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Albums like Takin’ It 2 the Next Level 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 Takin’ It 2 the Next Level
Albums closest to Takin’ It 2 the Next Level
- Money Jungle 1962Also inward, sincere and direct
- III 2014Also inward, sincere and serious
- Speak No Evil 1965Also inward, serious and sincere
- Saxophone Colossus 1957Also inward, sincere and direct
- The Blues and the Abstract Truth 1961Also inward, sincere and serious
- Giant Steps 1960Also sincere, serious and inward
- Return to Forever 1972Also inward, sincere and serious
- Suite 16 1970Also inward, serious and sincere
- Mingus Ah Um 1959Also direct
- The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do 2012Also sincere, inward and serious
- Today and Tomorrow 1964Also sincere, inward and serious
- Still Life (Talking) 1987Also inward, serious and sincere
The same feel, in other forms
Books
The Last Samurai 2000Also grave
Radioactive 2010Also grave and earnest
Films
Yuli 2018Also earnest and grave
The Glorias 2020Also grave and earnest
The Circle 2014Also grave and earnest
Games
The King's Bird 2018Also earnest and grave
Evergate 2020Also earnest and grave
The Path of Motus 2018Also earnest, grave and character-led
Series
Colin in Black and White 2021Also earnest and grave
Hill Street Blues 1981Also earnest and grave
Aspirants 2021Also grave and earnest
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