Meddle

Meddle was released in October 1971, and reached number three, spending 82 weeks on the UK chart. It marks a transition between the Barrett-led group of the late 1960s and the emerging Pink Floyd; Jean-Charles Costa of Rolling Stone wrote that “not only confirms lead guitarist David Gilmour’s emergence as a real shaping force with the group, it states forcefully and accurately that the group is well into the growth track again”. NME called it “an exceptionally good album”, singling out ” Echoes ” as the “Zenith which the Floyd have been striving for”. Melody Maker’s Michael Watts found it underwhelming, calling the album “a soundtrack to a non-existent movie” and shrugging off Pink Floyd as “so much sound and fury, signifying nothing”.