Wu-Tang Clan / Forever

The Closing

Wu-Tang Clan · Forever (1997)

-15.5 LUFS
2.4 True peak
13.2 Loudness range
22.4 Dynamic range
-10.7 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Hip-Hop · 1990s louder than 11% of 324 tracks (median -11.7 LUFS)

Rap · 1990s (secondary) louder than 13% of 243 tracks (median -11.8 LUFS)

-26 to -25 LUFS: 1 track-25 to -24 LUFS: 0 tracks-24 to -23 LUFS: 1 track-23 to -22 LUFS: 0 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 3 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 6 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 3 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 10 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 17 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 30 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 33 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 38 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 53 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 55 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 38 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 22 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 8 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 2 tracks -15.5 -26 LUFS -16 LUFS -6 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Tom Coyne (all tracks) louder than 4% of 100 tracks (median -11.3 LUFS)

Tom Coyne × Hip-Hop louder than 2% of 76 tracks (median -10.9 LUFS)

-22 to -21 LUFS: 1 track-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 1 track-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 2 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 4 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 13 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 13 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 20 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 19 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 16 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 10 tracks -15.5 -22 LUFS -15 LUFS -8 LUFS

Studio cohort

Sterling Sound (all tracks) louder than 9% of 143 tracks (median -11.5 LUFS)

27th loudest of 27 on this release

Metadata

Year
1997
Label
Loud / RCA / BMG
Source
CD
Version
WAV (44.1/16bit)
Measured
2026-09-09
Engine
mastering-to@5603b08
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