Obscured by Clouds

A splendid and relaxing album overall. It perfectly scratches the itch if you just want a cozy little album with great tunes on it. This album is extremely underrated! Wot's... Uh the Deal and Free Four are excellent songs that can sit right along side any of their other classics. Mudmen sounds like something straight off of Division Bell (or does Division Bell sound like Mudmen?). I recommend it to any Pink Floyd fan who has only heard the main four albums. You won't be disappointed. The only drawbacks really for me are the closing of the album and the lack of a concept like the albums that will follow it. The album serves as a great stepping stone between Meddle and Dark Side!Best Songs - Wot's... Uh the Deal & Free FourWorst Song - Absolutely Curtains

Todo admirador, fan o seguidor de Pink Floyd y de la buena música debe tener este disco, diría que entre Meddle y este está el punto de quiebre del que sería después el sonido más reconocido y clásico de la banda. Aún hay esa estela de psicodelia en el aire pero está matizada con melodías y una instrumentación más concreta que no solo lleva al oyente por un viaje etéreo sino que lo conduce a donde la banda quiere llevarlo con su música. No hay que perder la perspectiva de que esta es una banda sonora de la película "El Valle" y como tal tendrá pasajes un tanto repetitivos pero siempre termina por resolverlos sobre todo en los tracks que tienen un carácter más de álbum y no a banda sonora.

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I chose to review Obscured By Clouds since a plethora of reviewers chose to review the more popular albums like Meddle, Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall. thus ignoring this album.It is a fact that soundtrack albums by pop artists aren't usually of the high caliber as their regular, studio album counterparts. This album is no exception. This album isn't as individualistic as other Pink Floyd albums. However, i still rate this album with 4 stars because it is a pivotal, musical and lyrical nexus between the spacey, haunting Meddle and the more urgent, contemporary electronic Dark Side Of The Moon. Obscure By Clouds definitely paved the way, musically and lyrically, for things to come!Obscured By Clouds was actually the soundtrack to the film, La Vallee, by Barbet Schroeder. This was the second film by Schroeder to incorporate Pink Floyd's music (the first being the soundtrack to More). The film takes place in the primitive (but many times beautiful) regions of New Guinea. Pink Floyd's music lends itself well to this film.Musically, the album starts out with the title track. It is an instrumental which incorporates many of the synthesizers and electronics as their next album, Dark Side Of The Moon. In fact, this instrumental could have easily fit, stylewise, on the Dark Side album. Some of the other important tracks are as follows: Burning Bridges- a slow, bluesy ballad with the trademark "bending of the notes" by David Gilmour on his guitar. There is also a beautiful interplay between Gilmour's and Wright's vocals, similar to Time from Dark Side... and Echoes from Meddle. Especially nice is the harmonization between the two of them. The Gold It's In The... is a power rocker sung by Gilmour. Wots... Uh The Deal is a beautiful, introspective ballad incorporating descending chord progressions. It is my favorite track from the album. Childhood"s End is still another rocker sung by Gilmour. This particular track is somwhat reminiscent of Money from Dark Side.... Free Four is Roger Water's only lead vocal contribution to this album. This song contains lyrical references to dying. Finally, Stay is a seductive, slow ballad sung by Rick Wright (with a nice wah-wah pedal guitar by Gilmour.The most crucial aspects of this album are the lyrics provided by Roger Waters (with the exception of Childhood's End). This is the first time where where cynicism plays prominently into the lyrical content of a Pink Floyd album. This cynical trend was to increase on each successive album from here on out.Even though this album isn't quite as innovative or progressive as other Pink Floyd albums, I would still recommend it, "Cos there's a chill wind blowing in my soul and I think I'm growing old."

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