Nirvana / MTV Unplugged in New York

The Man Who Sold the World

Nirvana · MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)

-10.8 LUFS
0.3 True peak
5.8 Loudness range
13.2 Dynamic range
-8.3 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Grunge · 1990s louder than 65% of 95 tracks (median -11.6 LUFS)

-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 5 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 1 track-14 to -13 LUFS: 12 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 20 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 17 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 15 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 10 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 7 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 5 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 2 tracks -10.8 -17 LUFS -12 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Stephen Marcussen (all tracks) louder than 77% of 92 tracks (median -12 LUFS)

Stephen Marcussen × Grunge louder than 96% of 13 tracks (median -12.5 LUFS)

-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: 5 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 6 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 16 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 13 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 20 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 20 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 2 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 2 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 2 tracks -10.8 -20 LUFS -14 LUFS -7 LUFS

Studio cohort

Precision Mastering (all tracks) louder than 77% of 92 tracks (median -12 LUFS)

1st 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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