Music for "Tough Times"

Great threat, glad to know some of us are on the same boat in this sometimes stormy and churning sea of human emotions. I think he's been mentioned, but I would second Louis Armstrong's recordings. He sings and plays with such honesty, trength, and humor that many today (in the jazz genre) are easily put to shame in comparison. Listening to his records have never failed to put a smile on my face. To take a que from the man himself, sometimes, it's best to just blow rasperies at your troubles.

Beck Sea Change, if you've just got divorced, broken up, dumped, girlfriend/boyfriend died, anything of that sort this album can help,

A few months ago my "tought times" music was Radiohead's OK Computer. The first 5 or 6 tracks have a lonely sound, if that makes sense, and it really helps. I also love listening to Dave Gilmour's guitar when I'm depressed. He captures that sadness with his tone on 'Comfortably Numb' and that lonely feeling on some acoustic songs like 'Is There Anybody Out There?'...not to mention DSOTM which takes you through the entire spectrum of feelings. The self-entitled album 'Sublime' is nice sometimes. The fast ska sound gives me that I can take on the world feeling. The Strokes sound completely different, but I get the same effect from 'Is This It?'. It seems I've sayed the best for last: Abraxas of course. 'Samba Pa Ti' is great to listen to when you've had a bad day and just want to focus on that feeling without going into the specifics of your day. The rest of the album is fairly upbeat and is full of emotion.

Tindersticks when you want to find beauty in your misery,when you want to go deeper to your depresion listen any DEATH IN JUNE or CURRENT 93/you'v been warned!!!!

Talk Talk "Spirit of Eden" Hands down no contest the most incredible 41 minutes ever recorded. Copies should be handed out at birth!