R.E.M. / Monster

Circus Envy

R.E.M. · Monster (1994)

-8.6 LUFS
0.4 True peak
2.4 Loudness range
11.4 Dynamic range
-6.4 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Alternative Rock · 1990s louder than 80% of 225 tracks (median -10.3 LUFS)

Rock · 1990s (secondary) louder than 81% of 207 tracks (median -10.3 LUFS)

-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 6 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 6 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 4 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 11 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 26 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 33 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 34 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 36 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 39 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 24 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 2 tracks-6 to -5 LUFS: 0 tracks-5 to -4 LUFS: 0 tracks-4 to -3 LUFS: 1 track -8.6 -21 LUFS -12 LUFS -3 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Stephen Marcussen (all tracks) louder than 96% of 79 tracks (median -11.7 LUFS)

Stephen Marcussen × Alternative Rock louder than 88% of 28 tracks (median -11.4 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: 4 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 5 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 13 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 10 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 16 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 19 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 2 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 2 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 2 tracks -8.6 -20 LUFS -14 LUFS -7 LUFS

Studio cohort

Precision Mastering (all tracks) louder than 96% of 79 tracks (median -11.7 LUFS)

4th loudest of 12 on this release

Metadata

Year
1994
Label
Warner Bros. Records
Genres
Alternative Rock, Rock
Catalog
9 45740-2
UPC
0-9362-45740-2-6
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-24
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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