Reggae · 1990s

Reggae loudness in the 1990s

-15.2 Median integrated LUFS
-24.8 to -7.9 Range
131 Tracks

Loudness distribution

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

Dynamic range distribution

10 to 11 DR: 2 tracks11 to 12 DR: 5 tracks12 to 13 DR: 12 tracks13 to 14 DR: 9 tracks14 to 15 DR: 13 tracks15 to 16 DR: 28 tracks16 to 17 DR: 15 tracks17 to 18 DR: 17 tracks18 to 19 DR: 11 tracks19 to 20 DR: 11 tracks20 to 21 DR: 6 tracks21 to 22 DR: 2 tracks 10 DR 16 DR 22 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: We’re Only Gonna Die for Our Arrogance
Sublime
-7.9 LUFS
Quietest: Dangerous Escapades of Dub
Mad Professor
-24.8 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Brian Gardner
n=22 · median -10.4 LUFS
Kevin Metcalfe
n=16 · median -12.6 LUFS

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 131 measured tracks, not a survey of every Reggae release from the 1990s.