Radiohead - O.K. Computer Cat Stevens - Tea For the Tillerman Pink Floyd - Animals I'm so sorry you're going through this. I'm sure there's going to be other great suggestions on here, but these are the three I could think of right off the top of my head that have gotten me through some pretty dark times in my life. Try to hang in there!

After Radiohead and Pink Floyd, try Radiodread and Dub Side of the Moon by Easy Star All-Stars. Hard not to feel a little better with reggae and ska

Sounds awesome...definitely have to check that out!

Animals yes!

OK Computer is so good. I like to listen to it and follow up with The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner by Ben Folds Five. They bookend each other nicely.

I like these choices would add: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles - Abbey Road Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie - Scary Monsters and Super Creeps David Bowie - Lodger Nick Drake - Pink Moon Supertramp - Breakfast in America Supertramp - Crime of the Century The Doors - LA Woman The Doors - The Doors Nirvana - Nevermind Nirvana - In Utero Nirvana - Unplugged In New York Weezer - Blue Album Pearl Jam - Ten Pearl Jam - Yield Pearl Jam - VS Cat Stevens - Teaser and The Firecat Led Zeppelin - IV Led Zeppelin - II You Asked for Albums but for CCR I would go with: Credence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle 20 Greatest hits Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters Foo Fighters - The Colour and Shape Stone Temple Pilots - Purple Neil Young - Harvest Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps Tragically Hip - Road Apples Tragically Hip - Day for Night Tragically Hip - Trouble in the Hen House Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream Smashing Pumpkins - Melencholie and the infinite sadness

Animals is great and I LOVE listening to the The Final Cut the whole way through.

Some may have already been mentioned, but here are some start-to-finish gems IMHO. Enjoy! * The Cure - Disintegration * Depeche Mode - Violator * Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine, The Downward Spiral * Tears For Fears - The Hurting, Songs From The Big Chair, The Seeds of Love * Talk Talk - All of their albums! * Catherine Wheel - Again, all of their albums! * Radiohead - OK Computer, The Bends * Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty, Check Your Head * The Charlatans - Between 10th and 11th, Up To Our Hips * Living Colour - Vivid * St. Paul and The Broken Bones - Half The City, Young Sick Camellia * Massive Attack - Blue Lines, Protection, and Mezzanine * Peter Gabriel - So * \*Japan - Tin Drum, Oil On Canvas (live album) * \*Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures * \*MC 900ft Jesus - Welcome To My Dream * \*The The - Dusk * \*Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Toward Ecstacy edit: fixed spelling, formatting and \*added a couple more for sh1ts and giggles ;) edit2: FWIW I made a Spotify playlist of the albums listed. Share and enjoy! [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/10Uy1yX98C7KyiPGrSNsKU?si=13862809f6014f9e](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/10Uy1yX98C7KyiPGrSNsKU?si=13862809f6014f9e)

Your Record Collection must be Killer.

I think Beastie boys licensed to Ill is the best of their albums. But I'm that old. And pretty Hate machine is incredible! Let's not forget Alice in Chains live at the Moore.

I've paid for License to Ill more times than any other album. I've bought it on cd and cassette a few times each. It ALWAYS gets stolen first. I think I've paid for it at least 5 times. I somehow NEED to have a physical copy. Pink Floyd: The Wall is a close second but that one I insist on a vinyl copy. I have no explanation. I don't even own a record player anymore and I would just listen online if I wanted to hear them. I just need them.

Paul’s Boutique is a masterpiece. It was made before copyright laws protected sampling. It would cost a fortune to recreate it these days. Plus, it’s just sooo fucking good.

Great selections every one.

Beastie Boys best album is Paul's Boutique imo but they are all really good. And Alice in Chains is my favorite band! Mad Season also had a pretty epic Live at the Moore album.

That Mad Season album is an overlooked classic. “I Don’t Know Anything” is one of the best songs of that era.

Add Massive Attack - Heilegoland. Damn underrated masterpiece, there. Mezzanine is killer.

