It’s time for the finale of our week-long look at Phish Fall Tour statistics. Each day this week we’ve been sharing a new installment of our geekiest column, The Number Line, where we analyze the setlists from Phish’s recently completed Fall Tour. On Monday we examined the Fall Tour one-timers, on Tuesday we looked at the songs played on the tour by studio album, on Wednesday we detailed the covers Phish performed and yesterday we shined a light on the originals. Today, we’ve got a mixed bag…

[Photo by Pietro Truba]

46 – Songs with one word titles
31 – Minutes between last song title tweeted by @Phish and tweet about that night’s LivePhish recording being available (quickest of tour)
29 – Most letters in a song title (Stealing Time, BBFCFM)
25 – Most Songs Played in a Show (11/29 – Maine)
18 – Least Songs Played in A Show (11/25 – Philly 2)
13 – Number of different songs that opened the second set (no song opened the 2nd set more than once)
11 – Different Sources of Audience Recordings of the Charlottesville show (most of any show) available for download on bt.etree.org [via db.etree.org Source List]
8 – Most words in a song title (MMGAMOIO)

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7 – Shows within 150 miles of New York City
6 - Total Lyric Changes (Ya Mar 12/5 “naked pa” Antelope 12/5 “naked guy”, Antelope 12/2 “Mike”, Antelope 11/29 “Prince”, Antelope 11/25 “Mike”, Cities 11/25 “Thanksgiving”)
6 – Bluegrass Tunes (Poor Heart, Nellie Cane, MMGAMOIO, Old Home Place, Ginseng Sullivan, Uncle Pen)
5 – Vocal Jams (Sally and the 4 YEMs)
5 – Songs with Numbers in their titles (Twenty Years Later, Two Versions of Me, 46 Days, Seven Below, Character Zero)
4 – Items offered to Rob Harvilla of the Village Voice (Rum, Cigarette, Big Red, Juicy Fruit)
4 – Antelope Lyric Changes: 12/5 “naked guy”, 12/2 “mike”, 11/29 “prince”, 11/25 “mike”
3 – Songs off of Exile On Main Street performed that refer to torn clothes (Torn & Frayed, Loving Cup, Shine A Light)
3 – Fewest letters in a song title Joy, Bug
3 – Number of venues phish played for the first time (Wachovia, JPJ Arena, Cobo)
2 – Shows that opened AC/DC Bag, Chalkdust
1 – Naked Guy Who Jumped on Stage
0 – Daily Papers in the NYC-area that covered the MSG Shows

[Compiled by DaveO, Luke, Andy Kahn, and ScottyB]

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