Curtains (Tindersticks album)

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Curtains
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Studio album by
Released24 June 1997
Recorded8 July – 6 October 1996
Studio Angel Recording Studios, Islington, London, England; Eastcote Studios, London, England; Searsound, NY
Genre Chamber pop
Length65:41
Producer Tindersticks
Tindersticks chronology
Nénette et Boni
(1996)
Curtains
(1997)
Simple Pleasure
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
NME 8/10 [4]
Pitchfork 8.8/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Curtains is the third studio album by English indie rock band Tindersticks, released on 24 June 1997. [7]

Track listing

  1. "Another Night In" – 5:11
  2. "Rented Rooms" – 5:12
  3. "Don't Look Down" – 4:18
  4. "Dick's Slow Song" – 4:09
  5. "Fast One" – 1:52
  6. "Ballad of Tindersticks" – 7:37
  7. "Dancing" – 2:56
  8. "Let's Pretend" – 3:21
  9. "Desperate Man" – 3:21
  10. "Buried Bones" – 4:03 (duet with Ann Magnuson)
  11. "Bearsuit" – 2:11
  12. "(Tonight) Are You Trying to Fall in Love Again" – 3:07
  13. "I Was Your Man" – 3:39
  14. "Bathtime" – 4:03
  15. "Walking" – 5:25
  16. "A Marriage Made in Heaven" – 5:16 (Bonus track on US London Records issue - duet with Isabella Rossellini)

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