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Albums like xx 2009
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About xx
Albums closest to xx
- Teen Dream 2010Also inward, serious and sincere
- Hopes and Fears 2004Also inward, sincere and serious
- Twilight 2001Also inward, serious and sincere
- Tidal 1996Also serious, sincere and inward
- Transatlanticism 2003Also serious, sincere and inward
- Oh, Inverted World 2001Also inward and contemporary
- Give Up 2003Also inward, sincere and polished
- I Love You. 2013Also inward, serious and contemporary
- Ghost Stories 2014Also sincere, inward and serious
- Cry 2019Also serious, inward and sincere
- Eyes Open 2006Also sincere, serious and inward
The same feel, in other forms
Films
The Garden of Words 2013Also grave, character-led and earnest
The Sound of Silence 2019Also grave, earnest and contemporary
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. 2018Also grave, earnest and character-led
Games
Leila 2025Also earnest, character-led and grave
Wanda: A Beautiful Apocalypse 2016Also grave, earnest and character-led
Blue Wednesday 2023Also character-led, earnest and grave
Books
A Leg to Stand on 1984Also grave, earnest and character-led
Wintering 2020Also character-led, grave and earnest
The Black Flamingo 2019Also contemporary, earnest and grave
Series
Naomi Osaka 2021Also grave, earnest and contemporary
My Liberation Notes 2022Also contemporary, character-led and grave
Going My Home 2012Also earnest, grave and contemporary
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