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The song was recorded at Record Two Studio in [[Comptche, California]].<ref name=Bennett296>Bennett, 2009. p.296</ref> While recording the song, it began to develop differently from the original vision.<ref name=Bennett296 /> Pike stated that the "song was getting slower and slower and then it got weird. We started tripping out and second guessing ourselves."<ref name=Bennett296 /> Recording the album was difficult. Pike recalled that "there was so much to memorize for that album, and we had to do it in like three different sections because a [[Reel-to-reel audio tape recording|reel-to-reel]] only holds 22 minutes. It was really cool, but it was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life."<ref name=Bennett293 /> Sleep were in the studio for one month then went home to rehearse and returned for another month. Pike noted that they ended up with two or three different versions of the song.<ref name=Bennett297 />
Part of the song's signature sound is thanks to custom-built amps designed to be so loud, no one from the band was capable of going into the same room as them. More than half a dozen microphones were used to pick up the sound from the amps.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Riff|first=Monster|date=2019-10-14|title=Dopesmoker: How Sleep’s Magnum Opus Ended the Band’s Career|url=https://monsterriff.com/2019/10/14/dopesmoker-how-sleeps-magnum-opus-ended-the-bands-career/|access-date=2020-09-12|website=Monster Riff|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Release ==
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