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Time Tough by Toots & The Maytals

Time Tough by Toots & The Maytals runs at 92 BPM in the key of C major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
92 BPM
Key
C major
Length
4:24
Genre
reggae
Mood
triumphant
Vocals
Vocal

Suno prompt

A triumphant reggae track with high energy and a syncopated feel at 92 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A gritty male vocal delivers a rhythmic and percussive performance. Vinyl crackle adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
92
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
washy crash-led cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
reggae
Harmonic instrument
clean electric guitar
Harmonic style
rhythmic stabs
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
triumphant
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
syncopated
Snare
tight and dry
Sonic focus
vocal clarity
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
vinyl crackle
Vocal style
rhythmic and percussive
Vocal
a gritty male vocal

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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 Toots & The Maytals. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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