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 | June 3, 1972 (UK) June 15, 1972 (US) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||||||||||
| Genre | Progressive rock, world music | ||||||||||||
| Length | 5:51 | ||||||||||||
| Label | Columbia (EMI) (UK) Tower/Capitol (US) |
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| Writer(s) | February, March 1972 Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France |
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| Producer | Pink Floyd | ||||||||||||
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"Absolutely Curtains" is a mostly instrumental track which closes Pink Floyd's 1972 album Obscured by Clouds.[2][3] 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.
[edit] Personnel
- Richard Wright — Farfisa and Hammond organ, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, VCS3 synthesiser
- Nick Mason — percussion and cymbals
- Mapuga tribe — vocalisations
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.pinkfloyd.com/music/singles.php
- ^ 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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