Rock · 1980s

Rock loudness in the 1980s

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

Loudness 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: 5 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 4 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 5 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 18 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 13 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 17 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 4 tracks -23 LUFS -18 LUFS -12 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

15 to 16 DR: 4 tracks16 to 17 DR: 8 tracks17 to 18 DR: 21 tracks18 to 19 DR: 18 tracks19 to 20 DR: 10 tracks20 to 21 DR: 6 tracks21 to 22 DR: 2 tracks22 to 23 DR: 1 track23 to 24 DR: 1 track 15 DR 19 DR 24 DR

Loudest and quietest

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

Most-represented engineers

Bob Ludwig
n=20 · median -17.2 LUFS
George Marino
n=13 · median -14.6 LUFS
Howie Weinberg
n=12 · median -15 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 71 measured tracks, not a survey of every Rock release from the 1980s.