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What's The Use? · December 29, 2016 at Madison Square Garden | Audio Analysis | Foul Domain

← BACK·TRACKS·What's The Use?

LIVE · 5:11

Phish track · Set 2 · #14

What's The Use?

A 5-minute version from Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on 2016-12-29.

DATE · 2016-12-29·SHOW · Madison Square Garden·LENGTH · 5:11

54TRACK

OF 72 VERSIONS

#44

ALL-TIME · #10,493 · 71st percentile

TRACK · SCORED v3.2← LEADERBOARD

What's The Use?

2016-12-29·Madison Square Garden·New York, NY

2016 NYE RUN·Set 2·POS 14 / 145:11

54SCORE

COMPOSITE · RANK AMONG VERSIONS

v44 of 72

#44 OF 72 · WHAT'S THE USE? CATALOG

0:005:11

DEEP ANALYSIS · LIBROSA v3.24 OF 24

PEAK AT3:54of 5:11

DYN dB14.6wide

ONSET/s2.0open

BPM92era 3.0

How this version scoredMETHODOLOGY →

10 COMPONENTS · ONE COMPOSITEv3.3

0%306090100%

Popularity11%

12

Consensus10%

0

Jam Chart12%

0

Recognition12%

0

Energy12%

85

Groove12%

23

Harmonic9%

30

Duration9%

0

Volatility8%

100

Review5%

50

WEIGHTED · 100/100OPEN METHODOLOGY →

From this showSet 2 · 7 SONGS

2016-12-29 · Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 2016 NYE RUN · SHOW SCORE 61

61SHOW

Set 2

II-1Down with Disease15:24 II-2What's The Use?YOU ARE HERE5:11 II-3Fuego11:34 II-4Meatstick8:30 II-5Kung10:14 II-6Makisupa Policeman10:03 II-7Harry Hood13:23 OPEN FULL SHOW PAGE→

Other versions72 OF · SONG PAGE →

SAME SONG · RANKEDSWIPE →

12.30.15Madison Square GardenNew York · NY88 06.25.00ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut CreekRaleigh · NC87 08.27.21Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA87 07.15.16Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA82 07.04.99Lakewood AmphitheatreAtlanta · GA81

From this show3 TOP CUTS

SHOW STAND-OUTS · 2016-12-29SWIPE →

2·18Makisupa Policeman10:0386 2·17Kung10:1469 2·16Meatstick8:3059

SONG →/songs/whats-the-use SHOW →/shows/2016-12-29-madison-square-garden-new-york-ny METHOD →/methodology

FOUL DOMAIN/tracks/33554 · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

DISPLAY· TRACK SPECTRUMINPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.WAVEFORM

0:001:182:363:535:11

JAM IN · —PEAK · 3:55SAMPLE RATE 44.1 kHzSOURCE PHISH.IN

DEEP AUDIO ANALYSIS· LIBROSA CURVESENERGY · TEMPO · SPECTRUM

Radar · component scores0–100 normalized

Energy-11.3 dB

Loudness-3.3 dB

Dynamic range14.6 dB

Rhythmic density1.99/sec

Brightness1184 Hz

Flatness0.001

Harmonic variance0.054

Feature curves · over time0 → 5:11

EnergyLoudness envelope, dB

0:002:365:11

Perceptual loudnessShort-term LUFS, psychoacoustically weighted

0:002:365:11

BrightnessSpectral centroid — where the weight of the sound sits

0:002:365:11

Rhythmic densityOnsets per second, log-scaled

0:002:365:11

Tempo60–172 bpm · avg 96

0:002:365:11

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

0:002:365:11

READOUT· COMPOSITE SCORE · COMPONENT BREAKDOWN71ST PERCENTILE

Popularity11%12

Consensus10%0

Jam Chart12%0

Recognition12%0

Energy12%85

Groove12%23

Harmonic9%30

Duration9%0

Volatility8%100

Review5%50

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

INSTRUMENTATION· LIBROSA · v0.10.25 / 6 CHANNELS LIVE

LENGTH5:11standard

BPM92average

DYN dB14.6wide dynamics

RHYTHM2.0/ssparse

PEAK3:55at 75%

JAM IN—auto only

CONTEXT· SETLIST · SHOW

SETLISTSet 2

II-1Down with Disease15:24

II-2What's The Use?5:11

II-3Fuego11:34 II-4Meatstick8:30 II-5Kung10:14 II-6Makisupa Policeman10:03 II-7Harry Hood13:23

7 TRACKSVIEW SHOW →

SHOWSHOW SCORE 61

Madison Square Garden · New York, NY2016 NYE Run · RANKED #10493 / 36131

TOP TRACKS THIS SHOW

Makisupa PolicemanSET 2 #18 · 10:03

KungSET 2 #17 · 10:14

MeatstickSET 2 #16 · 8:30

2016-12-29VIEW SHOW →

RELATED· OTHER What's The Use? VERSIONS72 TOTAL

#SCOREVENUEWAVEFORMDATELENGTH

#0288Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2015-12-306:33 #0387ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut CreekRaleigh, NC

2000-06-2510:09 #0487Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2021-08-279:12 #0582Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2016-07-156:25 #0681Lakewood AmphitheatreAtlanta, GA

Sign in to suggest correctionsTRACK ID · 33554· DATA VERSION v3.3