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Chalk Dust Torture · December 30, 1998 at Madison Square Garden | Audio Analysis | Foul Domain

← BACK·TRACKS·Chalk Dust Torture

LIVE · 6:31

Phish track · Set 1 · #1

Chalk Dust Torture

A 7-minute version from Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on 1998-12-30.

DATE · 1998-12-30·SHOW · Madison Square Garden·LENGTH · 6:31

36TRACK

OF 513 VERSIONS

#377

ALL-TIME · #30,365 · 16th percentile

TRACK · SCORED v3.2← LEADERBOARD

Chalk Dust Torture

1998-12-30·Madison Square Garden·New York, NY

1998 NYE RUN·Set 1·POS 01 / 16:31

36SCORE

COMPOSITE · RANK AMONG VERSIONS

v377 of 513

#377 OF 513 · CHALK DUST TORTURE CATALOG

JAM IN · 3:13

0:006:31

DEEP ANALYSIS · LIBROSA v3.24 OF 24

PEAK AT4:49of 6:31

DYN dB5.6tight

ONSET/s4.4open

BPM99era 1.0

How this version scoredMETHODOLOGY →

10 COMPONENTS · ONE COMPOSITEv3.3

0%306090100%

Popularity11%

6

Consensus10%

0

Jam Chart12%

0

Recognition12%

0

Energy12%

27

Groove12%

83

Harmonic9%

15

Duration9%

0

Volatility8%

0

Review5%

50

WEIGHTED · 100/100OPEN METHODOLOGY →

From this showSet 1 · 12 SONGS

1998-12-30 · Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 1998 NYE RUN · SHOW SCORE 65

65SHOW

Set 1

I-1Chalk Dust TortureYOU ARE HERE6:31 I-2Big Black Furry Creature from Mars4:43 I-3Wilson5:40 I-4Roggae7:00 I-5Sparkle4:08 I-6The Moma Dance8:54 I-7The Old Home Place4:12 I-8Sample in a Jar5:08 I-9Frankie Says9:07 I-10Maze11:53 I-11Loving Cup6:44 I-12Reba15:10 OPEN FULL SHOW PAGE→

Other versions513 OF · SONG PAGE →

SAME SONG · RANKEDSWIPE →

07.13.14Randall's IslandNew York · NY93 07.28.17Madison Square GardenNew York · NY93 07.10.99E CentreCamden · NJ91 07.20.18Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA91 12.29.17Madison Square GardenNew York · NY89

From this show3 TOP CUTS

SHOW STAND-OUTS · 1998-12-30SWIPE →

2·15Prince Caspian14:0590 2·16The Squirming Coil12:5088 E·19Possum11:3886

SONG →/songs/chalk-dust-torture SHOW →/shows/1998-12-30-madison-square-garden-new-york-ny METHOD →/methodology

FOUL DOMAIN/tracks/22878 · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

DISPLAY· TRACK SPECTRUMINPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.WAVEFORM

JAM IN · 3:13

0:001:383:154:536:31

JAM IN · 3:13PEAK · 4:50SAMPLE RATE 44.1 kHzSOURCE PHISH.IN

DEEP AUDIO ANALYSIS· LIBROSA CURVESENERGY · TEMPO · SPECTRUM

Radar · component scores0–100 normalized

Energy-8.0 dB

Loudness6.9 dB

Dynamic range5.6 dB

Rhythmic density4.40/sec

Brightness1163 Hz

Flatness0.002

Harmonic variance0.063

Feature curves · over time0 → 6:31

EnergyLoudness envelope, dB

0:003:156:31

Perceptual loudnessShort-term LUFS, psychoacoustically weighted

0:003:156:31

BrightnessSpectral centroid — where the weight of the sound sits

0:003:156:31

Rhythmic densityOnsets per second, log-scaled

0:003:156:31

Tempo99–136 bpm · avg 103

0:003:156:31

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

0:003:156:31

READOUT· COMPOSITE SCORE · COMPONENT BREAKDOWN16TH PERCENTILE

Popularity11%6

Consensus10%0

Jam Chart12%0

Recognition12%0

Energy12%27

Groove12%83

Harmonic9%15

Duration9%0

Volatility8%0

Review5%50

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

INSTRUMENTATION· LIBROSA · v0.10.26 / 6 CHANNELS LIVE

LENGTH6:31standard

BPM99average

DYN dB5.6compressed

RHYTHM4.4/sbusy onset

PEAK4:50at 74%

JAM IN3:13manual tag

CONTEXT· SETLIST · SHOW

SETLISTSet 1

I-1Chalk Dust Torture6:31

I-2Big Black Furry Creature from Mars4:43 I-3Wilson5:40 I-4Roggae7:00 I-5Sparkle4:08 I-6The Moma Dance8:54 I-7The Old Home Place4:12 I-8Sample in a Jar5:08 I-9Frankie Says9:07 I-10Maze11:53 I-11Loving Cup6:44 I-12Reba15:10

12 TRACKSVIEW SHOW →

SHOWSHOW SCORE 65

Madison Square Garden · New York, NY1998 NYE Run · RANKED #30365 / 36131

TOP TRACKS THIS SHOW

Prince CaspianSET 2 #15 · 14:05

The Squirming CoilSET 2 #16 · 12:50

PossumSET E #19 · 11:38

1998-12-30VIEW SHOW →

RELATED· OTHER Chalk Dust Torture VERSIONS513 TOTAL

#SCOREVENUEWAVEFORMDATELENGTH

#0293Randall's IslandNew York, NY

2014-07-1327:57 #0393Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-07-2824:21 #0491E CentreCamden, NJ

1999-07-1014:19 #0591Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2018-07-2023:53 #0689Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-12-2921:02

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