Reggae · 1970s

Reggae loudness in the 1970s

-15.1 Median integrated LUFS
-19.6 to -13.4 Range
16 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 3 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 5 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 3 tracks -20 LUFS -17 LUFS -13 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

15 to 16 DR: 1 track16 to 17 DR: 4 tracks17 to 18 DR: 1 track18 to 19 DR: 4 tracks19 to 20 DR: 3 tracks20 to 21 DR: 3 tracks 15 DR 18 DR 21 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Biko's Kindred Lament
Steel Pulse
-13.4 LUFS
Quietest: Prediction
Steel Pulse
-19.6 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Other decades

Reggae in the 1980s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 16 measured tracks, not a survey of every Reggae release from the 1970s.