The Vinyl Princess knows that Music is Love and if you're looking for a gift for that special someone on February 14th, these fourteen songs, all chosen from the VP's own Vinyl Collection, make a thoughtful gift.

1. The Rolling Stones- Wild Horses

2. Joni Mitchell- A Case Of You

3. Jimi Hendrix- Angel

4. Julie London- Fly Me To The Moon

5. Bob Dylan- Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

6. Billy Bragg- Must I Paint You A Picture?

7. The Beatles- And I Love Her

8. Gram Parsons- A Song For You

9. Nick Cave- The Ship Song

10. David Bowie- Heroes

11. Tom Waits- Little Trip To Heaven

12. Leonard Cohen- I'm Your Man

13. The Pogues- Rainy Night in Soho

14. Chet Baker- My Funny Valentine

10 Songs to Soothe a Broken Heart:
I adore girls with guitars. There's something very empowered about them. This is a list about getting over a guy. I dug through my records to assemble a bunch of tunes featuring girl singers addressing that guy who just made out with your best friend, that guy who just up and left you (and said it was Him, not You), that guy who tore your heart out and drove off in your car. Download the list, get a nice bottle of wine (if you're of age!), and it will all look better by morning.

"I'm All Right" by Madeleine Peyroux
I love this song. It's about the things we do to convince ourselves that we're going to survive the breakup, like try and remember all the annoying things about the guy.

"I've Been Loving You Too Long" by Cat Powers
A classic "What am I doing with this guy?" song sung by an indie torch singer...beautiful.

"Girl in a Car" by Kim Richie
A song about packing up the car and leaving and how bad that feels. I discovered Kim Richie recently and I listened to this song ten times in a row.

"Wake Up Alone" by Amy Winehouse
Enough said.

"Somewhere Down The Road" by Feist
This song, from The Hottest State soundtrack, is about looking back at a relationship, remembering how truly awful you were together, but somehow still missing that guy. Leslie Feist is exquisite. Tissues required.

"I Changed the Locks" by Lucinda Williams
Lucinda is the queen of "cheatin'and hurtin'" songs. This is one of my faves. I think she means it this time.

"Something Stupid" by Nancy Sinatra
Another classic "Gee, I wish I hadn't said that, now he knows how I feel" songs. Nancy does it best. They always have this on the jukebox in bars where girls go to drown their sorrows. Make sure you check.

"Walk a Mile" by Holly Go-Lightly
I always like to pair Something Stupid with this one. Holly is fantastic. She's British, cheeky, and she has a great attitude. I discovered her while digging through Jack White's stuff.

"Talk of the Town" by Kate Walsh
Kate Walsh has the prettiest voice. This song is about a girl who's left holding the bag in a small town.

"Bonfires" by Ricki Lee Jones
Ricki wrote this song to help her get over someone who broke her heart. The first time I heard it, I wept.

Okay, first of all, this isn't a country album. I have no idea why they called it country and western. It's just a lot of great old songs and, for my money, one of the coolest Ray Charles albums out there. The arrangements are all old school, big band Jazz style, the stuff of 4pm cocktail hours featuring martinis. "Careless Love" is the best tune on the album, "You Don't Know Me" is heartbreaking, so is "Born To Lose". Ray Charles was such an amazing singer and you never want to forget how much he contributed to the music world so, if you don't own any, start here. My dad can't believe I like this, by the way. If you feel like blowing your parent's minds, come home with a copy of this. It'll keep them guessing.

The Monkees were a manufactured product designed by Don Kirshner and TV Producers to represent a watered down, more accessible version of a Hard Days Night. The oh-so-lovable fake fab four mop-heads lip-synched their way through  several seasons of a sitcom and most of the albums until later, when they actually did play on some songs and Michael Nesmith penned a few songs too. Having said that, The Monkees are a guilty pleasure of mine. I liken them to the birds at times only with more whimsical themes. "Pleasant Valley Sunday" remains one of my favorite songs ever. "Salesman" is really great and "Daydream Believer", sure cheese-ball but so catchy and great when served with cheese balls. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones Ltd., in my mind, is the best of the bunch and the most reminiscent of The Byrds vocals and The Turtles everything else. Forget The Best Of, Forget the 2 CD box set, you don't need any of that crap, just buy a used copy of this LP and you're set. You'll own all the Monkees you'll ever need. And compared with the manufactured Pap of today, it's brilliant.