Contemplative Music

Contemplative music hits a specific emotional register. This collection spans 150 songs with complete sensory profiles — so you can find the feeling you want without a sudden sensory ambush.

Most intense (150)

Come Out
Steve Reich
intense
Martha
Tom Waits
intense
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams
intense
Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
intense
It's Gonna Rain
Steve Reich
intense
Waiting Around to Die
Townes Van Zandt
intense
Crossing the Rubicon
Bob Dylan
intense
Borderline
Ed Sheeran
intense
Needle in the Hay
Elliott Smith
intense
Working Class Hero
John Lennon
intense
Every Day Is Exactly the Same
Nine Inch Nails
intense
Mysterons
Portishead
intense
Machine Gun
Slowdive
intense
The Hanging Garden
The Cure
intense
Never Had No One Ever
The Smiths
intense
Capacity
Big Thief
intense
In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
Boards of Canada
intense
Jacquard Causeway
Boards of Canada
intense
Cluster
Cluster
intense
Paranoia
Cordae
intense

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