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Albums like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe)
Gorillaz · similar · level up · best sounding
If you like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe) by Gorillaz, Upgrade Paths name a similar listen, a level up, and a best-sounding next album — grounded in catalog evidence, not playlist radio. Albums like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe) start with Rocked & Ripped by BulletBoys: If you like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe), try Rocked & Ripped by BulletBoys (similar dynamics/bass; catalog). A level up from Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe) is You Can Dance (Single Edits of Album Remixes) by Madonna: Level up via bass/midrange: You Can Dance (Single Edits of Album Remixes) by Madonna after Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe). Best sounding next listen: Aja by Steely Dan. Aja by Steely Dan — nearer bass/midrange profile with stronger fidelity signals than Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe).
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Albums like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe)
If you like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe), you need Rocked & Ripped by BulletBoys because If you like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe), try Rocked & Ripped by BulletBoys (similar dynamics/bass; catalog).
BulletBoys
If you like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe), try Rocked & Ripped by BulletBoys (similar dynamics/bass; catalog).
- Shared genres: catalog
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +2
Confidence 95% · sonic
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Faithless
If you like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe), try The Dance Never Ends by Faithless (similar dynamics/bass; catalog).
- Shared genres: catalog
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +2
Confidence 95% · sonic
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Darude
If you like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe), try I Ran (So Far Away) by Darude (similar dynamics/bass; catalog).
- Shared genres: catalog
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +2
Confidence 95% · sonic
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A level up from Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe)
If you like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe), you need You Can Dance (Single Edits of Album Remixes) by Madonna as a deeper next step because Level up via bass/midrange: You Can Dance (Single Edits of Album Remixes) by Madonna after Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe).
Madonna
Level up via bass/midrange: You Can Dance (Single Edits of Album Remixes) by Madonna after Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe).
- Shared genres: catalog
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +10
Confidence 95% · sonic
Preferred stream edition
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Madonna
Level up via bass/midrange: Erotica by Madonna after Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe).
- Shared genres: catalog
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +10
Confidence 95% · sonic
Preferred stream edition
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Gilbert Bécaud
Level up via bass/midrange: Une Vie Comme Un Roman by Gilbert Bécaud after Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe).
- Shared genres: catalog
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +10
Confidence 95% · sonic
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Best sounding next listen
If you like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe), you need Aja by Steely Dan when you want the recording that rewards speakers and headphones because Aja by Steely Dan — nearer bass/midrange profile with stronger fidelity signals than Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe).
Steely Dan
Aja by Steely Dan — nearer bass/midrange profile with stronger fidelity signals than Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe).
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +32
- Marked preferred stream edition
Confidence 95% · sonic
Preferred stream edition
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John Coltrane
A Love Supreme by John Coltrane — nearer bass/detail profile with stronger fidelity signals than Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe).
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +32
- Marked preferred stream edition
Confidence 95% · sonic
Preferred stream edition
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Nina Simone
I Put a Spell on You by Nina Simone — nearer bass/detail profile with stronger fidelity signals than Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe).
- Destination tagged Hi-Res / lossless
- Hi-Fi Score delta: +32
- Closest sonic facets: bass/detail
Confidence 83% · sonic
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Questions listeners ask
- What albums are like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe)?
- Rocked & Ripped by BulletBoys is a similar next listen after Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe) — If you like Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe), try Rocked & Ripped by BulletBoys (similar dynamics/bass; catalog).
- What is a level up from Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe)?
- You Can Dance (Single Edits of Album Remixes) by Madonna is a level up from Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe) — Level up via bass/midrange: You Can Dance (Single Edits of Album Remixes) by Madonna after Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe).
- What sounds best after Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe)?
- Aja by Steely Dan is the best-sounding next listen after Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe) — Aja by Steely Dan — nearer bass/midrange profile with stronger fidelity signals than Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe).
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