Common People by Pulp: studio, gear and credits

Common People by Pulp: recorded at The Townhouse Studios, London, Studio 2 ("The Stone Room") (Documented studio per Discogs (release-wide): The Town House)), produced by Chris Thomas. See the credits and gear, then recreate the sound in your DAW.

Details

Song: Common People
Artist: Pulp
Genre / Style: Britpop / Glam Pop / Indie Rock
Date(s) Recorded: February 1995
Original Record Company & Catalog #: Island Records, CID 613 / 854 354-2 (Single) / CID 8041 (Album)
Release Date: 22 May 1995 (Single), 30 October 1995 (Album)
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Personnel and session credits

Producer(s): Chris Thomas
Mixing Engineer(s): David Nicholas
Musicians & Session Performers:

Jarvis Cocker – Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Russell Senior – Electric Guitar, Violin
Candida Doyle – Farfisa Compact Organ, Roland D-50 Synthesizer, Piano
Steve Mackey – Bass Guitar
Nick Banks – Drums, Percussion

Studio and recording technology

Tracking Studio & Room: The Townhouse Studios, London, Studio 2 ("The Stone Room") (Documented studio per Discogs (release-wide): The Town House))

Reported gear and setup (not independently verified)

Mixing / Overdub Studio: The Townhouse Studios, London, Studio 1
Mixing Console / Desk: Solid State Logic SL 4000 G-Series (72-Channel)
Multitrack Tape Machine & Format: Studer A800 MKIII 24-Track 2-inch (Two machines synchronised via TimeLine Lynx for 48 tracks @ 30 IPS)
Studio Monitors: Quested Q412 Main Monitors, Yamaha NS-10M Studio nearfields, Auratone 5C Sound Cubes
Key Outboard Processors & Hardware Units:

Solid State Logic G384 / Quad Bus Compressor (VCA Master Bus Compressor): Provided cohesion and high-energy transient glue across the mix bus
AMS RMX16 (Digital Reverb): Added Non-Lin 2 and Ambience programs to snare and percussive transients
Lexicon 480L (Digital Algorithmic Reverb): Provided lush spatial depth across lead vocals and keyboards
UREI 1176LN Rev E (FET Peak Limiter): Tamed aggressive vocal dynamics and pinned snare drum hits
Drawmer DS201 (Dual Noise Gate): Keyed drum room microphones to clamp natural reflections to tight decay envelopes

Synthesizers, Drum Machines & Electronic Instruments:

Farfisa Compact Professional (Transistor Combo Organ): Drives the driving eighth-note rhythmic foundation with an abrasive, bright top-end bite routed directly through a DI
Roland D-50 (Linear Arithmetic Synthesizer): Layered warm pad pulses and brass textures beneath organic acoustic instruments to build arrangement tension
Akai S1000 (16-Bit Stereo Sampler): Triggered auxiliary orchestral textures, string sweetening, and supplemental percussive hits via MIDI sequencing

Signal chains covered in the full track sheet

Instrument-by-instrument recording pathways, including: Kick Drum, Snare Drum, Drum Overheads, Drum Stone Room Ambience, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Rhythm Guitar, Electric Guitar, Farfisa Organ, Roland D-50 Synthesizer, Acoustic Piano, Violin, Lead Vocals.

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