Ray Charles / The Very Best of Ray Charles

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Ray Charles · The Very Best of Ray Charles (2000)

-18.2 LUFS
-4.5 True peak
3.9 Loudness range
16.9 Dynamic range
-15.6 Short-term max

Genre cohort

RnB · 2000s louder than 8% of 42 tracks (median -10.2 LUFS)

Soul · 2000s (secondary) louder than 12% of 29 tracks (median -15.8 LUFS)

-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 2 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 7 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 3 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 1 track-14 to -13 LUFS: 0 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 0 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 0 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 7 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 10 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 6 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 3 tracks -18.2 -20 LUFS -14 LUFS -7 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Doug Sax (all tracks) louder than 22% of 16 tracks (median -17.3 LUFS)

Doug Sax × RnB louder than 22% of 16 tracks (median -17.3 LUFS)

-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 2 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 7 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 3 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 1 track -18.2 -20 LUFS -17 LUFS -14 LUFS

Studio cohort

The Mastering Lab (all tracks) louder than 22% of 16 tracks (median -17.3 LUFS)

13th loudest of 16 on this release

Metadata

Year
2000
Label
Rhino
Genres
RnB, Soul
Catalog
R2 79822
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-14
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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