It’s now generally agreed by Pink Floyd aficionados that 1971 album Meddle was the point where the band as we know them really came to life. There’s no better example of this than in the fizzing, energetic opener One Of These Days. A song which became the blueprint for half of the songs on Dark Side Of The Moon, One Of These Days was the sound of Pink Floyd 2.0.
Brilliant as Meddle and its opener were, they couldn't help but be subsumed by the mammoth popularity of Dark Side Of The Moon two years later. Still, while it may not be filled with obvious greatest hits fodder – side two comprises just one sprawling, contemplative track – Meddle embedded itself in a whole new generation of Pink Floyd fans.
