Obscured by Clouds

Obscured by Clouds
Studio album / Soundtrack album by Pink Floyd
Released	2 June 1972[1]
Recorded	23 February – 6 April 1972
Studio	Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, France[2]
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	40:08
Label	Harvest
Producer	Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd chronology
Meddle (1971) Obscured by Clouds (1972) The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Singles from Obscured by Clouds
"Free Four" Released: 10 July 1972 (US)[3]

Obscured by Clouds is the seventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 2 June 1972 by Harvest and Capitol Records. It serves as the soundtrack for the French film La Vallée, by Barbet Schroeder. It was recorded in two sessions in France, while Pink Floyd were in the midst of touring, and produced by the band.

Obscured by Clouds is among Pink Floyd's shorter albums and makes heavy use of the acoustic guitar. Lyrically, the songs centre around love, a theme the album has in common with the film. The album's only single was "Free Four". Obscured by Clouds has been seen as a stopgap for the band, who had started work on their next album, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). The album reached number six in the United Kingdom and number 46 in the United States; retrospective opinions from both fans and critics have been mixed, some critics noting the similarities to their later material.