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Albums like XO 1998
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 XO
Albums closest to XO
- Tidal 1996Also sincere, serious and inward
- the record 2023Also sincere, serious and inward
- Punisher 2020Also inward, sincere and serious
- Transatlanticism 2003Also sincere, serious and inward
- Grace 1994Also sincere, inward and serious
- Bloom 2012Also inward, sincere and serious
- Hozier 2014Also sincere and serious
- The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We 2023Also sincere, serious and inward
- The Shepherd's Dog 2007Also sincere and serious
- O 2002Also sincere, serious and inward
- Blood Bank 2009Also inward, sincere and serious
- I Barely Know Her 2025Also sincere, inward and serious
The same feel, in other forms
Books
Cavedweller 1998Also earnest, grave and contemporary
Commonwealth 2016Also earnest and grave
Middlesex 2002Also earnest, grave and character-led
Films
Guzaarish 2010Also earnest, contemporary and grave
The Armstrong Lie 2013Also grave, earnest and contemporary
A Star Is Born 2018Also earnest and grave
Series
Olive Kitteridge 2014Also earnest, character-led and contemporary
Treme 2010Also earnest, grave and contemporary
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy 2022Also grave and earnest
Games
Leila 2025Also earnest, character-led and grave
Neva 2024Also earnest, grave and contemporary
Schrödinger's Call 2026Also earnest, grave and character-led
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