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10 songs that feel like Last Train Home

Matched to Last Train Home by Pat Metheny Group on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

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Last Train Home
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safe 21/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Nashville Skyline Rag — Bob Dylan safe 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Dye — Tycho safe 95 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Wave — Antonio Carlos Jobim safe 140 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 93% alike.

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Lily on the Beach — Tangerine Dream safe 95 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It sits a little calmer at 15/100. Same smooth texture.

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Waltz in C Sharp Minor Op. 64 No. 2 — Frédéric Chopin safe 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart safe 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Same smooth texture.

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Princess Leia's Theme — John Williams safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Measured 91% alike.

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Águas de Março — Tom Jobim safe 130 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2 — Frédéric Chopin safe 80 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and sits a little calmer at 14/100.

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Winter's Come and Gone — Gillian Welch safe 85 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Last Train Home” by Pat Metheny Group?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Nashville Skyline Rag” by Bob Dylan, “Dye” by Tycho, “Wave” by Antonio Carlos Jobim — the top match scores 94% 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 “Last Train Home”?

It measures 21/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 87% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 21/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 88% 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
Workout4/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1987 in context

The 205 songs we’ve measured from 1987 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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

Intensity21
Dynamics44
Tempo44
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

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

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