Grammy's Album of the Year, 1986: Phil Collins, No Jacket Required, all meanspeeds and meanemotions

We thought that it would a fine thing to count up year by year--now that the light of the 2007 Grammy Awards has shone, back to 1986 and move up day by day to the present.

On February 25, 1986, the Grammy Awards were given at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The Album of the Year Award went to: Phil Collins for his album No Jacket Required, a group of songs that featured Phil’s signature 1980s sound. An outstanding article about this album appears at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Jacket_Required.


These are the songs, the meanspeeds and the meanemotions for each of 11 tracks:

1. "Sussudio"
Meanspeed=121.3 beats per minute
Meanemotion=victory

2. "Only You Know And I Know
Meanspeed=141.2 beats per minute
Meanemotion=mixed fast

3. "Long Long Way To Go"
Meanspeed=58.8 beats per minute
Meanemotion=sincerity

4. "I Don't Wanna Know"
Meanspeed=130.2 beats per minute
Meanemotion=mixed fast

5. "One More Night"
Meanspeed=68.2 beats per minute
Meanemotion=ceremony

6. "Don't Lose My Number"
Meanspeed=161.4 beats per minute
Meanemotion=mixed fast

7. "Who Said I Would?"
Meanspeed=131.0 beats per minute
Meanemotion=mixed fast

8. "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore?"
Meanspeed=108.2 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

9. "Inside Out"
Meanspeed=94.8 beats per minute
Meanemotion=enthusiasm

10. "Take Me Home"
Meanspeed=118.8 beats per minute
Meanemotion=victory

11. "We Said Hello, Goodbye (Don't Look Back)"
Meanspeed=71.1 beats per minute
Meanemotion=grace



William O’Brien
Meanspeed Music
Kendall Park
March 14, 2007