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Cars Trucks Buses · October 21, 1996 at Madison Square Garden | Audio Analysis | Foul Domain

← BACK·TRACKS·Cars Trucks Buses

LIVE · 3:36

Phish track · Set 1 · #3

Cars Trucks Buses

A 4-minute version from Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on 1996-10-21.

DATE · 1996-10-21·SHOW · Madison Square Garden·LENGTH · 3:36

33TRACK

OF 87 VERSIONS

#77

ALL-TIME · #32,727 · 9th percentile

TRACK · SCORED v3.2← LEADERBOARD

Cars Trucks Buses

1996-10-21·Madison Square Garden·New York, NY

1996 FALL TOUR·Set 1·POS 03 / 33:36

33SCORE

COMPOSITE · RANK AMONG VERSIONS

v77 of 87

#77 OF 87 · CARS TRUCKS BUSES CATALOG

0:003:36

DEEP ANALYSIS · LIBROSA v3.24 OF 24

PEAK AT2:14of 3:36

DYN dB3.4tight

ONSET/s4.8busy

BPM138era 1.0

How this version scoredMETHODOLOGY →

10 COMPONENTS · ONE COMPOSITEv3.3

0%306090100%

Popularity11%

0

Consensus10%

0

Jam Chart12%

0

Recognition12%

0

Energy12%

27

Groove12%

50

Harmonic9%

6

Duration9%

0

Volatility8%

50

Review5%

50

WEIGHTED · 100/100OPEN METHODOLOGY →

From this showSet 1 · 10 SONGS

1996-10-21 · Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 1996 FALL TOUR · SHOW SCORE 22

22SHOW

Set 1

I-1The Star-Spangled Banner1:53 I-2Sample in a Jar4:46 I-3Cars Trucks BusesYOU ARE HERE3:36 I-4The Sloth3:38 I-5Divided Sky14:37 I-6Character Zero6:09 I-7Ginseng Sullivan3:07 I-8Stash13:17 I-9Waste5:21 I-10Possum9:11 OPEN FULL SHOW PAGE→

Other versions87 OF · SONG PAGE →

SAME SONG · RANKEDSWIPE →

09.26.99Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena, University of New OrleansNew Orleans · LA84 03.18.97The Flynn TheatreBurlington · VT81 04.26.96New Orleans FairgroundsNew Orleans · LA78 07.26.03HiFi Buys AmphitheatreAtlanta · GA78 09.09.00Pepsi ArenaAlbany · NY73

From this show3 TOP CUTS

SHOW STAND-OUTS · 1996-10-21SWIPE →

2·18Simple11:5869 2·11Wilson5:0166 1·10Possum9:1160

SONG →/songs/cars-trucks-buses SHOW →/shows/1996-10-21-madison-square-garden-new-york-ny METHOD →/methodology

FOUL DOMAIN/tracks/19555 · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

DISPLAY· TRACK SPECTRUMINPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.WAVEFORM

0:000:541:482:423:36

JAM IN · —PEAK · 2:15SAMPLE RATE 44.1 kHzSOURCE PHISH.IN

DEEP AUDIO ANALYSIS· LIBROSA CURVESENERGY · TEMPO · SPECTRUM

Radar · component scores0–100 normalized

Energy-8.4 dB

Loudness1.1 dB

Dynamic range3.4 dB

Rhythmic density4.77/sec

Brightness1265 Hz

Flatness0.002

Harmonic variance0.064

Feature curves · over time0 → 3:36

EnergyLoudness envelope, dB

0:001:483:36

Perceptual loudnessShort-term LUFS, psychoacoustically weighted

0:001:483:36

BrightnessSpectral centroid — where the weight of the sound sits

0:001:483:36

Rhythmic densityOnsets per second, log-scaled

0:001:483:36

Tempo96–162 bpm · avg 134

0:001:483:36

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

0:001:483:36

READOUT· COMPOSITE SCORE · COMPONENT BREAKDOWN9TH PERCENTILE

Popularity11%0

Consensus10%0

Jam Chart12%0

Recognition12%0

Energy12%27

Groove12%50

Harmonic9%6

Duration9%0

Volatility8%50

Review5%50

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

INSTRUMENTATION· LIBROSA · v0.10.25 / 6 CHANNELS LIVE

LENGTH3:36standard

BPM138average

DYN dB3.4compressed

RHYTHM4.8/sbusy onset

PEAK2:15at 62%

JAM IN—auto only

CONTEXT· SETLIST · SHOW

SETLISTSet 1

I-1The Star-Spangled Banner1:53 I-2Sample in a Jar4:46

I-3Cars Trucks Buses3:36

I-4The Sloth3:38 I-5Divided Sky14:37 I-6Character Zero6:09 I-7Ginseng Sullivan3:07 I-8Stash13:17 I-9Waste5:21 I-10Possum9:11

10 TRACKSVIEW SHOW →

SHOWSHOW SCORE 22

Madison Square Garden · New York, NY1996 Fall Tour · RANKED #32727 / 36131

TOP TRACKS THIS SHOW

SimpleSET 2 #18 · 11:58

WilsonSET 2 #11 · 5:01

PossumSET 1 #10 · 9:11

1996-10-21VIEW SHOW →

RELATED· OTHER Cars Trucks Buses VERSIONS87 TOTAL

#SCOREVENUEWAVEFORMDATELENGTH

#0284Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena, University of New OrleansNew Orleans, LA

1999-09-267:16 #0381The Flynn TheatreBurlington, VT

1997-03-189:34 #0478New Orleans FairgroundsNew Orleans, LA

1996-04-265:16 #0578HiFi Buys AmphitheatreAtlanta, GA

2003-07-267:38 #0673Pepsi ArenaAlbany, NY

Sign in to suggest correctionsTRACK ID · 19555· DATA VERSION v3.3