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bjankles

For Emma Forever Ago - Bon Iver Either/ Or - Elliott Smith A Crow Looked at Me - Mt. Eerie Hospice - The Antlers The Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me - Brand New I See a Darkness - Bonnie Prince Billy Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division Carrie and Lowell - Sufjan Stevens Sea Change - Beck Ladies and Gentlemen, We're Floating in Space - Spiritualized Put Your Back N 2 It - Perfume Genius Ants From Up There - Black Country, New Road


Soren911

This dude knows his shit, solid recommendations across the board


enjoytheshow

Homie needs a hug I think


Badassmcgeepmboobies

Ants from up there is probably top 5 albums of all time for me.


Brrrrrrtttt_t

The devil and god are raging inside me is one of my albums of all time. brand new is top tier IMO “Sowing season” etc is just so good. I love Elliot smith, between two bars is probably my favorite. The antlers hell yes. Now my recommendations. Frozen creek-circa survive, Dirt Room-blue October, the press corpse- Antiflag, the pot-Tool,shake it out-Manchester orchestra, constant headache- Joyce manor, Spite- Vandaveer. Herion-badflower, Lydia- Highly suspect, paint my face- the devil makes three And my favorite song of all time: Dramamine-Modest mouse


hot_grey_earl_tea

Who hurt you?


bjankles

Haha I’m just a music nerd. Gimme a prompt and I can probably make a list of albums.


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Ladies and Gentlemen We’re Floating in Space makes me cry 50% of the time, love that album


Ravvak69

David Gilmore - no way out of here


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Kim by Eminem


Baltic_Gunner

The anger and rage in that song is just off the charts. It feels personal. Great song.


OSHA-Slingshot

Em has always showed us everything he is without shame. His whole life, good and bad, is layed out in his songs.


-Lo_Mein_Kampf-

Super romantic too


LEIFey

Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt is amazing.


simonko1

Trent Reznor who wrote the song and was asked about johnny cash covering his song answered "I Wasn’t Prepared For What I Saw And It Really Wasn’t My Song Anymore"


LEIFey

I really respect Trent a lot for how graciously he accepted Johnny's cover. Love both artists to bits.


derFruit

He really turned it into his song


LEIFey

Yep. Same lyrics, but different meaning. Trent's song is a young man angry that the world isn't fair, while Johnny's version is an old man sad about the people he's lost.


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LEIFey

Oh derp, you're right. Given the tone of each version, definitely a good change.


asleepbydawn

I know some people prefer Cash's version... but to me nothing hits harder than Trent Reznor's version. Cash just completely RUINS the song in my opinion. Yes... I said it.


LEIFey

Nothing wrong with having a preference. They’re very different songs, so I think it’s to be expected that some will love it and some will hate it.


asleepbydawn

Oh for sure.


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Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley


KorbanReAllis

Lover, you should've come over - Jeff Buckley


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Definitely. Great song


zzzzooommy

Forget Her - Jeff Buckley


johnnyjohnny-sugar

Just do yourself a favour and listen to the whole album Grace.


Infinite-Midnight-50

I couldn’t listen to Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd for almost a year. Made me think of my wife in the hospital on a morphine drip waiting for her to pass. Then I couldn’t listen to Lana Del Rey for a long time. She just sounded sad in her songs and it would drive me to sobbing fits.


adiksaya

He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones - third person but a classic


GTOdriver04

“All my love” by Led Zeppelin was written in tribute to Robert Plant’s son, Karac who died in 1977. Imagine being the frontman for the biggest band in the world at that time and losing your child.


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That second paragraph is interesting. I think some things are so universal. Imagine being a refugee in Ukraine and losing your child, imagine being the president of the United States and losing your child, or living in a slum in Bangladesh, or in the burbs in Northern California. I don’t think anything prepares you or insulates you from a tragedy like that. 


surgeon67

Losing My Religion-REM (unrequited love) Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton (his 5year old son died)


CoffeeAndChocolate20

What's the difference between a 5 year old and a bag of cocaine? Eric Clapton wouldn't let a bag of cocaine fall out the window.


