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Moods
Austere
Overview
Albums
Songs
Austere Song Highlights
Barrel of a Gun
Martin Gore
Depeche Mode
To Love Somebody
Barry Gibb
/
Robin Gibb
Nina Simone
Enjoy the Silence
Martin Gore
Depeche Mode
Everything in Its Right Place
Radiohead
Radiohead
Suzanne
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Nick Drake
My Man's Gone Now
George Gershwin
/
DuBose Heyward
Nina Simone
Kometenmelodie 2
Ralf Hütter
/
Florian Schneider
Kraftwerk
Mister Magic
Ralph MacDonald
/
William Salter
Grover Washington, Jr.
Monk's Dream
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk Quartet
Stack O' Lee
Mississippi John Hurt
/
Traditional
Mississippi John Hurt
Lonely Woman
Horace Silver
Charlie Haden
/
Billy Higgins
/
Pat Metheny
Lightnin' Jump
Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
Walking Blues
Son House
Fly on the Windscreen
Martin Gore
Depeche Mode
All Along the Watchtower
Bob Dylan
Michael Hedges
Time of the Season
Rod Argent
The Zombies
The Court of the Crimson King/The Return of the Fire Witch/The Dance of the
Robert Fripp
/
Ian McDonald
/
Peter Sinfield
King Crimson
50ft Queenie
PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
Death Letter Blues, Pt. 1
Lead Belly
/
Alan Lomax
/
John A. Lomax
Lead Belly
Winter in America
Gil Scott-Heron
Brian Jackson
/
Gil Scott-Heron
Lost!
Guy Berryman
/
Jonny Buckland
/
Will Champion
/
Chris Martin
Coldplay
Warning Sign
Guy Berryman
/
Jonny Buckland
/
Will Champion
/
Chris Martin
Coldplay
Tom Dooley
Doc Watson
Jangling Jack
Nick Cave
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Nothing Ever Was, Anyway
Annette Peacock
Paul Bley
Erb
Jim Hall
Lee Konitz
'Round Midnight
Bernie Hanighen
/
Thelonious Monk
/
Cootie Williams
Thelonious Monk
I Loves You, Porgy
George Gershwin
/
Ira Gershwin
/
DuBose Heyward
Miles Davis
Showroom Dummies
Ralf Hütter
Kraftwerk
Sound and Vision
David Bowie
David Bowie
All of Me
Gerald Marks
/
Seymour Simons
Lester Young-Teddy Wilson Quartet
Monk's Mood
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Pagin' the Devil
Milt Gabler
/
Walter Page
Kansas City Six
/
Lester Young
He Ain't Comin' Home No More
Angelo Badalamenti
/
John Clifford
Nina Simone
Walking Blues
Robert Johnson
Son House
Special Rider Blues
Son House
Son House
I'm So Glad
Skip James
Skip James
The Man Who Sold the World
David Bowie
David Bowie
Atlantic City
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Skip James
Skip James
Trane's Blues
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
/
Miles Davis Quintet
My Black Mama, Pt. 1
Son House
Son House
Ruby, My Dear
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Autobahn
Ralf Hütter
Kraftwerk
Devil in the Bayou
Harry Choates
Harry Choates
Ground Hog
Alice Hays
/
Millard Lampell
/
Traditional
Almanac Singers
Stella by Starlight
Ned Washington
/
Victor Young
Joe Pass
A Rose for Emily
Rod Argent
The Zombies
Raver
Burial
Burial
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Eerie
Bittersweet
Nocturnal
Tense/Anxious
Self-Conscious