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[Grimm | Eelco]

Hi Bob,

> Eelco has studies of I think 50 or more music pieces where the average for the album is at least 2 dB lower than the loudest track, or lower. 

I evaluated the 'special cases' of pop albums where the difference between the loudest and softest track was 7 to 10 LU...

> So this remains within the -16 through -20 LUFS recommendation of the subcommittee for integrated loudness.

The majority of pop albums will stay above -20 LUFS for the softest track if the loudest track is at -14 LUFS.

> I'll be proposing to the streaming loudness subcommittee that we revise the recommendation such that if album normalization is used (and recommended) that accepting a higher target than was used for track loudness would not be a discrepancy. We'll use Eelco's data as support. 

Seems wise to me. For the same reason I think it is wise to recommend -20 or -21 LUFS for the loudest track in cases where one needs to align with broadcasts at -23 LUFS.

Cheers,
Eelco