Nirvana / From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah

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Nirvana · From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (1996)

-9.4 LUFS
0.1 True peak
5.1 Loudness range
11.9 Dynamic range
-7.2 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Grunge · 1990s louder than 74% of 122 tracks (median -11.4 LUFS)

-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 5 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 4 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 18 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 21 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 17 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 15 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 12 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 19 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 7 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -9.4 -17 LUFS -12 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Bob Ludwig (all tracks) louder than 68% of 147 tracks (median -11 LUFS)

Bob Ludwig × Grunge louder than 59% of 71 tracks (median -10.1 LUFS)

-23 to -22 LUFS: 1 track-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 4 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 3 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 3 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 8 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 4 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 17 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 17 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 13 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 17 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 13 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 29 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 12 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 3 tracks -9.4 -23 LUFS -15 LUFS -6 LUFS

Studio cohort

Gateway Mastering (all tracks) louder than 58% of 111 tracks (median -10 LUFS)

16th loudest of 17 on this release

Metadata

Year
1996
Label
DGC
Genres
Grunge
Catalog
DGCD-25105
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-10-02
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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