As cinnamon brooms once again grace the aisles of Trader Joe’s and the terrifying prospects of exams and papers loom in the air, fall has finally arrived. Among great autumnal activities, taking a stroll while daydreaming is at the top of the list: There’s nothing better than soothing or agitating academic anxieties with a contemplative walk around campus — and to set the right cozy tone, one needs the right playlist.

These albums encapsulate the coolness of the season in both senses of the word.

“Everything You’ve Come to Expect” by The Last Shadow Puppets

Whether wanting to pretend the surrounding world is a Bond film or imagining an autumn chill in the extreme California heat, The Last Shadow Puppets’ second and most recent album “Everything You’ve Come to Expect” will erase hot, boring reality.

Arctic Monkeys’ frontman Alex Turner and Miles Kane join forces to create the sexiest album for arguably the sexiest season. Thus, this album is necessary for the sexiest walk.

Turner, who is an expert in the art of musical yearning, offers his smooth vocals for jazzier songs like “Miracle Aligner” and “The Dream Synopsis – The Dream Synopsis EP Version.” As plucky bass and rattling tambourine play behind his croons about “visions of the past and possible future,” listeners too can ponder what the future holds.

Kane, on the other hand, emulates the sense of urgency that comes with the fall season as classes pick up. If running late to class or dreading a quick deadline, “Bad Habits” and the band’s accelerated cover of The Fall’s “Totally Wired” will no doubt make listeners move faster with Kane’s whiny vocals and a nearly sinister violin.

“The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” by David Bowie

If looking to fill a rapture-sized hole in your heart after Tuesday’s predictions failed to come true, or seeking a contemplative walk, David Bowie’s 1972 project is the right choice.

Bowie’s desperate tone on the opening track “Five Years” repeats “Five years / that’s all we’ve got,” and growing instrumentals are the perfect accompaniment to an existential stroll. Songs like “Suffragette City” and “Moonage Daydream” pick up the pace with fierce guitar riffs and Bowie’s cheeky rasp. On the other hand, the singer’s legendary hit “Starman” can both bring the energy on the way to class or winding down after a long day.

“Blind” by The Sundays

Although it’s no longer “you and me in the summertime,” The Sundays still have listeners covered to romanticize the changing of leaves and the brief but insanely strong breeze often felt at USC Village.

The indie album conjures up images of horses and apples, and not just because of the album’s final ballad, a cover of “Wild Horses.” With dreamy riffs and dreamier vocals, songs like “On Earth” and “Love” will make listeners want to spin in the middle of Trousdale Parkway with all its whimsical glory. The brightness of “Goodbye” and “I Feel,” meanwhile, reminds listeners of the golden fall foliage that will eventually decorate campus.

“Humbug” by Arctic Monkeys

When the first leaf of autumn falls, it officially marks the moment this album should start being played nonstop. A younger Alex Turner returns to your walking playlist with his squeakier but still romantic crooning and forever-present yearning.

As Halloween approaches, and more and more students scarily run into an ex-talking stage at Leavey Library, Turner faces similar horrors and thinks he saw her in “Cornerstone.” With grungy guitar riffs and Matt Helders’ iconic drumming, tracks like “Crying Lightning” and “Pretty Visitors” bring the heat as the weather turns colder.

“Secret Door” will make for the best autumnal campus promenade of all time as the initial strong drumbeat and quick lyrics transition into mellow guitar and harmonious backing vocals. And as the “secret door swings behind us” and shuts on summer, this album is the right way to step into the beginnings of fall.