Meddle

Meddle is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1971. The recording sessions took place from 1970 to 1971 at London studios including Abbey Road and Morgan Studios, with Pink Floyd handling production. The record marks a transitional point for the band, balancing acoustic and experimental textures with longer, more constructed pieces.

The album comprises six tracks. Side one opens with One of These Days, a bass-driven, menacing opening that showcases the band's growing studio sophistication. Side two contains four shorter songs—A Pillow of Winds, Fearless, San Tropez, and Seamus—and closes with the 23-minute epic Echoes, built around a repeating guitar motif and atmospheric keyboards.

Artwork: The cover design by Hipgnosis features a submerged pig inflated and tethered near the Battersea Power Station, a striking image that has become associated with the band. The photograph was directed by Storm Thorgerson.

Reception and legacy: Meddle helped establish Pink Floyd's move toward longer-form compositions and immersive soundscapes that would define their next albums, such as the following year's highly acclaimed The Dark Side of the Moon. Echoes in particular is frequently cited as a high point of the band's early-70s period. The album has been reissued multiple times and remains a key entry in discussions of progressive rock's development in the early 1970s.

Personnel: David Gilmour (guitar, vocals on some tracks), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals), Nick Mason (drums).