Indie Rock loudness in the 1990s

-10.2 Median integrated LUFS
-27.2 to -6.4 Range
84 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-28 to -27 LUFS: 1 track-27 to -26 LUFS: 0 tracks-26 to -25 LUFS: 1 track-25 to -24 LUFS: 1 track-24 to -23 LUFS: 3 tracks-23 to -22 LUFS: 2 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 0 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 2 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 4 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 3 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 6 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 5 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 3 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 10 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 13 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 11 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 12 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 4 tracks -28 LUFS -17 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

9 to 10 DR: 2 tracks10 to 11 DR: 10 tracks11 to 12 DR: 15 tracks12 to 13 DR: 15 tracks13 to 14 DR: 12 tracks14 to 15 DR: 4 tracks15 to 16 DR: 9 tracks16 to 17 DR: 3 tracks17 to 18 DR: 4 tracks18 to 19 DR: 1 track19 to 20 DR: 0 tracks20 to 21 DR: 2 tracks21 to 22 DR: 0 tracks22 to 23 DR: 3 tracks23 to 24 DR: 1 track24 to 25 DR: 2 tracks25 to 26 DR: 1 track 9 DR 17 DR 26 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Stutter
-6.4 LUFS
Quietest: That Ski Trip
Various Artists
-27.2 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Stephen Marcussen
n=39 · median -13.9 LUFS

Other decades

Indie Rock in the 2000s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 84 measured tracks, not a survey of every Indie Rock release from the 1990s.