Obscured by Clouds
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Performer: Pink FloydPerformer: Bulle Ogier
Performer: Michael Gothard
Performer: J?r?me Beauvarlet
Performer: Monique Giraudy
Performer: Val?rie Lagrange
Performer: Barbet Schroeder
Performer: Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-09-03
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Obscured By Clouds
- When You're In
- Burning Bridges
- The Gold It's In The...
- Wots...Uh The Deal
- Mudmen
- Childhood's End
- Free Four
- Stay
- Absolutely Curtains
Free Music Notes for Obscured by Clouds
Free Music Review: Gorgeously arranged
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the last album before Dark Side of The Moon and the last soundtrack that they had made. It's often unfairly overlooked because Dark Side of The Moon came next and....well you know the whole story with Dark Side of The Moon. But this album should be given greater credit than it is given. The band finally get to grips with the machines that they had been trying to mastering since 1967....and while those albums are brilliant in their own way, they still gave you the feeling that they were haunted by Syd, musically. They always were haunted by Syd of course, but pre-Dark Side seemed to show it even more. It was only by the time Meddle had arrived that they were beginning to shift musically and were beginning a more settled patch.
From the start of the album, the album sees a band more confident in their abilities. The songwriting is more assured although perhaps missing some of the quirks that made some of their earlier albums a bit more fun ( I use that term loosely, some people might not see it ). But the quality of the music cannot be faulted.....as I've said it is more assured, more powerful and while not quite forceful, it certainly doesn't descend into mania like what would've happened earlier. It's the first time where you really sense they've learned to control themselves without hampering the music. It's also quite pastoral too which is quite welcome.
Having said all this, it still strikes me as an odd album for a soundtrack because if you take away the fact that it was a soundtrack this would be a very decent rock album. Having seen the film, it underused many of the tracks and does the music a disservice I feel. But then that's not the point really is it? The film's not much really....but it would be a crime to forget about this album because it's not Dark Side of The Moon or it was the one before. If you want the big picture you've got to look at the finer details that went on beforehand.
Obscured by Clouds Poster
Commissioned as the soundtrack for Barbet Schroeder's 1972 film The Valley, Obscured By Clouds actually holds up rather well on its own terms. The title track is a trippy, cinematic instrumental that features some searing guitar work from David Gilmour, but full-fledged songs like "Free Four" (which sounds like a morbid inversion of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky"), and the folksy "Wot's...Uh the Deal" are the real highlights of the set. Essentially a transitional work, Obscured By Clouds has long been dwarfed by Dark Side of the Moon, the album which came immediately after it. In fact, the funky "Childhood's End" and the ethereal "Burning Bridges" could well be dry runs for the Dark Side tracks "Time" and "Breathe," respectively. In all, it's a priceless snapshot of a band on the verge of immortality. --Dan EpsteinPop Music CDs
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