Pink Floyd were nothing if not masters of texture, and Meddle is one of their greatest excursions into little details, pointing the way to the measured brilliance of Dark Side of the Moon and the entire Roger Waters era. Opening with a deliberately surging “One of These Days,” Meddle spends most of its time with sonic textures and elongated compositions, most notably on its epic closer, “Echoes.” If there aren’t pop songs in the classic sense (even on the level of the group’s contributions to Ummagumma), there is a uniform tone, ranging from the pastoral “A Pillow of Winds” to “Fearless,” with its insistent refrain hinting at latter-day Floyd. Description: Release Name: Pink_Floyd-Meddle-(SHVL795)-REISSUE-LP-FLAC-1972-BITOCULĪtom Heart Mother, for all its glories, was an acquired taste, and Pink Floyd wisely decided to trim back its orchestral excesses for its follow-up, Meddle.
