Time to break out the winter mixtapes

I just listened to this track on the walk home tonight, it's definitely a winter favourite. In fact, the entire first Broken Social Scene album is a perfect soundtrack for walking home in the gently falling snow with a couple rye's in the belly. The rest of their discography, not so much.

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Kid A is another great winter night album. From the artwork to the coldness of the synthesized music to the fact I first bought the album on a cold December night in high school, few albums compare when it comes to getting you through the winter months. Uber-critic Robert Christgau gives the album a great description that also applies to why the album goes so well in zero degree weather - it's "sadness made pretty".