Top 10 Most Melancholic Albums of All Time

The Top Ten
1 Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros

I'd personally call this album more ethereal and otherworldy sounding than I would melancholy.

2 Closer - Joy Division
3 Either/Or - Elliott Smith
4 A Crow Looked at Me - Mount Eerie
5 Pink Moon - Nick Drake

This album is beautiful. Just a man and his guitar, pouring out his emotions through song.

6 Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens
7 Grace - Jeff Buckley
8 The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
9 Automatic for the People - R.E.M.

I would have added "The Downward Spiral", but its already here. This isn't too far behind, I think

10 Ok Computer - Radiohead

I like Radiohead, but I've never really seen any of there albums as being melancholic. Sure, they can be a bit mellow at times, but never outright sad or depressing.

This list wouldn't be complete without at least 1 Radiohead album

The Contenders
11 A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead

For Radiohead's saddest album, it's either this or Kid A

12 Benji - Sun Kil Moon
13 Deathconsciousness - Have a Nice Life

Melancholic? Do you mean soul-crushing?

14 The Queen is Dead - The Smiths

This is melancholic. Many here are just outright extremely depressing and sombre (Deathconsciousness), or even extremely dark and disturbing (A Promise)

15 Disintegration - The Cure
16 Kid A - Radiohead
17 Fevers and Mirrors - Bright Eyes
18 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
19 A Promise - Xiu Xiu
20 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
21 Marrow of the Spirit - Agalloch
22 For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
23 Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
24 Hospice - The Antlers
25 Giles Corey - Giles Corey
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