Nirvana / MTV Unplugged in New York

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Nirvana · MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)

-12.2 LUFS
0.7 True peak
9.7 Loudness range
15.2 Dynamic range
-7.7 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Grunge · 1990s louder than 37% 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 -12.2 -17 LUFS -12 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Stephen Marcussen (all tracks) louder than 42% of 154 tracks (median -11.5 LUFS)

Stephen Marcussen × Grunge louder than 58% of 13 tracks (median -12.5 LUFS)

-28 to -27 LUFS: 1 track-27 to -26 LUFS: 0 tracks-26 to -25 LUFS: 1 track-25 to -24 LUFS: 1 track-24 to -23 LUFS: 3 tracks-23 to -22 LUFS: 2 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 3 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 1 track-18 to -17 LUFS: 0 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 2 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 8 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 7 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 19 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 17 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 22 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 27 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 14 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 13 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 9 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 1 track-6 to -5 LUFS: 1 track -12.2 -28 LUFS -17 LUFS -5 LUFS

Studio cohort

Precision Mastering (all tracks) louder than 49% of 130 tracks (median -12.1 LUFS)

6th loudest of 13 on this release

Metadata

Year
1994
Label
DGC
Genres
Grunge
Catalog
DGCD-24727
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-24
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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