This Will End in Tears: The Miserabilist Guide to Music
“A comprehensive, sharply written journey through the music of sadness, of every stripe and from every genre....Whether read straight through or dipped into at random, in times of despair or not, this is a most helpful musical sourcebook through every kind of blue.” (Kirkus Reviews(starred review))“Highly entertaining.” (Publishers Weekly)“For the meticulously melancholy music fan in all of us, a celebration of songs with a dark side.This Will End in Tearsgathers the downest, doomiest sounds in rock, soul, jazz, the blues, and any music that can put a serious chill in your evening.” (Rob Sheffield, author ofLove Is A Mix TapeandTalking To Girls About Duran Duran)“Sad sacks of the world: Rejoice! Adam Brent Houghtaling has ingeniously compiled the ultimate guide to this cruel world’s maestros of miserabilism. The feel bad book of the year!” (Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, co-authors ofI Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution)“Breaking up is hard to do, but not when you’ve got a book like this to help you make the saddest playlist of all time. Now, someone pass me a Kleenex...and that Elliott Smith album.” (Leslie Simon, co-author ofEverybody Hurtsand author ofWish You Were Here)“Sad songs say so much, but Adam Brent Houghtaling has a lot to add to the conversation.This Will End in Tearsis a book well worth wallowing in.” (Mark Yarm, author ofEverybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge)