Absolutely Curtains
| "Absolutely Curtains" | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
Columbia (EMI) (UK) Tower/Capitol (US) | ||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Richard Wright, Mapuga tribe | ||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Pink Floyd | ||||||||||||||
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"Absolutely Curtains" is a mostly instrumental track written by Richard Wright, 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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