"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "Fruits of My Labor" by Lucinda Williams. Modest rise and fall. balanced composition. Mood: contemplative, introspective, melancholy, reflective, warm. Visual style: 2000s digital editorial aesthetic. Painterly, grainy film texture, muted palette with strategic accent colors. The composition should read left-to-right like a timeline — calm on one side, intensifying toward the other. Strictly no faces, no text, no logos, no literal objects, no band imagery. Pure color-field abstraction with emotional weight. 16:9 editorial format."
Deep calm, gentler than 91% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
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Fruits of My Labor by Lucinda Williams is 72 BPM — Adagio (slow).
Half-time 36 BPM · Double-time 144 BPM · released 2003
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Song DNA
Notes: Soulful, introspective vocals with gentle acoustic instrumentation create an intimate, contemplative listening experience without jarring elements.
Misophonia Triggers
Recommended for: deep listening emotional release meditation relaxation
About as calm as music gets here. Even and easy to follow, it makes good background. This one moves moderately between quiet and loud with nothing abrupt to catch you off guard, even in texture, with soft, gentle vocals on top at an unhurried mid-tempo. On our 19,209-song scale, it reads gentler than 91% of everything we’ve measured.
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Moods: contemplative, introspective, melancholy, reflective, warm
Traditions: Americana, country, folk
At a glance
"Fruits of My Labor" by Lucinda Williams
72 BPM, dynamic range 5/10, smooth texture, soft vocals. Sits in the middle band — neither built for stillness nor pitched at workout intensity. Whether it works for a given moment depends more on mood and lyrical content than on the acoustic profile. The full sensory breakdown follows.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 5/10 is within the normal pop-mix band. There is variation between verse and chorus, but it's the kind of variation most listeners encounter routinely.
Sudden changes: none. Transitions are musically signaled — nothing will surprise you if you're only half-listening.
Texture: smooth.
Predictability is high — the song telegraphs what it will do next. A sensory-sensitive listener can usually guess where it's going without close attention.
Vocal style: soft vocals.
Where this sits in Lucinda Williams's catalog
We have 19 songs from Lucinda Williams in the library. Of those, 5 are rated Safe, 13 Moderate, and 1 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 5/10 sits below the artist average of 5.4, making it the #14 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
Other tracks from World Without Tears
We have 3 songs from this album. Overall, the album leans moderate in sensory profile.
- Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings — intense DR 8
- World Without Tears — moderate DR 6
2003 context
Released in 2003. We have 365 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.5/10. This track is quieter / less dynamic than the year average. Explore more from the 2000s.
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How fast is "Fruits of My Labor"?
72 BPM — Slow (downtempo / ballad)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Warm-up, cool-down, yoga, stretching.
For daily life
Sleep, meditation, reading, focus work.
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When "Fruits of My Labor" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
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Focus / studying
Maybe — fine for routine work, but the mid-song changes may pull attention during deep focus.
✗
Running / workout
No — 72 BPM is too slow for sustained cardio.
✗
Sleep / winding down
No — contains elements that will keep an awake nervous system engaged.
✓
Driving / road trip
Yes — predictable enough for safe driving attention, interesting enough to stay engaged.
✓
Cooking / dinner background
Yes — sits in the background without demanding attention.
✓
Emotional release / catharsis
Yes — this is a song for actively feeling what you came to feel, not for background.
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Why this rating
We rate this song Moderate because it falls between our Safe and Intense thresholds on at least one dimension. Moderate is the default for most well-produced music that has real arc but no surprise elements. Full rubric: methodology.
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-14. Reviewed by the Music I Want editorial team against the documented methodology.
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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 91% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 19/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft 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 deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 91% 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
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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.
2003 in context
The 365 songs we’ve measured from 2003 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
Intensity19
Dynamics44
Tempo18
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "Fruits of My Labor"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "Fruits of My Labor" by Lucinda Williams?
"Fruits of My Labor" by Lucinda Williams has a tempo of 72 BPM (Adagio (slow)). At half-time that is 36 BPM, and at double-time 144 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "Fruits of My Labor" by Lucinda Williams?
"Fruits of My Labor" by Lucinda Williams rates as Moderate intensity. Dynamic range 5/10, none sudden changes, smooth texture. Moderate is the default for well-produced music with real arc but no surprise elements.
How loud is "Fruits of My Labor" — what is its dynamic range?
"Fruits of My Labor" has a dynamic range of 5/10. Within normal pop-mix variation. Movement between verse and chorus but nothing dramatic.
Does "Fruits of My Labor" have sudden or surprising changes?
No. "Fruits of My Labor" has no sudden unsignaled changes. Every transition is musically telegraphed.
What is "Fruits of My Labor" best for?
In our library "Fruits of My Labor" is recommended for: deep listening, emotional release, meditation, relaxation. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "Fruits of My Labor" released?
"Fruits of My Labor" is from 2003, on the album "World Without Tears". It appears in our 2000s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "Fruits of My Labor"?
We tag "Fruits of My Labor" as contemplative, introspective, melancholy, reflective, warm. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "Fruits of My Labor"?
The vocal style is soft vocals.
Is "Fruits of My Labor" good for running?
Not really — at 72 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "Fruits of My Labor" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (5/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "Fruits of My Labor" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Dynamic range is too high — quiet moments will be ambushed by louder ones.
Should I listen to "Fruits of My Labor"?
"Fruits of My Labor" is Moderate intensity — fine for most listeners, but with enough dynamic activity that it works best as active listening rather than background.
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