Obscured By Clouds - Definition and Overview

Obscured By Clouds
LP by Pink Floyd
Released	June 1972
Recorded	February 23, 1972 - February 29, 1972
Genre	Classic rock
Length	40 min 30 s
Record label	Harvest Records (UK) Capitol Records (US)
Producer	Pink Floyd
Professional reviews
RollingStone	2/5	link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=32176)
Pink Floyd Chronology
Meddle (1971)	Obscured By Clouds (1972)	The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Obscured By Clouds is a rock album by Pink Floyd based on their soundtrack for the French film La Vallee. The LP was released in the UK on June 3, 1972 on Harvest/EMI and then in the US on June 15 on Harvest/Capitol. The album reached #5 on the UK album charts and #46 on the US album charts. ObC was certfied Gold by the RIAA in March, 1994.

In 1986, the album was released on CD. A digitally re-mastered CD was released in March, 1996 in the UK and August 1996 in the US.

Track listing

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

Personnel

• David Gilmour - Guitars, Vocals, VCS3
• Roger Waters - Bass Guitar, Vocals, VCS3
• Nick Mason - Drums, Percussion
• Richard Wright - Keyboards, Vocals, VCS3

also:

• Hipgnosis - cover

External link

• Album trivia, quotes and more (http://www.pinkfloyd-co.net/disco/obc/obc_album.html)