雲の影
The album is shorter than some of their previous material and makes heavy use of the acoustic guitar. Lyrically, the songs centre around love, a common theme in the film the album was inspired by. 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 UK and number 46 in the US; retrospective opinions from both fans and critics have been mixed, with some critics noting the similarities to their later material.