Synth-Pop loudness in the 1980s

-15.4 Median integrated LUFS
-28.9 to -12.8 Range
19 Tracks

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: 0 tracks-23 to -22 LUFS: 0 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 0 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 5 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 1 track-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 0 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 2 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 2 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 5 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 1 track -29 LUFS -21 LUFS -12 LUFS

Loudest and quietest

Quietest: Wang Chung — The Red Stare
-28.9 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Stephen Marcussen
n=11 · median -14 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 19 measured tracks, not a survey of every Synth-Pop release from the 1980s.