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If You Need a Fool · August 8, 1998 at Merriweather Post Pavilion | Audio Analysis | Foul Domain

← BACK·TRACKS·If You Need a Fool

LIVE · 3:42

Phish track · Set Soundcheck · #1

If You Need a Fool

A 4-minute version from Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on 1998-08-08.

DATE · 1998-08-08·SHOW · Merriweather Post Pavilion·LENGTH · 3:42

56TRACK

OF 4 VERSIONS

TOP VERSION · #1

ALL-TIME · #8,820 · 76th percentile

TRACK · SCORED v3.2← LEADERBOARD

If You Need a Fool

1998-08-08·Merriweather Post Pavilion·Columbia, MD

1998 SUMMER U.S. TOUR·Soundcheck·POS 15 / 153:42

56SCORE

COMPOSITE · RANK AMONG VERSIONS

v1 of 4

#1 ALL-TIME · IF YOU NEED A FOOL CATALOG

0:003:42

DEEP ANALYSIS · LIBROSA v3.24 OF 24

PEAK AT2:44of 3:42

DYN dB2.6tight

ONSET/s4.3open

BPM136era 1.0

How this version scoredMETHODOLOGY →

10 COMPONENTS · ONE COMPOSITEv3.3

0%306090100%

Popularity11%

6

Consensus10%

0

Jam Chart12%

0

Recognition12%

0

Energy12%

61

Groove12%

43

Harmonic9%

57

Duration9%

0

Volatility8%

100

Review5%

50

WEIGHTED · 100/100OPEN METHODOLOGY →

From this showSoundcheck · 2 SONGS

1998-08-08 · Merriweather Post Pavilion

Columbia, MD · 1998 SUMMER U.S. TOUR · SHOW SCORE 76

76SHOW

Soundcheck

S-1If You Need a FoolYOU ARE HERE3:42 S-2Shafty9:46 OPEN FULL SHOW PAGE→

Other versions4 OF · SONG PAGE →

SAME SONG · RANKEDSWIPE →

11.11.98Van Andel ArenaGrand Rapids · MI46 07.18.99Oswego County AirportVolney · NY40 07.29.98Riverport AmphitheaterMaryland Heights · MO30

From this show3 TOP CUTS

SHOW STAND-OUTS · 1998-08-08SWIPE →

2·14Piper15:4586 2·12Also Sprach Zarathustra11:5480 2·16Harry Hood15:3175

SONG →/songs/if-you-need-a-fool SHOW →/shows/1998-08-08-merriweather-post-pavilion-columbia-md METHOD →/methodology

FOUL DOMAIN/tracks/22190 · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

DISPLAY· TRACK SPECTRUMINPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.WAVEFORM

0:000:561:512:473:42

JAM IN · —PEAK · 2:45SAMPLE RATE 44.1 kHzSOURCE PHISH.IN

DEEP AUDIO ANALYSIS· LIBROSA CURVESENERGY · TEMPO · SPECTRUM

Radar · component scores0–100 normalized

Energy-10.7 dB

Loudness-12.2 dB

Dynamic range2.6 dB

Rhythmic density4.29/sec

Brightness1612 Hz

Flatness0.007

Harmonic variance0.074

Feature curves · over time0 → 3:42

EnergyLoudness envelope, dB

0:001:513:42

Perceptual loudnessShort-term LUFS, psychoacoustically weighted

0:001:513:42

BrightnessSpectral centroid — where the weight of the sound sits

0:001:513:42

Rhythmic densityOnsets per second, log-scaled

0:001:513:42

Tempo86–136 bpm · avg 127

0:001:513:42

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

0:001:513:42

READOUT· COMPOSITE SCORE · COMPONENT BREAKDOWN76TH PERCENTILE

Popularity11%6

Consensus10%0

Jam Chart12%0

Recognition12%0

Energy12%61

Groove12%43

Harmonic9%57

Duration9%0

Volatility8%100

Review5%50

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

INSTRUMENTATION· LIBROSA · v0.10.25 / 6 CHANNELS LIVE

LENGTH3:42standard

BPM136average

DYN dB2.6compressed

RHYTHM4.3/sbusy onset

PEAK2:45at 74%

JAM IN—auto only

CONTEXT· SETLIST · SHOW

SETLISTSoundcheck

S-1If You Need a Fool3:42

2 TRACKSVIEW SHOW →

SHOWSHOW SCORE 76

Merriweather Post Pavilion · Columbia, MD1998 Summer U.S. Tour · RANKED #8820 / 36131

TOP TRACKS THIS SHOW

PiperSET 2 #14 · 15:45

Also Sprach ZarathustraSET 2 #12 · 11:54

Harry HoodSET 2 #16 · 15:31

1998-08-08VIEW SHOW →

RELATED· OTHER If You Need a Fool VERSIONS4 TOTAL

#SCOREVENUEWAVEFORMDATELENGTH

#0246Van Andel ArenaGrand Rapids, MI

1998-11-114:06 #0340Oswego County AirportVolney, NY

1999-07-184:10 #0430Riverport AmphitheaterMaryland Heights, MO

Sign in to suggest correctionsTRACK ID · 22190· DATA VERSION v3.3