New Wave · 1990s

New Wave loudness in the 1990s

-11.8 Median integrated LUFS
-16.1 to -8.5 Range
30 Tracks

Loudness distribution

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

Dynamic range distribution

12 to 13 DR: 1 track13 to 14 DR: 6 tracks14 to 15 DR: 6 tracks15 to 16 DR: 3 tracks16 to 17 DR: 7 tracks17 to 18 DR: 3 tracks18 to 19 DR: 3 tracks19 to 20 DR: 1 track 12 DR 16 DR 20 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: The Perfect Kiss
New Order
-8.5 LUFS
Quietest: Happiness Is Easy
Talk Talk
-16.1 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 30 measured tracks, not a survey of every New Wave release from the 1990s.