How It Was Recorded

The Pretenders · Album, 1984

Learning to Crawl

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.

  • AKG D12Drum kitVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Kick drum microphone on Chambers' kit.

    From the record for Back on the Chain Gang, where the source is linked.

  • Sennheiser MD 421Drum kitVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Tom microphones on Chambers' kit (421s).

    From the record for Back on the Chain Gang, where the source is linked.

  • Shure SM57Drum kitVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Microphone on the top of the snare.

    From the record for Back on the Chain Gang, where the source is linked.

  • Neumann KM 84Drum kitVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Microphone on the bottom of the snare, with a second KM84 on the hi-hat.

    From the record for Back on the Chain Gang, where the source is linked.

  • EMT 140EffectsVerified

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Churchyard recalls an EMT 140 echo with tape delay among the few effects available in the sessions.

    From the record for Back on the Chain Gang, where the source is linked.

  • MXR FlangerEffectsReported

    Album sessions, not stated for this song: Churchyard thinks an MXR flanger may have been used here and there on the drums.

    From the record for Back on the Chain Gang, where the source is linked.