Meddle review

The 6th Pink Floyd album. Apologies for the gaps between reviews as I've just started university and am making my way through Freshers Week. Anyway, I thought I'd do a Pink Floyd album because they're always fantastic, and this one boasts the legendary song Echoes.

Tracks:

1. One of These Days: 9/10 a truly brilliant instrumental which signals that Pink Floyd had finally found their post Syd Barrett direction.

2, A Pillow of Winds: 8/10 a thoroughly pleasant song, though hardly definitive.

3. Fearless: 8/10 another intelligent, sharp psychedelic gem. Maybe Pink Floyd are genuinely incapable of doing a bad song.

4. San Tropez: 8/10 a lovely, pleasingly simple song which has a nicely optimistic vibe.

5. Seamus: 7/10 an example of Pink Floyd's audacity and fascinating experimentation. The minimalist nature of the song may test the patience a little though.

6. Echoes: 10/10 everything Pink Floyd does best in one place. Fascinating experimentation, amazing instrumentals, glorious insanity, jaw-droppingly beautiful sounds and some of the band's best lyrics ever. It'll blow your mind and bring a tear to your eye.

Best song: Echoes
Worst song: Seamus

Summary: A fantastic album from Pink Floyd. It offers all the usual magic trippy stuff, but there's a lot more to this record. It also shows the more peaceful songs Pink Floyd do brilliantly as well. The lyrics are probably the best Pink Floyd had done at this point, and the music itself is of course fantastic. It's a strong blend of the experimentation and more generic sounds, and the experimentation is never tedious. Kicking off with a brilliant instrumental and finishing with one of Pink Floyd's masterpieces, this one really doesn't get much wrong even if many of the tracks are 4 star ones rather than 5 stars.


Final rating: 9/10