Reccomend me some "dark acoustic" stuff

muppet
muppet Posts: 980
edited June 2007 in Other Music
So yeah, nothing fits a dark night better with some minimalistic dark acoustic songs.

I'm looking for some good reccomendations, prefably in the vein of Springsteen's "Nebraska" album or some of Chris Cornell's early solo work like "Seasons."

Bit of an odd request but I'd like to see what you come up with.
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  • btb002
    btb002 Posts: 183
    Alice In Chain's Unplugged and Jar of Flies EP
    You are just a negative mindless pud.
  • originalfire
    originalfire Posts: 61
    btb002 wrote:
    Alice In Chain's Unplugged and Jar of Flies EP

    best acoustic albums ever, dark or not!
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Opeth's Damnation album.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    I don't know where you're from, so I don't know if you ever heard of Damien Rice. If you aint, he's an Irish singer/song writer, who has released 2 of the most essential acoustic albums of the 21st century. It's the type of stuff you have to live with, not all immediate, most of it pretty simply about the 'boy/girl/relationship' struggle-but done so wonderfully idiosyncratically. It's the type of stuff that the more you listen to, the more words you understand...the more you relate...and the more you really 'understand'. 2 cd's, called 'O' and 9 Crimes, and a b-side collection. The first album was described as "the heart break album of the year", it's quality stuff-you should get 1 or both of them and live with them for a while, you'll hear a guy who does what his instinct tells him-and it's beautiful, sometimes tragically beautiful-'dark', if you like. JUK
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Get some Mark Lanegan solo stuff as quickly as possible, and just binge on it.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • Matt Lukin
    Matt Lukin Posts: 647
    The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
    And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    What the fuck is dark acoustic?
  • Music For Rhinos
    Music For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    no-brainer...

    Alice In Chains - Sap Ep

    Brother, Got Me Wrong, Right Turn & Am I Inside.

    GREAT stuff...Am I Inside is like THE song of dark acoustic music.
  • lephty
    lephty Posts: 770
    Days of the New is what you are looking for...

    the "Orange" album was pretty amazing.it had some singles in the late 90's that were in some rotation.. the second album was pretty good.. not sure about the 3rd album though.

    get it now if dark acoustic is what you are craving
  • The Waiting Trophy Man
    The Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    well you know someone's gonna mention it, nirvana unplugged. doesn't get any darker than that.
    Another habit says it's in love with you
    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • originalfire
    originalfire Posts: 61
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    What the fuck is dark acoustic?

    LOL!
  • Julien
    Julien Posts: 2,457
    jamie uk wrote:
    I don't know where you're from, so I don't know if you ever heard of Damien Rice.

    good one...
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Piano is an acoustic insturment too..

    Lots of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will do you good.

    About half of Murder Ballads (not that the other half isn't great), The Boatman's Call...

    Neil Young.. god yes,..
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Anthony and the Johnsons

    Jose Gonzales

    Damien Rice has already been said
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,863
    joseph arthur
  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Rodrigues - Cold Fact
    Music is not a competetion.
  • niall
    niall Posts: 244
    Jonas hellborg - octave of the holy ghost
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    What the fuck is dark acoustic?

    Come on you plum, you're just trying to be awkward. Every fucker knows what he means by 'dark acoustic', behave yourself man! And get yourself some Damien Rice, lock yourself in a room with it and absorb it 'til you feel like crying everytime you hear him sing.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • musicismylife78
    musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    the ultimate dark acoustic is Nick Drake. Three albums, but what a three they are! Pink Moon could be the ultimate meloncholy sad dark acoustic record. The song "Place to be" alone is worth a listen. Hell of a record.
  • bestsane
    bestsane Posts: 131
    Try Godsmack's The Other Side EP. The songs are dark and if you can't take it, you'll join the dark side.

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