Engineers

Bob Ludwig

Mastering engineer

-11.2 Median integrated LUFS
14.3 Median dynamic range
-22.6 to -6.2 Range
158 Tracks

By decade

1980s
n=20 · median -17.2 LUFS
1990s
n=116 · median -10.2 LUFS
2000s
n=11 · median -12.7 LUFS
2010s
n=11 · median -10.5 LUFS

Releases

Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits · 1985
median -15.4 LUFS
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman · 1988
median -18.2 LUFS
Mr. Bungle
Mr. Bungle · 1991
median -13.8 LUFS
On Every Street
Dire Straits · 1991
median -13.1 LUFS
Ten
Pearl Jam · 1991
median -12.4 LUFS
Heart-Shaped Box
Nirvana · 1993
median -11.2 LUFS
In Utero
Nirvana · 1993
median -10.9 LUFS
Vitalogy
Pearl Jam · 1994
median -10.5 LUFS
Black Love
Afghan Whigs · 1996
median -8.9 LUFS
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
Nirvana · 1996
median -8.7 LUFS
Let's Face It
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones · 1997
median -8.7 LUFS
The Colour and the Shape
Foo Fighters · 1997
median -7.7 LUFS
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground · 2000
median -12.7 LUFS
Savor Flamenco
Gipsy Kings · 2013
median -10.5 LUFS

Studios

Gateway Mastering
Masterdisk

By genre

Grunge
n=58 · median -10.4 LUFS
Rock
n=56 · median -13.1 LUFS
Ska
n=12 · median -8.7 LUFS
Flamenco
n=11 · median -10.5 LUFS
Alternative Rock
n=11 · median -8.9 LUFS
Metal
n=10 · median -13.8 LUFS

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — these figures cover only the tracks measured on lufs.to, not this engineer's full body of work.