Ska · 1990s

Ska loudness in the 1990s

-10.7 Median integrated LUFS
-20 to -6 Range
163 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 1 track-18 to -17 LUFS: 0 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 0 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 2 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 3 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 12 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 19 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 27 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 42 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 18 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 12 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 13 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 13 tracks -20 LUFS -13 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

9 to 10 DR: 7 tracks10 to 11 DR: 15 tracks11 to 12 DR: 9 tracks12 to 13 DR: 28 tracks13 to 14 DR: 29 tracks14 to 15 DR: 38 tracks15 to 16 DR: 13 tracks16 to 17 DR: 20 tracks17 to 18 DR: 0 tracks18 to 19 DR: 0 tracks19 to 20 DR: 2 tracks20 to 21 DR: 0 tracks21 to 22 DR: 0 tracks22 to 23 DR: 0 tracks23 to 24 DR: 1 track24 to 25 DR: 1 track 9 DR 17 DR 25 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: He's Back
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
-6.0 LUFS
Quietest: ... This Precious Record
The Pietasters
-20.0 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Brian Gardner
n=22 · median -10.4 LUFS
Howie Weinberg
n=22 · median -6.8 LUFS
Stephen Marcussen
n=16 · median -10.9 LUFS
Bob Ludwig
n=12 · median -8.7 LUFS

Other decades

Ska in the 2000s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 163 measured tracks, not a survey of every Ska release from the 1990s.