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If you like X, you need Y — ranked by community score.


If you like Black Acid Soul, you need I Put a Spell on You
Same fearless vocal presence — the ancestral depth behind Black Acid Soul


If you like Black Acid Soul, you need Voodoo
Smoky, late-night soul pocket with serious musicianship


If you like Black Acid Soul, you need Come Away with Me
Intimate vocal jazz-soul that rewards quiet speakers and headphones


If you like Voodoo, you need BLACKsummers'night
Contemporary neo-soul vocal polish in the same lineage


If you like Voodoo, you need Mama's Gun
Left-field neo-soul sister record to Voodoo's era


If you like Voodoo, you need Kind of Blue
Modal jazz source of the pocket and space Voodoo chases


If you like Blackbirds, you need Rapture
A step up in soundstage/imaging.


If you like Blackbirds, you need BLACKsummers'night
A step up in bass/imaging.


If you like Nightfall in Middle Earth (Remastered 2007), you need Bloom
A step up in dynamics and bass from Nightfall in Middle Earth (Remastered 2007)


If you like Nightfall in Middle Earth (Remastered 2007), you need DEATHRACE
A step up in dynamics and bass from Nightfall in Middle Earth (Remastered 2007)


If you like Nightfall in Middle Earth (Remastered 2007), you need Fear Inoculum
A step up in bass and midrange from Nightfall in Middle Earth (Remastered 2007)

If you like Nightfall in Middle Earth (Remastered 2007), you need Blackwater Park
A step up in bass and midrange from Nightfall in Middle Earth (Remastered 2007)