Some Song Over the Rainbow: Gray

Likely the most neutral of all colors, there's plenty of vibrancy in this week's post on the color gray. Whether you spell it with an a or an e, this color is a part of your life every day without a doubt.

Merriam-Webster defines gray as "any of a series of neutral colors ranging between black and white." Gray often symbolizes balance, boredom, compromise, control, depression, maturity, neutrality, peace, practicality, sadness, sophistication, stability, and wisdom. Is gray not fitting your precise mood right now? Check out other shades like ash, charcoal, dove, fog, gunmetal, iron, pewter, silver, slate, smoke, stone, taupe, or any of the many other shades and names this color can go by.

Like our past posts, this post will be divided between albums and songs. For albums, I've once again compiled a list of albums from my husband and I's individual libraries looking for gray album covers for the Gray Playlist available on Apple Music @audioaesthetics. I've also complied a list of songs, again from both my and my husband's libraries, that have gray (or a various shade) somewhere in the title. Let's get started!

Gray Albums

A Little Bit Longer - Jonas Brothers, 2008

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane, 1965

After Hours - The Weeknd, 2020

ANXIOUS-AVOIDANT - Simu Liu, 2023

As I Am - Alicia Keys, 2008

Ascend - Red Rocks Worship, 2023

AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP - A$AP Rocky, 2015

Back for the First Time - Ludacris, 2000

Bangarang - Skrillex, 2011

Batflowers - Meg Washington, 2020

Be One - Natalie Grant, 2015

Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne, 1980

Blown Away - Carrie Underwood, 2012

Boys Of Faith - Zach Bryan, 2023

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel, 1970

Cleopatra - The Lumineers, 2016

Color Decay - The Devil Wears Prada, 2022

Compadres - Charlie Worsham, 2023

Continuum - John Mayer, 2006

Covered - Mack Brock, 2019

Crowns Down (Live) - Gateway Worship, 2023

Dangerous: The Double Album - Morgan Wallen, 2019

Dark Lady - Cher, 1974

Decemberunderground - AFI, 2006

Dedicated - Carly Rae Jepsen, 2019

Dedicated Side B- Carly Rae Jepsen, 2020

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd - Lana Del Rey, 2023

Different Man - Kane Brown, 2022

Eagle When She Flies - Dolly Parton, 1991

Echoes - Matt Maher, 2017

86 - Infected Rain, 2017

El Camino - The Black Keys, 2011

Endless Praise - Charity Gayle, 2021

Extralife - Darlingside, 2018

Eyes Open - Snow Patrol, 2005

Fathers & Sons - Luke Combs, 2024

Folklore - Taylor Swift, 2020

Freedom Highway - Rhiannon Giddens, 2017

Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys, 2012

Gnosis - Russian Circles, 2022

GNX - Kendrick Lamar, 2024

Hail Mary - iwrestledabearonce, 2015

Heaps Cool - QUIX, 2017

Heartbreak Express - Dolly Parton, 1982

HERE - Alicia Keys, 2016

History of a Feeling - Madi Diaz, 2021

Holy Spirit Come - Patrick Mayberry, 2021

Homogenic - Björk, 1997

HOPE - NF, 2023

Hybrid Theory - LINKIN PARK, 2000

Hymns - Anthem Lights, 2017

Icky Thump - The White Stripes, 2007

Idina. - Idina Menzel, 2016

Ill Communication - Beastie Boys, 1994

Inhale, Do Not Breathe - Jinjer, 2012

Into the Glorious - Christy Nockels, 2012

Journey - Naomi Raine, 2022

Kamikaze - Eminem, 2018

KEYS II - Alicia Keys, 2021

KIDS - Noga Erez, 2021

Let Go - Avril Lavigne, 2002

Live at Maverick City - Maverick City Music, 2025

Live From New York - Jesus Culture, 2012

Look Up - Ringo Starr, 2025

Look Up Child - Lauren Daigle, 2018

Love Stuff - Elle King, 2014

Magma - GOJIRA, 2016

Maverick City Music, Vol. 3: Pt 2 - Maverick City Music, 2020

Micro - Jinjer, 2018

M!ssundaztood - P!nk, 2001

My Head Is an Animal - Of Monsters and Men, 2011

Need You Now - Lady A, 2010

Night Visions - Imagine Dragons, 2012

No Time Like the Present - Louden Swain, 2017

ObZen - Meshuggah, 2008

Ohms - Deftones, 2020

One Thing At A Time - Morgan Wallen, 2023

Optimist - FINNEAS, 2021

Our Love Is Loud (Live) - Passion, 2002

Our Version of Events - Emeli Sandé, 2012

Own The Night - Lady A, 2011

Parts of Speech - Dessa, 2013

People - Hillsong UNITED, 2019

Platinum - Miranda Lambert, 2014

