Line #49 Music/Meddle


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pink_floyd_meddle.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Overhead, the albatross hangs motionless upon the air...'']]
3	->''A cloud of eiderdown\
4	Draws around me, softening the sound\
5	Sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side,\
6	And she's breathing low, and the candle dies.''
7	-->-- "A Pillow of Winds"
8
9	''Meddle'' is the sixth studio album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1971 through Creator/HarvestRecords. Despite the soundtrack album ''Music/ObscuredByClouds'' coming straight after this album, ''Meddle'' is generally considered to be the direct precursor to ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon''.
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11	Preceded by ''Music/AtomHeartMother''. Proceeded by ''Music/ObscuredByClouds''.
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13
14	!!Tracklist:
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16	[[AC:Side One]]
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18	# "One of These Days" (5:57)
19	# "A Pillow of Winds" (5:10)
20	# "Fearless" (6:08)
21	# "San Tropez" (3:43)
22	# "Seamus" (2:16)
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24	[[AC:Side Two]]
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26	# "Echoes" (23:29)
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29	!!Principal Members:
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31	* David Gilmour - lead vocals, guitar, bass, harmonica, sound effects
32	* Nick Mason - drums, percussion, lead vocals, cymbals, hi-hats, sound effects
33	* Music/RogerWaters - bass, backing and lead vocals, guitar, sound effects
34	* Richard Wright - organ, backing and co-lead vocals, piano, [=VCS3=], synthesizer, sound effects
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36
37	!!One of these days, I'm going to trope you into little pieces:
38	* AlternateAlbumCover: U.S. editions used a different tint for the ear pictures as well as putting text on the front cover. Reissues from 1994 on use the U.K. cover.
39	* BoleroEffect: found on both One Of These Days (bass, organ, slide guitar, drums), and then Echoes has the audacity to do it twice (piano, organ, slide guitar lead guitar, bass, drums at the opening, and then organ, light percussion, bass, guitar, and then the guitar explosion right before everything hits)
40	* {{Bookends}}: A quasi-example: The third-to-last section of "Echoes" features some thematic similarities to "One of These Days". The first track itself begins and ends with wind noises, although the end [[FadingIntoTheNextSong fades into]] "A Pillow of Winds".
41	* ConceptAlbum: Arguably. Many of the songs tie into a loose theme, but it [[WordOfGod has not been confirmed]] as one.
42	* CreepyCrows: In the middle of "Echoes" the music switches to spooky noises with high pitched noises resembling screams and animal/bird calls. About two minutes later crows start to caw in the background.
43	* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "One of These Days", both to "A Pillow of Winds" and the "Meddle" part of the album.
44	** "Echoes" has this, too.
45	* EpicRocking: "Echoes". (23:29) is the most prominent example, but "One of These Days" (5:57) and "Fearless" (6:08) also qualify.
46	* FranchiseCodifier: After spending the better part of the late 60's doing some musical soul-searching, ''Meddle'' established the arena-friendly, jazz-infused ProgressiveRock sound that would define Pink Floyd's subsequent albums.
47	* GratuitousJapanese: The Japanese release of this album changed the track name of "One of These Days" to 吹けよ風、呼べよ嵐 (''fuke yo kaze, yobe yo arashi''), or "Blow, Wind! Call Forth, Storm!" Not a totally inaccurate description of the song itself though.
48	* GrandFinale: "Echoes".
49	* LimitedLyricsSong: For certain definitions of the word "Lyrics", we have "One of These Days".
50	--> ''One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces.''
51	** "Echoes" also has less than 3 minutes of lyrics despite lasting for over 23 minutes.
52	* LongestSongGoesLast: "Echoes" lasts 23 and a half minutes and occupies the entire second side of the vinyl LP.
53	* MindScrew: "Echoes", particularly the line "I am you and what I see is me"
54	* MinimalisticCoverArt: The album cover is what appears to be a series of abstract colours, which are actually formed from a close-up of an ear underwater.
55	* NonAppearingTitle: "A Pillow of Winds".
56	* OnceAnEpisode: "A Pillow of Winds", "Fearless" and "San Tropez".
57	* OneWordTitle: "Meddle", "Echoes", "Fearless", "Seamus".
58	* ShoutOut: The bass guitar-heavy bridge of "One of These Days" includes a quote from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' theme on a keyboard in the background.
59	* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Nick Mason "sings" lead on "One of These Days", Roger Waters sings lead on "San Tropez", and Richard Wright sings co-lead vocals on "Echoes".
60	* TakeThat: Roger Waters said that the final, underwater-themed lyrics of "Echoes" were meant as {{Take That}}s against the space rock image they'd been associated with.
61	* WalkingShirtlessScene: This video from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5eaISfvXY8 San Tropez]]. Also upon looking at this video's comment section, the concept of these guys being "non-sexy" [[MrFanservice flies right out the window]].

Context Music / Meddle