Book Playlist

Tokyo blues Playlist

by Haruki Murakami

19 tracks

balanced

Mar 10, 2026

This playlist captures the melancholic introspection and nuanced emotional landscape of "Tokyo Blues" (Norwegian Wood) by Haruki Murakami. The instrumental tracks evoke the novel's quiet moments of solitude and urban longing through ambient, classical, and post-rock sounds, while the vocal selections explore themes of love, loss, memory, and youthful disillusionment, mirroring the complex character dynamics and Tokyo's 1960s atmosphere.

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Track List

19 songs

1

Ferme Les Yeux

Sylvain Chauveau · Des Plumes Dans La Tête

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2

Good Night, Day

Jóhann Jóhannsson · Orphée

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3

The Mighty Rio Grande

This Will Destroy You · S/T

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4

A Stream With Bright Fish - 2005 Digital Remaster

Harold Budd · The Pearl

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5

Ghosts of the Past

Lucas Evans · Echoes of the Void

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6

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Ryuichi Sakamoto · Playing The Piano

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7

Radiant Heartbeats

Helios Jazz Club · Embrace Of The Stars

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8

Nothing More

C Duncan · The Midnight Sun

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9

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

The Smiths · Lo mejor de los 80s y 90s 100 clásicos en inglés

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10

Lua

Vitamin String Quartet · VSQ Performs Bright Eyes: Beautiful In The Morning

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11

Night Shift

Lucy Dacus · Historian

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12

Cherry-coloured Funk

Cocteau Twins · Heaven or Las Vegas

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13

Northern Sky

Nick Drake · 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

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14

Wicked Game

Chris Isaak · Romantic Picnic Date

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15

Fade Into You

Mazzy Star · Coastal Summer Romance

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16

Girl from the North Country

Bob Dylan · Nashville Skyline

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17

Atmosphere

Joy Division · Smash Hits Strange 80s

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18

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division · Top 80s Songs (The Greatest Eighties Hits)

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19

Good People

Luminary Flux · Why not?

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