Here are some suggestions of music that I have found to be empowering, positive, and uplifting. Please consider that subjectivity plays a role in my enjoyment of these. It is possible that you may not care for them or even find them to be positive.
I used the following format:
Artist - Album - Song
Where no song is listed, I think the whole album is valuable for the requested purposes. Asterisks (*) point out songs that make me go crazy and want to run around the block with positive energy.
Philip Glass - Glassworks
Arcade Fire - Funeral - "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)", "Wake up"*
Baby Dayliner - High Heart and Low Estate - "Raid"*
Bach - Brandenburg Concertos - No. 1 and 3 especially
Bjork - Homogenic - "All is Full of Love"
Blur - 13 - "Tender"
Brendan Benson - Alternative to Love, Lapalco
Cornelius - Fantasma, Point
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine - "Extraordinary Machine," "Waltz (Better Than Fine)"*
Garbage - Beautiful Garbage - "Silence is Golden,"* "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)," "Parade"
The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike - "Feelgood by Numbers," "Huddle Formation"*
Green Day - Angus Soundtrack - "J.A.R."*
Hepcat - Scientific
Interpol - Antics - "Not Even Jail," "C'mere"
Johnny Cash - American III - "One," "Field of Diamonds"
Moby - Everything is Wrong
Muse - Absolution - "Butterflies & Hurricanes"
Nat King Cole - Greatest Hits - "Pretend," "Smile"
Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach - "Knee 5"
Postal Service - Give up - "Such Great Heights," "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way - "Universally Speaking," "Can't Stop"*
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - "Today"
Smashing Pumpkins - Machina - "The Imploding Voice"
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie - "Tonight, Tonight," "Muzzle"*
Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions - "Higher Ground"
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
I realize there is a whole lot here, so maybe you will be able to give a preview listen on the iTunes Music Store and find those in which you are interested. I am certain you may know some of them, being a rock fan. In either case, I hope it is not an overwhelming amount. I am a bit of a music person and there is even more I could add, but this is what I found after looking through my collection.
Thanks,
arran
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