OBSCURED BY CLOUDS

Certainly an inconsistent album, but "Wot's...Uh The Deal" and "Free Four" are among my favorite Pink Floyd songs, musically and lyrically. Other highlights include "Stay" and "Childhood's End". One expects filler on a soundtrack album, so listeners should not judge this release too harshly. Incidentally, I saw the film in a theater back in the 70's, and I can assure you that it's not worth seeing. The songs on the album were whittled down to 10-second snippets heard, for example, on a car radio or as a transition between scenes. The "payoff" that audiences were expecting throughout the entire movie (What will they discover when they finally reach their destination, The Valley?) was a resounding thud that left audience members shouting "WHAT?!?". The Mudmen were pretty cool, though.