Tracks:
1. Obscured By Clouds: 8/10 it may not always sound like Pink Floyd, but it's a terrific sonic instrumental.
2. When You're In: 7/10 it slides into generic rock, but stiff offers plenty of interesting peaks.
3. Burning Bridges: 7/10 a rock solid song that doesn't fully grab you.
4. The Gold it's in the...: 8/10 this gets better as it progresses, with some awesome (If overly heavy) guitar work.
5. Wots... uh the Deal: 9/10 there is a good reason this is the main track from this album to have appeared on stage. This is an awesome song and the best so far.
6. Mudmen: 8/10 a marvelously insane instrumental.
7. Childhood's End: 9/10 with great music and lyrics that are not only poetic but also truthful, this shows the greatness about to come with Dark Side of the Moon.
8. Free Four: 8/10 certainly not a cheerful one, but nevertheless another pleasing helping of musical brilliance on an often ignored album.
9. Stay: 8/10 a highly effective track, and it's nice to see a Wright-led track in a band mostly dominated by Waters and Gilmour.
10. Absolutely Curtains: 8/10 typical Pink Floyd fare but an excellent conclusion nonetheless.
Best song: Wots... uh the Deal
Worst song: Burning Bridges
Summary: An unexpectedly excellent album. People have been hugely unfair on this album and time has been a lot kinder to it than it's been to The Wall. It's got loads of great lyrics, the music is fantastic and while it's as weird as ever, it's also accessible to casual listeners. This should be regarded as part of their classic period. Just because none of the songs here are among the most famous ones that doesn't mean this record still isn't awesome. It's Pink Floyd so what do you expect?
Final rating: 8/10
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