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Criteria: My list, my rules. As always. The artist/band has to have two albums from which songs can be picked (off as a minimum). The songs can't be the only depressing song on a happy album (i.e Where is the Love on Elephunk by The Black Eyed Peas , possibly their only good song.) To block that the album needs a minimum of two depressy songs on it, but a max of four or half of 'A rush of blood to the head' will have to be listed. I'm not going to justify why the songs are depressing,I'll just find youtube links. The list 30. Keane - Slow, mournful and piano-y. Occasionally angry yet somehow still slow and mournful. Album 1 : Hopes and Fears Reference Tracks: (a) We Might as Well Be Strangers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82n2b4Mk8Zc (b)She Has No Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG40MBNyexU&feature=related (c) Bedshaped http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSRjfP2EJsw&feature=related (d) This Is the Last Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdzD5C-1vv...

80. Between the Buried and Me - Selkies :The Endless Obsession (2005) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKQSe3TatPQ Why: A song that showcases BTBAM's style of merging multiple genres. It starts out as progressive, turns into metalcore, has moment of death metal and then ends up as alternative. 79. Sizzla - Just One of Those Days (2002) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvKme7NmzMA Why: Sizzla somehow manages to put out about two albums a year. But from 2002-2004 every album was excellent. No one did the sad songs better than he did and the lyrics from this apt break-up song are soaked in reality. 78. Muse - Knights of Cydonia (2006) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8WP7aOD_9Q&ob=av2n Why: An upbeat guitar track about making your own chances and controlling your destiny. A bit of crazy space rock which is exemplified by the intro coming from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. 77. Dizzee Rascal - Fix up, Look Sharp (2003) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZGvnI37mxk Why: Took a samp...