Albums like Dummy
Portishead · 1994
Albums like Dummy: Music Has the Right to Children (similar), Trans-Europe Express (a level up), and Aja (best sounding). These Upgrade Paths from Portishead sound better on a real system.
More like this
If you like Dummy, you need Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada because similar bass/detail; electronic.
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A level up from Dummy
If you like Dummy, you need Trans-Europe Express by Kraftwerk as a deeper next step because a step up in bass/midrange.
Best sounding next listen
If you like Dummy, you need Aja by Steely Dan when you want the recording that rewards speakers and headphones because aja by Steely Dan — nearer detail/bass profile with stronger fidelity signals than Dummy.
Steely Dan
Aja by Steely Dan — nearer detail/bass profile with stronger fidelity signals than Dummy
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Brian Eno
Ambient 1: Music for Airports by Brian Eno — nearer bass/midrange profile with stronger fidelity signals than Dummy
Nina Simone
I Put a Spell on You by Nina Simone — nearer detail/bass profile with stronger fidelity signals than Dummy
Questions listeners ask
- What albums are like Dummy?
- Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada is a similar next listen after Dummy.
- What is a level up from Dummy?
- Trans-Europe Express by Kraftwerk is a level up from Dummy.
- What sounds best after Dummy?
- Aja by Steely Dan is the best-sounding next listen after Dummy.
More gateway starts
- If you like Kind of Blue — Miles Davis
- If you like Aja — Steely Dan
- If you like Ambient 1: Music for Airports — Brian Eno
- If you like The Dark Side of the Moon — Pink Floyd
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