Funk · 1980s

Funk loudness in the 1980s

-14.7 Median integrated LUFS
-17.7 to -13 Range
36 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-18 to -17 LUFS: 2 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 2 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 10 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 11 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 11 tracks -18 LUFS -16 LUFS -13 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

15 to 16 DR: 1 track16 to 17 DR: 3 tracks17 to 18 DR: 15 tracks18 to 19 DR: 13 tracks19 to 20 DR: 4 tracks 15 DR 17 DR 20 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: From Out of Nowhere
Faith No More
-13.0 LUFS
Quietest: Pretty Little Ditty
Red Hot Chili Peppers
-17.7 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

George Marino
n=13 · median -14.6 LUFS
Howie Weinberg
n=12 · median -15 LUFS
John Golden
n=11 · median -14 LUFS

Other decades

Funk in the 1990s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 36 measured tracks, not a survey of every Funk release from the 1980s.