Synth-Pop · 1980s

Synth-Pop loudness in the 1980s

-16.8 Median integrated LUFS
-28.9 to -9.9 Range
209 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-29 to -28 LUFS: 1 track-28 to -27 LUFS: 0 tracks-27 to -26 LUFS: 0 tracks-26 to -25 LUFS: 0 tracks-25 to -24 LUFS: 0 tracks-24 to -23 LUFS: 1 track-23 to -22 LUFS: 2 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 9 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 17 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 18 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 45 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 33 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 26 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 22 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 17 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 8 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 5 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 2 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 1 track -29 LUFS -19 LUFS -9 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

12 to 13 DR: 2 tracks13 to 14 DR: 4 tracks14 to 15 DR: 10 tracks15 to 16 DR: 16 tracks16 to 17 DR: 43 tracks17 to 18 DR: 56 tracks18 to 19 DR: 28 tracks19 to 20 DR: 30 tracks20 to 21 DR: 11 tracks21 to 22 DR: 7 tracks22 to 23 DR: 0 tracks23 to 24 DR: 1 track24 to 25 DR: 0 tracks25 to 26 DR: 0 tracks26 to 27 DR: 0 tracks27 to 28 DR: 0 tracks28 to 29 DR: 1 track 12 DR 20 DR 29 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Turn Out the Light
Various Artists
-9.9 LUFS
Quietest: The Red Stare
Wang Chung
-28.9 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Tim Young
n=14 · median -18.2 LUFS
Stephen Marcussen
n=11 · median -14 LUFS
Brian Gardner
n=10 · median -11.6 LUFS
Bernie Grundman
n=10 · median -17.8 LUFS
Greg Fulginiti
n=8 · median -19.7 LUFS

Other decades

Synth-Pop in the 1990s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 209 measured tracks, not a survey of every Synth-Pop release from the 1980s.