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Meddle

Meddle
Artist: Pink Floyd
Label: Capitol
Category: Music

List Price: $17.98
Buy New: $11.97
You Save: $6.01 (33%)



Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 397 reviews
Sales Rank: 1052

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 46034
UPC: 777746034230
EAN: 0077774603423
ASIN: B000002U8G

Release Date: October 25, 1990
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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Tracks:

  • One of These Days
  • A Pillow of Winds
  • Fearless
  • San Tropez - Pink Floyd, Waters, Roger
  • Seamus
  • Echoes

Similar Items:

  • Animals
  • Wish You Were Here
  • Obscured by Clouds
  • Atom Heart Mother
  • The Wall (Deluxe Packaging Digitally Remastered)

Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com essential recording
For all that menacing, hatchet-happy growl at the beginning of Meddle's opener, "One of These Days," Pink Floyd really weren't about to "cut you into little pieces." Meddle did, however, show that the reigning British monarchs of 1970s-era psychedelia could rip into galloping jams. It also showed what its predecessor, Atom Heart Mother, promised--that the band could excel in long, breathtaking suites that revealed strains of late-classical music, Sun Ra-inspired space explorations, and a patchwork approach to colliding sounds that together took on acid-drenched proportions. And if all that isn't enough, "San Tropez" revealed a playful side of the band, playing footsy with loungy jazz and having good fun in the process. --Andrew Bartlett


Customer Reviews:   Read 392 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars True Floyd   November 2, 2008
Chris M. Cone
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Meddle is the album that transitions from the early Syd Barret days to the sound most people know from "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were here"

As A huge fan of Floyd, and only 26 years old, I can easily see that this is an amazing musical performance regardless of the "Pink Floyd" name.

Haunting the then future Dark Side of the Moon sound, but still exploring the experimental "psychedelic" ( a watery classification) sound that was early PF. It doesn't hold the memorable, sale friendly tunes of latter albums, but it is undeniably Floyd, and a simply great musical composure.

It's (thankfully) far from what could have been at the time or currently "pop" music. To label it pretentiously; it's a sound requiring a lot of head space and imagination.

Not something you could play while vacuuming the house, but better for exploration of your own mind, and imagination. This is one of those albums that is NOT for casual listening, and I'll go far enough to say that this is one of those works that in distant time, could reasonably compared to music greats at Bach or Beethoven, given due time.

Simply, if you deny the artistic merit of this album publicly, people should question the depth of your musical ear. The only reason that I NOW review this album is that I have realized I lost the CD copy of this album, much much to my extreme dismay.



1 out of 5 stars music for retards and paedophiles   October 7, 2008
0 out of 13 found this review helpful

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5 out of 5 stars "One of these Days.."   October 4, 2008
AC/DC fan91
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I'm going to cut you to little pieces!." What, did you think I was going to say "Alice"? Haha. Well, unlike most of the reviewers, I just got this 2 weeks ago, and I haven't stopped listening to it. Matter of fact, I just started a minute ago. People in general should have this, Piper, Saucerful, AHM, Dark Side, WYWH, Animals and the Wall in their collection. You don't come across albums this good anymore, I mean anything post 1999 needs a couple of listens, except Maiden and Priest that is. I love the spaced out feeling of Pillow in the Wind and Fearless. Great writing musically and lyrically. Not one bad tune, even Seamus is good. Yes, I like Seamus and I don't care what everyone else says, it's still a good listen.
Then we get to the song that defines this album, and eventually Pink Floyd's future. "Echoes" the 23 and a half minute masterpiece that wore out the other side of the Vinyl LP. Honestly, how many people have bought this physically or electronically(iTunes) just for Echoes. It's a shame the greatest hits is missing 7 minutes. I think you need the entire song to truly appreciate it. Well, check it out here, or on iTunes, but buy it physically, because you'll like it so much, that you can't live without it. That and what happens if you forget to back everything up, and the computer crashes, now you're screwed. So do yourself a favor, and get it today. Without Meddle, we don't have Dark Side of the Moon. Hell, get both of them at once.



4 out of 5 stars You Pay the Piper But It's Still Not More   September 21, 2008
zoltan (Midwest, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

If it wasn't for "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" and "More", "Meddle" would be the greatest Pink Floyd album ever. 'Seamus', the one throwaway song on the album, still beats 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' from "Atom Heart Mother" as a filler track by being merely inconsequential rather than annoying....

I was a Floyd fan quite a while before "Dark Side of the Moon" and still see that album as a commercial sell-out rather than the masterpiece so many people hold it to be. Of the post-"Dark Side" albums, only "Wish You Were Here" has any spark of the old Floyd (subject matter perhaps?)

Nothing in the Floyd catalog comes close to "Piper At the Gates of Dawn" for sheer invention and originality. Nothing. All else is a result of trickle down effect from exposure to Syd's pure genius. The quality of music declines (more or less) with the passage of time....

I rank Pink Floyd's albums as follows: 1) "Piper At the Gates of Dawn" 10) "More" 11) "Meddle" 12) "Atom Heart Mother" 13) "Ummagumma" 14) "A Saucerful of Secrets" 15) "Wish You Were Here" 16) "Obscured By Clouds"... 23) "Animals" [On the strength of 'Dogs'] 24) "The Dark Side of the Moon" 25) "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" 26) "The Wall" 27) "The Division Bell"... 159) "The Final Cut".

When one disregards the aforementioned 'Seamus' the music on "Meddle" is pretty darned good, with 'Echoes' being, IMO, a masterpiece. Highly recommended (But get "Piper" and "More" first)!



1 out of 5 stars certainly the barfing stock   September 18, 2008
0 out of 11 found this review helpful

This atrocious cd is most certainly one of the barfing stock - what a despicable joke. No metal can ruin this more than (s)CRAP metal, hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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