Soul · 2000s

Soul loudness in the 2000s

-15.8 Median integrated LUFS
-19.9 to -6.2 Range
29 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 2 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 7 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 3 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 1 track-14 to -13 LUFS: 0 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 0 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 0 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 0 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 2 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 3 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 3 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 5 tracks -20 LUFS -13 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

8 to 9 DR: 2 tracks9 to 10 DR: 7 tracks10 to 11 DR: 2 tracks11 to 12 DR: 1 track12 to 13 DR: 1 track13 to 14 DR: 0 tracks14 to 15 DR: 0 tracks15 to 16 DR: 2 tracks16 to 17 DR: 8 tracks17 to 18 DR: 3 tracks18 to 19 DR: 2 tracks19 to 20 DR: 0 tracks20 to 21 DR: 1 track 8 DR 14 DR 21 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Malmo
The Pietasters
-6.2 LUFS
Quietest: Let's Go Get Stoned
Ray Charles
-19.9 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Doug Sax
n=16 · median -17.3 LUFS
Seth Foster
n=13 · median -7.4 LUFS

Other decades

← Soul in the 1990s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 29 measured tracks, not a survey of every Soul release from the 2000s.