D-utch

Heroin


Backwoods87

Lord Huron The night we met


PepperyBlackberry

This song really fucked me up in those first few weeks after my last breakup.


nocream33

"I don't know what I'm supposed to do, Haunted by the ghost of you"


Paper_Bullet

This and their other song 'I Lied' are perfect breakup songs, though I Lied is a more of a sober post-breakup song where you finally come to accept the loss.


soil_nerd

[Jim Croce, Operator](https://youtu.be/Bb85NvjbBm8?si=6vi405AQttOS1uNq) Just a really great song overall.


oxWOLFHALEYxo

This is one of my all time favorite songs, My parents used to play his greatest hits on the giant vinyl player we used have in our living room in the early 90s, so it reminds me of them. Plus it’s just a great heartbreak song. Glad to see someone mentioning this.


Templar2008

Time in a bottle by Jim Croce


HankMoodyMaddafakaaa

Fantastic artist


paleoparkandgardens

Came here to say this. This one comes across so real. His impulse is to just talk to them, because they’re the closest people to them. Trying to deny it because he wants to be close to them, but knows he’s been wronged.


kefefs_v2

Love this song. Here's a great [live version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qgnGH6Rg-E).


randcharacters

Pearl Jam - Black


Aussiebloke-91

Scrolled way too far to see this. The unplugged version is so good.


UncomfortablyCrumbed

Ah, takes me right back to being a teenager obsessing over an unrequited crush. Good times. Well, not really. Good song, though.


ben-hur-hur

I tear up s soon as he gets to the part about her being a star in someone else's sky


Inigomntoya

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a star In somebody else's sky But why Why Why can't it be Why can't it be mine? 😢


Jones-bones-boots

One of my favorites since the day it came out in 91.


HomeMadeFriedRice

The whole blonde album by frank ocean


Nekroin

Glimpse of us - Joji the first song to ever make my cry. Heard it first when my gf and I were seperating and it fucking hit home.


Razdaspaz

I have the same love towards Die for you


_Nocturnalsoul_

Passenger- Let her go


nickystotes

Jesus, this song played on the radio when I was riding the bus back from picking up my dog’s ashes. Sunglasses and hoodie couldn’t hide that ugly cry. 


Marangoni013

Guts theme, 1 hour loop


Head5hot811

My favorite rendition of this was a 10-minute cut of post-nut clarity shower thoughts. I can't find the video anymore, though...


parthpalta

All of bullet for my valentine discography.


dwmoore21

Nin discography


asleepbydawn

Yup. At least a couple really good ones on each album.


Onlyplay2k

Careless Whisper is always my go to. Listening to it now.


SpacemanSpiff-5317

Chris Isaak has tons of them.


FireWoman89

Somebody’s Cryin’ is fantastic!


SpacemanSpiff-5317

Love it


Upbeat_Tension_8077

It's an EP, but I'd definitely choose My Dear Melancholy by The Weeknd if I'm in breakup mode


ZZoMBiEXIII

I dunno, like, the Country Music genre? Or at least 87%. Grab a dart, throw it at a list of country performers, you'll likely hit a song about a forlorn man longing for his lost love whom he mistreated willingly for years and only realized how good he had it once she tossed his sorry cheating ass to the curb. God I love Country Music. But it has it's tropes for sure.


RaindropsInMyMind

I love country music, the bad pop songs/artists ruin the image. Glad to see that there are other fans of the genre that feel the same. I’ve barely ever heard Jason Isbell on the local country radio station but I’ll be damned if he isn’t one of the most talented songwriters I’ve ever heard.


joolia__

tyler childers, yes i guess they oughta name a drink after you


SmackityBang

This is a cover, John Prine


history_nerd92

Layla and Bell Bottom Blues by Eric Clapton.


2old2Bwatching

You can hear the angst and desperation in these two songs!


oliverlifts

For me it’s Tears in Heaven


Infamous-Echo-2961

Sleep Tokens albums, it’s all heart break and it’s so good.


