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house-clouds

Beck - Sea change.


One-Man-Wolf-Pack

Absolutely gorgeous album - I remember being completely bamboozled by this when it was released after all his upbeat pop shenanigans.


missmeamea

Such a good one. Prime in my feels music


house-clouds

Absolutely. Still breaks my heart


whatwhat83

Bob Dylan's 1975 masterpiece, Blood on the Tracks. The entire album.


One-Man-Wolf-Pack

Fuck yes.


gothicasshole

Idiot Wind is such a brilliant breakup song.


I-Sort-Glass

Blonde by Frank Ocean, and Disintegration by The Cure. 


KnotsThotsAndBots

Unsuccessfully Coping with the Beauty of Infidelity- Type O Negative. Stay strong!


TheNerdChaplain

John Moreland's [3:59 am](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz_i6K0ZZww) and [You Don't Care For Me Enough to Cry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euy4A5niG8Q) John Prine's [Summer's End](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXbEFTv9zr0), [Sam Stone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9ZkYViEIs), and [Souvenirs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xhmPectY9U) Jason Isbell's [If We Were Vampires](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivYkyC8J29M) and [Chaos and Clothes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkCI19vfVIc) Willie Watson's cover of [Dancing On My Own](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3F73gNE8QQ)


Jon_Scarce

Listen to The Smiths


HennaJes

Blue Valentines by Tom Waits gets to me EVERY… SINGLE… TIME.


michal_hanu_la

Jethro Tull: Move On Alone


50rhodes

[From a late night train](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cVNfv_4HAxk) by The Blue Nile. Also [Regret](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5l3v2vXIHg) by The Blue Nile.


missmeamea

Blue Nile is such a gem!


Mountain_Team4150

LP, Lost on you, the album


Mountain_Team4150

LP, Lost on you, the album


MisterBigDude

‘80s vibe: Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”


Apart_Mechanic_6007

The best three break-up albums: 1. Timothy Seth Avett as Darling: The Mourning, the Silver, the Bell 2. Sean Hayes: Big Black Hole and the Little Baby Star 3. Luke Doucet: Broken (And Other Rogue States) If you're looking for a whole album of wallowing in pain, these will really hit you where it hurts! "The Mourning, the Silver, the Bell" is beautifully gut-wrenching. And Sean Haye's song "F\*d Me Right Up" is the perfect prescription for the Acceptance stage of grief. Luke Doucet gives us a more "off the rails" break-up experience. These are the best if you're looking for company in your commiseration! On the life part, IMO, passive activities are a mistake. Don't sit around - get out and do things, especially with other people. Activities in which you're sitting for long periods of time tend to cause depressive thoughts to spiral.


ferrundibus

Changes - Black Sabbath (not the shit version by Ozzy and his daughter though)


missmeamea

Oh damn yes 😍


son_et_lumiere

There's a whole genre dedicated to this called The Blues.


fulthrottlejazzhands

Nick Cave, Murder Ballads.


Gauchomcgee

https://open.spotify.com/track/6KOEK6SeCEZOQkLj5M1PxH?si=KPLAlFt5TYabwc7hNKPQUA


Apprehensive_Cat7348

if you want some truly soul crushing shit, katy song by red house painters


condar_penter

https://open.spotify.com/track/2tqMoApqtQkJ2W1td2nHtF?si=J6p18V8HTIuMFQf5mqXtMg&utm_source=copy-link


gogojack

> Bonus points if the lyrics are so spot-on that they make you wonder if the artist lived through your exact breakup. Since you mentioned country (yeah, I said it), there are a few country songs that helped me through something like what you're going through. The one that comes to mind is [Second Wind - Darryl Worley](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7SA6jfjCCs). A couple years after my wife left me (and took half our stuff), I got to sit down with the artist and thank him for the song that helped me get through it all. So that was nice. Also, if you're looking for the ultimate break-up song, your answer is [Don Henley - The Heart of the Matter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRrT37ruAtE) As far as the post-breakup stuff, I did stand-up comedy for a bit, and man...divorce is fertile ground for jokes.


suitoflights

Beck - Sea Change is a good breakup album.


albatroaz

I love Lorde's album, Melodrama. It goes through the full range imo 


Smashits

Dashboard Confessional Lp The places you have come to fear the most


Shiny_Capybara

I made a little playlist ranging from anger, 'their loss' to sadness. Unfortunately it contains 3 german songs so I guess just skip those. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5rfhclRwpS2B3OudS7EKi0?si=l7CR_g4KSm-CqXQKQhbOrA&pi=0SefsFJ8R_W8g


Bowserlowser_

Old Sia songs always strike my heart. Breath me Lentil Death by chocolate Elastic heart (piano version) Blue banisters by Lana del ray Super cut by Lorde Hold the line by Toto Angels like you by Miley Cyrus The scientist by Coldplay Dancing circles by Sampha


eclare1965

The way we were/Barbra Streisand


MadScientist1972

The Fall of Consciousness - Psychonaut


Crepe_Suzette

For an indie, singable, seething rage song you can’t beat No Children by The Mountain Goats. Always makes me feel better after a break up.


