One of Floyd's best, actually....
This album is as good as Floyd classics, but never gets mentioned the same breath as Dark Side of the Moon or the ones that followed it. It's an extraordinarily well made album, brilliantly sequenced, written, and performed. It's also a true Floyd album, with all band members contributing to the songwriting. It starts with the amazing, scary One of These Days. The next song, A Pillow of Winds, is one of Floyd's most beautiful ballads. San Tropez is cute and beautiful, and Seamus, which sounds like a throwaway, nevertheless is good. The best song is the side long, epic Echoes (here in its full length 23 minute version. The version on the greatest hits CD Echoes has been edited!). It's an amazing song, with some of Waters's best lyrics and beautiful vocals from Gilmour and Wright (who, honestly, sang better than Waters ever did, but didn't write lyrics like he could). Many people love to say you should get stoned while listening to this song, I say no. Stay sober and get stoned by the song. Echoes is a great epic track, as good as anything put out by Yes, King Crimson, or ELP. This is an unjustly underrated album in Floyd's catalog, and is actually one of their best.

A Perfect Synthesis of the Many "Pink Floyd Sounds"
Pink Floyd has had many sounds and styles over the years. There is the Barret-era, the pre-Darkside era, as well as the Darkside-era and the post-Darkside era. Each gives insight into the happenings of the band, the creative leaders, and the battles for power.

Meddle was somewhere in the middle. It sports of the refinement that would make Darkside of the Moon one of the best albums ever. It glimpses that architectural, perfectly choreographed style that shot Pink Floyd into the history books. However, it also contains elements of the style that made them famous. Long, organic rivers of textures and melodies that blended seamlessly.

Meddle is the fulcrum point of this change; it displays the meeting of the pre-Darkside and the post-Darkside era. If Darkside is too structured, or Atom Heart Mother to jam-oriented, Meddle is the perfect compromise, mixing structure and smoothness in a perfect way.

Excellent
Though often overshadowed by The Wall or Dark Side, this is a magnificent album. This is my favorite earlier Floyd album, even though it doesn't get the airplay of the others, it is truly a masterpiece.

May well be the most underrated classic rock album...
I saw this on sale and I thought to myself, I'll come back again and if it's still there, I think I'll get it. It was and I did. And let me tell you, reader, it's great. This '71 release doesn't sound dated, and it stands up strong to Led Zeppelin IV and Who's Next, among others. It's just as good as DSOTM and WYWH. Go get it, and there's no need to get hight to it.

Best Pink Floyd album to get high to...
The music on this album flows seamlessly from the beginning track to the epic 20 min.+ "Echoes". In my opinion the greatest Pink Floyd album of all time, I absolutely trip out to this album, the feeling is 100% euphoria. Best enjoyed with high quality headphones on. Get "up" there, sit back and enjoy the trip.