This Will End in Tears

<em>This Will End in Tears</em> is the first ever and definitive guide to melancholy music. Author Adam Brent Houghtaling leads music fans across genres beyond the enclaves of emo and mope-rock and through time to celebrate the albums and artists that make up the miserabilist landscape. In essence a book about the saddest songs ever sung <em>This Will End in Tears</em> is an encyclopedic guide to the masters of melancholy--from Robert Johnson to Radiohead from Edith Piaf to Joy Division from Patsy Cline to The Cure--an insightful exceedingly engaging exploration into why sad songs make us so happy.<br />