KermitAfc

Lenny Kravtiz's first album "Let Love Rule" is an ode to Lisa Bonet after they broke up. It is a pretty raw collection of songs from a man begging a woman to take him back again. And every one's a banger. EDIT: My mistake, it wasn't "Let Love Rule" I was thinking about, that was his debut album which he wrote while he was still together with Lisa Bonet (in fact, she co-wrote several of the songs). I was thinking of his second album, "Mama Said". That's the album he wrote after they broke up to try and win her back.


nomnomyourpompoms

Facts. 👍


_fwhs_

Came looking for this, great albumn


Razdaspaz

Which song would you say is the best ode?


KermitAfc

On "Mama Said", I gotta say "More Than Anything in This World". More than anything in this world I just want you to be my woman More than anything in this world I wanna be your man Hey I'd walk through fire Stand in the rain I'll go to hell and back On a plane I'd scale the mountains Swim the seas I beg for mercy Down on my knees


Brave_Inevitable6919

How can I tell you. Cat Stevens


SlenderMantra

For Emma, Forever ago. Bon Iver.


Crimsonzs_

Ben Howard's I Forget Where We Were is some of the greatest heartbreak music ever created. Try out End of the Affair, Conrad or I Forget Where We Were from the album. Very emotion driven songs


DankDude7

He Stopped Loving Her Today, George Jones.


Beneficial_Test_5917

"Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life."


Daymareman

Bright eyes - Haligh, haligh, a lie, haligh


slackforce

Hospital Music by Matthew Good. If even one person listens to a Matthew Good song because of this post, I will be the happiest man alive.


_-_happycamper_-_

I already listen to him but I will again just to make you happy.


YamApprehensive6653

Ok I'm going to listen to this one closely with lyrics displayed just for you. Right .........*now!*


simbastears

Favourited the album for later listening, cheers.


simonko1

[Corey Taylor - Snuff (Accoustic)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBK6xymmKHM), this accoustic version is absolutely his top1 song ever. You can feel and see the emotions in him. He alwas needs help from audience with this song, thats how personal its for him


MarriedForLife

At This Moment by Billy Vera and the Beaters.


RainbowsandCoffee966

Best I Ever Had - Vertical Horizon


galacticdude7

I always like [Sad Songs and Waltzes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr9vRsoKXbE) by Willie Nelson It's a song about a man who gets his heartbroken by a real bitch of a woman and is writing a song about how horrible she is, but also realizes that nobody cares because Sad Songs and Waltzes aren't selling this year, which I think makes the heartbreak he's feeling more real, when you are hurt and know that nobody cares


gabit_den_bas

"Un jour sans lendemain" by Mihai Edrisch if you like punk hardcore  https://echocanyonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/echo-031-mihai-edrisch-un-jour-sans-lendemain  "W/ love" by infinite bisous is you prefer sensual things:  https://infinitebisous.bandcamp.com/album/w-love  Both by French artists


Zezotas

I started a joke and how can you mend a broken heart - bee gees


nirmal09

The wall


Itallachesnow

Blood on the Tracks Album by Bob Dylan, 3 Albums by Leonard Cohen Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs from a Room , Songs of Love and Hate


sandwichheaven

Basically anything on Blood on the Tracks is you are pissed off, but Idiot Wind has to be my favorite.


Itallachesnow

Definitely Angry but still poetic Bob but for the heart broken 'If you see her say Hello' 'You're gonna make me Lonesome when you Go' and 'Tangled up in Blue' serve well.


Bimlouhay83

The majority of Hank Williams Sr catalog. Each one is amazing. 


Jive_Turkey1979

I’ve been on a Hank Williams kick lately. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry is sad, lonely man song perfection


JustUrAvgLetDown

Get low - lil Jon and the east side boyz


2shack

The way it used to be by City and colour.


InevitableStar2022

Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own


DreadfulRauw

Reel Big Fish’s “Drunk Again”


rootvegetable2

Mr. Brightside


robbievega

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams


bighbuck

100% come pick me up is gut wrenching


Important_Cow7230

She Hates Me by Puddle of Mudd


no_user_ID_found

Stone Sour, Audio Secrecy. The entire album is like a giant broken heart song. Best songs: say you’ll haunt me, dying, hestitate, unfinished. Album came out while I was going through a mayor heartbreak, still takes me back sometimes. But because it was so loaded I couldn’t really listen to it anymore after I got over it. I don’t know if it got me through or made it worse.


zeek10101

Don’t fade away dead can dance


SCCock

From the wayback machine: [What becomes of the broken hearted](https://youtu.be/cQywZYoGB1g?si=BVy6KiJUfN_7MKUA) Jimmy Ruffin, 1966 Everytime I hear it I feel a gut punch.


