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Depressing albums recs

So I've noticed that depressing music is my favorite kind of music. What depressing albums would you recommend? List is new listens, and also some rules.
1Modest Mouse
The Moon & Antarctica

Been really getting into this band hard, Lonesome Crowded West and The Moon & Antarctica are so amazing. Only problem is I can't tell which I like more, I think Moon is still growing. Also, I forget to put the "c" in front of the t every time I write "Antarctica". Makes me look like an idiot >:[
2Bedhead
WhatFunLifeWas

HOLY FUCK. As my first "slowcore" album this shit's just great. Really quite different from the few songs I know by Codeine. I like the difference, but both bands are awesome from what I've heard. Honestly - this might be Ala's first genuine 5 with this new rating system. Not too sure. It's one of those albums where every song genuinely contributes to the work and you never feel bored. It's not like every song is greatest of all time or will stick to your ear all day but it's just such a nice piece of work.
3Built to Spill
Perfect from Now On

This blew my mind pretty much. Their second record had so much wrong with it in my opinion - I didn't expect for the third "breakout" record to change my opinion of this band so much. While the instrumentals themselves are usually happy go lucky, the record as a whole is actually very depressing. Weird random lyricism with somewhat upbeat instrumentation creates for an allusion of sorts, beautiful melodies with slow sad pieces of thought strung out for 8 songs in fifty four minutes. Already one of my favorite albums, this and Bedhead have a similar sentiment to me.
4Sufjan Stevens
Carrie and Lowell

TVC and Clover were ranting on skype in reaction to my 4.5 of this on Skype. They talked shit. I was more than a little offended, to say the least.
5Lou Reed
Berlin

I kind of had a moment with this yesterday where I just went "wow". Don't know if this will stay a 4.5 but the songwriting here is perfect.
6Elliott Smith
Either/Or

Ok okay so rules : 1. Can't be elliott smith 2. It has to be good(see rule #1) 3. Don't give me post punk most likely, I have a list on word doc of 87 post punk albums im getting to and i'm going to post that on Sputnik on a different list so no post punk.

Thanks you guys : )
7Carissa's Wierd
Songs About Leaving

Rec by Snakedelilah
8City of Caterpillar
City of Caterpillar

Rec by Round
9Ramleh
Hole in the Heart

Rec by thiswastheyear(legit best user btw)
10Cult of Luna
Somewhere Along the Highway

Rec by Meatsalad
11Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago

Rec by Meatsalad
12Emma Ruth Rundle
Marked For Death

Rec by Dewinged
13Jets to Brazil
Orange Rhyming Dictionary

Rec by Satellite
14Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
What It Takes to Move Forward

Rec by Trebor.
15Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Rec by TVC
16Peter Sotos
Buyer's Market

Rec by TVC
17The Beach Boys
Surf's Up

Rec by Frippertronics(also best user)
18Coil
The Ape Of Naples

Rec by Frippertronic
19Douji Morita
A Boy

Rec by Frippertroni
20Have a Nice Life
Deathconsciousness

Rec by Frippertron
21John Cale
Music For A New Society

Rec by Frippertro
22The Durutti Column
LC

Rec by Frippertr
23Xiu Xiu
A Promise

Rec by Frippert
24Cursive
Domestica

Rec by Drifter
25Lowercase
Kill The Lights

Rec by thiswastheyear
26Giles Corey
Giles Corey

Rec by tre
27Codeine
The White Birch

Rec by Artuma
28Bob Dylan
Blood on the Tracks

Rec by 50il
29Animal Collective
Feels

Rec by Fripper
30Unwound
Leaves Turn Inside You

Rec by MillionDead
31Warning
Watching from a Distance

Rec by Ovrot
32Cranes
Particles and Waves

Rec by Ovrot
33Today Is The Day
Sadness Will Prevail

Rec by Maco
34Leonard Cohen
Songs of Love and Hate

Rec by p4p
35Echo and the Bunnymen
Heaven Up Here

Rec by p4p
36Harvey Milk
Courtesy and Good Will Toward Men

Rec by p4p
37The Twilight Sad
Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters

Rec by p4p
38Richard Youngs
Sapphie

Rec by p4p
39Off Minor
The Heat Death of the Universe

Rec by Pencil
40The Microphones
The Glow Pt. 2

Rec by Pencil
41Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F♯ A♯ ∞

Rec by Pencil
42Mount Eerie
Lost Wisdom

Rec by FullofSounds
43Touche Amore
Stage Four

Rec by Onionbubs
44The Cure
Pornography

Rec by Onionbubs
45Danny Brown
Atrocity Exhibition

Rec by MrAlexK
46Slint
Spiderland

Rec by Hovse
47Grouper
Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill

Rec by Hovse
48Low
I could live in hope

Rec by Hovse
49Nick Drake
Pink Moon

Rec by Hovse
50Portishead
Third

Rec by Hovse
51Eels
Electro-Shock Blues

Rec by TwigTW
52Gris
Il Etait une Foret...

Rec by MoosechriS
53R.E.M.
Automatic for the People

Rec by Danielcardoso
54The Angelic Process
Weighing Souls With Sand

Rec by hesperus
55Set Fire to Flames
Sings Reign Rebuilder

Rec by Dreamgazing
56Boris
Flood

Rec by Dreamgazing
57Beck
Sea Change

Rec by Tunabro
58Triptykon
Eparistera Daimones

Rec by Tunabro
59Van Morrison
Astral Weeks

Rec by Butcherboy
60Saetia
A Retrospective

Rec by Spluger
61Maths
Descent

Rec by hesperus
62Converge
All We Love We Leave Behind

Rec by UniqueUniverse
63Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker

Rec by UniqueUniverse
64Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Skeleton Tree

Rec by UniqueUniverse
65I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business
I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business

Rec by SB129
66Bright Eyes
Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

Rec by SB129
67Owen
No Good for No One Now

Rec by SB129
68The Swell Season
The Swell Season

Rec by neekafat
69Spiritualized
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

Rec by Anatelier
70Chelsea Wolfe
Abyss

Rec by Ballsdeep
71I Hate Myself
10 Songs

Rec by elliottsmeuth
72Lil Ugly Mane
Oblivion Access

Reminder
73Bladee
Eversince

Reminder
74Earl Sweatshirt
I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside

Reminder
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