PowerNerd - Devin Townsend, 2024

Pray for the Wicked - Panic! At the Disco, 2018

Psalms Live - Shane & Shane, 2016

Rated R - Rihanna, 2009

Recovery - Eminem, 2010

Requiem - Korn, 2022

Right On Time - Gretchen Wilson, 2013

Rumble of Thunder - The Hu, 2022

Run Come Save Me - Roots Manuva, 2001

RUSHMERE - Mumford & Sons, 2025

Sewer Rat - Franklin Jonas, 2023

Shatter Me - Lindsey Stirling, 2014

Sincere - Khalid, 2024

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi, 1986

SNAP PACK - Rosa Linn, 2022

Special - Lizzo, 2022

Stereo Mind Game - Daughter, 2023

Storm the Gates of Hell - Demon Hunter, 2007

Taking the Long Way - The Chicks, 2006

Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, 1983

The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance, 2006

The Fall of Ideals - All That Remains, 2006

The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga, 2009

The Grass Is Blue - Dolly Parton, 1999

The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem, 2000

The Marshall Mathers LP2 - Eminem, 2013

THE NIGHTDAY - ZHU, 2014

The North Corridor - Chevelle, 2016

The Original High - Adam Lambert, 2015

The Place I Feel Safest - Currents, 2017

The Search - NF, 2019

The Table - One Voice INT Music, 2023

The Undoing - Steffany Gretzinger, 2014

The Woman In Me - Shania Twain, 1995

Thinking In Textures - Chet Faker, 2012

This Is Acting - Sia, 2016

this is what ____ feels like (Vol. 1-4) - JVKE, 2022

This Is Why - Paramore, 2023

Tides - Bethel Music, 2013

To Love a Fool - Cory Asbury, 2020

To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar, 2015

Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! - Panic! At the Disco, 2013

Traveller - Chris Stapleton, 2015

Tremors - SOHN, 2014

Twelve Carat Toothache - Post Malone, 2022

21 - Adele, 2011

2 2 Karma - Foreign Beggars, 2017

Vintage - Shane & Shane, 2020

Viva Las Vengeance - Panic! At the Disco, 2022

Voodoo - D'Angelo, 2000

Warmonger - Chorder, 2014

Weightless - Animals As Leaders, 2011

What You See Is What you Get - Luke Combs, 2019

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis, 1995

Wider Circles - Rising Appalachia, 2015

Worship - Caleb and Kelsey, 2018

ZII - The Devil Wears Prada, 2021

Zombie - The Devil Wears Prada, 2010

Gray Songs

Melt My Heart to Stone by Adele

Written by A. Adkins, E. White

Album: 19 (2008)

Silver Streets by BOY

Written by S. Glass, V. Steiner, P. Steinke

Album: Mutual Friends (2011)

I Am a Stone by Demon Hunter

Written by R. Clark

Album: True Defiance (2012)

Silver Dagger by Dolly Parton

Written by D. Parton

Album: The Grass Is Blue (1999)

Another Stone by Elevation Worship & Chandler Moore ft. Chris Brown

Written by C. Moore, C. Brown, S. Furtick, J. Holiday

Album: When Wind Meets Fire (2024)

Grey Seal by Elton John

Written by E. John, B. Taupin

Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)

Smokey by Emmure

Written by F. Palmeri, J. Travis

Album: Look at Yourself (2017)

Heart of Stone by Jelly Roll

Written by Z. Crowell, J. DeFord, B. Pendergrass, S. Carter

Album: Beautifully Broken (2024)

Garden of Stone by Jeremy Renner

Written by J. Renner, W. Afanasieff

Album: Love and Titanium (2024)

Silver Thunderbird by Jo Dee Messina

Written by M. Cohn

Album: I'm Alright (1998)

Blowin' Smoke by Kacey Musgraves

Written by K. Musgraves, S. McAnally, L. Laird

Album: Same Trailer Different Park (2013)

Silver Lining by Kacey Musgraves

Written by K. Musgraves, S. McAnally, J. Osborne

Album: Same Trailer Different Park (2013)

Silver Platter by Khalid

Written by C. Worrell, D. Kosiak, J. Kellner, K. Robinson

Album: Barbie The Album (2023)

Grayscale by Lamb of God

Written by J. Campbell, M. Morton, W. Adler, A. Cruz, D. Blythe

Album: Omens (2022)

Still Rolling Stones by Lauren Daigle

Written by L. Daigle, J. Ingram, P. Duncan, B. Mabury

Album: Look Up Child (2018)

Maxwell's Silver Hammer by The Beatles

Written by P. McCartney, J. Lennon

Album: Abbey Road (1969)

Nickels Is Money Too by The Devil Wears Prada

Written by J. Baney, D. Williams, M. Hranica, J. Depoyster, A. Trick, C. Rubey

Album: Plagues (2007)

I hope you found some colorful new music to check out today. Happy listening, and see ya'll next week!