🎬 Entertainment May 3, 2026 · Alexis Petridis, Jude Rogers, Laura Barton, Jason Okundaye and Ammar Kalia

Spotify has ruined mood playlists – so our critics have made some better ones instead

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Spotify has ruined mood playlists – so our critics have made some better ones instead
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Whether made by human hand or shady algorithm, emotion-based playlists are everywhere. But if you’re looking for a superior soundtrack to ‘all the feels’, get your ears round these selections from our music writersMusic might be the greatest mood enhancer in the world: it’s certainly hard to think of another art form that can so effectively tip a feeling of happiness into euphoria or create a suitably gloomy space in which to wallow in melancholy. There have always been albums designed to evoke

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