NARC Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 I was making my tape for the Tape/CD swap thing today, and while I was making it, I began to wonder what the was either the most bleak or cathartic album I had. Two fairly obvious choices for me, The Cure - Faith and New Order - Movement. I did think of the Smiths, but I think that in Morrissey's case, throughout the span of his career he has come to accept the way he is, and so has turned his attentions away from many of the negative aspects of his own life towards exploring other subjects. Joy Division is also blindingly obvious, but whenever I hear Atmosphere I can't help but feeling there could have been light at the end of the tunnel. It has a kind of soaring hopefulness that lyrics such as "rebuilding" and "don't walk away" seem to back.Anyway, any thoughts? Honest debate please.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Holy Bible by the Manics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gasss Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Berlin - Lou Reed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzdiablo Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 the new year - the end is near Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Well i could list many albums, some of them bleak and some of them cathartic, i'm not exactly sure why you've used both terms as they are quite different. Although it seems it's bleak you are really after so I would say Pornography in addittion to Faith. You mention Atmosphere as having light at the end of the tunnel (I'm not sure i agree) but i'd say there is certainly no such light in Closer. I suppose In Utero would be an obvious choice too. I think perhaps De-loused in the Comatorium by the Mars Volta would be considered bleak by some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 I'd add another Lou Reed - 'Magic and Loss'.Roy Harper's 'Death or Glory' isn't exactly a bundle of laughs either (you could hear him starting to sob on earlier pressings, but I think he removed this subsequently!).I've found some of Loudon Wainwright's songs quite moving, despite their seeming lightness of musical mood.However for overall gloom and doom, almost anything by Diamanda Galas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 godflesh - godfleshgodspeed you black emperor! - F#A#∞paradise lost - paradise lostscorn - collosusanything by the swans(some off the top of my head). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-matthEw- Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 the majority of Eels' Electro Shock Blues is pretty bloody bleak, however, repeated listenings reveals a bit of humour in a lot of the songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 I think most post 90's pop/rock/postpunk/dancemusic/anything in the charts/etc is all pretty bleak stuff. Personally I don't believe that music alone can produce cathartic experiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon Of The Fall Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 early paradise lostanything by my dying brideand pretty much most doom and black metal bands really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wishbone G Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 I was at first tempted to say a couple of pink floyd albums (trust me to do that), but i realised they usually do the bleak thing, but then tell you that everythings going to be okay and not to worry... So i shan't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydoll Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar and Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral are pretty obvious choices for me. Not a million miles away from each other as well.Despite the humour in some of Eels' work I'd still pick 'Beautiful Freak' as being quite a bleak album. One of my favourite musical memories as it were is delivering papers in the dark in freezing cold snow and listening to that album. Shivers up the spine caused by the music and not the weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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