Batten down, button up, and make the most of the worst winter weather.
Here are our top listening picks for the snowy, icy, overcast and cold days of winter.
1. "A Winter's Tale" - Moody Blues
Album: DecemberSample lyric:
"The nights are colder now
Maybe I should close the door
And anyway the snow has covered all your footsteps
And I can follow you no more"
2. "A Winter's Tale" - Queen
Album: Made in HeavenSample lyric:
"There's a kind of magic in the air
What a truly magnificent view
A breathtaking scene"
3. "Snowbound" - Donald Fagen
Album: KamakiriadSample lyric:
"We hit the street
With visors down
With our thermasuits
Sealed up tight"
4. "Snowbound" - Genesis
Album: ... And Then There Were Three ...Sample lyric:
"Lay your body down upon the midnight snow
Feel the cold of winter in your hair
Ooh, ooh what a snowman
They say a snow year's a good year"
5. "Snow Theme" - Journey
Album: Dream After DreamInstrumental from soundtrack of Japanese movie
6. "Snowman" - Rainbow
Album: Bent Out of ShapeInstrumental from an animated film about a boy and a snowman who fly to the North Pole
7. "Snowball" - Devo
Album: Freedom of ChoiceSample lyric:
"My baby took our love
And then she rolled it up
Rolled it up a hill
Like a ball of snow
Like a snowball grows"
8. "Under Ice" - Kate Brown
Album: Hounds of LoveSample lyric:
"Its wonderful
Everywhere, so white
The river has frozen over
Not a soul on the ice."
9. "First Snow on Brooklyn" - Jethro Tull
Album: The Jethro Tull Christmas AlbumSample lyric:
"And the first snow on Brooklyn
Makes a lonely road to travel
Cold crunch steps that echo as the blizzard bites"
10. "Obscured By Clouds" - Pink Floyd
Album: Obscured By CloudsInstrumental
