How It Was Recorded

Hozier · Album, 2013

Hozier

We have no album-wide recording chain for this album yet, only the songs below and what their sources say about the album sessions as a whole.

Songs from this album

From the album sessions

Statements the sources make about the sessions for this album as a whole, not about one song. Each is listed once, with the song record it comes from.

  • Neumann CMV563VocalsVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Main vocal microphone for Hozier, fitted with an M7 capsule and run through a Martech preamp, giving a pleasing distortion on loud singing.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Martech MSS10VocalsVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Preamp in the CMV563 vocal chain, which distorted in a way Kirwan liked when Hozier sang loudly.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Sennheiser M441VocalsVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Safety microphone placed on Hozier's voice alongside the main mic, blended with it at the mix (the preamp on it was a 1071).

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Inward Connections Vac RacVocalsVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: EQ on Hozier's vocals in the recording chain.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Teletronix LA-2AVocalsVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Compressor on Hozier's vocals while tracking.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Eastwood AirlineGuitarVerified

    Kirwan's own guitar that Hozier loved and used prominently across the album.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Electro-Harmonix Memory ManGuitarVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: First pedal in the guitar chain, run with the gain pushed up.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • ProCo RatGuitarVerified

    Distortion pedal in the album's guitar chain.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Vox AC15GuitarVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Hand-wired amp that the guitar chain fed.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Knas Ekdahl MoisturizerGuitarVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Spring reverb at the end of the guitar chain.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Ampeg SVTBass and synth bassVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: 1970s bass amp used for the bass guitar.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Neumann U 47 fetBass and synth bassVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Microphone on the SVT bass amp.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Neve 1073Bass and synth bassVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Preamp for the bass amp microphone.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Teletronix LA-2ABass and synth bassVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Compressor on the bass after the preamp.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Sequential Circuits Pro OneBass and synth bassReported

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Synth that became a big part of the bottom-end sound on the record; Kirwan says he tends to record it direct. (recalled with uncertainty)

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.

  • Neumann CMV563DrumsVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Used with the M7 capsule as an ambient drum mic feeding the Fatso chain.

    From the record for Take Me to Church, where the source is linked.