Absolutely Curtains
| "Absolutely Curtains" | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Pink Floyd | |||||||
| from the album Obscured by Clouds | |||||||
| A-side |
"Free Four" (Japan)[1] | ||||||
| Released |
3 June 1972 (UK) 15 June 1972 (US) | ||||||
| Format | 7" | ||||||
| Recorded | February, March 1972 at Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France | ||||||
| Genre | Progressive rock, world music, instrumental rock | ||||||
| Length | 5:51 | ||||||
| Label |
Harvest (UK) Harvest/Capitol (US) | ||||||
| Writer(s) | Richard Wright, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Mapuga tribe (uncredited) | ||||||
| Producer(s) | Pink Floyd | ||||||
| Pink Floyd singles chronology | |||||||
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"Absolutely Curtains" is a mostly instrumental track written by Rick Wright (although it lists the whole band as writers on the Obscured by Clouds album), which closes Pink Floyd's 1972 album Obscured by Clouds.[2][3]
Chant
The last part of the track is a chant by the Mapuga tribe of New Guinea recorded for La Vallée, the film to which Obscured by Clouds is the soundtrack.
Personnel
- Richard Wright – Farfisa and Hammond organ, tack piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, VCS3 synthesiser
- Nick Mason – percussion and cymbals
with:
- Mapuga tribe – vocalisations
References
- ↑ "The Official Site". Pink Floyd.
- ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
- ↑ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
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