Normal People
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Normal People

by Sally Rooney

A romance playlist built to mirror Connell and Marianne’s push-pull: early distance, private intensity, and the slow shift from secrecy to emotional reckoning. The instrumental side favors intimate, steady atmospheres that feel like college halls and late conversations, while the vocal tracks land on longing, restraint, and the ache of nearly-said things in Dublin.

21 tracks
balanced
Sep 12, 2026
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Track List

21 songs
1
Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Charles Mingus · Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell

2
The Essential John Coltrane On Impulse!

Impressions

John Coltrane · The Essential John Coltrane On Impulse!

3
Codex

Peace Piece

Bill Evans · Codex

4
Coast to Coast

Spain

Chick Corea · Coast to Coast

5
Blue Break Beats - 50 Of The Best

Cantaloupe Island

Herbie Hancock · Blue Break Beats - 50 Of The Best

6
BD Music & Cabu Present Duke Ellington at the Piano

Solitude

Duke Ellington · BD Music & Cabu Present Duke Ellington at the Piano

7
Suite 16

Michelle

Yusef Lateef · Suite 16

8
Jazz Profile: Lee Morgan

The Sidewinder

Lee Morgan · Jazz Profile: Lee Morgan

9
The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions

Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock · The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions

10
In a Sentimental Mood

In a Sentimental Mood

Duke Ellington · In a Sentimental Mood

11
RSO Performs Phoebe Bridgers

Kyoto

Roma Symphony Orchestra · RSO Performs Phoebe Bridgers

12
MSQ Performs The xx

Islands

Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs The xx

13
Lahai

Only

Sampha · Lahai

14
Lullaby Versions of Chvrches

Leave a Trace

The Cat and Owl · Lullaby Versions of Chvrches

15
Lullaby Versions of The National

I Need My Girl

The Cat and Owl · Lullaby Versions of The National

16
Spring Break 2011

Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes · Spring Break 2011

17
The New Abnormal

At The Door

The Strokes · The New Abnormal

18
Lullaby Versions of SZA

Good Days

The Cat and Owl · Lullaby Versions of SZA

19
MCP Top Hits of 2016, Vol. 7

Somebody Else

Molotov Cocktail Piano · MCP Top Hits of 2016, Vol. 7

20
First Take

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Roberta Flack · First Take

21
Dream Department

Let’s Play Chess

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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