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Catalog scope

37,025

Tracks

2,012

Shows

1983–2026

Years

4,759

Hours of audio

Score formula

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Phish concert analytics, setlist data, and audio analysis across 40+ years of touring. Fan-built & not affiliated with Phish; audience recordings follow the official taping policy.

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37,025Tracks

2,012Shows

1983–26Years

4,759Hours · audio

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Best Time Loves a Hero Versions - Every Phish Time Loves a Hero Ranked | Foul Domain

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← BACK·SONGS·Time Loves a Hero

LIVE · 8 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Little Feat

Time Loves a Hero

8 performances since 1988, with 8 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 54 on 1988-11-03.

DEBUT · 1988-10-29 · Plainfield·LAST · 2011-07-03 · Watkins Glen·LONGEST GAP · 983 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1988–2011INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’88’90’95’00’05’10’11

BEST · 1988-11-03 · 54LONGEST · 6:39 · 2002-12-31SHORTEST · 3:57YEARS · 23

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN8 OF 8 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 4 plays54

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play47

v3.02009–2020 · 3 plays48

v4.02021–present · 0 plays—

BARS REPRESENT THE BEST-SCORING VERSION IN EACH ERAOPEN METHODOLOGY →

TOP VERSIONS· 8 OF 8 · BY SCORE8 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0154#1 / 8Molly's CafeBoston, MA

1988-11-034:18

#0249#2 / 8Star Lake AmphitheatreBurgettstown, PA

1998-08-115:29

#0348#3 / 8Boardwalk HallAtlantic City, NJ

2010-10-314:05

#0447#4 / 8Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC

2010-07-015:52

#0547#5 / 8Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2002-12-316:39

#0643#6 / 8Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1988-10-294:08

#0740#7 / 8Sigma Phi Fraternity, Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY

1988-11-053:57

#0837#8 / 8Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, NY

2011-07-034:57

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0137#8 / 8Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, NY

2011-07-034:57

#0248#3 / 8Boardwalk HallAtlantic City, NJ

2010-10-314:05

#0347#4 / 8Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC

2010-07-015:52

#0447#5 / 8Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2002-12-316:39

#0549#2 / 8Star Lake AmphitheatreBurgettstown, PA

1998-08-115:29

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS8

DEBUT1988

LAST2011

AVG LEN4:56

CHARTED0

GAP MAX983

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1988–2011 · 7 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11

DURATION· LENGTH SHAPEINPUT · TRACKS.DURATION + SETLIST_ENTRIES.DURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE8 VERSIONS

12345m

MEDIAN · 4:30PEAK · 4–5m (4)RANGE · 3–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2011

4:004:305:005:306:006:307:00’90’95’00’05

TOPOLOGY· WHERE IN THE SHOWINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.SET + .POSITION + .TRANSITION

SET MIX & ROLE8 PLAYS

SET 1 · 63%SET 2 · 25%SET 3 · 13%

SET 1 5SET 2 2SET 3 1

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 4

121369

GEOGRAPHY· PLACE & TIMINGINPUT · SHOWS.VENUE + .STATE + .DATE

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen · NY1 02Boardwalk HallAtlantic City · NJ1 03Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut CreekRaleigh · NC1 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY1 05Star Lake AmphitheatreBurgettstown · PA1 06Sigma Phi Fraternity, Hamilton CollegeClinton · NY1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Wilson6 02Suzy Greenberg5 03Divided Sky5 04Fluffhead4 05Big Black Furry Creature from Mars4 06David Bowie4 07Golgi Apparatus4 08Fee4 09I Didn't Know3

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Let's Go8 Mind Left Body Jam

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN6 TOURS · 8 PLAYS · 8 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011988 Tour33Oct 29, 1988·Nov 5, 1988 021998 Summer U.S. Tour11Aug 11, 1998 032002/2003 Inverted NYE Run11Dec 31, 2002 042010 Early Summer Tour11Jul 1, 2010 052010 Fall Tour11Oct 31, 2010 06Not Part of a Tour11Jul 3, 2011

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

CHARTEDPEER-RECOGNIZED · 0

No charted versions

FOLLOWS WITHSEGUE / NEXT · TOP 4

Alaska17% OF FOLLOW-UPS

1

Bittersweet Motel17% OF FOLLOW-UPS

1

Day or Night17% OF FOLLOW-UPS

1

Fire17% OF FOLLOW-UPS

PRECEDED BYSETS UP · TOP 4

A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing17% OF LEAD-INS

1

Kill Devil Falls17% OF LEAD-INS

1

Old Folks Boogie17% OF LEAD-INS

1

Runaway Jim17% OF LEAD-INS

VENUESSTRONGEST AVG · TOP 0

No venue data

SONG ID · 315· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Time Loves a Hero

