Here’s some self-indulgent melancholia (but hey!  it ends on a high!)  The story of my life as a singleton, every song here means something special to me and at one time or another seemed to be the most important song in the whole wide world. Each song here sends a little tingle down my spine whenever I hear it. Perhaps it takes me back to a good time or a sad time, or perhaps it reminds me of what I expect will happen next. It doesn’t really matter though: I know it’ll all be forgotten about in the end.

This playlist is sometimes uplifting, sometimes bleak; often reflective and frequently deep. I hope you find it’s worth it for the few rare hearts you meet along the way.

Enjoy the music, lovers. See you on the other side.

David Bowie – Five Years
The Associates – Paper House
The All Seeing I – Stars On Sunday
Frazier Chorus – All The Air
The Beloved – You’ve Got Me Thinking
The Beautiful South – I’m Your No.1 Fan
Massive Attack – Protection
The Divine Comedy – The Summerhouse
Björk – Possibly Maybe
Tindersticks – Lets Pretend
My Life Story – You Can’t Uneat the Apple
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Where the Wild Roses Grow
Eddi Reader – Dolphins
Mary Coughlan – Red Ribbon
k.d. lang – So It Shall Be
David Sylvian – Orpheus
My Life Story – Under the Ice
Depeche Mode – Somebody
Dubstar – Everyday I Die
Thermostatic – My Ship
This Mortal Coil – Help Me Lift You Up
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Souvenir (Moby Remix)
The The – Bluer Than Midnight
Martin Stephenson And The Daintees – There Comes A Time
Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
Editors – Push Your Head Towards the Air
Billy MacKenzie – Winter Academy
Blur – To the End
Kylie Minogue – Light Years
Queen – It’s a Hard Life
Moby – Everloving

A Fool For You is dedicated to Gillian, May, Carole, and Carolyn.