This Will End in Tears
The Miserabilist Guide to Music
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 7, 2012
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- Who it’s for
- A cross-genre look at melancholy music, and the strange comfort of hearing sadness sung.
- Themes
- Melancholy music, Sad songs and emotional pleasure
- Genres
- Music History, Music Writing, Music Resources
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This Will End in Tears is the first ever and definitive guide to melancholy music. Author Adam Brent Houghtaling leads music fans across genres, beyond the enclaves of emo and mope-rock, and through time to celebrate the albums and artists that make up the miserabilist landscape.
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In essence a book about the saddest songs ever sung, This Will End in Tears is an encyclopedic guide to the masters of melancholy—from Robert Johnson to Radiohead, from Edith Piaf to Joy Division, from Patsy Cline to The Cure—an insightful, exceedingly engaging exploration into why sad songs make us so happy.
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A cross-genre look at melancholy music, and the strange comfort of hearing sadness sung.
Come here for
- A musical path from Robert Johnson to Radiohead
- Melancholy beyond emo and mope-rock
Expect
- Albums and artists across genres and eras
- An engaging inquiry into why sad songs can lift the mood
Where it sits
| Music History | 46% |
|---|---|
| Music Writing | 35% |
| Music Resources | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Collecting Pop Culture
- Studying Artists
- Pop Culture & Art
- Music
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- Piano & Keyboards
- Pop Culture Studies
- Authors
- Adam Brent Houghtaling
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 7, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Melancholy music · Sad songs and emotional pleasure
- Reading lane
- Collecting Pop Culture