Obscured By Clouds - PINK FLOYD***

Obscured By Clouds/When You're In/Burning Bridges/The Gold Its In The../Wots.. Uh The Deal/Mudmen/ Childhood's End/Free Four/Stay/Absolutely Curtains

Obscured By Clouds was the soundtrack to a now largely forgotten film and is mainly instrumental. Unfortunately Pink Floyd albums during this period were very uneven although this problem would be spectacularly rectified with their next release. (US:46 UK: 6)

“Yes it's another soundtrack, but much more structured into proper songs. It's as straight forward rock as you are likely to get with the Floyd.” “Obscured By Clouds is one of Pink Floyd's lesser known albums, and being a soundtrack to an obscure film, that's rather understandable. However it must also be said that it's just simply one of their weaker efforts. Musically it sounds a lot like the albums it was released between, with some rootsy elements of Meddle, as well as some of the spacey rock that made Dark Side Of The Moon so popular. At the same time, it sounds more like a collection of outtakes and jams than a proper album. A good portion is instrumental, which is natural being a soundtrack, and while these songs are good, particularly Mudmen, they seem a little unfinished.”

“Does it's job as a film soundtrack, but as an album it's tedious, long, pretentious and above all boring. It was a huge chore to sit through all of this; absolutely nothing stands out, and this is coming from someone who likes most of Pink Floyd's work.”

“This is one of the band's more consistent albums. Both the instrumentals and the ‘normal’ songs are well-crafted and the album flows nicely from beginning to end, without a song really feeling out of place.”

“One of the things I love about Pink Floyd is their unpredictability and experimentation. Obscured By Clouds goes against both of these traits and comes out as a bland product. Many of the songs are simply repeats of the one before, and the synthesizers are tedious. The album just doesn't go anywhere to retain interest.”

“This is a pretty decent but bland Pink Floyd album. Some of the tracks are reasonably good like Mudmen which is an amazing instrumental, Free Four is a darkly funny track, the haunting Childhood's End, and the tribal ambient like Absolutely Curtains. But besides these songs the album is pretty bland and boring.”