This Is The Proper Sequence Of Music To Listen To By Which To Process a Break-Up

"Tis brief, my lord."

"As woman's love."

-Hamlet, Act III.ii 

1. Elliott Smith's Either/Or, followed immediately by X/O. 
2. Sea Change by Beck.
3. Grace by Jeff Buckley.
4. In Utero by Nirvana works surprisingly well in this context, believe it or not.
5. Mad Love by Robi Draco Rosa (though start with track 2).
6. "Hey Ya!" by Outkast, which was a break-up masquerading as a party song all along.
7. The Best of Leonard Cohen.
8. The Smiths.  Just, all of it.
9. Quiet Is The New Loud by Kings of Convenience.
10. The Curtain Hits The Cast and/or Trust by Low.   
11. The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground.
12. All the gut-wrenching break-up songs on Help! ("You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," "Ticket to Ride," "Yesterday"), Beatles for Sale ("No Reply," "I'm a Loser," "Baby's in Black," "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"), Rubber Soul ("You Won't See Me," "What Goes On," "Girl," "I'm Looking Through You"), and/or Revolver ("Eleanor Rigby," "For No One") by The Beatles. 
13. The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner by Ben Folds Five. 
14. Ben Fold's Rockin' the Suburbs, but skipping the last song and transitioning directly into Songs for Silverman.
15. Seven Swans and The Age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens (skip Illinois for now, it will not help you here). 
16. Noble Beast by Andrew Bird.
17. Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan (though start with "Visions of Johanna" and skip "I Want You").
18. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme by Simon & Garfunkle (particularly "The Dangling Conversation"). 
19. Side B of Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys.
20. Side B of Pinkerton by Weezer. 
21. "Stardust" by Nat King Cole. 
22. "Stardust" by Willie Nelson.
23. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye.
24. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
25. "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor (obviously).
26. "I Will Survive" by Cake (obviously).
27. "The Distance" by Cake.  (Actually, the whole of Fashion Nugget works well here).
28. "Love Will Tear Us Apart Again" by Joy Division.
29. "Blue Monday" by New Order.
30. "Selfless, Cold and Composed" by Ben Folds Five. 
31. "Who Loves the Sun" by The Velvet Underground. 
32.  "Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure.
33. "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley.
34. "Sorrow" by David Bowie.
35. "So Much For The Afterglow" and "Santa Monica" by Everclear. 
36. "Sugar We're Going Down" by Fall Out Boy.
37. "Paper Sun" by Traffic.
38. "Effect and Cause" by The White Stripes. 
39. "It's All Over Now" by The Rolling Stones.
40. "Dizzy" by Jimmy Eat World.
41. You are now officially tired of feeling sad, so you put on "99 Problems" by Jay-Z.  Extra points if you rap along with the lyrics at top volume.