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
"One of These Days" (1971) "Absolutely Curtains" (1972) "Money" (1973) Obscured by Clouds track listing 10 tracks Side one "Obscured by Clouds" "When You're In" "Burning Bridges" "The Gold It's in the..." "Wot's... Uh the Deal?" "Mudmen" Side two "Childhood's End" "Free Four" "Stay" "Absolutely Curtains"

"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

1. "The Official Site". Pink Floyd.
2. Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
3. Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.

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