FEATURED CD : Pink Floyd : Meddle

[Duncan Glenday]

Credit for this featured CD : markduff

Based on a CD received from the collection bequeathed to Progressive Ears by the late Chris Buckley (Winkersnuff)

markduff's comments:



I'll start off with saying that I am a huge Pink Floyd fan. But not of this release.

The album opens up with "One Of These Days". It starts well but doesn't seem to go anywhere IMHO. The next three songs go by and then "Seamus". All I hear is the dog barking along with the song. "Echoes" ends the disk. It has bits and pieces of things going on that remind me of songs on Wish You Were Here and Dark Side but it really fails to hold my interest for over 23 minutes.

Overall it is one on my least favorite Pink Floyd releases.

[mozo-pg]

One of my favourite Floyd albums. Every second of Echoes is brilliant.

[lovecraft]

A subtle, dreamlike album, whose power has only grown over the years. One to get lost in.

[Paulrus]

Never hoid of it.

But seriously. It's funny how this album is simultaneously not well known enough but also super well known, if that makes any sense. One of my enduring teen memories is a bunch of us rumbling along in a friend's VW Vanagon with this playing on the 8-track. It was late at night, out somewhere remote (as remote as SoCal can get, anyways) and it just sounded fucking perfect.

[Zeuhlmate]

The only PF album I own.

[Piskie]

The first great post Syd album. One of my favourites of theirs.

[alanterrill]

I was a big Floyd fan in their early days and bought it as soon as it came out. It was a pleasant record that I played on summer days but it didn't draw me in -it wasn't very complex, just pleasant background music. But I tired of it and only recently listened to it again after a gap of nearly 50 years and it hasn't improved. Very simple ideas padded out to fill an album.

[Tangram]

Absolutely loved ‘Echoes’ the first time I heard it. Went out and bought the album the next day. Strangely wasn’t a fan of ‘One of These Days’ when it came out. It took a few years and now it’s a fav of mine. A little too loud for me back then. My kids are finally getting into PF, and one likes ‘Echoes’ and the other likes OOTD! I prefer ‘San Tropez’ and ‘Seamus’ to ‘Pillow of Winds’ and ‘Fearless’. For me it’s like Atom Heart Mother, flashes of greatness and some ok or even forgettable tracks. Pink Floyd was making progress.

[Crystal Plumage]

Not a very big Floyd fan, but this one is one of my favorites. I have the Gold Disc which sounds perfect!

[SteveSly]

I did not really discover Pink Floyd until when The Wall came out in 79. I eventually went back and purchased their entire back catalogue and this album is for me, where the post Syd era of the band really hit their stride. Echoes ranks right up with the best prog epics of all time for my (by any band) and the rest of the album are all solid shorter songs. I will never forget Gilmour & Wright performing Echoes on one of David's solo tours in Chicago and for me is a concert highlight of all the live shows I have attended over the years.

[mozo-pg]

I did not really discover Pink Floyd until when The Wall came out in 79. I eventually went back and purchased their entire back catalogue and this album is for me, where the post Syd era of the band really hit their stride. Echoes ranks right up with the best prog epics of all time for my (by any band) and the rest of the album are all solid shorter songs. I will never forget Gilmour & Wright performing Echoes on one of David's solo tours in Chicago and for me is a concert highlight of all the live shows I have attended over the years.

I saw that tour at Massey Hall in T.O. - was spellbinding.

[Trane]

A great album for 67%, the rest (the second half of the A-side)is forgettable

I saw that tour at Massey Hall in T.O. - was spellbinding.

Unless Gilmour came at Massey hall in the 90's (not aware of it in that case), the show I saw there was held in 84 with Mick Ralphs and promoting the About Face album.

AFAIK, Wright was nowhere to be seen on that tour

[interbellum]

One of the first albums I got (I was 16) and also one of my favorite PF's. I think Echoes is the climax, especially the last episodes, although I think the psychedelic middle-piece is a bit too long, therefore I prefer the edited version on the compilation Echoes.

[Jerjo]

One of These Days and Fearless are quite good. Pillow of Winds is tolerable. The less said about Seamus and San Tropez the better. Echoes is a towering work and sets the tone for everything that followed.

[NogbadTheBad]

Great album, I like all of it, Echoes is among their greatest tracks, top 5 Floyd.

[mozo-pg]

A great album for 67%, the rest (the second half of the A-side)is forgettable



Unless Gilmour came at Massey hall in the 90's (not aware of it in that case), the show I saw there was held in 84 with Mick Ralphs and promoting the About Face album.

AFAIK, Wright was nowhere to be seen on that tour

It was the On An Island tour, around 2003 (can't recall exactly), with Richard Wright, Phil Manzanera, and Gilmour (and band). I had front row seats in the balcony and will never forget Echoes.

[soundsweird]

I remember hearing "One of These Days" a lot on the radio when this came out. Weird choice for radio play. For decades, I thought the lyrics were "One of these days, I'm going to dance with the king and queen". I already had "Ummagumma" and "Atom Heart Mother", and bought the album right away. "Echoes" got some light-night radio play as well, and I heard "Fearless" and "Pillow of Winds" played a few times. I've always held this album in high regard, though I got tired of hearing "OOTD"; it's pretty repetitious.

[mozo-pg]

It was the On An Island tour, around 2003 (can't recall exactly), with Richard Wright, Phil Manzanera, and Gilmour (and band). I had front row seats in the balcony and will never forget Echoes.

I did a search - it was 2006 on April 10.

[TCC]

I like it!

[spellbound]

"One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces." Fantastic album.

[wideopenears]

To each their own and all that, but for me, this is my favorite Floyd--maybe tied with Animals.

Live at Pompeii, though, is essential viewing if you like Echoes.

[Mythos]

Echos is one of their best songs, still loving it after all these years..

I have it paired with Bel Air by Can on a mixed CD....

[IMWeasel]

definitely one of my favorite Floyd albums, Echoes is a sheer masterpiece!