Prog Album of the Week - Week 41 (06/03/2014): Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds

As always, we encourage participation from everyone - if you've never heard the album, there's a YouTube link provided! Go check it out and report back!

Welcome to the forty-first week of r/progrockmusic's Album of the Week! Last week we discussed Caravan's Waterloo Lily and that was lovely.

If you'd like to peruse previous weeks' discussions, please visit the archive.

Our second Pink Floyd album, this one's often overlooked. It was a soundtrack for the film La Vallée, and today marks its 42nd birthday!

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###Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds (1972)

Track Listing:

Track listing: 1) Obscured By Clouds; 2) When You're In; 3) Burning Bridges; 4) The Gold It's In The; 5) Wot's... Uh The Deal; 6) Mudmen; 7) Childhood's End; 8) Free Four; 9) Stay; 10) Absolutely Curtains.

• The album on Wikipedia
• The album on YouTube
• Progarchives review (3.36/5)
• George Starostin review (12/15)

####Potential Discussion Questions:

• This one's certainly less commercially acclaimed than DSOTM, and it shares a certain atsmosphere with it (I'd say ObC is more similar to DSOTM than Meddle, certainly). How do you like this new formula? How does it compare to the more universally acclaimed albums?

• How would you personally rate the album?

• Are there any moments on the album you consider particularly strong or particularly weak (i.e., favourite/least favourite moments)?

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