Obscured by Clouds

Like More a few years prior, Obscured by Clouds is an album Pink Floyd made out of a Barbet Schroeder film score – in this case, to La Vallée/The Valley.

The album’s title references the film’s titular valley, a region the protagonists are trying to reach that is yet uncharted as planes couldn’t see the land, permanently obscured by clouds.

Bookended by the highly-regarded Meddle and The Dark Side Of The Moon, this album tends to be overlooked, as it was all written, composed, recorded and produced in a matter of weeks.

While bassist Roger Waters had penned all the lyrics for Meddle and would do so for the next five Pink Floyd albums, Obscured By Clouds marks the last time Pink Floyd lyrics were written by somebody else than Waters until 15 years later, on A Momentary Lapse Of Reason.