Future Mythologies

My mood has been ranging from melancholy to anxious lately, and I thought it might be fun to listen to the NME's list of most depressing albums of all time, in order. I didn't make it very far, as some of the albums (Mogwai's, for example) didn't hold my attention at all. In spite of this, I found it to be quite a complete list. The only obvious exception for me is Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left, which is so melancholy I cannot listen to it. I stand by this as the most melancholy album ever made. I know it's true, because I have an especially happy memory associated with this album. I was listening to it one of the first nights of my sophomore year of college with some of my dormmates, who I had just met for the first time. The people in that room turned out to be the best friends I made at school. And I still can't listen to it. I was clearly not made to enjoy this album.