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10 songs that feel like Fracture

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

Fracture
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Fracture
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intense 70/100 intensity 152 BPM
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Mars — John Coltrane intense 140 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (69/100).

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Round Trip — Ornette Coleman intense 140 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same complex texture.

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Out to Lunch — Eric Dolphy intense 140 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Measured 90% alike.

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Suicide & Redemption — Metallica intense 120 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (67/100). Same complex texture.

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Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 — Ludwig van Beethoven intense 120 BPM

A 86% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and runs a little hotter at 76/100.

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Straight Up and Down — Eric Dolphy intense 140 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same complex texture.

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Up 'Gainst the Wall — John Coltrane intense 140 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Measured 90% alike.

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Civilization Day — Ornette Coleman intense 140 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (74/100). Same complex texture.

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Eventually — Ornette Coleman intense 220 BPM

A 83% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (72/100).

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Cock/Ver10 — Aphex Twin intense 160 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 61/100.

…and if you want it calmer

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

After Forever by Black Sabbath
After Forever — Black Sabbath moderate 140 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 55/100, down from 70.

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Ohio — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young moderate 128 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 50/100 — the pull without the edge.

Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode
Personal Jesus — Depeche Mode moderate 129 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 54/100.

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Los Ageless — St. Vincent moderate 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. 59/100, versus the original's 70.

We the People.... by A Tribe Called Quest
We the People.... — A Tribe Called Quest moderate 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 50/100, down from 70.

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Super 8 — Jason Isbell moderate 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge.

Smackwater Jack by Carole King
Smackwater Jack — Carole King moderate 96 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 48/100.

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Panic — The Smiths moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. 53/100, versus the original's 70.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Fracture” by King Crimson?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Mars” by John Coltrane, “Round Trip” by Ornette Coleman, “Out to Lunch” by Eric Dolphy — the top match scores 95% 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 “Fracture” but calmer?

“After Forever” by Black Sabbath, “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Personal Jesus” by Depeche Mode keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Fracture”?

It measures 70/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 9/10, complex texture, moderate sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 152 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 is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 90% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 70/100 comes from a dynamic range of 9/10, complex texture, moderate shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a huge quiet-to-loud swing: 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 near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — 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

Sleep0/10
Focus4/10
Workout8/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype7/10

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

1974 in context

The 176 songs we’ve measured from 1974 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 9/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity70
Dynamics89
Tempo62
Surprise50
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force0
Trigger load38

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

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