1980s Music — Sensory Ratings

Synths, gated reverb, big choruses. Production got louder. 300 songs from this decade analyzed for dynamic range, texture, intensity, and sensory triggers.

7.7
Avg Intensity
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Safe
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300
Intense

Most intense (300)

The Overload
Talking Heads
intense
I Before E Except After C
Yazoo
intense
Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)
Eurythmics
intense
The Hanging Garden
The Cure
intense
Cold
The Cure
intense
Never Had No One Ever
The Smiths
intense
♪
In Yer Face
808 State
intense
Love in an Elevator
Aerosmith
intense
Behind the Gardens
Andreas Vollenweider
intense
Suffer
Bad Religion
intense
Kick in the Eye
Bauhaus
intense
Allentown
Billy Joel
intense
Band of the Hand (It's Hell Time Man!)
Bob Dylan
intense
Downbound Train
Bruce Springsteen
intense
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
David Bowie
intense
♪
In Sight
Dead Kennedys
intense
Gates of Steel
Devo
intense
Lyrics of Fury
Eric B and Rakim
intense
We Care a Lot
Faith No More
intense
Rage Hard
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
intense
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