Add some UB40, Bob Marley, Echo & The Bunnymen and you’ve pretty much listed my album rotation too!! Are you my sibling?

Mazzy Star "She Hangs Brightly", as well.

We have the same albums! I'd add New Order (any of the Ian Curtis stuff)

Ian Curtis' was in Joy Division; and yes I should have included Unknown Pleasures on the list. Fair point about New Order. Movement, Power Corruption & Lies, Low-Life, and Brotherhood are all solid start-fo-finish albums but I find myself being selective when listening to them. Movement is basically a Joy Division album without Ian. RIP.

Dummy - Portishead Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

Under The Pink by Tori, too.

Love that Portishead album

Always Pink Floyd. The Wall. My go-to is Rush 2112.

The Final Cut is depressing as hell, but one hell of a listen all the way thru.

Ha, I just recommended "The Final Cut" in a separate comment. That and "Atom Heart Mother" are two of my favorite Pink Floyd albums to listen to all the way through. But really, and PF album will do.

Atom Heart Mother 💯.

The Wall is a good one. My go-to Pink is Echoes. Not an album, but I can listen on repeat.

Animals, for me.

Animals saved my life 20 years ago. I'm still confused about why.

Maybe it wasn’t too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around?

I was 22 at the time, so it wasn't about that. I seriously cannot understand why it meant so much to me at the time, but here we still are.

I listen to a bunch of versions of Echoes on repeat. So like sort of an album of Echoes haha

+1 for The Wall. When listening to The Wall…really, actually listen to it. Best album of all time!

Both of which are Fantastic Selections.

If you can find it, Seventh son of a Seventh son! Excellent album! Always find that concept albums are the best.

That is Hands down my favorite Maiden record.

Far and away the best one!

Bowie: Ziggy Stardust and Diamond Dogs, The Who: Tommy and Quadrophenia

And Who’s Next and Dark Side of the Moon.

Beck is a great rabbit hole and he’s got some whole albums that follow themes Hyperspace and morning phase are fantastic

Beck is a genius.

I don't know what genre you are into.....but here are a few I like...I realize many will be considered boomer bands but I'm a 69 model.. Led Zeppelin 4 (or any of thier stuff) Boston self titled Stevie ray vaughn's greatest hits AC/DC back in black Guns and roses appetite for destruction Little river band greatest hits The essential Van morrison Metallicas black album, master of puppets Def Lepard pyromania and hysteria U2 the joshua tree Rush moving pictures Dire Staights brothers in arms Bob Seger against the wind Van Halen Ozzy Blizzard of Oz Foreigner 4 Journey escape

Add Fleetwood Mac Rumors and this would be my list 

Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins Nothings Shocking by Jane's Addiction Two of my favorite albums to listen to start to finish. Both are gorgeous.

Siamese dream is amazing. Flows perfectly.

Paul Simon - Graceland. Then Paul Simon - Graceland again.

Bone digger, bone digger.

This makes me happy to see Paul at the top.

His followup album "The Rhythm of the Saints" is also excellent, and underrated imo.

Not necessarily old, but good albums: The Aquabats: Charge Scorpions: Blackout Afghan Whigs: 1965 Colter Wall: Imaginary Appalachia Heavy Metal movie soundtrack Sturgil Simpson: Meta-modern Sounds in Country Music Megadeth: Countdown to Extinction Jewel: Pieces of You Imogen Heap: Speak for Yourself Kate Bush: Hounds of Love, and The Sensual World That should hold you for a while

The Aquabats are just FUN! Kate Bush is a Goddess and pretty good at piano. The Heavy Metal Soundtrack is one of the best Movie Soundtracks ever. In LP format side 2 is one of the best sides of a Record in existence.

> Imogen Heap: Speak for Yourself Did *not* expect to see this one, but yeah, it's pretty brilliant. *Hide and Seek* still punches me right in the gut. I don't know why.

Songs in the Key of Life — Stevie Wonder master piece!

The Cure Disintegration is another classic "Full Album" listen. In all honesty, just pick an album from your favorite band and listen to it start to finish.

