Meddle

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Meddle · At the beginning of 1971 Pink Floyd had no fixed material and no clear idea of where the album should go. The band worked between gigs, from January to August, at EMI Studios, now Abbey Road, and at smaller studios such as AIR and Morgan, which could handle 16 tracks. To get going, the group devised experiments: each member played separately on his own track, without hearing what the rest were doing. From those trials, known as Nothings, the track Echoes eventually grew.

Meddle is regarded as a transitional record between the group of Syd Barrett and the era led by Roger Waters. The record sounds more cohesive than its predecessor Atom Heart Mother. One of These Days is largely instrumental and revolves around a bass line that David Gilmour ran through a Binson Echorec. Then comes A Pillow of Winds, one of the band's few quiet acoustic love songs. Critics were positive and the record did well in England.

Listening

Track list

1. 1One of These Days5:55Apple Music ↗
2. 2A Pillow of Winds5:13Apple Music ↗
3. 3Fearless6:08Apple Music ↗
4. 4San Tropez3:43Apple Music ↗
5. 5Seamus2:14Apple Music ↗
6. 6Echoes23:33Apple Music ↗

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