Rock · 1980s

Rock loudness in the 1980s

-15.1 Median integrated LUFS
-22.6 to -12.1 Range
55 Tracks

Distribution

-23 to -22 LUFS: 1 track-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 4 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 4 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 3 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 12 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 10 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 13 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 4 tracks -23 LUFS -18 LUFS -12 LUFS

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Dire Straits — Walk of Life
-12.1 LUFS
Quietest: Tracy Chapman — For You
-22.6 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Bob Ludwig
n=20 · median -17.2 LUFS
George Marino
n=13 · median -14.6 LUFS
Stephen Marcussen
n=11 · median -14 LUFS
John Golden
n=11 · median -14 LUFS

Other decades

Rock in the 1990s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 55 measured tracks, not a survey of every Rock release from the 1980s.