Shadow of a Lonely Man by The Alan Parsons Project Song Details

"Shadow of a Lonely Man" by The Alan Parsons Project had its release date on June 1, 1978. This song is about six minutes long, preciously at 5:34, making this song fairly long compared to other songs. There are a total of 9 in the song's album "Pyramid". In this album, this song's track order is #9. Based on our statistics, Shadow of a Lonely Man's popularity is not that popular right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With Shadow of a Lonely Man by The Alan Parsons Project having a BPM of 142 with a half-time of 71 BPM and a double-time of 284 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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