The Rentals / Return of the Rentals

Sweetness and Tenderness

The Rentals · Return of the Rentals (1995)

-12.1 LUFS
0.6 True peak
18.0 Loudness range
17.2 Dynamic range
-8.3 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Rock · 1990s louder than 37% of 291 tracks (median -11 LUFS)

Synth-Pop · 1990s (secondary) louder than 54% of 111 tracks (median -12.2 LUFS)

-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 3 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 7 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 18 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 15 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 42 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 21 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 31 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 43 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 44 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 39 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 21 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 5 tracks -12.1 -20 LUFS -13 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Stephen Marcussen (all tracks) louder than 43% of 154 tracks (median -11.5 LUFS)

Stephen Marcussen × Rock louder than 57% of 60 tracks (median -12.8 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 -12.1 -28 LUFS -17 LUFS -5 LUFS

Studio cohort

Precision Mastering (all tracks) louder than 50% of 130 tracks (median -12.1 LUFS)

10th loudest of 10 on this release

Metadata

Year
1995
Label
Maverick / Reprise
Genres
Rock, Synth-Pop
Catalog
CDW 46093
UPC
9362-46093-2
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-09
Engine
mastering-to@5603b08
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