In the early-middle section of the song, Phil had another drum part that was chopped and looped, with the rest of the band adding live percussion on top to build the groove, with Jonny's rhythm guitar and Rhodes electric piano playing added on top. Thom's acoustic guitar at the heart of the track is his beloved Yairi-built Alvarez DY88, which is heard all over the rest of the album too. Speaking to The Mix magazine in 1997, Nigel said, "With months of hindsight, I actually think the is a bit too bright, but if it's a good performance, that's it." While the primary vocal chain for the record consisted of a vintage Neumann U 47, Urei 1176 compressor, and Pultec EQP-1A, they also used a much cheaper Rode tube mic (likely an NT1 or NT2) about as often. Thom's vocals for "Paranoid Android" were cut in the glass-walled "orangery" garden shed on the property. The sessions were all recorded onto an Otari MTR-90II tape machine, with the occasional dip into Pro Tools for spot-editing. Nigel said he "had to fake and tape-edit" to make it all work together. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android" (Official Video)Ī four-movement alt-prog masterpiece, "Paranoid Android" and its various parts of the song were recorded months apart and stitched together. How'd they use all their gear and recording tricks to produce one of the biggest, strangest records of the '90s? Let's break it down track-by-track.
Working with co-producer Nigel Godrich, who the band had met as an engineer on earlier sessions, they also had a sympathetic partner who had the ears and skills necessary to get inventive. But now in the mix were more experimental toys: a Mellotron, Akai samplers, and other new equipment.
Inside the rooms of that house (and sometimes other buildings on the property), they brought with them the guitars, pedals, drums, and other standard rock gear that had traveled the globe alongside them. They were also given a gear budget of £100,000, which they used to set up a studio inside St Catherine's Court, a countryside estate that was, oddly enough, owned by actress Jane Seymour.
In their eyes and the eyes of their label, they had earned the right to stretch out and take some time for their third record. When Radiohead sat down to work on OK Computer, they had just come off years of touring to promote The Bends, playing all over the world and opening for R.E.M.
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