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A Listmania! list by Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK)
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Faith [Deluxe Edition]
1.  Faith [Deluxe Edition] by The Cure
The list author says:
  "The most miserable Cure-album in the world, e.g. The Drowning Man, Faith, The Funeral Party, The Holy Hour, All Cats are Grey..."
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The War Zone [DVD] [1999]
2.  The War Zone [DVD] [1999] DVD ~ Ray Winstone
The list author says:
  "Tim Roth's sole film is brilliant, but bleak stuff...Lara Belmont and Ray Winstone are brilliant here."
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Songs of Love and Hate
3.  Songs of Love and Hate by Leonard Cohen
The list author says:
  "'Dress Rehearsal Rag' is probably the reason why Cohen has that bleak cliche associated with his work. When we know that much of his later work is comedy (& that's not just down to the synths!)"
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Hour Of The Wolf [DVD]
4.  Hour Of The Wolf [DVD] DVD ~ Max von Sydow
The list author says:
  "A philosophical take on the horror movie, fitting somewhere between 'The Magician' and 'Persona' ...A migraine for the soul!"
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Music for a New Society
5.  Music for a New Society by John Cale
The list author says:
  "John Cale's ground-zero from 1982..."
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A Short Film About Killing [1988] [DVD]
6.  A Short Film About Killing [1988] [DVD] DVD ~ Miroslaw Baka
The list author says:
  "Feature length take on an episode from the Dekalog, influenced by 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Outsider'"
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The Holy Bible 10th Anniversary Edition [2CD + DVD]
7.  The Holy Bible 10th Anniversary Edition [2CD + DVD] by Manic Street Preachers
The list author says:
  "Playing with fire, for sure...an unhealthy LP that I sometimes love and sometimes reject: Die in the Summertime, Yes, 4st7Ib, Mausoleum..."
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The Drowned And The Saved (Abacus Books)
8.  The Drowned And The Saved (Abacus Books) by Primo Levi
The list author says:
  "Primo Levi's final book, most associated with his accident/suicide and a potent final statement. Crystal clear, despite the Grey Zone - perhaps someone should give David Irving a copy?"
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Red House Painters
9.  Red House Painters by Red House Painters
The list author says:
  "The most gruelling RHP's album: Mother, Katy Song, Down Through, Rollercoaster, Things Mean a Lot..."
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Waiting For The Barbarians
10.  Waiting For The Barbarians by J M Coetzee
The list author says:
  "Coetzee's Kafka-influenced novel depicts murder and torture in an anonymous African-state..."
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Irreversible [DVD] [2003]
11.  Irreversible [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Monica Bellucci
The list author says:
  "A structure like 'Memento' influenced by Pinter's 'Betrayal', ending at the happy beginning..."
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Leaving Las Vegas
12.  Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien
The list author says:
  "Novel from writer who commited suicide shortly after, as his book was adapted into a fine film by Mike Figgis..."
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Blemish
13.  Blemish by David Sylvian
The list author says:
  "Breaking up is hard to do...avant-acoustic jazz, electronica & avant-drones accompanying Sylvian's bleak lyrics: Blemish, She is Not, The Heart Knows Better, The Good Son etc."
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Salo [DVD]
14.  Salo [DVD] DVD ~ Paolo Bonacelli
The list author says:
  "Pasolini's final film takes a suitably black comic, exploitative approach to fascism - adaptaing Nazi-favourite De Sade. A great, if stomach-churning film."
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The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett
15.  The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett by Samuel Beckett
The list author says:
  "Though he makes me laugh, you know it's the bleak stuff - especially 'Not I' and the end of 'Krapp's Last Tape'"
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Tonight's the Night
16.  Tonight's the Night by Neil Young
The list author says:
  "Young's lowest point and part of the Doom-ditch trilogy alongside 'Time Fades Away' and 'On the Beach' (there was also 'Homegrown'...). 'Lookout Joe' is the one here I feel..."
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Come & See [DVD] [1985] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
17.  Come & See [DVD] [1985] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Aleksey Kravchenko
The list author says:
  "As potent as 'Guernica' and a film that really should be available on a DVD in this region. Just one village..."
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Closer
18.  Closer by Joy Division
The list author says:
  "I suppose death and 'Closer' are inescapable? Moments of great beauty too: The Eternal, Decades, Heart & Soul, Means to an End, Isolation..."
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The Magdalene Sisters [DVD] [2003]
19.  The Magdalene Sisters [DVD] [2003] DVD ~ Eileen Walsh
The list author says:
  "Not subtle, but why be subtle about such cruelty? Some stellar performances, notably from that foxy maiden from 'Shameless' & 'Dr Zhivago'..."
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Fear and Trembling: Dialectical Lyric by Johannes De Silentio (Classics)
20.  Fear and Trembling: Dialectical Lyric by Johannes De Silentio (Classics) by Soren Kierkegaard
The list author says:
  "Key influence of existentialism...Samuel Beckett's toilet-book I expect..."
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Berlin
21.  Berlin by Lou Reed
The list author says:
  "A work of addiction and mental illness, really Lou'n'Bob should have been banged up for 'The Kids'!!! Nico is exploited too, though I always laugh at the line about "Welshmen in India"!!!"
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Bad Lieutenant - Dvd [1993]
22.  Bad Lieutenant - Dvd [1993] DVD ~ Harvey Keitel
The list author says:
  "Unrelenting misery for all the family! Crack-addiction, gambling, the gang-rape of a nun...not a date movie!"
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California
23.  California by American Music Club
The list author says:
  "The first four AMC albums need a proper UK reissue - 'United Kingdom' is probably bleaker in fact..."
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The Pianist: A Roman Polanksi Film ; [arranged for Piano Solo]
24.  The Pianist: A Roman Polanksi Film ; [arranged for Piano Solo] by Chester Music
The list author says:
  "Bleak recollection of time as nothing under the Nazis - with a bleak epilogue taking in the Nazi that helped him and his fate in a Russian Gulag..."
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Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey
25.  Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey by Fergal Keane
The list author says:
  "The establishment of the Mogadishu Line and the fact the rich countries of the world let this happen....some misery ought to be compulsory. If only Halliburton had interests in Rwanda, eh?"
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