Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

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Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt Playlist

20 tracks

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Sep 21, 2026

2 mixes for this book

This playlist mirrors Ben Reeves’ metaphysical, reality-bending drift through a sequence of intimate, luminous instrumentals and understated lyric songs. Together they move from quiet wonder to uneasy clarity—like everything becoming beautiful while something still seems to be holding its breath.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Open Eye Signal

Jon Hopkins · Open Eye Signal (Remixes)

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2

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen · Various Positions

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3

Space Song

Beach House · Depression Cherry

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4

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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5

Somebody That I Used To Know

Gotye · Making Mirrors

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6

Take Me Home, Country Roads

John Denver · The John Denver Collection, Vol 1: Take Me Home Country Roads

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7

Where the Light Comes In

Sarah Neufeld · The Ridge

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8

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Songs From The Big Chair

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9

Young Lion

Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City

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10

Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

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11

The Scientist

Coldplay · A Rush of Blood to the Head

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12

An Ending, A Beginning

Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights

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13

The Great Gig in the Sky - Live

Pink Floyd · Pulse (Live)

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14

Opaline

Novo Amor · Cannot Be, Whatsoever

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15

To Build A Home

The Cinematic Orchestra · Ma Fleur

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16

The Promise

Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture

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17

The Sound Of Silence

Christopher Phillips · Piano Chill: Songs of Simon & Garfunkel

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18

River Flows In You

Yiruma · First Love (The Original & the Very First Recording)

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19

Breathe Me

Sia · Colour The Small One

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20

Into My Arms

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · The Boatman's Call (2011 - Remaster)

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