Preparations For A Journey by David Sylvian Song Details

David Sylvian's ' "Preparations For A Journey" was released on its scheduled release date, December 14, 1985. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:40, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. The song is number 4 out of 7 in Alchemy: An Index Of Possibilities (Remastered 2003) by David Sylvian. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United Kingdom. Based on our statistics, Preparations For A Journey's popularity is below average in popularity right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of Preparations For A Journey by David Sylvian is Moderato (at a moderate speed), since this song has a tempo of 120 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

E Minor is the music key of this track. Because this track belongs in the E Minor key, the camelot key is 9A. So, the perfect camelot match for 9A would be either 9A or 8B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 9B or 10A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6A and a high energy boost can either be 11A or 4A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 8A would be a great choice. Where 12A would give you a moderate drop, and 7A or 2A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-21.91 dB
Acousticness
99%
Danceability
33%
Energy
20%
Instrumentalness
88%
Liveness
95%
Loudness
63%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
45%

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ISRC
GBAAA0300432
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records