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Albums like Straight Up 1996
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 Straight Up
Albums closest to Straight Up
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane 1963Also inward, sincere and direct
- Come Away With Me 2002Also sincere, inward and serious
- Acoustic Soul 2001Also sincere, inward and serious
- Chet Baker Sings 1954Also inward, sincere and serious
- Una mattina 2004Also inward, sincere and serious
- Winelight 1980Also inward, sincere and direct
- Promise 1985Also inward, serious and sincere
- The Astrud Gilberto Album 1965Also inward, sincere and serious
- Cure for Pain 1993Also inward, serious and sincere
- IV 2016Also inward, direct and serious
- Elis & Tom 1974Also sincere, inward and serious
The same feel, in other forms
Films
The Way I See It 2020Also earnest, grave and resolved
Persuasion 2007Also earnest, grave and contemplative
Springsteen on Broadway 2018Also character-led, earnest and grave
Books
Whittington 2005Also earnest, resolved and grave
Radiant Child 2016Also earnest, grave and resolved
A writer's life 2006Also earnest, grave and resolved
Series
Kylie 2026Also character-led, earnest and grave
Rafa 2026Also earnest, grave and spare
The Loyal Pin 2024Also earnest, resolved and character-led
Games
Assemble With Care 2019Also earnest, contemplative and grave
One Dreamer 2022Also earnest, character-led and grave
Lieve Oma 2016Also character-led, earnest and contemplative
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