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Albums like The National 2001
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 The National
Albums closest to The National
- Twilight 2001Also sincere, serious and inward
- Oh, Inverted World 2001Also inward and conventional
- Cease to Begin 2007Also sincere, serious and conventional
- She Hangs Brightly 1990Also sincere, serious and inward
- The Lumineers 2012Also sincere, serious and conventional
- Showbiz 1999Also serious, sincere and inward
- Hopes and Fears 2004Also sincere, serious and inward
- Melophobia 2013Also sincere, serious and inward
- Blind Melon 1992Also sincere
- Comedown Machine 2013Also serious
- Aha Shake Heartbreak 2004Also conventional
- Drops of Jupiter 2001Also sincere, serious and conventional
The same feel, in other forms
Films
All Alone 2026Also grave, earnest and classical in form
The Photograph 2020Also earnest and grave
How to Make an American Quilt 1995Also earnest, grave and character-led
Books
Rumble Fish 1975Also earnest, grave and classical in form
Women and Other Monsters 2021Also character-led, earnest and grave
Decoded 2011Also grave, earnest and character-led
Series
More Tales of the City 1998Also earnest, grave and classical in form
Family 1976Also earnest, grave and classical in form
Soldier Soldier 1991Also earnest, classical in form and grave
Games
Rituals 2015Also earnest and grave
The Path of Motus 2018Also earnest, grave and character-led
Mandagon 2016Also earnest, grave and character-led
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