Pop Rock loudness in the 1990s

-12.5 Median integrated LUFS
-18 to -8.1 Range
32 Tracks

Loudness distribution

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

Dynamic range distribution

11 to 12 DR: 4 tracks12 to 13 DR: 3 tracks13 to 14 DR: 1 track14 to 15 DR: 5 tracks15 to 16 DR: 10 tracks16 to 17 DR: 5 tracks17 to 18 DR: 4 tracks 11 DR 14 DR 18 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Buddy Holly
-8.1 LUFS
Quietest: Memories
Various Artists
-18.0 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Vic Anesini
n=12 · median -12.9 LUFS
George Marino
n=10 · median -9.5 LUFS

Other decades

Pop Rock in the 2000s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 32 measured tracks, not a survey of every Pop Rock release from the 1990s.