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Albums like X&Y 2005
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 X&Y
Albums closest to X&Y
- Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea 2000Also sincere, serious and polished
- Under the Iron Sea 2006Also sincere, serious and inward
- Lungs 2009Also sincere, inward and maximal
- I Barely Know Her 2025Also sincere, serious and inward
- Urban Hymns 1997Also sincere, serious and inward
- Absolution 2003Also serious and sincere
- Night Visions 2012Also sincere, serious and inward
- Sleeping With Ghosts 2003Also serious
- The Bends 1994Also sincere, serious and inward
- Silent Alarm 2004Also serious
- No Need to Argue 1994Also sincere and serious
- The Back Room 2005Also sincere, serious and inward
The same feel, in other forms
Books
Raybearer 2020Also earnest and grave
Circe 2018Also earnest, grave and epic
The Name of the Wind 2007Also grave and earnest
Series
Alien Nation 1989Also earnest and grave
Arcane 2021Also earnest, grave and epic
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story 2023Also grave and meticulous
Films
TT3D: Closer to the Edge 2011Also earnest and grave
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019Also earnest
Rush 2013Also earnest and grave
Games
Far: Changing Tides 2022Also earnest and grave
Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi 2025Also earnest, grave and character-led
SonzaiAlso earnest, grave and meticulous
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