人間失格

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人間失格 Playlist

by 太宰治

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 25, 2026

Japanese piano, ambient, traditional and contemporary pieces evoke the distance between inherited social conventions and a changing modern world, while the vocal selections trace Yōzō’s practiced humor, isolation and self-destruction. The sequence alternates unease with moments of fragile warmth, reflecting a life spent trying—and failing—to feel at home among other people.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Litany: I. Adagio

Toru Takemitsu · Takemitsu: Piano Music

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2

Blink

Hiroshi Yoshimura · Music for Nine Post Cards

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3

Reflections

Toshifumi Hinata · ひとつぶの海

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4

Light Dance

Akira Kosemura · How My Heart Sings

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5

Silk Road

Kitaro · Super Best

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6

Piano Phase

Steve Reich · Early Works

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7

Gloomy Sunday

Billie Holiday · BD Music Presents Billie Holiday

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8

Between The Bars

Elliott Smith · Either/Or

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9

How to Disappear Completely

Radiohead · Kid A

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10

Hurt

Johnny Cash · American IV: The Man Comes Around

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11

The Drugs Don't Work

The Verve · Urban Hymns (Super Deluxe / Remastered 2016)

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12

Nobody's Home

Avril Lavigne · Under My Skin

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13

No Surprises

Radiohead · OK Computer

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14

Ain't No Sunshine

Bill Withers · Just As I Am

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15

Mad World

Tears For Fears · The Hurting

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16

The Sound of Silence - Acoustic Version

Simon & Garfunkel · Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.

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17

Rain Coming

Toru Takemitsu · Takemitsu: How Slow the Wind / Tree Line / Archipelago S

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18

China Gates

John Adams · John Adams: China Gates

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19

A Rainbow in Curved Air

Terry Riley · A Rainbow In Curved Air

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20

Summer

Joe Hisaishi · 菊次郎の夏 (オリジナル・サウンドトラック)

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