Blue Monday by New Order
Blue Monday by New Order runs at 130 BPM in the key of D minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 130 BPM
- Key
- D minor
- Length
- 7:31
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Mood
- restless
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A restless synth-pop track blending disco with explosive energy and a swung feel at 130 BPM. The low end is analog synth bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a clap-layered snare and tight closed hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a restrained and conversational performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and vocal clarity, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- analog synth bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 130
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- tight closed hats
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Second genre
- disco
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- restless
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- vocal clarity
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- restrained and conversational
- Vocal
- a warm male vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key use acoustic measurement; descriptor claims use the commercially cleared classifier recorded with this analysis. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes. This page does not reproduce its lyrics. This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with New Order. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.