Today's post comes from reader Elaine. Thanks, Elaine! Sarah McLachlan: Elsewhere [ purchase ] Sarah McLachlan's debut album was a ...

Todd Snider: Lonely Girl (live recording plus intro from Tales from Moondawg's Tavern ***) [ purchase ] - the studio version on Todd...

The Police: So Lonely [ purchase ] Admittedly and unabashedly based on Bob Marley's No Woman, No Cry - itself an admonition to a lonel...

Lucinda Williams: Side of the Road [ purchase ] Sometimes, you only need a few moments alone to clear your head. Lucinda William's ...

Janice Ian: At Seventeen Purchase Something about becoming a father has made me the biggest sap in the world. My 24 year old self would bea...

Simon and Garfunkel: I Am a Rock [ purchase ] The ultimate loner's anthem. Friendship causes pain. Love causes tears. A fortress of i...

Jan Johansson : Visa från Utanmyra [purchase] Swedish pianist Jan Johansson made nearly a dozen records before he died in a car crash in 196...

Gregory Isaacs : Lonely Lover [ purchase ] "Hey girl, you seem to be lonely, and I´m a lonely lover..." A perfect track for these ...

Cake: I Will Survive [ purchase ] Who doesn't love Gloria Gaynor's original?!? (and I'm hoping this is a rhetorical question) ...

Slaid Cleaves: Cold and Lonely [ purchase ] A transitional song, connecting one theme to the next with the tiniest of conjunctions. Texan s...