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10 songs that feel like Autumn Almanac

Matched to Autumn Almanac by The Kinks on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
Autumn Almanac
The Kinks
moderate 49/100 intensity 120 BPM
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San Franciscan Nights — The Animals moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Basin Street Blues — Louis Armstrong moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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Green River — Creedence Clearwater Revival moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Back Down South — Kings of Leon moderate 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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Dreamboat — The Walkmen moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Young — Kenny Chesney moderate 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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29 #Strafford APTS — Bon Iver moderate 125 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (125 BPM).

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Maestranza — Fleet Foxes safe 112 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Ramblin' Man — Allman Brothers Band moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Little of Your Love — Haim moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Autumn Almanac is more than you want right now.

In My Life by The Beatles
In My Life — The Beatles safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 21/100, down from 49.

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Hometown Glory — Adele safe 124 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 33/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Comes a Time by Neil Young
Comes a Time — Neil Young safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 19/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Dime Store Cowgirl by Kacey Musgraves
Dime Store Cowgirl — Kacey Musgraves safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 23/100, versus the original's 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Been to Canaan by Carole King
Been to Canaan — Carole King safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 19/100, down from 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Cleaning Windows by Van Morrison
Cleaning Windows — Van Morrison safe 120 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 41/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Sunblind by Fleet Foxes
Sunblind — Fleet Foxes safe 110 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 32/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Maestranza by Fleet Foxes
Maestranza — Fleet Foxes safe 112 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 45/100, versus the original's 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Autumn Almanac” by The Kinks?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “San Franciscan Nights” by The Animals, “Basin Street Blues” by Louis Armstrong, “Green River” by Creedence Clearwater Revival — the top match scores 99% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “Autumn Almanac” but calmer?

“In My Life” by The Beatles, “Hometown Glory” by Adele, “Comes a Time” by Neil Young keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Autumn Almanac”?

It measures 49/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 120 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 55% of songs, calmer than the other 45%. Its intensity reading of 49/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep4/10
Focus7/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype5/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

1968 in context

The 182 songs we’ve measured from 1968 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity49
Dynamics56
Tempo44
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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