Rock · 2000s

Rock loudness in the 2000s

-8.2 Median integrated LUFS
-18.4 to -5.6 Range
73 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-19 to -18 LUFS: 1 track-18 to -17 LUFS: 0 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 0 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 0 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 5 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 2 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 5 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 4 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 6 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 9 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 5 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 16 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 15 tracks-6 to -5 LUFS: 5 tracks -19 LUFS -12 LUFS -5 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

8 to 9 DR: 1 track9 to 10 DR: 15 tracks10 to 11 DR: 17 tracks11 to 12 DR: 4 tracks12 to 13 DR: 14 tracks13 to 14 DR: 5 tracks14 to 15 DR: 7 tracks15 to 16 DR: 3 tracks16 to 17 DR: 4 tracks17 to 18 DR: 1 track18 to 19 DR: 1 track19 to 20 DR: 1 track 8 DR 14 DR 20 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Party Til You Puke
Andrew W.K.
-5.6 LUFS
Quietest: You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket
The White Stripes
-18.4 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Ted Jensen
n=24 · median -7.5 LUFS
Noel Summerville
n=14 · median -10.5 LUFS
Howie Weinberg
n=12 · median -6.3 LUFS
Dave Collins
n=12 · median -6.3 LUFS
Greg Calbi
n=12 · median -7.6 LUFS
Bob Ludwig
n=11 · median -12.7 LUFS

Other decades

← Rock in the 1990s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 73 measured tracks, not a survey of every Rock release from the 2000s.