Britpop · 1990s

Britpop loudness in the 1990s

-9.8 Median integrated LUFS
-15.6 to -6.4 Range
50 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 1 track-14 to -13 LUFS: 0 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 5 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 9 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 6 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 9 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 9 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 8 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 2 tracks -16 LUFS -11 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

8 to 9 DR: 3 tracks9 to 10 DR: 4 tracks10 to 11 DR: 4 tracks11 to 12 DR: 10 tracks12 to 13 DR: 9 tracks13 to 14 DR: 7 tracks14 to 15 DR: 7 tracks15 to 16 DR: 4 tracks16 to 17 DR: 2 tracks 8 DR 12 DR 17 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Stutter
Elastica
-6.4 LUFS
Quietest: Untitled II
Oasis
-15.6 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Owen Morris
n=12 · median -9.3 LUFS
Geoff Pesche
n=12 · median -12 LUFS
Kevin Metcalfe
n=12 · median -12 LUFS
Chris Blair
n=10 · median -9.8 LUFS

Other decades

Britpop in the 2000s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 50 measured tracks, not a survey of every Britpop release from the 1990s.