MEDDLE

This is a good album to mention when trying to sort out the true Floyd fans from the "posers", which are those sorry saps that only know about Dark Side or The Wall. It's their loss because, dare I say it, I believe this is their greatest album. Yes, fellow Floydians, I prefer this over Dark Side of the Moon. Okay, you can now all pelt me with rotten tomatoes for my opinions. Yes, I do appreciate DSOTM for what it is and certainly would never underestimate it but I think Meddle has an overall edge over DSOTM. Apart from "One of These Days", the album has a rather laid-back, almost folky feel to it, with fantastic playing and great harmonies between Dave Gilmour and Rick Wright on Echoes.The fact that Gilmour and Wright harmonized together so well is one underrated facet about this era of Pink Floyd and I think was sorely missed in later albums. The stand-out track is obviously Echoes. Many many other twenty plus minute songs can you listen to from beginning to end and still enjoy it? Still and outstanding track. I'm still waiting for some radio stations to have the guts to play the entire cut all the way through but no, they'd rather play "Hey You" and "Money" over and over and over and over and over and.................you get the picture.