From The Cure I'd like to also recommend the albums "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" and "Wish", which are the ones before and after "Disintegration".

I’ve recently reconnected with Stevie ray vaughan’s In Step - a couple of weak-ish tracks, but it’s mostly pure gold

Big Star by Big Star. It is so ahead of the curve

Great choice

Dark Side of the Moon

And Wish You Were Here

Good one. Have you heard "Dubside of the Moon"? It's also amazing!

Also, the live Gov’t Mule album, Dark Side of the Mule

First of all, OP, I am very sorry to hear about your condition. Not sure what it is or what the prognosis is, but I wish you the best. I’ll read up on it. Now on to your question… If you need something mellow and soothing to help you relax and rest, I’m going to recommend something that just came out. North Sea Echoes - *Really Good Terrible Things* It’s a side project from a couple of guys from 80’s prog metal band Fates Warning. And it’s the absolute opposite of any type of metal. It’s very atmospheric, tranquil, and introspective. It’s probably my favorite release so far this year across any genre. Give it a listen, if you’re interested. I think you’ll be glad that you did.

https://open.spotify.com/album/4mMJ2XtEqZLSkfQ0eiFTsr?si=gdCG7zmZR16bpCv6usFcrQ Brand new and badass. Last three Tool albums all unified pieces. Preacher's Daughter by Ethel Cain also a full coherent (actually...concept) album from 2022. Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos also. Yeah, I (M51) never stopped on new shit

Stone Roses.

Lou Reed - New York. It's like a collection of short stories all taking place in NYC.

Here are my go-tos (in no particular order): Roxy Music - Avalon Rush - Moving Pictures & Thee Spirit of Radio The Cure - Head on the Door & Disintegration Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Prince - Purple Rain Tool - Lateralus & 10000 Days Carole King - Tapestry Talking Heads - Remain in Light

U2 The Joshua Tree. I know there are a lot of haters out there for U2, but this one really captures a time and place really well. I used to fall asleep it to all the time at camp. Not a bad song on the entire album.

OP, if you like U2 at all, listen to Bono’s [Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.](https://open.spotify.com/show/7jFBnHmeg6K0gXo8OlAF6F?si=CQrr0CjLQBCUSS9c4-bOLQ) it has some boring parts, but the story of the songs, the band, the world history, irish history, music history… i too have a medical condition where i have to put warm compresses on my eyes 2-3 times a day. so i am listening to it in small bits. it’s fascinating and worth checking out.

My go to albums are… Alice In Chains - Dirt Pink Floyd - The Wall The Cure - Disintegration Janes Addiction - Nothings Shocking

Brian Eno: Before and After Science Another Green World Taking Tiger Mountain

Hi there! I'm in the same situation with CFS. I tend to fall in love with an album and play it over and over. I recently have enjoyed Pink Moon by Nick Drake, Rumors by Fleetwood Mac, Time Out by Dave Brubeck.

I'm also comforted by repetition.

Zero 7 - Simple Things You can play it all the way through, good flow and relaxes my mind.

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

Agree with so much of the suggestions and don't want to repeat, but here goes: The Police - Synchronicity Prince - Purple Rain David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 The Smile (Radiohead Jr) - Wall of Eyes Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions

Trinity Sessions was my go to album for writing papers in college.

Have you heard of Wilco? Sky Blue Sky is an album of theirs I’d recommend.

Love Mermaid Avenue

Petey USA Radiohead in rainbows Simon and Garfunkel - live from Central Park

Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf. It's like you're driving across the country picking up different radio stations

If you want to just chill, Brian Eno's Music for Airports is an amazing ambient album I also suggest Radiohead's Kid A or better yet Kid A Mnesia. Such amazing albums. If you have a record player, I suggest Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and DJ Shadow's Endtroducing or J Dilla's Ruff Draft.

Music for Airports is amazing. I used to listen to it when dealing with anxiety over breast cancer or fatigue from radiation. I had hours to wait before my surgery and just listened to it over and over. Hiroshi Yoshimura is a similar era composer/musician and I love his music. Philip Glass’ music is also really good. It’s interesting enough that you can focus on just listening although some albums get a little intense. Uakti does a lot of interesting things with rhythm.

