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Albums like What A Time To Be Alive
Drake · similar · level up · best sounding
If you like What A Time To Be Alive by Drake, Upgrade Paths name a similar listen, a level up, and a best-sounding next album — grounded in catalog evidence, not playlist radio. Albums like What A Time To Be Alive start with Scorpion by Drake: If you like What A Time To Be Alive, try Scorpion by Drake (similar dynamics/soundstage; catalog). A level up from What A Time To Be Alive is Here I Am (1998-2003) by Ilse DeLange: Level up via bass/midrange: Here I Am (1998-2003) by Ilse DeLange after What A Time To Be Alive. Best sounding next listen: Black Acid Soul by Lady Blackbird. Black Acid Soul by Lady Blackbird — nearer bass/detail profile with stronger fidelity signals than What A Time To Be Alive.
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Albums like What A Time To Be Alive
If you like What A Time To Be Alive, you need Scorpion by Drake because If you like What A Time To Be Alive, try Scorpion by Drake (similar dynamics/soundstage; catalog).
Drake
If you like What A Time To Be Alive, try Scorpion by Drake (similar dynamics/soundstage; catalog).
- Shared genres: catalog
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Same era (±8y): 2015 → 2018
Confidence 95% · sonic
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Coldplay
If you like What A Time To Be Alive, try Everyday Life by Coldplay (similar dynamics/soundstage; catalog).
- Shared genres: catalog
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Same era (±8y): 2015 → 2019
Confidence 95% · sonic
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Coldplay
If you like What A Time To Be Alive, try A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay (similar dynamics/soundstage; catalog).
- Shared genres: catalog
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Same era (±8y): 2015 → 2015
Confidence 95% · sonic
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A level up from What A Time To Be Alive
If you like What A Time To Be Alive, you need Here I Am (1998-2003) by Ilse DeLange as a deeper next step because Level up via bass/midrange: Here I Am (1998-2003) by Ilse DeLange after What A Time To Be Alive.
Ilse DeLange
Level up via bass/midrange: Here I Am (1998-2003) by Ilse DeLange after What A Time To Be Alive.
- Shared genres: catalog
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +5
Confidence 95% · sonic
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Daft Punk
Level up via bass/midrange: Discovery by Daft Punk after What A Time To Be Alive.
- Shared genres: catalog
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +5
Confidence 95% · sonic
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Best sounding next listen
If you like What A Time To Be Alive, you need Black Acid Soul by Lady Blackbird when you want the recording that rewards speakers and headphones because Black Acid Soul by Lady Blackbird — nearer bass/detail profile with stronger fidelity signals than What A Time To Be Alive.
Lady Blackbird
Black Acid Soul by Lady Blackbird — nearer bass/detail profile with stronger fidelity signals than What A Time To Be Alive.
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +22
- Same era (±8y): 2015 → 2021
Confidence 91% · sonic
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Joni Mitchell
Blue by Joni Mitchell — nearer bass/midrange profile with stronger fidelity signals than What A Time To Be Alive.
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +32
- Closest sonic facets: bass/midrange
Confidence 83% · sonic
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Brian Eno
Ambient 1: Music for Airports by Brian Eno — nearer midrange/bass profile with stronger fidelity signals than What A Time To Be Alive.
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +32
- Closest sonic facets: midrange/bass
Confidence 83% · sonic
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Questions listeners ask
- What albums are like What A Time To Be Alive?
- Scorpion by Drake is a similar next listen after What A Time To Be Alive — If you like What A Time To Be Alive, try Scorpion by Drake (similar dynamics/soundstage; catalog).
- What is a level up from What A Time To Be Alive?
- Here I Am (1998-2003) by Ilse DeLange is a level up from What A Time To Be Alive — Level up via bass/midrange: Here I Am (1998-2003) by Ilse DeLange after What A Time To Be Alive.
- What sounds best after What A Time To Be Alive?
- Black Acid Soul by Lady Blackbird is the best-sounding next listen after What A Time To Be Alive — Black Acid Soul by Lady Blackbird — nearer bass/detail profile with stronger fidelity signals than What A Time To Be Alive.
More gateway starts
- If you like Aja — Steely Dan
- If you like The Dark Side of the Moon — Pink Floyd
- If you like Ambient 1: Music for Airports — Brian Eno
- If you like Random Access Memories — Daft Punk
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