DAUGHTRY's speed, his #1 Worldwide album: Deep Expressions of Catharthsis, Loneliness and Bittersweetness

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The Number One downloaded album of the day in the world: DAUGHTRY, by DAUGHTRY.
This album is really a throwback to the 1980s power ballads of love and agony in the deepest sense—no wonder that Paula Abdul showed so much emotion when Chris DAUGHTRY was kicked off American Idol in 2006.

There are already thousands of reviews of this album online. So said, what struck agent 19.2 and me about the DAUGHTRY effort are his songs slow, deep, agonizing. No songs at the meanemotion ranges of enthusiasm, natural, foreboding or victory. Much pain is found: bittersweetness, grace, loneliness, ceremony. Absolutely honest expressions of pain—that’s what agent 19.2 and I said—just about at the same time—over some coffee and cake here at the new Meanspeed, New Jersey offices.

The elements of speed and emotional expression for each of Daughtry’s 11 track plus the iTunes bonus track (another song of deep loneliness) measured by agent 41 are:


Track #1
song title=“It’s Not Over”
meanspeed=73.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace
meanspace=0.822 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.22 beats per second
meanpitch=311.59 hertz, 2 cents higher than D#4/Eb4=311.127 hertz, 98 cents lower than E4=329.628 hertz.

Track #2
song title=“Can’t Run But”
meanspeed=85.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal
meanspace=0.705 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.42 beats per second
meanpitch=362.90 hertz, 66 cents higher than F4=349.228 hertz, 34 cents lower than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz.

Track #3
song title=“Home”
meanspeed=72.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace
meanspace=0.833 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.20 beats per second
meanpitch=307.37 hertz, 78 cents higher than D4=293.665 hertz, 22 cents lower than D#4/Eb4=311.127 hertz.

Track #4
song title=“Over You”
meanspeed=78.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=bittersweetness
meanspace=0.760 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.30 beats per second
meanpitch=333.03 hertz, 17 cents higher than E4=329.628 hertz, 83 cents lower than F4=349.228 hertz.

Track #5
song title=“Crashed”
meanspeed=74.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=grace
meanspace=0.810 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.23 beats per second
meanpitch=316.05 hertz, 27 cents higher than D#4/Eb4=311.127 hertz, 73 cents lower than E4=329.628 hertz.

Track #6
song title=“Feels Like Tonight”
fast sections—
meanspeed=131.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=mixed fast
meanspace=0.458 seconds per beat
meanphase=2.20 beats per second
meanpitch=559.32 hertz, 15 cents higher than C#5/Db5=554.365 hertz, 85 cents lower than D5=587.330 hertz,

slow sections-
meanspeed=65.5 beats per minute
meanemotion=ceremony
meanspace=0.915 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.10 beats per second
meanpitch=279.66 hertz, 15 cents higher than C#4/Db4=277.183 hertz, 85 cents lower than D4=293.665 hertz.

Track #7
song title=“Breakdown”
meanspeed=77.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=bittersweetness
meanspace=0.779 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.28 beats per second
meanpitch=328.73 hertz, 95 cents higher than D#4/Eb4=311.127 hertz, 5 cents lower than E4=329.628 hertz.

Track #8
song title=“Gong”
meanspeed=78.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=bittersweetness
meanspace=0.760 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.30 beats per second
meanpitch=333.03 hertz, 17 cents higher than E4=329.628 hertz, 83 cents lower than F4=349.228 hertz.

Track #9
song title=“There And Back Again”
meanspeed=111.2 beats per minute
meanemotion=lust
meanspace=0.540 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.85 beats per second
meanpitch=474.30 hertz, 29 cents higher than A#4/Bb4=466.164 hertz, 71 cents lower than B4=493.883 hertz.

Track #10
song title= “All These Lives”
meanspeed=83.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.723 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.38 beats per second
meanpitch=354.33 hertz, 26 cents higher than F4=349.228 hertz, 74 cents lower than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz.

Track #11
song title= “What About Now”
meanspeed=81.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.740 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.35 beats per second
meanpitch=345.82 hertz, 83 cents higher than E4=329.628 hertz, 17 cents lower than F4=349.228 hertz.

Track #12
song title= “Sorry”
meanspeed=79.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.759 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.32 beats per second
meanpitch=337.46 hertz, 34 cents higher than E4=329.628 hertz, 66 cents lower than F4=349.228 hertz.


Ian Schneider
meanspeed.com
January 22, 2007