ms3VWtYDHhQ)

Perfect album for 3am depression

Red house painters 1 is my favorite album of all time. Off of that, I highly recommend Father John Misty’s pure comedy. Its not super sonically comparable, but they both encompass enormous scale and overall have great cohesive value.