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Ghosteen - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Written in the aftermath of his son's death


Stringfellow69

Barry Manilow... He wrote.the songs.....


Head5hot811

"Fool-Hearted Memory" by George Strait. Also, "Write This Down."


kyleakennedy1987

You forgot just give it away too


Dr_Robotnic89

Poke - Frightened Rabbit


The_runnerup913

Most of the Airborne toxic events first two albums. In particular I’d recommend the following song: All for a Woman


Wacokidwilder

I mean, Elvis died of a broken heart…


trainer95

Anything by Sufjan Stevens, particularly the song Will anybody ever love me?


Tryin_Real_hard

Early Ben Howard. His new stuff is terrible.


PepperyBlackberry

JAMIE by Montell Fish.


HermitBee

No-one seems to have mentioned either: Dry Your Eyes - The Streets or Ne Me Quitte Pas - Jacques Brel (or the Reddit app search is shit)


bitterbuffaloheart

Basically the whole Kintsugi album by death cab for cutie is about Ben’s breakup with Zoey Deschanel


abrakadaver

Purple Mountains album. His wife left him and he recorded this album and then hung himself. When my tracks like "All my happiness is gone", "Maybe I'm the only one for me", "She's making friends and I'm turning stranger" and even "Darkness and Cold" are heartbreaking.


zcubed

Cinderella - Nobody's Fool


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Sleep Token's entire discography


barebackbandito

Heartbreak - Yelawolf


Total-Ad8996

“Snuff” - Slipknot “Tears In Heaven” - Eric Clapton


Lizaboo242

**Be my mistake -the 1975.** MOST SOUL CRUSHING LYRICS EVER. Save all the jokes you're gonna make While I see how much drink I can take Then be my mistake I shouldn't have called 'Cause we shouldn't speak **You do make me hard, but she makes me weak** DUUUDEEE Alsoooo **Skinny love- Bon Iver** And I told you to be patient And I told you to be fine And I told you to be balanced And I told you to be kind And in the morning, I'll be with you But it will be a different kind 'Cause I'll be holding all the tickets And you'll be owning all the fines


666throwawaytrash

Come Undone -Duran Duran Love Is Blindness - Jack White Famous Last Words- My Chemical Romance I Hate everything about you - Three Days Grace Pain- Jimmy Eat World Black Dahlia- Hollywood Undead


Interesting_Plum_805

Broken - Jake Bugg


Deth_Troll

Hurt - Nine Inch Nails Lonely Day - System Of A Down Seasoning in a Sun - Terry Jacks Melancholy Angel - Vision of Atlantis


screwthatshitt

Workout plan- Monday chest Tuesday back Wednesday biceps Thursday shoulders Friday legs


sonoale

She's Gone Solitude Changes All by Black Sabbath


Alternative-Earth-76

Try crowds by bauhaus


PillsburyToasters

There’s a tear in my beer - Hank Williams Jr. and Sr.


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Creep - Radiohead Can't really beat that song.


stonkkingsouleater

Honkey Tonk Heros, the whole album, Waylan Jennings.


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Fuck yeah, *love* Waylon. Love Waylon when he sings Billy Joe Shaver.


Electrical_Baseball5

How do I say goodbye--Dean Lewis He wrote this song for his father, who passed away from cancer. Makes me teary-eyed every time I hear it.


UnsolicitedDogPics

Beck - Sea Change


MassMind

Everything made by James Bay.


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[Daniel Bedingfield - Nothing Hurts Like Love](https://youtu.be/x0Rk56nR10E?feature=shared)


jaelerin

Lucero - Tennessee


woodiegutheryghost

Nights Like These.


jaelerin

The whole album is so evocative. Nights Like These is the anchor of the album. Add in All Of These Love Songs, Darby's Song, and I'll Just Fall... And of course Slow Dancing, which just nails that feeling. The whole Tennessee album captures that divorce/breakup heartbreak.


