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When the Circus Comes · December 31, 1997 at Madison Square Garden | Audio Analysis | Foul Domain

← BACK·TRACKS·When the Circus Comes

LIVE · 5:20

Phish track · Set 2 · #14

When the Circus Comes

A 5-minute version from Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on 1997-12-31.

DATE · 1997-12-31·SHOW · Madison Square Garden·LENGTH · 5:20

50TRACK

OF 75 VERSIONS

#38

ALL-TIME · #14,435 · 60th percentile

TRACK · SCORED v3.2← LEADERBOARD

When the Circus Comes

1997-12-31·Madison Square Garden·New York, NY

1997 NYE RUN·Set 2·POS 14 / 145:20

50SCORE

COMPOSITE · RANK AMONG VERSIONS

v38 of 75

#38 OF 75 · WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES CATALOG

0:005:20

DEEP ANALYSIS · LIBROSA v3.24 OF 24

PEAK AT4:14of 5:20

DYN dB4.6tight

ONSET/s2.5open

BPM129era 1.0

How this version scoredMETHODOLOGY →

10 COMPONENTS · ONE COMPOSITEv3.3

0%306090100%

Popularity11%

12

Consensus10%

0

Jam Chart12%

0

Recognition12%

0

Energy12%

69

Groove12%

73

Harmonic9%

24

Duration9%

2

Volatility8%

27

Review5%

50

WEIGHTED · 100/100OPEN METHODOLOGY →

From this showSet 2 · 6 SONGS

1997-12-31 · Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 1997 NYE RUN · SHOW SCORE 79

79SHOW

Set 2

II-1Timber (Jerry the Mule)9:35 II-2Mike's Song14:02 II-3Piper7:20 II-4When the Circus ComesYOU ARE HERE5:20 II-5Roses Are Free6:16 II-6Weekapaug Groove18:31 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 · 1997-12-31SWIPE →

2·16Weekapaug Groove18:3190 1·1Emotional Rescue17:1783 3·20Maze17:2382

SONG →/songs/when-the-circus-comes SHOW →/shows/1997-12-31-madison-square-garden-new-york-ny METHOD →/methodology

FOUL DOMAIN/tracks/1406 · v3.2

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DISPLAY· TRACK SPECTRUMINPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.WAVEFORM

0:001:202:403:605:20

JAM IN · —PEAK · 4:15SAMPLE RATE 44.1 kHzSOURCE PHISH.IN

DEEP AUDIO ANALYSIS· LIBROSA CURVESENERGY · TEMPO · SPECTRUM

Radar · component scores0–100 normalized

Energy-10.3 dB

Loudness-3.6 dB

Dynamic range4.6 dB

Rhythmic density2.52/sec

Brightness1305 Hz

Flatness0.003

Harmonic variance0.064

Feature curves · over time0 → 5:20

EnergyLoudness envelope, dB

0:002:405:20

Perceptual loudnessShort-term LUFS, psychoacoustically weighted

0:002:405:20

BrightnessSpectral centroid — where the weight of the sound sits

0:002:405:20

Rhythmic densityOnsets per second, log-scaled

0:002:405:20

Tempo65–136 bpm · avg 118

0:002:405:20

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

0:002:405:20

READOUT· COMPOSITE SCORE · COMPONENT BREAKDOWN60TH PERCENTILE

Popularity11%12

Consensus10%0

Jam Chart12%0

Recognition12%0

Energy12%69

Groove12%73

Harmonic9%24

Duration9%2

Volatility8%27

Review5%50

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

INSTRUMENTATION· LIBROSA · v0.10.25 / 6 CHANNELS LIVE

LENGTH5:20standard

BPM129average

DYN dB4.6compressed

RHYTHM2.5/smoderate

PEAK4:15at 80%

JAM IN—auto only

CONTEXT· SETLIST · SHOW

SETLISTSet 2

II-1Timber (Jerry the Mule)9:35 II-2Mike's Song14:02 II-3Piper7:20

II-4When the Circus Comes5:20

II-5Roses Are Free6:16 II-6Weekapaug Groove18:31

6 TRACKSVIEW SHOW →

SHOWSHOW SCORE 79

Madison Square Garden · New York, NY1997 NYE Run · RANKED #14435 / 36131

TOP TRACKS THIS SHOW

Weekapaug GrooveSET 2 #16 · 18:31

Emotional RescueSET 1 #1 · 17:17

MazeSET 3 #20 · 17:23

1997-12-31VIEW 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 · 1406· DATA VERSION v3.3