Red Hot Chili Peppers / Mother's Milk

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Red Hot Chili Peppers · Mother's Milk (1989)

-14.8 LUFS
-0.1 True peak
3.2 Loudness range
18.7 Dynamic range
-12.8 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Rock · 1980s louder than 58% of 71 tracks (median -15.1 LUFS)

Funk · 1980s (secondary) louder than 49% of 36 tracks (median -14.7 LUFS)

-23 to -22 LUFS: 1 track-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 5 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 4 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 5 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 18 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 13 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 17 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 4 tracks -14.8 -23 LUFS -18 LUFS -12 LUFS

Engineer cohort

George Marino (all tracks) louder than 18% of 36 tracks (median -9.6 LUFS)

George Marino × Rock louder than 42% of 13 tracks (median -14.6 LUFS)

-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 3 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 7 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 2 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 0 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 1 track-11 to -10 LUFS: 1 track-10 to -9 LUFS: 4 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 7 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 9 tracks -14.8 -18 LUFS -13 LUFS -7 LUFS

Studio cohort

Sterling Sound (all tracks) louder than 10% of 194 tracks (median -10.9 LUFS)

8th loudest of 13 on this release

Metadata

Year
1989
Label
EMI Records
Genres
Rock, Funk
Catalog
E2 92152
UPC
7777-92152-2
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-09
Engine
mastering-to@5603b08
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