Pink Floyd
Obscured By Clouds
Harvest/Capitol
Arguably the Pink Floyd album best suited for running, Obscured By Clouds is often overshadowed by the group's better known late 70's works. Recorded during a period of particular cohesion between Waters and Gilmour, the album rolls along with satisfying psychedelia yet still manages an average song length of around four minutes. The total playing time for the record (slightly over 40 minutes) is an excellent length for 4-5 mile runs.
Note: some may wish to omit the last track "Absolutely Curtains" which would bring running time to about 35 minutes.
Use for: easy recovery runs
2 comments:
The last PF album before they became a Stadium Band, and the soundtrack for the film "The Valley".
To some ears, the last PF album.
PM is right. Obscured By Clouds was quickly followed in 1973 by Dark Side Of The Moon, which cemented PF as an arena rocking giant.
The "late 70's works" comment was primarily referring to 1975's Wish You Were Here (actually one of my favorites) and 1979's Waters driven (i.e. bloated and self-indulgent) The Wall.
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