Surf · 1990s

Surf loudness in the 1990s

-9 Median integrated LUFS
-25.8 to -7.2 Range
40 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-12 to -11 LUFS: 1 track-11 to -10 LUFS: 0 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 3 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 14 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 6 tracks -26 LUFS -17 LUFS -7 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

9 to 10 DR: 2 tracks10 to 11 DR: 7 tracks11 to 12 DR: 7 tracks12 to 13 DR: 6 tracks13 to 14 DR: 2 tracks14 to 15 DR: 1 track15 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 9 DR 16 DR 24 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Uptown Girl
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
-7.2 LUFS
Quietest: Personality Goes a Long Way
Various Artists
-25.8 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Steve Hall
n=16 · median -15.5 LUFS
Joe Gastwirt
n=12 · median -8.6 LUFS

Other decades

Surf in the 2000s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 40 measured tracks, not a survey of every Surf release from the 1990s.