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Recent Melancholy Releases

  • Chrome Dreams
    Neil Young
    Chrome Dreams
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    The first official release of one of the better-known "lost records" in rock history, finished in 1977 but existing only in bootleg form until this edition.
    - Fred Thomas
  • Memento Mori
    Depeche Mode
    Memento Mori
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    Rocked by a pandemic and a founding member's death, the now-duo forge ahead with one of their most heartfelt and engaging albums yet.
    - Neil Z. Yeung
  • The Dark Side of the Moon: Live at Wembley 1974
    Pink Floyd
    The Dark Side of the Moon: Live at W …
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    An excellent live version of Pink Floyd's classic 1973 album performed on its initial supporting tour.
    - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
  • Official Release Series Discs 22, 23+, 24 & 25
    Neil Young
    Official Release Series Discs 22, 23 …
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    The fifth volume of the Official Release Series reissue campaign covers Neil Young's great comeback of the George Herbert Walker Bush administration.
    - Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Moods » Melancholy

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Melancholy Album Highlights

Only the Lonely
Frank Sinatra
Only the Lonely
G.P./Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
G.P./Grievous Angel
Thank Me Later
Drake
Thank Me Later
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Bridge Over Troubled Water
The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 5 (1937-1938)
Billie Holiday
The Quintessential Billie ...
I Never Learn
Lykke Li
I Never Learn

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Melancholy Song Highlights

Title/Composer Performer Stream
Remember (Walking in the Sand)
George "Shadow" Morton
The Shangri-Las
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)
Bob Crewe / Bob Gaudio
The Walker Brothers
Emma's House
The Field Mice
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Hello Walls
Willie Nelson
Faron Young
Maggie May
Martin Quittenton / Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
100,000 Fireflies
Stephin Merritt
The Magnetic Fields
Walking Wounded
John Coxon / Everything But the Girl / Ashley Wales / Ben Watt
Everything But the Girl
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Goin' Back
Gerry Goffin / Carole King
Dusty Springfield
Hot Burrito No. 2
Chris Ethridge / Gram Parsons
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Only the Lonely
Joe Melson / Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison

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