Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd - Soundtrack

== Background == Pink Floyd released their first album in 1967, the infamous 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' a real sixties album which is a shining example of the psychedelic movement. In those days, the band was fronted by Syd Barrett, the lead guitarist and vocalist, as well as main songwriter. Syd had a bit of a breakdown, and was replaced by David Gilmour in 1968, during the time they were recording album number two, 'A Saucerful of Secrets', an album which only featured one composition of Barrett's, the poignant 'Jugband Blues'. Roger Waters said in an interview once, that when Syd was replaced, they faced a bit of a problem, and didn't really ...  Read the complete review

The last album released by Pink Floyd before their groundbreaking masterpiece ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ remains one of the band’s most overlooked works, and perhaps with good reason. ‘Obscured by Clouds’ was composed for the obscure French film La Vallée, which translated as ‘The Valley,’ as if you needed me to tell you that. IMDB tells us that La Vallée is directed by Barbet Schroeder, whoever that is, and is a documentary of sorts about some hipp… I mean, sexually liberated young people seeking enlightenment in the rainforest. I admire Pink Floyd’s strange artistic ethics that saw them turn down Stanley Kubrick’s request to use their existing music in ‘A Clockwork ...  Read the complete review