Decades

1980s

Decade

-16.6 Median integrated LUFS
17.8 Median dynamic range
-28.9 to -9.9 Range
318 Tracks

Releases

Movement
New Order · 1981
median -15.7 LUFS
Speak & Spell
Depeche Mode · 1981
median -16.5 LUFS
A Broken Frame
Depeche Mode · 1982
median -14.6 LUFS
Construction Time Again
Depeche Mode · 1983
median -16.2 LUFS
Power, Corruption & Lies
New Order · 1983
median -17 LUFS
Scarface (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Various Artists · 1983
median -11.6 LUFS
People Are People
Depeche Mode · 1984
median -17.1 LUFS
Some Great Reward
Depeche Mode · 1984
median -16.7 LUFS
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits · 1985
median -15.4 LUFS
Catching Up with Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode · 1985
median -20.2 LUFS
Here I Come
Barrington Levy · 1985
median -11.5 LUFS
Low-Life
New Order · 1985
median -16.8 LUFS
Miami Vice: Music From the Television Series
Various Artists · 1985
median -14 LUFS
To Live And Die in L.A. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Wang Chung · 1985
median -19.7 LUFS
Black Celebration
Depeche Mode · 1986
median -18.2 LUFS
Brotherhood
New Order · 1986
median -14.7 LUFS
Licensed to Ill
Beastie Boys · 1986
median -17.1 LUFS
Pretty in Pink (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Various Artists · 1986
median -17.8 LUFS
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode · 1987
median -17 LUFS
Substance
New Order · 1987
median -16.5 LUFS
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1987
median -15 LUFS
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman · 1988
median -18.2 LUFS
101 (CD 1)
Depeche Mode · 1989
median -17.5 LUFS
101 (CD 2)
Depeche Mode · 1989
median -17.7 LUFS
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul · 1989
median -19 LUFS
Here Comes Your Man
Pixies · 1989
median -15.8 LUFS
Mother's Milk
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1989
median -14.6 LUFS
Technique
New Order · 1989
median -12.7 LUFS
The Real Thing
Faith No More · 1989
median -14 LUFS

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this as a sample of 318 measured tracks from the 1980s.