Alternative Rock · 1980s

Alternative Rock loudness in the 1980s

-17.7 Median integrated LUFS
-20.5 to -13.5 Range
14 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 3 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 6 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 2 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 0 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 1 track -21 LUFS -17 LUFS -13 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

15 to 16 DR: 2 tracks16 to 17 DR: 1 track17 to 18 DR: 2 tracks18 to 19 DR: 5 tracks19 to 20 DR: 2 tracks20 to 21 DR: 1 track21 to 22 DR: 1 track 15 DR 18 DR 22 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Into the White
Pixies
-13.5 LUFS
Quietest: Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Various Artists
-20.5 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Bernie Grundman
n=10 · median -17.8 LUFS

Other decades

Alternative Rock in the 1990s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 14 measured tracks, not a survey of every Alternative Rock release from the 1980s.