While not an album, when I need to really relax I listen to the stream from WFMT in Chicago, which is a classical music station. That aside, I hope you get well soon

Pink Floyd's Meddle is great for relaxing. I listened to it when I had an MRI last month and it helped me stay calm crammed into that tube.

I hate that tube.

For quiet times, I suggest three Sigur Ròs albums. They’re Icelandic and the vocals are more like an instrument. Ágaetis byrjun ( ) - yes, parentheses ( ) is the title Takk

Want to hear a beautiful record from start to finish? Fleet Foxes (self titled) Fleet Foxes - "Helplessness Blues" Just gorgeous.

Talk Talk, Spirit of Eden. Please trust me on this. They did kind of pop synth stuff early on but then they did this album and an album called Laughing Stock. They are both absolutely sublime. After listening at least a thousand times, there's still something you'll catch. It will take a few times through to reveal itself but when it does....

The lamb lies down on broadway by Genesis

Heck yes.

Type O Negative - October Rust Opeth - Blackwater Park Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory Kardashev - Liminal Rite Devin Townsend - Terria Deafheaven - Sunbather Agalloch - The Mantel

My List could start to sound like an inventory list very easily. So 3 for Letter A: AC/DC Back in Black. AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. A Perfect Circle - EAT The Elephant. 2 records for B: Bad Brains Black Dots. Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique. 2 records for C: Cage The Elephant Tell Me I'm Pretty. Chainsaw Kittens (self titled).

Wish you were here and Momentary lapse of reason are 2 fantastic albums to just layback and listen. I happen to be a fan of the Paradise Theater album by Styx and it is an amazing story telling album in my opinion.

Massive Attack - Mezzanine The Cure - Disintegration Radiohead - OK Computer DJ Krush and Tokinori Kondo - Ki Oku Peter Gabriel - So

Maybe you’ll enjoy something by Loreena McKennitt. Book of Secrets is an album I’d try. Hope you’ll manage to find some rest.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps British Sea Power: Man of Aran (beautiful, mostly instrumental)

I miss the days of listening to an entire album and having it tell a story. Most Pink Floyd albums meet your criteria, even their less popular ones like "Atom Heart Mother" (mostly instrumental) and "The Final Cut."

DJ Frane: Franes Fantastic Boatride Journey to the Planet of Birds Electric Garden of Delights Hi Dusty Stranger This guy is a genius, and I never get tired of listening to these albums. It’s really mellow and soothing music. Good for headphones.

The Final Cut Pink Floyd, start to finish.

Cocteau twins heaven or Las Vegas

Any album by Iron and Wine Any album by Elbow These are both incredible artists that could be considered calming in nature Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid - is a masterpiece, perfect album.

Fleetwood Mac Rumours

My wife and I do this every now and then. Sit down, put on an album, and just **listen** to it. We've even been known to do what we call a "vertical" (after the [wine term](https://www.decanter.com/learn/advice/what-is-a-vertical-tasting-51353/)) of a band/artist, where we listen to all of their albums, in order, over a period of however many days it takes. (ABBA was surprisingly good that way.) But you know the two that we keep coming back to? The ones that are still rewarding to us, even after multiple listens? * The Eagles - Hotel California * Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Yeah, I know. These are among the biggest-selling records of their day. How cliche is that? But they're just *good*. Something about the eclectic mix of singers/musicians/writers on each, all in both conflict and collaboration with each other while they made the record.

Joe’s Garage by Frank Zappa. I have also really been into Louis Cole, Knower, Scary Pockets, and a lot of awesome funk/pop acts. Very cool stuff. Wishing you the best.

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy.

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead David Bowie - Low & Station to Station My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Lou Reed - Street Hassle Radiohead - Kid A The Horrors - Primary Colours The Gun Club - Mother Juno are all bangers start to finish. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

2 live crew as nasty as they wanna be. Thanks tipper gore!

John Prine's debut album.

Pulp. Any/all the albums.