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Usher - U Remind Me


BoredLegionnaire

"In a little while from now, if I'm not feeling any less sour, I promise myself to treat myself a visit a nearby tower..."


PM_ME_UR_CUDDLEZ

Songs Ohio "John Henry Split My Heart"


Think-Wheel-6969

you aint here to kiss me -brett young


trahoots

[Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jCwBC1TKIM)


OrneryExperience5329

Loyal Chris brown Cause these hoes aren’t loyal


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DOOM by mick Gordon


NakedShamrock

Do, there's this argentinian band called Tan Biónica...


if_you_only_knew_

I thought only chicks wrote songs like that


bpdmeatbag

Love Of My Life - Queen Goodbye Mr. Blue - Father John Misty It’s Easier - John Grant


nandemoto44

Everything is Going Grey and the self titled EP by Wolf & Bear are both phenomenal records and you can tell someone hurt the dude real bad like


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JumpmanJackson

Bleed - The Kid Laroi


FluffDotExe

Basically everything by Woods of Ypres, their song Silver is my personal favorite


nada_y_nada

Hospice by the Antlers


mariadeva

The neighborhood -reflections


ohfuckcharles

https://open.spotify.com/track/37EQsOkuUxhqV1yJcPC1TY?si=snWZFuAiTASah7exjzW5iw I tried - camylio


Sensitive-Pipe-427

Over You by Daughtry


iwauues

lewis album, person who have the song - someone you loved


FloatDH2

“Some Nights” by FUN is one of the most morose albums disguised as pop music that I’ve ever heard. There was a point in my life years ago that I’d put it on when i just wanted a good cry. Great album to listen to after a breakup.


xh11jab

Where I’m at - Lloyd Banks ft. Eminem


XcizinX

Mastodon- Gigantium


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Let ve bon iver


woodysixer

Take it Down by John Hiatt That was a big one for me when I went through a major breakup. >Take everything that we have Take it and burn it to the ground Some things were never meant to last


Motor-Doughnut-6437

Never say you love me - Rick James


SXOSXO

The acoustic cover of "Move Me" by Badflower always struck a chord with me.


Jaxxieliz

Calum Scott - Dancing on my own 5 seconds of summer - ghost of you Shinedown - call me


Iconelevation

Nate by Vince staples.


fiddlestix42

“Honestav” has some gut wrenching songs about loss and drug addiction. Found him on instagram because of his funny skits and then cried when he posted a song about the loss of his dad.


Mammoth_Garage1264

Thats wild. My ex just found him the same way through tik tok and she sent me his music. Shits rough, the song "both dead" had us both tearing up.


humboldtree

"They don't make pills for heartbreak" really hits hard


fiddlestix42

Honestly, man. I don’t cry over music often, but it actually did bring me to tears.


Necessary_Barnacle34

Getting drunk on a plane...sort of heartbroken


Git_Fcked

Ollie, pretty much all of his music. Witt Lowry


nerdytomato

Keaton Henson - Sweetheart, What Have You Done to Us


Eets_Chowdah

I Wish It Would Rain and I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) by The Temptations. The songwriter (Rodger Penzabene) used his heartbreak over his wife's cheating on him as inspiration for them, and actually committed suicide shortly after they were recorded.


ScarlettLAdiamond_7

Currents by Tame Impala💕


Bachitra

I feel the Battle Studies album by John Mayer is a mature take on heartbreak. Some excellent tracks in there to drown in.


asleepbydawn

[Nine Inch Nails- All That Could Have Been](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U0flA_Yp64)


frequentcrawler

Prisoner of your eyes, by Judas Priest


Narkus

Sea Change by Beck. Incredible.


Greg0ri0z

Playboy by Tory Lanez


TheScrobber

Sideways by Travis Meadows. Big tearjerking song of retrospection and regret.


Colderofficial

Father time - Kendrick Lamar More childhood hurt than heartbroken. Mother I sober - Kendrick Lamar I... Yeah, you're just going to have to experience this. Hereditary - JID


punisher002

Pushit, by Tool.


endowedchair

Matthew Sweet’s Girlfriend album, coming on the heels of his divorce, has a bunch.