Cover of Little Feat·debuted 10.29.88·Sculpture Room, Goddard College, Plainfield

8 PLAYS·8 ANALYZED·3 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

54BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 8

11.03.88Molly's Cafe

Boston, MA · 4:18

Year by year5 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1988–2026v3.2

1988 · 53.8

'88'97'07'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19883 VERS · BEST 53.8

By era4 ERAS · 8 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS4

AVG · BEST46·54

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST47·47

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS3

AVG · BEST44·48

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions8 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

11.03.88 Molly's Cafe · Boston, MA

08.11.98 Star Lake · Burgettstown, PA

10.31.10 Boardwalk Hall · Atlantic City, NJ

07.01.10 Time Warner Cable Musi · Raleigh, NC

12.31.02 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

10.29.88 Sculpture Room, Goddar · Plainfield, VT

11.05.88 Sigma Phi Fraternity, · Clinton, NY

07.03.11 Watkins Glen Internati · Watkins Glen, NY

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS8across 3 eras

ANALYZED8100% of all

AVG DURATION4:56duration

LONGEST6:3912.31.02 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

SHORTEST3:5711.05.88 SIGMA PHI FRATERNITY,

LONGEST GAP983 SH.1988 → 1998

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT10.29.88PLAINFIELD

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1988–20118 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'88'90'92'94'96'98'00'02'04'06'08'10'11

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 8

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS7 PERFS

LONGEST · 983 SH.·MEDIAN · 29 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE8 VERSIONS

3m7m

MEDIAN · 4:30·PEAK · 4–5m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2011

SHORT · 4:08 · 1988·LONG · 6:39 · 2002

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX8 PLAYS

S1 63%S2 25%S3 13%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #4

#1#11

TRANSITION OUT8 PLAYS

88%

STOP · 7HARD · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen · NY1 02Boardwalk HallAtlantic City · NJ1 03Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut CreekRaleigh · NC1 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY1 05Star Lake AmphitheatreBurgettstown · PA1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY3NJ1NC1PA1MA1VT1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SUN

SUN2

MON0

TUE2

WED0

THU2

FRI0

SAT2

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.3%

v3.00.7%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Wilson6 02Suzy Greenberg5 03Divided Sky5 04Fluffhead4 05Big Black Furry Creature from Mars4 06David Bowie4

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Let's Go8 Mind Left Body Jam8 Crimes of the Mind8 In a Hole8 Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?8 Lushington8 Cool Amber and Mercury8 Prep School Hippie8

By tour6 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS8 TOTAL

011988 Tour1988 · 3 sh3 021998 Summer U.S. Tour1998 · 1 sh1 032002/2003 Inverted NYE Run2002 · 1 sh1 042010 Early Summer Tour2010 · 1 sh1 052010 Fall Tour2010 · 1 sh1 06Not Part of a Tour2011 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER TIME LOVES A HEROSWIPE →

16.67%Alaska1× →→16.67%Bittersweet Motel1× →→16.67%Day or Night1× →→16.67%Fire1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE TIME LOVES A HEROSWIPE →

16.67%A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing1× ←→16.67%Kill Devil Falls1× ←→16.67%Old Folks Boogie1× ←→16.67%Runaway Jim1× ←→

SONG ●/songs/time-loves-a-heroSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/time-loves-a-hero · v3.2

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TOTAL · 8 PLAYSMAX · 2 IN ONE MONTHLESSMORE

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE PLAYSEACH DOT IS ONE PERFORMANCE · 7 TOTAL

250500750’90’95’00’05’10

LONGEST · 983 SHOWSMEDIAN · 29 SHOWSTYPICAL·FALLOW

’10

SHORTEST · 4:08 · 1988LONGEST · 6:39 · 2002

11

TRANSITION OUT8 PLAYS

STOP · 88%HARD · 13%

STOP ( , ) 7HARD SEGUE ( → ) 1

02

NJ

1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SUN

SUN2

MON0

TUE2

WED0

THU2

FRI0

SAT2

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.3%(4/1243)

v3.00.7%(3/452)

8

Crimes of the Mind8

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?8

Cool Amber and Mercury8

Prep School Hippie8