Obscured By Clouds

From Pink Floyd

Title: Obscured By Clouds
Artist: Pink Floyd
Released: June 3, 1972 (UK), June 15, 1972 (US)
Total Length: 40:30
Label: Harvest, EMI (UK), Harvest/Capitol, Capitol (US)

Contents 1 Track Listing 2 Review 3 Credits 4 Info

[edit] Track Listing

1. Obscured By Clouds (3:03)
2. When You're In (2:30)
3. Burning Bridges (3:29)
4. The Gold It's In The... (3:07)
5. Wot's... Uh The Deal (5:08)
6. Mudmen (4:20)
7. Childhood's End (4:31)
8. Free Four (4:15)
9. Stay (4:05)
10. Absolutely Curtains (5:52)

[edit] Review

• Song Rating: 3.1 / 5
• Overall Rating: 3 / 5
• Best Song: Childhood's End

[edit] Credits

• David Gilmour - guitars, vocals, VCS3
• Roger Waters - bass guitar, vocals, VCS3
• Richard Wright - keyboards, vocals, VCS3
• Nick Mason - drums, percussion

with

• Hipgnosis - cover

[edit] Info

• Obscured By Clouds is the soundtrack for the French film La Vallée.
• In 1986, the album was released on CD. A digitally remastered CD was released in March 1996 in the UK and August 1996 in the U.S.
• The album reached #6 on the UK album charts and #46 on the U.S. album charts (where it was certified Gold by the RIAA in March, 1994).
• Obscured by Clouds was the first Pink Floyd album to feature the VCS 3 synthesiser.
• "Free Four" was the first Pink Floyd song to get significant airplay in the U.S., and the first to deal directly with the death of Eric Fletcher Waters, Roger Waters' father.
• The song "Childhood's End" is said to have been inspired by the Arthur C. Clarke novel of the same name.
• The title track, one of the album's several instrumentals, became something of a Floyd concert staple for a time, often as the band's opening number.