The review of David Bowie's Blackstar. Given the circumstances, it was always going to be a tough review, but it's almost heartbreaking to see Mark barely hold back the tears by the end (it looks like he may have been crying between takes as well), especially when he talks about the lyrical themes of the album, in particular the lyrics of "I Can't Give Everything Away" and the Harsher in Hindsight lyrics of "Where the fuck did Monday go?" in "Girl Loves Me".
For very similar reasons above, the Skeleton Tree review.
The A Crow Looked at Me review. Mark doesn't break down crying like with Blackstar or Skeleton Tree, but he does have a somber attitude throughout the review, discussing how Mount Eerie's front man Phil Elverum used the album as a way to portray his pain and sadness after the death of his wife to cancer. It was such a powerful album that Mark refused to score it as a result.
The Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2019, during the #1 segment: "Hey Look Ma, I Made It". Unlike previous worst lists where the #1 segment was filled with hilarious venom, Mark this time around expressed genuine disappointment over "the flanderization of Brendon Urie" given how much of a fan he was of Panic! at the Disco prior.
This continues in his Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of the 2010s as the song was placed at the #8 spot, higher than songs like "FEFE", "I Won't Give Up", "Hey, Soul Sister", "Bottoms Up" and "Body Like A Back Road" (especially considering the latter two topped his Worst lists in 2014 and 2017 respectively, and the latter of those he gave an all-caps "WORST OF THE WEEK" when he originally covered it on Billboard Breakdown, compared to "Hey Look Ma, I Made It", which didn't even get a dishonorable mention the week it debuted).
His review of Eminem's Music To Be Murdered By on his On The Pulse series in 2020. Mark showed genuine disappointment with Eminem during his review of Revival, and his review of Kamikaze is arguably one of the angriest reviews Mark has ever made in response to what he viewed as Eminem backsliding and refusing to get out of his artistic comfort zone, but in his review of Music to be Murdered By he seems more resigned to the idea that Eminem will no longer innovate in rap music. Mark acknowledges that Eminem was a formative artist for him in his youth, but that he's no longer anticipating or expecting much from any new albums he releases.
Certain segments during his Top 50 Best Songs lists involve Mark connecting his favorite songs to real experiences in his personal life, and this can lead to some heartbreaking segments. A few examples include "Happiness" by Deaf Havana in 2017, "Blackout" by Ruston Kelly in 2018, ""better"" by Jetty Bones in 2019, and "Sun Bleached Flies" by Ethel Cain in 2022. 2023 had a fairly large number of these as well, including "Death Wish" by Jason Isbell, "Dial Drunk'" by Noah Kahan and Post Malone, "Bad Imagination" by Sundy Best, and "Tropic Morning News" by The National.
