Foo Fighters / The Colour and the Shape

My Poor Brain

Foo Fighters · The Colour and the Shape (1997)

-7.5 LUFS
0.5 True peak
9.7 Loudness range
10.9 Dynamic range
-5.4 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Rock · 1990s louder than 95% of 291 tracks (median -11 LUFS)

Alternative Rock · 1990s (secondary) louder than 96% of 372 tracks (median -11.1 LUFS)

Grunge · 1990s (secondary) louder than 95% of 122 tracks (median -11.4 LUFS)

-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 3 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 7 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 18 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 15 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 42 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 21 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 31 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 43 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 44 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 39 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 21 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 5 tracks -7.5 -20 LUFS -13 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Bob Ludwig (all tracks) louder than 95% of 158 tracks (median -11.2 LUFS)

Bob Ludwig × Rock louder than 90% 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 -7.5 -23 LUFS -15 LUFS -6 LUFS

Studio cohort

Gateway Mastering (all tracks) louder than 93% of 122 tracks (median -10.1 LUFS)

6th loudest of 13 on this release

Metadata

Year
1997
Label
Capitol Records
Genres
Rock, Alternative Rock, Grunge
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-13
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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