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If You Need a Fool · November 11, 1998 at Van Andel Arena | Audio Analysis | Foul Domain

← BACK·TRACKS·If You Need a Fool

LIVE · 4:06

Phish track · Set 1 · #3

If You Need a Fool

A 4-minute version from Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI on 1998-11-11.

DATE · 1998-11-11·SHOW · Van Andel Arena·LENGTH · 4:06

46TRACK

OF 4 VERSIONS

#2

ALL-TIME · #18,313 · 49th percentile

TRACK · SCORED v3.2← LEADERBOARD

If You Need a Fool

1998-11-11·Van Andel Arena·Grand Rapids, MI

1998 FALL TOUR·Set 1·POS 03 / 34:06

46SCORE

COMPOSITE · RANK AMONG VERSIONS

v2 of 4

#2 OF 4 · IF YOU NEED A FOOL CATALOG

0:004:06

DEEP ANALYSIS · LIBROSA v3.24 OF 24

PEAK AT0:49of 4:06

DYN dB7.8tight

ONSET/s4.4open

BPM136era 1.0

How this version scoredMETHODOLOGY →

10 COMPONENTS · ONE COMPOSITEv3.3

0%306090100%

Popularity11%

8

Consensus10%

0

Jam Chart12%

0

Recognition12%

0

Energy12%

95

Groove12%

34

Harmonic9%

27

Duration9%

25

Volatility8%

0

Review5%

50

WEIGHTED · 100/100OPEN METHODOLOGY →

From this showSet 1 · 8 SONGS

1998-11-11 · Van Andel Arena

Grand Rapids, MI · 1998 FALL TOUR · SHOW SCORE 82

82SHOW

Set 1

I-1Punch You in the Eye10:18 I-2Gumbo13:23 I-3If You Need a FoolYOU ARE HERE4:06 I-4Sleep2:25 I-5Tela7:15 I-6Birds of a Feather9:46 I-7Theme from the Bottom11:31 I-8Julius9:55 OPEN FULL SHOW PAGE→

Other versions4 OF · SONG PAGE →

SAME SONG · RANKEDSWIPE →

08.08.98Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD56 07.18.99Oswego County AirportVolney · NY40 07.29.98Riverport AmphitheaterMaryland Heights · MO30

From this show3 TOP CUTS

SHOW STAND-OUTS · 1998-11-11SWIPE →

2·9Halley's Comet25:4992 1·2Gumbo13:2386 2·12Limb By Limb13:4486

SONG →/songs/if-you-need-a-fool SHOW →/shows/1998-11-11-van-andel-arena-grand-rapids-mi METHOD →/methodology

FOUL DOMAIN/tracks/22581 · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

DISPLAY· TRACK SPECTRUMINPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.WAVEFORM

0:001:022:033:054:06

JAM IN · —PEAK · 0:50SAMPLE RATE 44.1 kHzSOURCE PHISH.IN

DEEP AUDIO ANALYSIS· LIBROSA CURVESENERGY · TEMPO · SPECTRUM

Radar · component scores0–100 normalized

Energy-9.2 dB

Loudness5.3 dB

Dynamic range7.8 dB

Rhythmic density4.36/sec

Brightness1744 Hz

Flatness0.007

Harmonic variance0.068

Feature curves · over time0 → 4:06

EnergyLoudness envelope, dB

0:002:034:06

Perceptual loudnessShort-term LUFS, psychoacoustically weighted

0:002:034:06

BrightnessSpectral centroid — where the weight of the sound sits

0:002:034:06

Rhythmic densityOnsets per second, log-scaled

0:002:034:06

Tempo136–144 bpm · avg 139

0:002:034:06

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

0:002:034:06

READOUT· COMPOSITE SCORE · COMPONENT BREAKDOWN49TH PERCENTILE

Popularity11%8

Consensus10%0

Jam Chart12%0

Recognition12%0

Energy12%95

Groove12%34

Harmonic9%27

Duration9%25

Volatility8%0

Review5%50

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

INSTRUMENTATION· LIBROSA · v0.10.25 / 6 CHANNELS LIVE

LENGTH4:06standard

BPM136average

DYN dB7.8compressed

RHYTHM4.4/sbusy onset

PEAK0:50at 20%

JAM IN—auto only

CONTEXT· SETLIST · SHOW

SETLISTSet 1

I-1Punch You in the Eye10:18 I-2Gumbo13:23

I-3If You Need a Fool4:06

I-4Sleep2:25 I-5Tela7:15 I-6Birds of a Feather9:46 I-7Theme from the Bottom11:31 I-8Julius9:55

8 TRACKSVIEW SHOW →

SHOWSHOW SCORE 82

Van Andel Arena · Grand Rapids, MI1998 Fall Tour · RANKED #18313 / 36131

TOP TRACKS THIS SHOW

Halley's CometSET 2 #9 · 25:49

GumboSET 1 #2 · 13:23

Limb By LimbSET 2 #12 · 13:44

1998-11-11VIEW SHOW →

RELATED· OTHER If You Need a Fool VERSIONS4 TOTAL

#SCOREVENUEWAVEFORMDATELENGTH

#0256Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

1998-08-083:42 #0340Oswego County AirportVolney, NY

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

Sign in to suggest correctionsTRACK ID · 22581· DATA VERSION v3.3