Dire Straits / Brothers In Arms

The Man's Too Strong

Dire Straits · Brothers In Arms (1985)

-15.9 LUFS
0.5 True peak
12.5 Loudness range
19.6 Dynamic range
-10.5 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Rock · 1980s louder than 32% of 71 tracks (median -15.1 LUFS)

-23 to -22 LUFS: 1 track-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 5 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 4 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 5 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 18 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 13 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 17 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 4 tracks -15.9 -23 LUFS -18 LUFS -12 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Bob Ludwig (all tracks) louder than 9% of 158 tracks (median -11.2 LUFS)

Bob Ludwig × Rock louder than 18% of 68 tracks (median -12.4 LUFS)

-23 to -22 LUFS: 1 track-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 4 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 3 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 3 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 8 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 8 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 17 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 20 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 16 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 17 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 14 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 29 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 12 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -15.9 -23 LUFS -15 LUFS -6 LUFS

Studio cohort

Masterdisk (all tracks) louder than 14% of 280 tracks (median -12.3 LUFS)

8th loudest of 9 on this release

Metadata

Year
1985
Label
Mercury Records / Vertigo
Genres
Rock, Classic Rock
Catalog
824 499-2
UPC
42282-44992
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-09
Engine
mastering-to@5603b08
Discogs

Note: 1996 Remastered Edition