Meddle
by Pink Floyd

Album
Meddle by Pink Floyd
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-10-30
Overall rank: 174th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 2,013 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1971 (8th)
Award Top 50 albums of of the 1970s (42nd)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (174th)

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Pink Floyd bestography

Meddle is ranked 6th best out of 38 albums by Pink Floyd on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pink Floyd is The Dark Side Of The Moon which is ranked number 2 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 56,168.

Pink Floyd album bestography « Higher ranked (154th)
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn This album (174th)
Meddle Lower ranked (594th) »
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Meddle track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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One Of These Days
Average Rating: 89 (602 votes)Comments: View 7
2.
A Pillow Of Winds
Average Rating: 85 (463 votes)Comments: View 5
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Fearless
Average Rating: 89 (521 votes)Comments: View 5
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San Tropez
Average Rating: 82 (457 votes)Comments: View 4
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Seamus
Average Rating: 71 (434 votes)Comments: View 8
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Echoes
Average Rating: 93 (934 votes)Comments: View 23

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Meddle rankings

Meddle rankings summary
Overall rank: 174th | 1970s rank: 42nd | 1971 rank: 8th  Overall chart history
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Meddle ratings

Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 2,013 votes)
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 !		42 hours ago markl73  Ratings distribution  63578/100
 
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 !		09/10/2026 10:23 TheWongs  Ratings distribution  85071/100
 
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 !		08/31/2026 14:07 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,49197/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 84.3/100, a mean average of 83.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.


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From BestEverAlbums 20 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5438): By luigybetis
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by luigybetis () 1. by (2015) 2. (1977) 3. by by (1975) 5. by by (2015) 7. (1997) 10. by by (1973) 12. (2005) 13. by (1996) 14. by by (1969) 16. by by (1995) 18. by (1968) 19. by (2018) 20. by (1969) 21. by (2003) 23. by (2017) 24. by by by by…”
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From BestEverAlbums 09/06/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5427): By StreakyNuno
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by StreakyNuno () 1. by (1973) 2. by (1975) 3. by (1967) 4. by (1972) 5. by by (1967) 7. by (2004) 9. by (1977) 11. (1977) 12. by (1979) 13. by (1966) 14. (1982) 15. (1989) 16. by (1988) 17. (1986) 18. by by (2020) 22. by (1985) 23. by (1997)…”
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“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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Meddle comments

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35/100
From 10/14/2023 17:21 | #299486
Not really for me, too much ambient filler. Fearless is a nice song. Echoes is good but far too long. If it were 6 minutes long I'd love it, but dragging it out for 23 minutes is bound to lessen the quality. I enjoy much of Pink Floyd's work but not this album. (Edited)
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80/100
From 07/11/2023 19:46 | #298072
Quando estavam super prog!
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70/100
From 04/08/2023 00:22 | #295856
A bunch of nonsense on the first end, with some sprinkling of good music here and there.

And then probably the best song ever on the other side.

Hard record to rate. (Edited)
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85/100
From 12/12/2022 13:12 | #291924
Tracks 4 and 5 shouldn´t be there IMO. The rest of he album is amazing. (Edited)
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90/100
From 08/31/2022 03:49 | #289161
Solid album
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