Valentine's Day music for the smitten and the cynical
Whether you approach this Valentine's Day with glee or dread, the Music Business Association has a soundtrack for you.
The folks there have compiled a list of the "Most Romantic Albums of All Time," along with a batch of 50 "Love Hurts" songs for those more inclined to observe Black Friday than the traditional roses-and-chocolate holiday.
The 10 most romantic albums (alphabetically)
21 – Adele
Avalon – Roxy Music
Come Away with Me – Norah Jones
I'm Still in Love with You – Al Green
Kind of Blue – Miles Davis
Let's Get It On – Marvin Gaye
Love Deluxe – Sade
Love Songs – Carpenters
Lovers Rock – Sade
To Be Loved – Michael Bublé
"Love Hurts" tunes (alphabetically)
911 – Wyclef feat. Mary J. Blige
Ain't No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
Bad Things to Such Good People – Pedro the Lion
Barely Breathing – Duncan Sheik
Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood
Bitch Went Nuts – Ben Folds
Blame It on Your Heart – Patty Loveless
Boots of Spanish Leather – Bob Dylan
Brown Paper Sack – Reigning Sound
Come Pick Me Up – Ryan Adams
Crazy Bitch – Buckcherry
Cry Me a River – Justin Timberlake
Crying – Roy Orbison
Duchess – Scott Walker
Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
Everybody's Been Burned – Sebadoh
Everything Sucks – Reel Big Fish
H-A-T-R-E-D – Tonio K.
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow – Ramones
I Can't Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
I Hate Everything About You – Three Days Grace
I Knew You Were Trouble – Taylor Swift
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Wanna Be Right – Luther Ingram
It's Too Late – Carole King
I've Been Loving You Too Long – Otis Redding
Just Give Me a Reason – Pink with Nate Ruess
Kiss and Say Goodbye – The Manhattans
Knowing Me, Knowing You – Abba
Last Ride – Todd Rundgren
Love Hurts – Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons
Love Stinks – J. Geils Band
One Last Cry – Brian McKnight
Only the Lonely – Roy Orbison
Pictures of You – The Cure
She Hates Me – Puddle of Mudd
Single Ladies – Beyoncé
Someone Like You – Adele
Something Less Than Something More – Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell
Song for the Dumped – Ben Folds Five
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
Take It Easy (Love Nothing) – Bright Eyes
The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand
Time for Me to Fly – REO Speedwagon
When I'm Gone – Anna Kendrick
I Wish It Would Rain – The Temptations
Always on My Mind – Willie Nelson
You're Breaking My Heart – Harry Nilsson