Pandora by Cocteau Twins
Pandora by Cocteau Twins runs at 79 BPM in the key of C major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
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.
Measured
- Tempo
- 79 BPM
- Key
- C major
- Length
- 5:35
- Genre
- shoegaze
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
Suno prompt
A tender shoegaze track with high energy and a syncopated feel at 79 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and shimmering open hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and melodic lead, built on suspended chords, leaving a euphoric and open atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 79
- Chords
- suspended
- Cymbals
- shimmering open hats
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- euphoric and open
- Genre
- shoegaze
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- syncopated
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- melodic lead
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- verse-chorus with a bridge
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Cocteau Twins. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.