China Girl

- Artist: David Bowie
- Album: Let's Dance
- Label: EMI
- Year: 1983
- Producer: Nile Rodgers, David Bowie
- Engineer: Nile Rodgers, Bob Clearmountain
- Studio: Power Stations (now Avatar, New York)
Notes:
Flange + Echo
When she says,"Shhhhhhhhh"
the vocal gets a decorative bit of flanging, plus echo. Whispers, like falsetto vocals, can be too weak to cut through a mix. If it's the lead vocal, it needs to sit above the rest of the multitrack arrangement, audible and inviting everyone to sing along -- to shhhhhhhh along. In Bob Clearmountain's ear-grabbing mix, these effects give it enough added strength and interest to succeed.
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