Classic Rock · 1990s

Classic Rock loudness in the 1990s

-13.4 Median integrated LUFS
-18.4 to -6.8 Range
60 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-19 to -18 LUFS: 1 track-18 to -17 LUFS: 0 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 4 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 5 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 5 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 18 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 7 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 4 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 3 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 2 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 7 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 3 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 1 track -19 LUFS -13 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

10 to 11 DR: 2 tracks11 to 12 DR: 4 tracks12 to 13 DR: 6 tracks13 to 14 DR: 2 tracks14 to 15 DR: 5 tracks15 to 16 DR: 9 tracks16 to 17 DR: 12 tracks17 to 18 DR: 12 tracks18 to 19 DR: 2 tracks19 to 20 DR: 5 tracks20 to 21 DR: 0 tracks21 to 22 DR: 1 track 10 DR 16 DR 22 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Old Time Rock & Roll
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
-6.8 LUFS
Quietest: Who Wants to Live Forever
Queen
-18.4 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Eddy Schreyer
n=34 · median -13.7 LUFS
Wally Traugott
n=14 · median -8.6 LUFS
Bob Ludwig
n=12 · median -13.1 LUFS

Other decades

Classic Rock in the 2000s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 60 measured tracks, not a survey of every Classic Rock release from the 1990s.