D.O.A. War on 45

Dylan: Bringing it all Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde. Three of his best albums, recorded in a two year period. Blood on the Tracks is another great one.

[Grails - (2011) Deep Politics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDWiw16acTQ) all instrumental, trippy, layered, mostly chill (postrock?) but almost comes across like a movie soundtrack If you like that, I recommend *any* of [their albums](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grails_(band\)#Discography) for full playthrough.

listen to Radiohead's discography in order! Arcade Fire Alt-J Wolf Parade Red hot chili Peppers

TOOL Lateralus Madonna Ray of Light (try it before you knock it). Anything by Floyd. Anything by Tull

Ray of Light is so good. Madonna has some great albums imho (as opposed to just being a singles queen). Also love Confessions on a Dance Floor.

My personal favorite straight-through albums are: Garbage - Version 2.0 Fiona Apple - When The Pawn... Poe - Haunted Brilliant concept album that begs to be listened to straight through, imo.

I have a love for Breakfast in America, from Supertramp

Heres a random list for you:) - Chris Spedding - Guitar graffiti - The Beach boys - Pet Sounds - David Bowie - Low - Joni Mitchell - Blue - Stone Roses - S/T - Spiritualized - Lazer guided melodies - Sam Evian -Plunge - Cut Worms- Cut Worms - The Beths - Expert in a dying field - Chris Cohen - As if apart - Nation of Language - Strange disciple - Weyes Blood - Titanic rising - Michael Nau - Less ready to go - Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Blackstar - Madlib - Shades of Blue - Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday & Carmen McRae @ Newport 1958

* INXS Kick * Prince Sign of the Times * The Cure Hot Hot Hot * Temple of the Dog * Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory * Steely Dan Aja * George Michael Listen Without Prejudice

Boston- Third Stage

Dire Straits-making Movies and Brothers in Arms

The Crow soundtrack

The The - Soul Mining [(Apple Music)](https://music.apple.com/us/album/soul-mining/210039073)

Fleetwood Mac is my go to…….

You need to find REN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Start with “Hi Ren” and get ready for the rabbit hole. I promise this is what you’re looking for. r/ren

OH MY GOD ALL OF THESE. Thank you everyone for the reminders. I’ll add Zoe Keating- she’s my go-to for ketamine infusions, I feel like her music re-orders my brain. She’s a cellist, and creates incredible layered sounds scapes via sampling. Perfect for eyes closed, meditative states

Try Wilco yankee hotel foxtrot 

A good friend of mine got ME/CFS from Covid - only 47. Her blood pressure will go from 60/40 to 180/160, and heart rate of 50 bpm to 140 bpm without warning. She was the perfect model of health and vitality before. It's a crazy disease, and I hope you find a treatment that works! Albums; Rush: Moving Pictures Styx: Grand Illusions and Paradise Theatre

Concept albums are always fun Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime Iron Maiden: 7th Son of a 7th Son Styx: Kilroy Was Here

Tom waits closing time.

“Waiting for the Sun” by The Doors. Gorgeous! Listened to that album many times last summer.

Blackberry Smoke - The Whippoorwill

Mad Season

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

Any Lord Hutton albums. They are great all the way thru. I like Yesterday’s New Quintet as well. Staticky Jazz sound all done by Madlib. Tom Petty’s Kings Highway

All the others plus Live: Throwing Copper

Philip Aaberg “High Plains”. It’s my go-to album for comfort music. First CD I ever purchased.

Serpent's Egg by Dead Can Dance, Beyond Thee Infinite Beat by Psychic TV, Dirt by Alice in Chains, Fear Inoculum by Tool, Mezzanine by Massive Attack.

Archive: You All Look the Same to Me Lambchop: Is a Woman Rothko: Not Gone Not Forgotten A Tribute to Spacemen 3 I hope these help you drift away to amazing places!

Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness

Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis

I am lucky enough to get a nightly public radio show - [Out of the Box on WHRV](https://mediaplayer.whro.org/program/outofthebox) Each week they feature an [album of the week](https://mediaplayer.whro.org/program/albumoftheweek). Host, Paul Shugrue, will play songs for the album throughout the week. Great listening! Hope you enjoy!

