Pink Floyd’s Meddle At 51

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Pink Floyd released their sixth studio album Meddle on October 30, 1971. With only six tracks to the album, Meddle serves as the transitional album between Syd Barrett’s tenure and Roger Waters’ command. 51 years later, Meddle still stands out with its composition, sound quality, and the epic song “Echoes” took up the entire second side of the record.

“One of These Days” is an instrumental piece that sounds like Dr. Who taking an acid trip into rage. The only line for the song was from drummer Nick Mason.

“A Pillow of Winds” is a rare occurrence of a love song in the Pink Floyd catalog.

“Fearless” is a track about facing adversity, winning, and celebrating that victory by making a fool out of the opposition.

“San Tropez” is a jazz-rock song about what a fun day would be like in Saint-Tropez.

“Seamus” is considered to be Pink Floyd’s weakest song in their catalog. Seamus was a Border Collie dog that supplied the howling to this blues track.

“Echoes” would be the dominating track of the entire album. Empathy and human communication are the main themes here. It would be featured in the film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii where the “definitive” version of this song is played at the ancient Amphitheatre of Pompeii where it is still in use today with special permission.

Pink Floyd would use this album as a major stepping stone toward international fame and glory beginning in 1973 with The Dark Sid of the Moon. But first, the band had to deal with their weakest album released in 1972: Obscured by Clouds. This would be a tale for another moment.