Genres

New Wave

Genre

-13.7 Median integrated LUFS
15.8 Median dynamic range
-23.8 to -6.9 Range
353 Tracks

By decade

1970s
n=19 · median -11.1 LUFS
1980s
n=161 · median -16.9 LUFS
1990s
n=30 · median -11.8 LUFS
2000s
n=143 · median -11 LUFS

Releases

London Calling
The Clash · 1979
median -11.1 LUFS
Movement
New Order · 1981
median -15.7 LUFS
Speak & Spell
Depeche Mode · 1981
median -16.5 LUFS
A Broken Frame
Depeche Mode · 1982
median -14.6 LUFS
Construction Time Again
Depeche Mode · 1983
median -16.2 LUFS
Power, Corruption & Lies
New Order · 1983
median -17 LUFS
People Are People
Depeche Mode · 1984
median -17.1 LUFS
Some Great Reward
Depeche Mode · 1984
median -16.7 LUFS
Catching Up with Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode · 1985
median -20.2 LUFS
Low-Life
New Order · 1985
median -16.8 LUFS
Black Celebration
Depeche Mode · 1986
median -18.2 LUFS
Brotherhood
New Order · 1986
median -14.7 LUFS
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode · 1987
median -17 LUFS
Substance
New Order · 1987
median -16.5 LUFS
101 (CD 1)
Depeche Mode · 1989
median -17.5 LUFS
101 (CD 2)
Depeche Mode · 1989
median -17.7 LUFS
Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk
Talk Talk · 1990
median -13.3 LUFS
(The Best Of) NewOrder
New Order · 1994
median -9.5 LUFS
Retro (CD 1)
New Order · 2002
median -8.5 LUFS
Retro (CD 2)
New Order · 2002
median -11.3 LUFS
Retro (CD 3)
New Order · 2002
median -11.1 LUFS
Retro (CD 4)
New Order · 2002
median -11 LUFS
The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1
Depeche Mode · 2006
median -9.8 LUFS
Brotherhood (Collector's Edition) (CD 1)
New Order · 2008
median -10.4 LUFS
Brotherhood (Collector's Edition) (CD 2)
New Order · 2008
median -11.6 LUFS
Low-Life (Collector's Edition) (CD 1)
New Order · 2008
median -12 LUFS
Low-Life (Collector's Edition) (CD 2)
New Order · 2008
median -11.5 LUFS
Movement (Collector's Edition) (CD 1)
New Order · 2008
median -13.8 LUFS
Movement (Collector's Edition) (CD 2)
New Order · 2008
median -10.4 LUFS
Power, Corruption & Lies (Collector's Edition) (CD 1)
New Order · 2008
median -12.3 LUFS
Power, Corruption & Lies (Collector's Edition) (CD 2)
New Order · 2008
median -11.7 LUFS

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this as a sample of 353 measured New Wave tracks, not a survey of the genre as a whole.