This visualization is built from the lyrics of all the Lookout Records releases from 1987 to 1994, with a few exceptions listed in the Help section. Click on a word in the cloud to see its associations (the terms that appear in its proximity) in the network graph below.
Please note: the word cloud may take a few seconds to load!
Select a release from the dropdown to view its details, track list, and a word cloud generated from its lyrics.
Instructions: Click the button below to generate a random mashup of lyric lines from across the Lookout dataset.
This web application visualizes lyrics from all the Lookout Records releases from 1987 to 1994.
The All Records tab provides a word cloud of the overall corpus; clicking on a word shows its associations
in a network graph.
The Individual Records tab lets you select an individual release to view its tracks,
a word cloud generated from its lyrics, and a word association network.
The Randomizer tab generates a random mashup of lyric lines from across the dataset.
The dataset includes lyrics from Lookout Records releases between 1987 and 1994. The lyrics were either transcribed from liner notes or scraped from Genius.com, Plyrics, and Letras.com.
Click here to see a list of the lyrics missing from this dataset. If you have access to them, please get in touch!