Funk loudness in the 1990s

-11.4 Median integrated LUFS
-25.8 to -7.8 Range
104 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-26 to -25 LUFS: 1 track-25 to -24 LUFS: 0 tracks-24 to -23 LUFS: 0 tracks-23 to -22 LUFS: 0 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 0 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 2 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 2 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 4 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 11 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 8 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 15 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 4 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 9 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 15 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 25 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 5 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 2 tracks -26 LUFS -17 LUFS -7 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

11 to 12 DR: 10 tracks12 to 13 DR: 24 tracks13 to 14 DR: 15 tracks14 to 15 DR: 11 tracks15 to 16 DR: 2 tracks16 to 17 DR: 7 tracks17 to 18 DR: 13 tracks18 to 19 DR: 14 tracks19 to 20 DR: 3 tracks20 to 21 DR: 3 tracks21 to 22 DR: 1 track22 to 23 DR: 0 tracks23 to 24 DR: 1 track 11 DR 17 DR 24 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: T&P Combo
-7.8 LUFS
Quietest: Personality Goes a Long Way
Various Artists
-25.8 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Joe Gastwirt
n=48 · median -10 LUFS
Steve Hall
n=16 · median -15.5 LUFS
John Golden
n=13 · median -9.9 LUFS
Bob Ludwig
n=10 · median -13.8 LUFS

Other decades

← Funk in the 1980s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 104 measured tracks, not a survey of every Funk release from the 1990s.