The Most Emotionally Devastating Albums of All Time

[Daverisimo]

I dunno, things are good at the moment, but for some reason I feel like I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop, so this shit's been on my mind lately.

1:
Nick Drake: Pink Moon

It's like if an incel decided not to project their inadequacies outward and did some serious introspection.

2:
Warning: Watching From a Distance

This is every guy's first serious breakup put to music.

3:
Tyler the Creator: Igor

I don't care if you're straight, gay, or anything in between, if you can listen to Igor without crying like a little bitch you don't have a fucking soul.

 

[HenryFlower]

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Oh now depressing albums I can do.

Matt Elliott - Drinking Songs



David Thomas Broughton - The Complete Guide To Insufficiency



Low - I Could Live in Hope



Got more if you like 'em.

 

[Chad The Limey]

You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters
https://deezer.page.link/ajEt8osju5C4UXpXA
Bleak af

 

[Jackonfire]

This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears

Purple Mountains - last album by David Berman who killed himself a couple of months after its release. Musically it may not be emotionally devastating, by lyrically, in hindsight, all the signs were there.

 

[Prologue]

 

[Madmick]

"Pink Moon" was the first album that came to my mind before I even opened the thread.

I didn't really care for the rest of the album, but one of the most emotionally devastating songs I've ever heard:


Another from my favorite band in my youth:


One I share a lot. From a tribute concert-- not the original version:


Finally, familiarity breeds contempt, but it shouldn't. There isn't a single person who didn't feel completely hollowed out the first time they heard this classic. And it does it with an upbeat tempo.

 

[burningspear]

 

[Post 2 Decision]

Despair, depression, meloncholy

 

[PurpleStorm]

Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues

Joy Division - Closer

Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

 

[Daverisimo]

Joy Division - Closer

Oh shit, I can't believe I forgot that one. The back half of that album is just too much feels...

"Pink Moon" was the first album that came to my mind before I even opened the thread.

Then why didn't ye give me a like ye wee bastard!?

Real talk though, it's the weakest if the three I mentioned, and I'd probably swap it with Closer

 

[MRT]

 

[HenryFlower]

Oh now depressing albums I can do.

Matt Elliott - Drinking Songs



David Thomas Broughton - The Complete Guide To Insufficiency



Low - I Could Live in Hope



Got more if you like 'em.

Low is the essential sad band.