Speed of NJR--for use on the BPM column on your iTunes/other music program---for class-A playlists

[ian schneider]

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 mean speeds and the meanemotions for each of
11 tracks:

1. "Sussudio"
Meanspeed=121 beats per minute
Meanemotion=victory

2. "Only You Know And I Know
Meanspeed=141 beats per minute
Meanemotion=mixed fast

3. "Long Long Way To Go"
Meanspeed=58 beats per minute
Meanemotion=sincerity

4. "I Don't Wanna Know"
Meanspeed=130 beats per minute
Meanemotion=mixed fast

5. "One More Night"
Meanspeed=68 beats per minute
Meanemotion=ceremony

6. "Don't Lose My Number"
Meanspeed=161 beats per minute
Meanemotion=mixed fast

7. "Who Said I Would?"
Meanspeed=131 beats per minute
Meanemotion=mixed fast

8. "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore?"
Meanspeed=108 beats per minute
Meanemotion=lust

9. "Inside Out"
Meanspeed=95 beats per minute
Meanemotion=enthusiasm

10. "Take Me Home"
Meanspeed=119 beats per minute
Meanemotion=victory

11. "We Said Hello, Goodbye (Don't Look Back)"
Meanspeed=71 beats per minute
Meanemotion=grace