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When the Circus Comes · December 13, 1997 at Pepsi Arena | Audio Analysis | Foul Domain

← BACK·TRACKS·When the Circus Comes

LIVE · 5:32

Phish track · Set 2 · #15

When the Circus Comes

A 6-minute version from Pepsi Arena in Albany, NY on 1997-12-13.

DATE · 1997-12-13·SHOW · Pepsi Arena·LENGTH · 5:32

40TRACK

OF 75 VERSIONS

#60

ALL-TIME · #25,431 · 30th percentile

TRACK · SCORED v3.2← LEADERBOARD

When the Circus Comes

1997-12-13·Pepsi Arena·Albany, NY

1997 FALL TOUR (A.K.A. PHISH DESTROYS AMERICA)·Set 2·POS 15 / 155:32

40SCORE

COMPOSITE · RANK AMONG VERSIONS

v60 of 75

#60 OF 75 · WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES CATALOG

0:005:32

DEEP ANALYSIS · LIBROSA v3.24 OF 24

PEAK AT4:09of 5:32

DYN dB7.1tight

ONSET/s2.1open

BPM65era 1.0

How this version scoredMETHODOLOGY →

10 COMPONENTS · ONE COMPOSITEv3.3

0%306090100%

Popularity11%

13

Consensus10%

0

Jam Chart12%

0

Recognition12%

0

Energy12%

87

Groove12%

38

Harmonic9%

0

Duration9%

13

Volatility8%

0

Review5%

50

WEIGHTED · 100/100OPEN METHODOLOGY →

From this showSet 2 · 10 SONGS

1997-12-13 · Pepsi Arena

Albany, NY · 1997 FALL TOUR (A.K.A. PHISH DESTROYS AMERICA) · SHOW SCORE 84

84SHOW

Set 2

II-1NICU5:26 II-2Punch You in the Eye9:23 II-3Ghost14:56 II-4Mike's Song11:09 II-5Llama5:10 II-6When the Circus ComesYOU ARE HERE5:32 II-7Weekapaug Groove9:36 II-8Catapult1:04 II-9Weekapaug Groove5:38 II-10Harry Hood22:08 OPEN FULL SHOW PAGE→

Other versions75 OF · SONG PAGE →

SAME SONG · RANKEDSWIPE →

10.21.14Santa Barbara BowlSanta Barbara · CA75 07.25.98South Park MeadowsAustin · TX69 09.11.99Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA66 07.09.98ZelesteBarcelona64 10.23.18Ascend AmphitheaterNashville · TN63

From this show3 TOP CUTS

SHOW STAND-OUTS · 1997-12-13SWIPE →

1·1Ya Mar18:4390 2·19Harry Hood22:0890 2·13Mike's Song11:0986

SONG →/songs/when-the-circus-comes SHOW →/shows/1997-12-13-pepsi-arena-albany-ny METHOD →/methodology

FOUL DOMAIN/tracks/1328 · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

DISPLAY· TRACK SPECTRUMINPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.WAVEFORM

0:001:232:464:095:32

JAM IN · —PEAK · 4:10SAMPLE RATE 44.1 kHzSOURCE PHISH.IN

DEEP AUDIO ANALYSIS· LIBROSA CURVESENERGY · TEMPO · SPECTRUM

Radar · component scores0–100 normalized

Energy-9.7 dB

Loudness-11.6 dB

Dynamic range7.1 dB

Rhythmic density2.09/sec

Brightness1313 Hz

Flatness0.002

Harmonic variance0.058

Feature curves · over time0 → 5:32

EnergyLoudness envelope, dB

0:002:465:32

Perceptual loudnessShort-term LUFS, psychoacoustically weighted

0:002:465:32

BrightnessSpectral centroid — where the weight of the sound sits

0:002:465:32

Rhythmic densityOnsets per second, log-scaled

0:002:465:32

Tempo65–136 bpm · avg 96

0:002:465:32

Spectral flatnessTonal → noisy. Low = pitched; high = wash

0:002:465:32

READOUT· COMPOSITE SCORE · COMPONENT BREAKDOWN30TH PERCENTILE

Popularity11%13

Consensus10%0

Jam Chart12%0

Recognition12%0

Energy12%87

Groove12%38

Harmonic9%0

Duration9%13

Volatility8%0

Review5%50

SCORE FORMULA · v3.3 · RECALIBRATED 2026-05-13OPEN METHODOLOGY →

INSTRUMENTATION· LIBROSA · v0.10.25 / 6 CHANNELS LIVE

LENGTH5:32standard

BPM65average

DYN dB7.1compressed

RHYTHM2.1/smoderate

PEAK4:10at 75%

JAM IN—auto only

CONTEXT· SETLIST · SHOW

SETLISTSet 2

II-1NICU5:26 II-2Punch You in the Eye9:23 II-3Ghost14:56 II-4Mike's Song11:09 II-5Llama5:10

II-6When the Circus Comes5:32

II-7Weekapaug Groove9:36 II-8Catapult1:04 II-9Weekapaug Groove5:38 II-10Harry Hood22:08

10 TRACKSVIEW SHOW →

SHOWSHOW SCORE 84

Pepsi Arena · Albany, NY1997 Fall Tour (a.k.a. Phish Destroys America) · RANKED #25431 / 36131

TOP TRACKS THIS SHOW

Ya MarSET 1 #1 · 18:43

Harry HoodSET 2 #19 · 22:08

Mike's SongSET 2 #13 · 11:09

1997-12-13VIEW SHOW →

RELATED· OTHER When the Circus Comes VERSIONS75 TOTAL

#SCOREVENUEWAVEFORMDATELENGTH

#0275Santa Barbara BowlSanta Barbara, CA

2014-10-217:09 #0369South Park MeadowsAustin, TX

1998-07-257:10 #0466Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

1999-09-116:16 #0564ZelesteBarcelona

1998-07-095:15 #0663Ascend AmphitheaterNashville, TN

Sign in to suggest correctionsTRACK ID · 1328· DATA VERSION v3.3