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When the Circus Comes · November 11, 1998 at Van Andel Arena | Audio Analysis | Foul Domain

← BACK·TRACKS·When the Circus Comes

LIVE · 5:41

Phish track · Set 2 · #13

When the Circus Comes

A 6-minute version from Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI on 1998-11-11.

DATE · 1998-11-11·SHOW · Van Andel Arena·LENGTH · 5:41

56TRACK

OF 75 VERSIONS

#26

ALL-TIME · #9,196 · 75th percentile

TRACK · SCORED v3.2← LEADERBOARD

When the Circus Comes

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

1998 FALL TOUR·Set 2·POS 13 / 135:41

56SCORE

COMPOSITE · RANK AMONG VERSIONS

v26 of 75

#26 OF 75 · WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES CATALOG

0:005:41

DEEP ANALYSIS · LIBROSA v3.24 OF 24

PEAK AT4:24of 5:41

DYN dB6.8tight

ONSET/s2.4open

BPM123era 1.0

How this version scoredMETHODOLOGY →

10 COMPONENTS · ONE COMPOSITEv3.3

0%306090100%

Popularity11%

8

Consensus10%

0

Jam Chart12%

0

Recognition12%

0

Energy12%

94

Groove12%

26

Harmonic9%

7

Duration9%

22

Volatility8%

100

Review5%

50

WEIGHTED · 100/100OPEN METHODOLOGY →

From this showSet 2 · 6 SONGS

1998-11-11 · Van Andel Arena

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

82SHOW

Set 2

II-1Halley's Comet25:49 II-2Simple9:57 II-3Walk Away4:04 II-4Limb By Limb13:44 II-5When the Circus ComesYOU ARE HERE5:41 II-6Ghost18:05 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 · 1998-11-11SWIPE →

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

SONG →/songs/when-the-circus-comes SHOW →/shows/1998-11-11-van-andel-arena-grand-rapids-mi METHOD →/methodology

FOUL DOMAIN/tracks/22591 · v3.2

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DISPLAY· TRACK SPECTRUMINPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.WAVEFORM

0:001:252:514:165:41

JAM IN · —PEAK · 4:25SAMPLE RATE 44.1 kHzSOURCE PHISH.IN

DEEP AUDIO ANALYSIS· LIBROSA CURVESENERGY · TEMPO · SPECTRUM

Radar · component scores0–100 normalized

Energy-11.4 dB

Loudness-4.9 dB

Dynamic range6.8 dB

Rhythmic density2.38/sec

Brightness1710 Hz

Flatness0.006

Harmonic variance0.061

Feature curves · over time0 → 5:41

EnergyLoudness envelope, dB

0:002:515:41

Perceptual loudnessShort-term LUFS, psychoacoustically weighted

0:002:515:41

BrightnessSpectral centroid — where the weight of the sound sits

0:002:515:41

Rhythmic densityOnsets per second, log-scaled

0:002:515:41

Tempo63–129 bpm · avg 118

0:002:515:41

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

0:002:515:41

READOUT· COMPOSITE SCORE · COMPONENT BREAKDOWN75TH PERCENTILE

Popularity11%8

Consensus10%0

Jam Chart12%0

Recognition12%0

Energy12%94

Groove12%26

Harmonic9%7

Duration9%22

Volatility8%100

Review5%50

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

INSTRUMENTATION· LIBROSA · v0.10.25 / 6 CHANNELS LIVE

LENGTH5:41standard

BPM123average

DYN dB6.8compressed

RHYTHM2.4/smoderate

PEAK4:25at 78%

JAM IN—auto only

CONTEXT· SETLIST · SHOW

SETLISTSet 2

II-1Halley's Comet25:49 II-2Simple9:57 II-3Walk Away4:04 II-4Limb By Limb13:44

II-5When the Circus Comes5:41

6 TRACKSVIEW SHOW →

SHOWSHOW SCORE 82

Van Andel Arena · Grand Rapids, MI1998 Fall Tour · RANKED #9196 / 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 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

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