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Albums like Something Special 2026
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 Something Special
Albums closest to Something Special
- Dreaming Out Loud 2007Also conventional, inward and serious
- Nine Track Mind 2016Also conventional, contemporary and sincere
- United 1967Also conventional, sincere and inward
- Camino Palmero 2001Also conventional, sincere and serious
- The Fray 2009Also conventional, sincere and serious
- The Reason 2003Also conventional, sincere and serious
- Oh, Inverted World 2001Also conventional, contemporary and inward
- T R A P S O U L 2015Also contemporary, sincere and inward
- Don't Forget About Me, Demos 2018Also contemporary, conventional and sincere
- Whitney 1987Also conventional, unpretentious and inward
- Wiped Out! 2015Also inward, contemporary and conventional
The same feel, in other forms
Books
Ego is the Enemy 2016Also classical in form, spare and earnest
Girls in Pants 2005Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Madonna 2001Also classical in form, contemporary and grave
Films
Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl 2025Also grave, classical in form and contemporary
OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film) 2022Also contemporary, grave and classical in form
The Anthem of the Heart 2015Also contemporary, classical in form and earnest
Series
Murder in a Small Town 2024Also contemporary, classical in form and earnest
Felicity 1998Also classical in form, earnest and contemporary
Something in the Rain 2018Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Games
SnowNight 2018Also classical in form, earnest and character-led
Wildfire: Ticket to RockAlso contemporary, earnest and classical in form
Refunct 2015Also contemporary, character-led and earnest
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