Surf · 1990s

Surf loudness in the 1990s

-15.5 Median integrated LUFS
-25.8 to -12.2 Range
16 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-26 to -25 LUFS: 1 track-25 to -24 LUFS: 0 tracks-24 to -23 LUFS: 0 tracks-23 to -22 LUFS: 0 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 0 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 3 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 4 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 1 track-14 to -13 LUFS: 4 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 1 track -26 LUFS -19 LUFS -12 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

13 to 14 DR: 1 track14 to 15 DR: 0 tracks15 to 16 DR: 1 track16 to 17 DR: 5 tracks17 to 18 DR: 4 tracks18 to 19 DR: 3 tracks19 to 20 DR: 0 tracks20 to 21 DR: 0 tracks21 to 22 DR: 1 track22 to 23 DR: 0 tracks23 to 24 DR: 1 track 13 DR 18 DR 24 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Zed’s Dead, Baby , Bullwinkle Part II
Various Artists
-12.2 LUFS
Quietest: Personality Goes a Long Way
Various Artists
-25.8 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Steve Hall
n=16 · median -15.5 LUFS

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 16 measured tracks, not a survey of every Surf release from the 1990s.