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Moods » Melancholy

Ypres
Same Old Man
The Fall
Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
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Melancholy Album Highlights

Ypres
Tindersticks
Ypres
Same Old Man
John Hiatt
Same Old Man
The Fall
Norah Jones
The Fall
Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
The Twilight Sad
Nobody Wants to Be Here…
The  Inevitable End
Röyksopp
The Inevitable End
Only the Lonely
Frank Sinatra
Only the Lonely
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Melancholy Song Highlights

Title Performer Stream
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) The Beatles
Girl The Beatles
The Fool on the Hill The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby The Beatles
Atlantic City Bruce Springsteen
Man on the Moon R.E.M.
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Drive R.E.M.
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What's the Frequency, Kenneth? R.E.M.
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Imitation of Life R.E.M.
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Everybody Hurts R.E.M.
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