BY CANDY PARKER

Spring is in the air and so begins the season of love. What better time to unveil our love-themed lesbian playlist?

These five tunes are must-haves for a weekend road trip out of town with that special someone.

Be sure to tell us your favorite love songs in the “Leave a Reply” section below. And don’t forget to check out our passion and break-up playlists, too!

“Can’t Help Falling in Love” — Ingrid Michaelson

“Radical” — Catie Curtis

“Falling is Like This” — Ani DiFranco

“Power of Two” — Indigo Girls

“The Weakness in Me” — Joan Armatrading

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We launched our lesbian playlist series with “passion.” Now it’s time to move on to the opposite end of the spectrum with our essential “break-up” playlist. These five tunes serve as the perfect soundtrack for getting from” angry” to “over it.”

Be sure to tell us your favorite break-up songs in the “Leave a Reply” section below!

“Untouchable Face” — Ani DiFranco

We’re hopping into our way back machine for this one, heading to 1996 when DiFranco made this the first cut on her “Dilate” CD. The lyrics are most certainly NSFW, but when the woman you want now wants someone else, well, it’s not always pretty now is it?

“Creep” — Brandi Carlile

Carlile’s cover of this Radiohead classic is pure you-think-you’re-too-good-for-me gold. “You’re so %#$*! special. I wish I was special.” Crank it up, sing along and let go of that anger.

“Some Kinda Nerve” — Melissa Ferrick

This tune is off Ferrick’s “Freedom” release and offers the ideal retort to the former lover now experiencing second thoughts. “You’ve got some kind of nerve/coming back here for more/like i’m just going drop everything i’m doing/so you can humiliate me a little more.” And that’s just the first couple of lines.

“Gravity” — Sara Bareilles

So you’re past the anger stage and just begging the universe to help you let go and move on. Put Bareilles on repeat and feel the weight being lifted every time she hits that high note near the end. The song is even better than the Oscar-nominated film of the same name and definitely more healing after a painful break-up.

“Heal Me” — Melissa Etheridge

Congratulations! You made it. You realized that a broken heart doesn’t mean the world has ended. Etheridge had that same epiphany in this song from “Skin,” arguably one of her best CDs.

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BY CANDY PARKER

If you’re like me, your iPod is loaded with playlists for every occasion. From heart-pumping work-out tunes to upbeat party tracks to mellow make-out melodies, music provides the soundtrack for our lesbian lives.

Lesbian.com is here with our own “Lesbian Playlist” series to make sure your iPod is lesbian-approved and lesbian-certified. We’ve pulled together mini-playlist suggestions for every mood or situation and we’ll be sharing them with you over the next several weeks.

From those syrupy, sentimental songs that are just right for holding hands as you road-trip it for a weekend getaway to those let’s-get-this-party-started anthems,  we’ll share five of our favorites — and ask you to share yours, too.

We kick off the series with these bass-heavy, raspy-voiced tracks that set the mood during the can’t-get-enough-of-each-other-phase of a relationship. Welcome to our “Passion Playlist.”

Be sure to use the “Leave a Reply” section below to share your favorites with us!

“Drive” – Melissa Ferrick

Ferrick‘s most well-known tune — written on a dare and inspired by Janet Jackson’s music — has been turning women on and turning women out since it first appeared on her LP “Freedom” in 2000.

“Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover” – Sophie B. Hawkins

You may want to make sure you have a fan nearby before watching this 1995 version with Melissa Etheridge on VH1’s “Duets.”

“Like The Way I Do” – Melissa Etheridge

This lesbian anthem anchored Etheridge‘s self-titled debut LP and remains one of the most recognizable opening guitar riffs in lesbian music. This tune could arguably belong on a “Break-up Playlist,” too — just depends on your relationship perspective.

“Constant Craving” – k.d. lang

The title of k.d. lang‘s 1992 Grammy-winning song pretty much says it all, no?

“Possession” – Sarah McLachlan

Though not a lesbian, McLachlan inspired many a girl-on-girl make out session with her 1993 “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy” release which included this obsessed fan-inspired track.

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