Absolutely Curtains
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| "Absolutely Curtains" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Pink Floyd | ||||||||||
| from the album Obscured by Clouds | ||||||||||
| A-side | "Free Four" (Japan)[1] |
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| Released | 3 June 1972 (UK) 15 June 1972 (US) |
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| 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) |
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| Writer(s) | Richard Wright, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Mapuga tribe (uncredited) | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Pink Floyd | |||||||||
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"Absolutely Curtains" is a mostly instrumental track written by Richard 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]
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Chant
The last part of the track is a chant by the Mapuga tribe of New Guinea recorded for La Vallée,[citation needed] 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
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