There are many ways to navigate a breakup, some constructive and others less so, but music is one of the safer, more cathartic choices.

Perhaps you’re feeling angry or betrayed and need to release some of that steam by belting out some vocals. Conversely, a good, long cry might be in order. There are songs — even entire albums — for both of those options and everything in between.

Rock musicians, despite their untethered and glamorous personas, aren’t immune to the common experience of heartbreak, and often, when it happens to them, songs follow. Some of the most famous and successful music of all time has been created in the aftermath of such events.

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In the gallery below, we’ve compiled 25 of rock’s finest breakup albums, listed in chronological order. These selections are just the tip of the iceberg, and it’s important to note that what one person might find a helpful album to listen to after a breakup, another might find unrelatable. Heartbreak is a universal feeling, but responses to it vary endlessly.

Some of these albums were literally written about a breakup or divorce that occurred in real life for the artist — subsequent interviews have revealed this, or fans have simply been able to connect the dots. Others focus more on the general feeling of parting ways and feeling nostalgic about what once was. Whatever your feelings may be, there’s an album for it.