OBSCURED BY CLOUDS

Obscured by Clouds is in fact a little bit underrated. I think it's because the music is non- spectecular. It's not the refined sound architecture of Dark Side or Wish You Were Here and it's not the exciting experimental music of Piper, Saucerful, Ummagumma or Echoes. Nonetheless there is the floydian atmospere intro such as the title track which was a knockout as a live version on their 1973 shows - yes the Floyd discovered it a little bit later as an excellent track for showcasing their great improvisational talents for example dave gilmours guitar soloing and rick wrights organ playing. Burning Bridges is the typical Wright soft rock keyboard style with the familiar wrightian colourful chord changes whereas Mudmen is Gilmours tasteful instrumental remake of the same composition. One of the highlights is WoT's Uh The Deal. It's a beautiful Floyd-Style ballad with a fine heartfelt vocal melody. Very romantic. I myself worked out a solo performance just for guitar and vocal. The chromatic bass line inspired me to a classical guitar interlude. I guess that's from the fine atmosphere of this song. Anyway it's not the best Floyd album. But it shows their songwriting talents far better than all the polished following albums. It's pur Pink!