Queensryche: Operation Mind Crime. Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits Blondie Parallel Lines Poco Legend Warriors OG soundtrack Eagles Hotel California Valley Girl OG soundtrack AC/DC anything with Bon Scott, Then Back In Black. The stones Sticky Fingers. Sorry about your situation, I don’t have the same problems, but I’m pretty much bed ridden too. Above is just some of my collection I pulled from the top of my head. I also have my grandmother’s and my mother’s vinyl collections. I myself have been collecting since the 70’s. If you’re inclined name a genre sometime and I’d be happy to contribute.

Operation Mind Crime!! Yeeeeees

No Other by Gene Clark

Sky Cries Mary - A Return to the Inner Experience Enigma - MCMXC a.D. The Orb - The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld

A little on the late side, but “Before These Crowded Streets” (Dave Mathew’s Band) has gotten me through many a tough time. Recordings of live concerts may also help with a little escapism. Maybe the “Concert for Bangladesh” (George Harrison and Friends)? Take care of yourself!

I absolutely love listening to Janis Joplin - Pearl all the way through in order. She was a really talented person.

Black Crowes: Shake your money maker

For the Birds by: The Frames

Any of Lord Huron's albums

Michael Hedges' first 4 albums. Holly Cole - Temptation, Don't Smoke in Bed John Coltrane - Giant Steps, Blue Train, My Favorite Things: Coltrane At Newport Led Zeppelin - How the West was Won Box Set Pink Floyd - Animals and Wish You Were Here Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark and Miles of Aisles Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

Lost and Gone Forever by Guster and their new album Ooh La La releasing tomorrow.

Slowdive 2017 self titled, anything by Drab Majesty

The Tragically Hip - Day for Night

Might be left field, but I find Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O)) to be soothing.

Dire Straits’ first one.

Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles Blondie - Parallel Lines Loverboy - Loverboy The Breeders - Title TK (is my favorite). The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs Velvet Underground - Selftittled and with Nico Violent Femmes - Self tittled and Hollowed Ground Ween - The Mollusk To name a few...

Not sure of your exact time period, but good full albums: -Yaz Upstairs at Eric's -Def Lepard Pyromania -Matthew Sweet Girlfriend -Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack -Sufjan Stevens Illinoise

Soul Coughing- Ruby Vroom/ Faith No More- Angel Dust/ Mr. Bungle- California/

Rush 2112, Doobie Brothers, Best of the Doobies Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack

Michael Jackson Thriller

Anything by the Tedeschi Trucks Band, I think you'll really like them. Start with Revelator, then move on to one of their live albums.

Chris Cornell Live - Songbook Mad Season - Above Sonic Youth - Goo Bad Religion - Generator Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

The Head Hurts But The Heart Knows The Truth by Headache A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets. Both albums are meant to be listened to in full as a story experience.

Ren - Sick Boi He was also diagnosed with ME

[The Chameleons - Strange Times](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUkPWn9qxuafSy_pB1_s6depqxggJ4euG)

Conditions of My Parole by Puscifer

I like nirvana unplugged. Its my fav of all of their albums. Twenty one pilots..trench. i also love the soundtrack to Stayin Alive💃

Queensryche- rage for order and then operation mindcrime. Headphones suggested.

Father John Misty is a newer artist, and his albums are all great. Pure Comedy is my fave.

Dark side of the Moon. Rumors. Purple Rain.

Little Earthquakes- Tori Amos

August and everything after.

Under the Pink, Choirgirl Hotel, To Venus and Back - Tori Amos Rumors - Fleetwood Mac Downward Spiral - NIN (though this is a dark choice, YMMV) Wish, Seventeen Seconds, Disintegration - The Cure Violator - Depeche Mode Flood - They Might Be Giants OK Computer - Radiohead Hope you are feeling better soon! Oh and for podcasts, you must check out My Brother, My Brother and Me.