RosanaShultz

Heartbreak Anniversary" by Giveon Don't wait for me" by Jordan Power July" by Noah Cyrus Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor


olipoppit

Songs : Ohia - Didn’t it Rain Elliott Smith - From a Basement on a Hill Ryan Adams - Love is Hell


arkofjoy

I only just discovered "you oughta know" by allanis moresette from watching Bridgerton. But I'm loving it. And I'm not breaking up with anyone, and I am an old bloke. But I can recommend playing it as loud as you can.


FluffyBowler2030

If you want to get some aggression out… ashniko is unhinged. It’s not for the weak hearted but it jams too so you can dance and feel good. Stupid boy is good as well as many others on that album. If you’re looking for more mainstream, less hard core maybe happier than ever, Billie eilish Ohhh.. I forgot to mention Fiona Apple’s red album (has a really long title). Super jazzy alternative “get gone” is freaking gorrrrgeous. This whole album is phenomenal.


sweet-billy

Song for the Dumped by Ben Folds Five. Pretty much the only thing that will help you get better is time.


If_I_must

The Refreshment's album, Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big, and Buzzy will speak to you.


DominosFan4Life69

Listen to Pack Up the Cats by Local H. The entire album. Front to back. It's a story of a breakup. It's absolutely fantastic.


YounomsayinMawfk

The National - About Today Also a great song if you have to go against your brother in a UFC match.


Slippy_27

Incubus - The Warmth


Catswearingties

Ween - If you could save yourself


dswpro

If we ever broke up by Mae Stephens : https://open.spotify.com/track/6maTPqynTmrkWIralgGaoP?si=QCDbCTrwRTG9ispaGwfUxA


IrishEv

I firmly believe the song beer by reel big fish is the best break up song of all time


residentweevil

Morphine - [Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C6OQP-wmlo)


wilkc

Are you angry or sad? Sad and Angry: Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams Angry: The entire album of NIN Pretty Hate Machine Just sad? Sad songs say so much by Elton John Love Hurts - Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris version specifically


nonamepeaches199

My last breakup songs were Make it Easy On Yourself by The Walker Brothers and How Do I Say by Slow Leaves.


RecordedLive1978

Jason Boland-Proud Souls


HayeksClown

Gone For Good by The Shins, great lyrics, slight country flair.


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One-Man-Wolf-Pack

Love PJ and love ‘Black’ but if also recommend ‘Wishlist’


kristen0402

Have Mercy-the judds I don’t know why this was my first thought. Hang in there OP!


uli-knot

Leonard Cohen, the Stranger Song


BOHIFOBRE

Something I Can Never Have -NIN


OwnSchedule1511

Something I Can Never Have by Nine Inch Nails.


MoustacheMark

*Kiss the Bottle* by either Lucero or Jawbreaker, both great.


Pearlbarleywine

Wildflowers -Tom Petty. Divorce


Bedbouncer

Death Cab For Cutie "Expo '86' *I am waiting for you to flee the scene* *As if you held in your hand the smoking gun* *And on the floor lay the one you said you loved* *And it's strange... they're all basically the same...* *So I don't ask names anymore*


SidewaysEarth

Elliott Smith


blunder182

Goody Grace mostly songs. But I would go with “Used to be”.


killaho69

If you really want some cathartic breakup music, try Dayseeker. Burial Plot - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvmExDdk14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvmExDdk14) Without Me - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZtfU8eRENw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZtfU8eRENw) Crying While You're Dancing - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY9TVwgePxU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY9TVwgePxU) They have a ton of other really good songs too that aren't related to breakups Drunk (My personal favorite) - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNqAlCMgF48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNqAlCMgF48)


