Depeche Mode / Black Celebration

A Question of Time

Depeche Mode · Black Celebration (1986)

-15.8 LUFS
-1.0 True peak
4.4 Loudness range
17.6 Dynamic range
-13.0 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Synth-Pop · 1980s louder than 61% of 199 tracks (median -16.7 LUFS)

New Wave · 1980s (secondary) louder than 70% of 161 tracks (median -16.9 LUFS)

-29 to -28 LUFS: 1 track-28 to -27 LUFS: 0 tracks-27 to -26 LUFS: 0 tracks-26 to -25 LUFS: 0 tracks-25 to -24 LUFS: 0 tracks-24 to -23 LUFS: 1 track-23 to -22 LUFS: 2 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 8 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 17 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 16 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 39 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 32 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 26 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 22 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 17 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 8 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 5 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 2 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 1 track -15.8 -29 LUFS -19 LUFS -9 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Tim Young (all tracks) louder than 25% of 55 tracks (median -11.8 LUFS)

Tim Young × Synth-Pop louder than 56% of 24 tracks (median -16.9 LUFS)

-23 to -22 LUFS: 1 track-22 to -21 LUFS: 0 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 4 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 3 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 3 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 1 track-14 to -13 LUFS: 3 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 6 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 12 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 10 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 2 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 1 track-8 to -7 LUFS: 6 tracks -15.8 -23 LUFS -15 LUFS -7 LUFS

Studio cohort

No mastering studio recorded for this track.

1st loudest of 14 on this release

Metadata

Year
1986
Label
Mute
Genres
Synth-Pop, New Wave
Catalog
CD STUMM 26
Source
MP3
Version
MP3 (transcoded)
Measured
2026-09-26
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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