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10 songs that feel like Bread and Roses

Matched to Bread and Roses by Judy Collins 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
Bread and Roses
Judy Collins
safe 22/100 intensity 70 BPM
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Going to California — Led Zeppelin safe 80 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100).

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Blessed — Daniel Caesar safe 80 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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Patience — Guns N' Roses safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Church — Lyle Lovett safe 70 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Ordinary Miracle — Faith Hill safe 70 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Blackbird — The Beatles safe 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

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Stories We Build — Jose Gonzalez safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Way Out West — Jimmie Dale Gilmore safe 80 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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Rose of Jericho — Eddie Vedder safe 80 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100).

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Re Stacks — Bon Iver safe 70 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Bread and Roses” by Judy Collins?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Going to California” by Led Zeppelin, “Blessed” by Daniel Caesar, “Patience” by Guns N' Roses — the top match scores 98% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Bread and Roses”?

It measures 22/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 70 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 86% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 22/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 96% 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

1970 in context

The 307 songs we’ve measured from 1970 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity22
Dynamics44
Tempo17
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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