The White Album
Book Playlist

The White Album

by Joan Didion

Didion’s The White Album moves through 1960s California with a sharp, documentary gaze—then tilts into dread, intimacy, and disorientation. This playlist stitches that mosaic feeling together: instrumental tracks act like the book’s investigative silence and empty spaces, while the vocal tracks echo the era’s romance, fracture, and moral unease.

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Sep 21, 2026
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1
Copland Conducts Copland - Expanded Edition (Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Old American Songs (Complete), Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes)

Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland · Copland Conducts Copland - Expanded Edition (Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Old American Songs (Complete), Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes)

2
Explore America

Appalachian Spring: Simple Gifts

Aaron Copland · Explore America

3
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Hedwig's Theme

John Williams · Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

4
Auburn University Marching Band 2011-2012

Gonna Fly Now

Bill Conti · Auburn University Marching Band 2011-2012

5
Verdi: Requiem

Requiem: Lacrimosa

Giuseppe Verdi · Verdi: Requiem

6
Fingerbreaker: Classics Of Ragtime And Early Jazz Piano

The Entertainer

Scott Joplin · Fingerbreaker: Classics Of Ragtime And Early Jazz Piano

7
L.A. Woman

Riders on the Storm

The Doors · L.A. Woman

8
All The Leaves Are Brown The Golden Era Collection

California Dreamin'

The Mamas & The Papas · All The Leaves Are Brown The Golden Era Collection

9
Hotel California (2013 Remaster)

Hotel California - 2013 Remaster

Eagles · Hotel California (2013 Remaster)

10
L.A. Woman

L.A. Woman

The Doors · L.A. Woman

11
In The Groove

I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Marvin Gaye · In The Groove

12
Classic Rock Radio

Born To Be Wild

Steppenwolf · Classic Rock Radio

13
Aftermath

Paint It, Black

The Rolling Stones · Aftermath

14
Blowin' Your Mind!

Brown Eyed Girl

Van Morrison · Blowin' Your Mind!

15
The Doors

The End

The Doors · The Doors

16
Walk Don't Run - All-Time Greatest Hits

Walk, Don't Run

The Ventures · Walk Don't Run - All-Time Greatest Hits

17
"Surfing"

Pipeline

The Ventures · "Surfing"

18
Green Onions

Green Onions

Booker T. & the M.G.'s · Green Onions

19
Shadows Are Go!

Apache

The Shadows · Shadows Are Go!

20
Monster Surf

Misirlou

Gary Hoey · Monster Surf

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