The Number Line: The Studio Albums
As we mentioned yesterday, each day this week we’ll be sharing a new installment of our geekiest column, The Number Line, in which we analyze the setlists from Phish’s recently completed Fall Tour. Today’s TNL column looks at the songs played by album. One thing you’ll notice is the lack of songs from the group’s two post-hiatus albums, Round Room and Undermind.

[Photo by Jake Krolick]
Junta (1989): Played 10 songs, Did Not Play 4 (Fee, Contact, Union Federal, Icculus)
Lawn Boy (1990): Played 7 songs, Did Not Play 2 (My Sweet One, Oh Kee Pa Ceremony)
A Picture of Nectar (1992): Played 8 songs, Did Not Play 8 (Llama, Eliza, Manteca, Guelah Papyrus, Magilla, The Landlady, Faht, Catapult)
Rift (1993): Played 10 songs, Did Not Play 5 (Rift, Lengthwise, All Things Reconsidered, Mound, Lengthwise #2)
Hoist (1994): Played 5 songs, Did Not Play 6 (Riker’s Mailbox, Axilla [Part II], Lifeboy, Scent Of A Mule, Dog Faced Boy, Demand)
Billy Breathes (1996): Played 7 songs, Did Not Play 6 (Cars Trucks Buses, Talk, Bliss, Billy Breathes, Swept Away, Steep)
READ ON for the rest of our list of songs played by album…
The Story Of The Ghost (1998): Played 9 songs, Did Not Play 5 (Fikus, Shafty, Frankie Says, Roggae, End Of Session)
Farmhouse (2000): Played 9 Songs, Did Not Play 3 (Sleep, The Inlaw Josie Wales, Sand)
Round Room (2002): Played 3 Songs, Did Not Play 9 (Anything But Me, Round Room, Mexican Cousin, Friday, Mock Song, All Of These Dreams, Walls Of The Cave, Thunderhead, Waves)
Undermind (2004): Played 4 Songs, Did Not Play 10 (Scents and Subtle Sounds (Intro), The Connection, A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing, Army Of One, Crowd Control, Maggie’s Revenge, Nothing, Access Me, Secret Smile, Grind)
Joy (2009): Played All 10 Songs.
[Compiled by DaveO]

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 4:51 pm
love the number lines!
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 5:08 pm
They didn’t play The Landlady, but they did play Punch You in the Eye. The middle part is “The Landlady”
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Also, they played “The Curtain With”. The “With” section is the song “Rift” but much much slower (half-time maybe?)
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6:42 pm
The with section is not rift….was that a mistake or an attempt at a bad joke?
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Actually, the with section IS rift. listen to it sometime.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 8:09 pm
the important part about curtain with is that you play it in the right key. and the story about how it was written.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 8:28 pm
LOVED the SASS at MSG. Surprised there was not a WOTC however…
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Monday, December 14, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Undermind kicks ass. I like round room too. I wish they’d play Mikes song -> Mock song -> Mikes song.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 2:19 am
Curtain /with.
The with stands for With Jam. The Jam in Rift slowed down and also contains REBA-esque type jamming. I’m pretty sure the two are intertwined. There was actual on-line history somewhere.. but even the Phish.net description is lacking these days,.. c’mon ellis. help us out here.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 1:00 am
I would love to hear Maggie’s Revenge ‘live and in concert.’
Sunday, May 30, 2010 at 2:33 am
Also, they played “The Curtain With”. The “With” section is the song “Rift” but much much slower (half-time maybe?)
Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 12:37 am
I like music