A Moon Shaped Pool

The King of LimbsRadiohead(2011)same artist

sound61% mood0% era93% phase100%

Same artist period

OK ComputerRadiohead(1997)same artist

sound69% mood0% era58% phase58%

Same artist

42%

Kid ARadiohead(2000)same artist

sound54% mood0% era62% phase72%

Same artist

39%

Closest Sound

Albums with nearby density, space, production feel, vocals, and style.

HeathenDavid Bowie(2002)

sound82% mood23% era55% phase58%

Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment

77%

Noites do NorteCaetano Veloso(2000)

sound81% mood35% era62% phase80%

Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment

76%

UtopiaBjork(2017)

sound80% mood23% era99% phase70%

Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment

76%

VulnicuraBjork(2015)

sound79% mood23% era99% phase70%

Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment

75%

AerialKate Bush(2005)

sound79% mood18% era84% phase70%

Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment

74%

Same Mood

Albums sharing the emotional palette and thematic atmosphere.

The Ballad of DarrenBlur(2023)

sound67% mood52% era75% phase70%

Shared mood: grief, tendernessClose sound profile

53%

Songs of a Lost WorldThe Cure(2024)

sound66% mood47% era88% phase100%

Shared mood: grief, melancholyClose sound profile

50%

DisintegrationThe Cure(1989)

sound75% mood47% era61% phase50%

Shared mood: grief, melancholyClose sound profile

The Blue NotebooksMax Richter(2004)

sound70% mood47% era68% phase10%

Shared mood: grief, melancholyClose sound profile

The Life Aquatic Studio SessionsSeu Jorge(2005)

sound65% mood47% era69% phase40%

Shared mood: tenderness, melancholyClose sound profile

BlackstarDavid Bowie(2016)

Same Era Feel

Albums close in historical moment or in how they relate to their era.

sound77% mood23% era100% phase70%

79%

You Want It DarkerLeonard Cohen(2016)

sound74% mood23% era100% phase70%

Same yearSimilar era stance

77%

Koi No YokanDeftones(2012)

sound71% mood35% era94% phase100%

4 years apartSimilar era stance

76%

asyncRyuichi Sakamoto(2017)

sound68% mood18% era99% phase70%

1 year apartSimilar era stance

74%

Comedown MachineThe Strokes(2013)

sound75% mood23% era96% phase50%

3 years apartSimilar era stance

74%

Same Career Phase

Similar artist-position moments: early statement, breakthrough, reinvention, mature work, or late period.

Diamond EyesDeftones(2010)

sound70% mood0% era91% phase100%

Same career phase

82%

Fear InoculumTOOL(2019)

sound57% mood0% era96% phase100%

Same career phase3 years apart

81%

Let It RainTracy Chapman(2002)

sound65% mood23% era80% phase100%

Same career phaseShared mood: tenderness

81%

CruSeu Jorge(2005)

sound77% mood23% era59% phase100%

Same career phaseShared mood: melancholy

80%

The Mountain Will FallDJ Shadow(2016)

sound57% mood23% era85% phase100%

Same career phaseSame yearShared mood: melancholy

80%

Acoustic Profile

Production

Method: hybrid

Fidelity: polished

London Contemporary Orchestra stringsJonny Greenwood orchestrationhaunted chamber music approachreworked old material

Vocal

Approach: sung

Lyrical Abstraction:

5/10

Mood & Theme

grief tenderness melancholy

Territory: relationship-dissolution, aging, loss-acceptance

Emotional Arc: sustained-aching-beauty

Era & Context

2016: streaming era, attention fragmentation. Radiohead making their most emotionally direct album in a decade, tied to Thom Yorke's divorce.

Career Phase

Mature Synthesis 2003-2016

Recombination of rock and electronic elements into a refined, distinctive sound. Warmth gradually returning.

Distant Connections (22)

A second layer for farther resonances: connections that may not sound closest at first, but still point somewhere useful.

Vulnicura Bjork (2015)

8/10

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Disintegration The Cure (1989)

8/10

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Songs of a Lost World The Cure (2024)

8/10

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Blackstar David Bowie (2016)

7/10

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ATTA Sigur Ros (2023)

7/10

vulnerability-as-weaponpersonal-confession

The Blue Notebooks Max Richter (2004)

7/10

vulnerability-as-weapontextural-exploration

Sketches of Spain Miles Davis (1960)

electronic-orchestral-fusionpersonal-confession

The Fragile Nine Inch Nails (1999)

vulnerability-as-weapontextural-explorationpersonal-confession

Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd (1975)

personal-confessiontextural-exploration

Koi No Yokan Deftones (2012)

vulnerability-as-weapontextural-exploration

10,000 Days TOOL (2006)

personal-confessionvulnerability-as-weapon

Magdalene FKA twigs (2019)

personal-confessionminimalist-reduction

Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks Brian Eno (1983)

textural-explorationminimalist-reduction

Blue Joni Mitchell (1971)

vulnerability-as-weaponpersonal-confession

A Monastic Trio Alice Coltrane (1968)

vulnerability-as-weaponminimalist-reduction

Let My Children Hear Music Charles Mingus (1972)

sonic-experimentationmaximalist-excess

Memoryhouse Max Richter (2002)

textural-explorationvulnerability-as-weapon

50 Words for Snow Kate Bush (2011)

minimalist-reductionpersonal-confession

White Chalk PJ Harvey (2007)

personal-confessionminimalist-reduction

The Division Bell Pink Floyd (1994)

textural-explorationpersonal-confession

Solo Monk Thelonious Monk (1965)

minimalist-reductionnostalgia-as-medium

Symphony of Psalms Igor Stravinsky (1930)