''Curtains'' is the seventh solo album by American musician
John Frusciante, released on February 1, 2005 on
Record Collection
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. The album is primarily an
acoustic album, in contrast to his previous collaboration with
Josh Klinghoffer, ''
A Sphere in the Heart of Silence
''A Sphere in the Heart of Silence'' is a collaborative studio album by John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer, released on November 23, 2004 on Record Collection. The fifth in a series of six releases Frusciante issued, from June 2004 to February ...
'', which was mostly electronic. According to Frusciante, the album was recorded in his living room: "It was just me sitting on a pillow, on my living room floor, with my back leaning against the couch."
The album features contributions from
Autolux
Autolux is an American alternative rock band consisting of Eugene Goreshter (vocals, bass), Greg Edwards (vocals, guitar, piano) and Carla Azar (drums, vocals). The trio formed in 2001 and have released three full-length albums, ''Future Perfect' ...
drummer
Carla Azar
Carla Azar is an American drummer from Huntsville, Alabama and member of the band Autolux. She also plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and sings.
Azar played drums on Jack White's albums '' Blunderbuss'', ''Lazaretto'', and '' Boarding Hous ...
,
upright bass
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ist Ken Wild, and
The Mars Volta guitarist
Omar Rodríguez-López, with Frusciante noting, "Carla from the band Autolux plays drums. I loved having a feminine energy. My friend Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of the Mars Volta played some guitar. He and I do these solos together where we're using the same amp at the same time."
A video was released for "The Past Recedes".
The vinyl edition of the record saw a repressing from Record Collection on December 11, 2012. These reissued records are 180 gram and come with a download of choice between MP3 and WAV formats of the album.
The album cover is reproduced from 17th-century painting "Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld" by the Flemish painter
Jan Brueghel the Younger.
Track listing
Personnel
*
John Frusciante – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, electric bass, melodica, piano, string ensemble, mellotron, synthesizer, treatments, producer, design
*
Omar Rodríguez-López – lead guitar on "Lever Pulled", joined lead guitar with Frusciante on "Anne"
*
Carla Azar
Carla Azar is an American drummer from Huntsville, Alabama and member of the band Autolux. She also plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and sings.
Azar played drums on Jack White's albums '' Blunderbuss'', ''Lazaretto'', and '' Boarding Hous ...
– drums
* Ken Wild – double bass
;Production
* Didier Martín - production
* Ryan Hewitt – engineer, mixing
* Chris Holmes – additional mixing
*
Bernie Grundman – mastering
* Lola Montes – photography
* Mike Piscitelli – design
* Dave Lee – equipment technician
References
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John Frusciante albums
2005 albums