These are songs that make me feel equally in love and sad. They all have the same kind of melancholy nostalgic beauty steeped in sorrow.
01. Papa M - “Sorrow Jane” (Whatever, Mortal)
02. James Blake - “Wilhelms Scream” (James Blake)
03. Akron/Family - “Afford” (Akron / Family)
04. Brian Eno - “Everything Merges With the Night” (Another Green World)
05. Nico - “I’ll Keep It With Mine” (Chelsea Girl)
06. Baths - “Lovely Bloodflow” (Cerulean)
07. Jim O’Rourke - “Life Goes Off” (Insignificance)
08. Blind Willie Johnson - “Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)” (Dark Was the Night)
09. King Khan and the Shrines - “The Ballad of Lady Godiva” (What Is?!)
10. Four Tet - “She Just Likes to Fight” (There Is Love in You)
11. The Books - “All You Need is a Wall” (The Way Out)
12. Future Islands - “Beach Foam” (Wave Like Home)
13. John Cale - “Hanky Pank Nohow” (Paris 1919)
14. Joni Mitchell - “Blue” (Blue)
15. Burial - “Archangel” (Untrue)
16. Tortoise - “TNT” (TNT)
17. Uncle Tupelo - “Fifteen Keys” (Anodyne)
18. Yo La Tengo - “Sugarcube” (Prisoners of Love)