Curtains is the ninth solo album by John Frusciante released February 1, 2005 on the label Record Collection. It was the last record of a six album series Frusciante released, within the span of six months.

The album was mainly composed of acoustic guitar, in contrast to his previous collaboration with Josh Klinghoffer, A Sphere in the Heart of Silence, which was mostly electronic. Carla Azar (from the band Autolux) plays drums, Ken Wild plays upright bass, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, of The Mars Volta, makes various guest appearances on guitar. Frusciante plays all other instruments on the album. A video was made for "The Past Recedes", which was released exclusively on the Internet.

Track listing

1. "The Past Recedes" – 3:53
2. "Lever Pulled" – 2:22
3. "Anne" – 3:35
4. "The Real" – 3:06
5. "A Name" – 2:03
6. "Control" – 4:29
7. "Your Warning" – 3:33
8. "Hope" – 1:56
9. "Ascension" – 2:52
10. "Time Tonight" – 3:12
11. "Leap Your Bar" – 2:36

Personnel

• John Frusciante – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, electric bass, melodica, piano, string ensemble, mellotron, synthesizer, treatments, producer, design
• Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – electric guitar on "Lever Pulled" guitar on "Anne"
• Carla Azar – drums
• Ken Wild – upright bass
• Ryan Hewitt – engineer, mixing
• Chris Holmes – additional mixing
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Lola Montes – photography
• Mike Piscitelli – design
• Dave Lee – equipment technician

References