Reggae · 1980s

Reggae loudness in the 1980s

-11.5 Median integrated LUFS
-19.6 to -10.8 Range
12 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 0 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 0 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 0 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 0 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 1 track-13 to -12 LUFS: 2 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 5 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 3 tracks -20 LUFS -15 LUFS -10 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

14 to 15 DR: 2 tracks15 to 16 DR: 8 tracks16 to 17 DR: 1 track17 to 18 DR: 0 tracks18 to 19 DR: 1 track 14 DR 16 DR 19 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Cool and Loving
Barrington Levy
-10.8 LUFS
Quietest: Here I Come
Barrington Levy
-19.6 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Other decades

Reggae in the 1990s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 12 measured tracks, not a survey of every Reggae release from the 1980s.