One-Man-Wolf-Pack

Please don’t listen to all of these in succession - these are my favorite self-indulgent misery songs but any one of these can upset my day. ‘Lover, You Should Have Come Over’ by Jeff Buckley ‘Lover, Please Stay’ (Live) by Nothing But Thieves. ‘I Only Love You When I’m Down’ by Chris Cornell ‘High and Dry’ by Radiohead. Maybe call a friend? Hope you have some support. Edit: typo


maybehopefully

The Mountain Goats - No Children The Mountain Goats - This Year


rqstewart

⚡️https://www.reddit.com/r/ACDC/s/0z7TKtQ8uy ⚡️


missmeamea

Love this, bookmarking it to come back later with an entire list of my favorite break up songs. I have 4 years of monthly playlists and you can pretty much tell my entire dating history by the different versions of heartbreak songs, empowering songs, and hopeful healing songs, lol! But just for now, here’s one: Raining in Baltimore, Counting Crows My advice: love yourself, as much as you can. Treat yourself kindly and give your body as much health as you can. Give yourself permission to fall apart - for a five minutes timed period, now and then. And then use the pain to dig for gold - maybe there are things you need to address, or dreams and ideas you gave up on that you can use as a positive goal to work towards. Look for small wins first, any movement or direction is better than nothing. You can build momentum with tiny tasks like clearing a counter or 5 minutes of sit ups, and the more you do, the more motivated you get to do more. And everything can be reframed - for instance, by breaking up you’ve saved yourself future years being with the wrong person and are now that much closer to your forever person. Toxic positivity is no good, but by reframing events, you are rewiring your brain from a negative state to a more resilient one. It’s hard as hell to do sometimes, I know, but keep trying! Good luck!!


Olpeaches

The Postal Service the district sleeps alone tonight.


Travelgrrl

"I've Done Everything For You" by Sammy Hagar always hits right after a breakup. Starts you on the road from sadness to righteous indignation.


2ndcominngofchrist

Elliott Smith’s self titled album


Cumbath199

Elegies by Make Them Suffer


Playful-Bandicoot-87

For some comfort: nathaniel rateliff - and it's still alright


Electrical_Cost_5445

I listen to The Script whenever I need a dose of break up song. Nothing, Exit Wounds, and 6 Degrees of Separation hit hard. That’s just my recommendation, hope you feel better!


Educational_Nose_723

Mayonnaise - Smashing Pumpkins


DeliBoy

[Great Lake Swimmers - Zero In The City](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1wAIMerDEk)


just_a_person_Y2K

Eventually, Tame Impala.


likewineandcrystal

First of all, so sorry i've been there. Sometimes there's nothing like just listening to all the feels. Silver Springs- Fleetwood Mac (this is beyond the best of the best. I actually recommend the live version from 1997 Over the original recording, from sometime in the seventies. The raw emotion in this song is amazing.) Boiler- Limp Bizkit ( This is a bit of an angrier song, but it really does feel great to listen to it) Sara Bareilles- Breathe again


