the release of A Momentary Lapse of Reason

The songs on Obscured by Clouds were all short and economical, with a strong country music influence. The album also featured the EMS VCS 3 synthesiser, which Wright had purchased from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop . ” Burning Bridges ” was one of two songwriting collaborations between Wright and Waters. ” Childhood’s End ” was the last song Pink Floyd released to have lyrics written by Gilmour until the release of A Momentary Lapse of Reason in 1987. ” Free Four ” was the first Pink Floyd song since “See Emily Play” to attract significant airplay in the US, and the second to refer to the death of Waters’s father during World War II. “Stay” was written and sung by Wright, with lyrics by Waters. The closing instrumental on the album ends with a recording of the Mapuga tribe chanting, as seen in the film.