Black moods demand bleak music. There are certain albums that radiate genuine rage, that siphon off your own anger and anguish to disperse it into the ether. Some of my go-to LPs for this effect are ...

The quintessential opera/ musical "cross-over" piece, Don Imbroglio offers a side-splitting music-theatre experience filled with laughter and singing, opera and family, divas and bimbos, love and ...