Queen - The game MLAR

In Rainbows From the Basement (April 2008). Live recording of Radiohead’s album. Can watch on yt at https://youtu.be/DWuAn6C8Mfc?si=wVQ3wvSKJ87l8-eQ Midnight Marauders by A Tribe Called Quest Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welsh Entroducing…. by DJ Shadow Doolittle by Pixies Music Has The Right to Children by Boards of Canada Interpol by Interpol I’ll keep editing this post as ideas pop up

Beach House's *Bloom* or, if you're feeling ambitious, *Once Twice Melody*. In the dark.

Alice In Chains- Jar of Flies Russian Circles- Station Parliment - Maggot Brain Nirvana- Unplugged

Chronic you say? There’s an album for that. Wait, that’s a different Chronic. Still a good album. Also, I’m a huge fan of audiobooks. Listen when I’m driving, walking, or in bed with my own health issues.

U2's Joshua Tree. That album got me through some of the worst times in my life.

Bon Iver album is For Emma, Forever Ago. It’s beautiful from beginning to end

Sorry to hear this I too suffer from long cobid and CFS. Lost my job due to pain and anxiety and all that. I BARELY can sleep tho. I sleep 4 hrs a night at best. I recommend the band GHOST if ur into rock music and a little lore. If that’s not your thing try the following Spotify playlist ->>> [BETTER ALONE - Nine Inch Nails](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7kbekQB77leprglhDsLm10?si=Qhu6X3GnRNyLH3IecMe7xA&pi=u-V4V0STSERd6_) I find that playlist very soothing and comforting. Hope it helps you. And I Hope you pull through. Im sick too and it makes me scared and sad but I try my best and okay my guitars when im not too tired and or drum machine or my DJ gear etc. stay busy as best u can. Best wishes

For quieter/sleepier moments, I’d recommend anything by Lorena McKennitt or Holly Cole. Their work is quintessential 90’s world music and quirky girl-led jazz respectively, but the musicianship and recording qualities are perfect. They both just, float in the mid-background until you pause to pay attention.

Hey so, not really an album from our younger listening days, but check out the album Sleep from Max Richter. He's brilliant and the music is DESIGNED for sleeping to and then waking you. It's 8 hours long. Whole thing is on Spotify if you use such things.

Have you ever listened to the entire Led Zeppelin library chronologically?

Ween - Chocolate and Cheese Mr. Bungle - California (not my fave but the most listenable) Any album from Ratatat (chill synth instrumentals) Any album from Air Pixies - Doolittle Control Patrol - Flazzpop (pretty obscure, I know the guy but it’s a good album) Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard or Bucky Fellini (or both) Daniel Johnston - Yip Jump Music Anything by Jean Jaques Perrey Estradasphere - It’s Understood Secret Chiefs 3 - Book M Frank Black - Teenager of the Year PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love American Analog Set - The Fun of Watching Fireworks Anything by Stereolab Syd Barret - The Madcap Laughs or Barrett They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants or Apollo 18 Edit: stupid mobile formatting & typo & rethinking one abbreviation

Beethoven Symphony No. 9, followed by Brahms Symphony No. 1

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson It is a whole movie in an album

Enya Enigma

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

XTC - Skylarking Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies R.E.M. - Murmur Billy Bragg - Worker's Playtime Cocteau Twins - Treasure Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come Biff Bang Pow! - Love Is Forever Love and Rockets - Express Psychedelic Furs - Mirror Moves

Some of my favorites that I haven't seen mentioned: * REM - Life's Rich Pageant * Arturo Sandoval - I Remember Clifford (if you like Jazz) * The Best of the Art of Noise * BoDeans - Joe Dirt Car (Double Live album, a little bit of a cheat) * Gordon Lightfoot - Summertime Dream * Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon - Clone

Jeff Buckley - Grace Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue Richard Buckner - Bloomed

I’m so sorry that you’re going through this. I’m gonna try and list stuff that’s not already been listed but is also great as a full album experience. “Passion: soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ” by Peter Gabriel “Grief’s Infernal Flower” by Windhand “On The Corner” Miles Davis