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Fireside Christmas reimagines The Stand’s collapse-and-rebuilding arc with warm, intimate instrumentation (piano, gentle strings, and restrained glimmering textures) set against uneasy, sci-fi-leaning atmosphere. The playlist threads character-driven moods—mercy and community versus temptation and dread—so each section of the book feels like it has its own light source, even when the world goes dark.
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20 songs
1
Dissolving Clouds
Biosphere · Dropsonde
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2
Glassworks: Opening
Philip Glass · Philip Glass: Piano Works
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Melancholia II
William Basinski · Melancholia
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4
Piano Phase
Steve Reich · Works 1965-1995
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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Sugar Plum on the Run
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
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Take Five
Dave Brubeck · Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits
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A Stream With Bright Fish - 2005 Digital Remaster
Harold Budd · The Pearl
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Ode to Joy - Instrumental
Ludwig van Beethoven · Silly Classical Songs
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The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer
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Sunday Morning
Maroon 5 · Songs About Jane: 10th Anniversary Edition
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Hallelujah
Jeff Buckley · Grace
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13
Let Her Go
Passenger · All the Little Lights
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14
Wake Up Everybody
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes · The Sound Of Philadelphia - The Philadelphia Years (1971-1976)
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15
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked
Cage The Elephant · Cage The Elephant
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16
River
Leon Bridges · Coming Home (Deluxe)
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17
Take Me Home, Country Roads
John Denver · The John Denver Collection, Vol 1: Take Me Home Country Roads
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18
Merry-Go-Round of Life - Instrumental
Joe Hisaishi · Studio Ghibli Official B-Sides and Rarities Album
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19
Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones · The Rolling Stones Singles Collection: The London Years
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