Fiona Apple / Tidal

The First Taste

Fiona Apple · Tidal (1996)

-11.3 LUFS
1.0 True peak
14.2 Loudness range
14.4 Dynamic range
-9.0 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Alternative Rock · 1990s louder than 48% of 372 tracks (median -11.1 LUFS)

-28 to -27 LUFS: 1 track-27 to -26 LUFS: 0 tracks-26 to -25 LUFS: 1 track-25 to -24 LUFS: 2 tracks-24 to -23 LUFS: 3 tracks-23 to -22 LUFS: 2 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 7 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 14 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 20 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 29 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 52 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 53 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 51 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 52 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 48 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 28 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks-6 to -5 LUFS: 0 tracks-5 to -4 LUFS: 0 tracks-4 to -3 LUFS: 1 track -11.3 -28 LUFS -16 LUFS -3 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Ted Jensen (all tracks) louder than 27% of 77 tracks (median -9.7 LUFS)

Ted Jensen × Alternative Rock louder than 36% of 48 tracks (median -10.7 LUFS)

-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 1 track-14 to -13 LUFS: 2 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 8 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 12 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 11 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 14 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 12 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 8 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 8 tracks -11.3 -16 LUFS -11 LUFS -6 LUFS

Studio cohort

Sterling Sound (all tracks) louder than 43% of 194 tracks (median -10.9 LUFS)

4th loudest of 10 on this release

Metadata

Year
1996
Label
Sony / Work
Genres
Alternative Rock
Catalog
OK 67439
UPC
7464-67439-2
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-09
Engine
mastering-to@5603b08
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