Stephen Marcussen

Mastering engineer

-11.5 Median integrated LUFS

14.1 Median dynamic range

-27.2 to -5.6 Range

154 Tracks

By decade

1980s

n=11 · median -14 LUFS

1990s

n=119 · median -11.7 LUFS

2000s

n=24 · median -8.6 LUFS

Releases

Miami Vice: Music From the Television Series

Various Artists · 1985

median -14 LUFS

Marvin the Album

Frente! · 1994

median -14.4 LUFS

Monster

R.E.M. · 1994

median -9.9 LUFS

MTV Unplugged in New York

Nirvana · 1994

median -12.5 LUFS

Mallrats (Music from the Motion Picture)

Various Artists · 1995

median -10.8 LUFS

Return of the Rentals

The Rentals · 1995

median -11 LUFS

Goldfinger

Goldfinger · 1996

median -12 LUFS

Turn the Radio Off

Reel Big Fish · 1996

median -10.9 LUFS

Touch

Dave Grohl · 1997

median -12.6 LUFS

Sounds of the Universe (Deluxe Edition) (CD 1)

Depeche Mode · 2009

median -7.8 LUFS

Sounds of the Universe (Deluxe Edition) (CD 2)

Depeche Mode · 2009

median -8.9 LUFS

Studios

Marcussen Mastering

Precision Mastering

By genre

Rock

n=37 · median -12.8 LUFS

Synth-Pop

n=35 · median -9.1 LUFS

Alternative Rock

n=28 · median -11.4 LUFS

Soundtrack

n=25 · median -10.8 LUFS

Ska

n=16 · median -10.9 LUFS

Grunge

n=13 · median -12.5 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.