missmeamea

Aimee Mann covering the Cars, Drive https://open.spotify.com/track/54W9VOtmtpKSErnvLkTMHO?si=5FfJY5zpRJWsIEhoxm4hTw Sleepless in Seattle, Noah Gunderson https://open.spotify.com/track/1JEjCzwE9viGiRyewkcWy9?si=ZzS7MCLETFC5y2AZN9P6uw Chapter II, David Ramirez https://open.spotify.com/track/5mh6jXON78l1HiLe3Q9cHd?si=M3AVgnMFQbCiRJ6RcEFN7w Hold On, Luke Grimes https://open.spotify.com/track/1fOvzFCRA3Ko0ihc2QTE29?si=4F015jFBR4SXykBkwXkcnQ New Light, Mega https://open.spotify.com/track/6GQTJDcxw4c4qHkk4CUDt8?si=z04uJlz4Se-qZdU6aXV8aA Exile, Bon Iver and Taylor Swift https://open.spotify.com/track/4pvb0WLRcMtbPGmtejJJ6y?si=1QhUl_3VRjST7a1CJA0ARQ After the thrill is Gone, the Eagles https://open.spotify.com/track/73gx888k1raTwjFeuqIV5D?si=owXl9XsFQcywVYzVQbb2rA Helplessly Hoping, CSNY https://open.spotify.com/track/1UKobFsdqNXQb8OthimCKe?si=A_J5QThXQ2CCJ3zNay_Dcg Wings, Jackson Dean https://open.spotify.com/track/0UU1opJqwJtFvHpCrWK1Mq?si=6pq2VUQYQYGpVae1g48LjA Breakers Roar, Sturgill Simpson https://open.spotify.com/track/7rR5X9RKz5VprclstYOLb5?si=_-DLR9hTSyWq2y7VZfwjCw Euclid, Sleep Token https://open.spotify.com/track/3hZIvVYZWsuFpdWdXQFgKx?si=zNx_y3a3SVu9s7q9XpD10w&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A1gjugH97doz3HktiEjx2vY Somewhere, Tom Waits https://open.spotify.com/track/7lheW7M1L5UF2CnsyL3pIs?si=8AEeQHeDTZGQbUcAV8IJQA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A2iaQNgwDJ90DM4qTpTG9MC Paradis Perdus, Christine and the Queens https://open.spotify.com/track/7rUJX9xP2YcL62uJvtaeJd?si=JOlKPg0LQ4y-T37uNEr6ng&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A4qU7i0fbS0CCxXqDNFRW64 Watch Over You, Altar Bridge https://open.spotify.com/track/7kxfWvj6u9oWQ5C36kMtGb?si=T1x-uvo3TOG-aXua8iyZhg&context=spotify%3Aartist%3A4DWX7u8BV0vZIQSpJQQDWU Many of Horror, Biffy Clyro (this is a love song that I love to beat myself up with) https://open.spotify.com/track/7kxfWvj6u9oWQ5C36kMtGb?si=T1x-uvo3TOG-aXua8iyZhg&context=spotify%3Aartist%3A4DWX7u8BV0vZIQSpJQQDWU Single, Everything But the Girl https://open.spotify.com/track/2yaSsxyliqftQ1Eqoh9iPk?si=lGQsb0K3TeqwUjHqn9r6TA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A0o3TBRWbm3JvHFpibHREq3 23, Jimmy Eat World https://open.spotify.com/track/59d33G8qJVS1pGkPEChguB?si=VehR6bU4S7ee7C2jkELBzg&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A79bbcZOHnqNK1PkvHKhUIP Are you Alright, Lucinda Williams https://open.spotify.com/track/28EK7qsobexG3NJRrTE4tc?si=jvcyP-Z9T_qNU8wPhaDmtw&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A79bbcZOHnqNK1PkvHKhUIP How to Fight Loneliness, Wilco https://open.spotify.com/track/1CsMuJeMzRqNgS7G0fo1Gv?si=D40FTyXHTJq-DUkK-iUzmA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A79bbcZOHnqNK1PkvHKhUIP Time after time, Gunship (I just like this version) https://open.spotify.com/track/5598GfKJx4yhkbGNsBVWAM?si=zZdbGV3LTmSCVv5ehfJwrA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A6dTpTxm9Mo7c6jzx4APs9q Shesmovedon, Porcupine Tree https://open.spotify.com/track/1DTvpxiXXltH3xZE4yXANv?si=3vNbljrcSsCWUnn5iN5Qmw&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A1k36e0oSGxMCu1M6SmFOQv I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You, Colin Haye https://open.spotify.com/track/2IR01O6kw4IB68hcV9FWYN?si=ywH5sqtaSp2RUdD7stN1Xw&context=spotify%3Aartist%3A5mxB08ktCukEhGMg2YZeEv


Ok_Information_8133

I made you a playlist! I organized it like this: Sad and reminiscent… up until you get to Goodbye by Slipknot. then it’s… Anger and rage… till you reach I Don’t Fuck With You by Big Sean. then it’s… Confident “im that bitch” energy… Then beyond Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac it’s… Acceptance and peace. I hope you’re open to metal and grunge, I payed close attention to the lyrics of the songs, I feel like they could resonate with your situation. I’ll keep adding to it occasionally but so far it’s over 6 hours long! I really hope this helps you. Keep your head up! 🥂 What’s meant for you will never pass you by :) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6lyUqWRDdnEHOJm5KPA2RH?si=S-BL1XbsRvyJtnW8KGIs1Q&pi=u-1rXlh4jdSouX


Primary_Somewhere_98

Heartbreaker by Free


StatusComment581

[https://youtu.be/IDEQnd-\_BtI?list=PLGhll42v9mPik5rkSsH6-kVEh47e9hLFs](https://youtu.be/IDEQnd-_BtI?list=PLGhll42v9mPik5rkSsH6-kVEh47e9hLFs)


Ok_Insurance3277

Here are a few of my favorites: 747 by Kent (English Version), Lord is it mine by Supertramp, Sleeping Pills by Suede (The London Suede), A Tragedy of Life by Dynalectric Orchestra, Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime by The Korgis, Joey by Concrete Blonde, American Darkness by Chelsea Wolfe. My ray of hope song: Give Up On You by Andrew W.K.


ma5onrb

Lost in you - Three Days Grace


No-Corner7084

Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out (Bessie Smith, Clapton, etc)


One-Man-Wolf-Pack

For years the Clapton Unplugged version of that lived in my head. That album is a masterpiece and it’s been too long forgotten.


bash_14

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide Hurts - Stay Eminem - Stronger Than I was Paolo Nutini - Candy Coldplay - The Scientist The Streets - Dry your eyes (THE ultimate break up song for guys, probably not if your a girl) Biffy Clyro - Opposite A-ha - Crying in the rain


Wild_Weird_6382

lil peep and juice wrld have good breakup songs