Wish You Were Here

Крепкая, но все таки тройка - чисто из-за структуры альбома. А так звучок приятный, мелодии приятные, все вкусно

It's Pink Floyd.

Pretty good not that good

I liked the number of songs. Nice album cover too. My favorite song was the titular one, the others were good but kind of boring.

Pink Floyd is one of those bands/artists that makes me Super happy I'm doing this 1001 thing. Obviously I know who Pink Floyd are but I never really listened to them before. I wanted to give this a 5 but the long instrumentals were a bit much for me -- they sounded amazing but I think some of their more songy songs are more up my alley. Still really great 8/10

Pretty enjoyable, but I think only because I wasn’t paying close attention 7/10

3/10 - It was alright but I mean its just not the kind of music I enjoy. It felt like nothing was happening. Will not be revisiting.

Like I’ve said many times before, it doesn’t get much more boring than prog rock- but as far as prog goes Pink Floyd is actually pretty enjoyable. I liked this album

Encensé par les critiques et adulé par des légions de fans "Wish You Were Here" qui est sorti dans le sillage de l'ouragan commercial "The Dark Side of the Moon", est censé représenter le sommet de leur art, un requiem poignant pour leur âme perdue, Syd Barrett. Mais avant de commencer ma critique, je tiens à préciser que pour moi, cet album n'est rien de moins qu'une purge, une épreuve d'endurance auditive de quarante-quatre minutes. Un disque qui incarne tout ce que je méprise dans la musique des années 70 et tout ce que je n'aime pas chez Pink Floyd, en dehors de deux périodes bien distinctes. Car oui, je sauve de leur discographie l'étincelle chaotique de l'ère Barrett, cette folie psychédélique, brute, imprévisible et géniale. Et je sauve l'opéra-rock théâtral et grandiose qu'est "The Wall", un album avec un concept, une histoire, une dramaturgie. "Wish You Were Here", qui flotte dans un entre-deux stérile est le parangon de ce rock progressif que je trouve si prétentieux, ce genre musical qui confond longueur et profondeur, complexité et émotion. Ces années 70, avec leur son de studio surproduit, poli à l'extrême, ont enlevé toute la crasse, toute l'urgence, toute l'âme du rock. On est loin de l'énergie brute des années 60 et loin de la colère punk qui allait, heureusement, tout balayer. On est en plein dans le règne des solos de guitare interminables, des nappes de synthétiseurs qui s'étirent jusqu'au bâillement et des concepts philosophiques vagues pour justifier une musique sans colonne vertébrale. Et "Wish You Were Here" en est le patient zéro. Parlons des morceaux, si l'on peut appeler ça ainsi. L'album s'ouvre et se ferme sur "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", pour un total de vingt-six minutes. Un hommage à Syd Barrett, nous dit-on. Quelle ironie de rendre hommage à un homme dont la musique était fulgurante et concise par un instrumental boursouflé, auto-indulgent et glacial. Les premières minutes sont une introduction de synthétiseur qui semble ne jamais finir. C'est atmosphérique, certes, mais l'atmosphère d'une salle d'attente de dentiste. Puis vient le fameux solo de David Gilmour. Techniquement, c'est parfait, mais où est l'émotion ? Où est la folie du "diamant fou" ? Je n'entends qu'un guitariste qui déroule ses gammes avec une application scolaire. C'est propre, c'est lisse, c'est mortellement ennuyeux. L'esprit de Syd Barrett, c'était le chaos, le danger ; ici, tout est sous contrôle, prévisible. C'est un hommage qui trahit son sujet. Les paroles, quand elles arrivent enfin, sont d'une platitude affligeante. Le saxophone de Dick Parry ajoute ensuite une couche de vernis "jazzy" digne d'un bar d'hôtel de luxe. La production est tellement impeccable qu'elle en devient suffocante, une musique de chambre pour rockeurs devenus des notables. Je préfère cent fois une chanson de trois minutes mal jouée mais vibrante de Syd que cette fresque parfaitement exécutée et totalement inerte. C'est un mausolée musical, froid et imposant. Vient ensuite "Welcome to the Machine", une critique de l'industrie musicale qui n'est qu'une caricature. Le morceau commence par des bruits de machine qui ont terriblement vieilli, des effets sonores qui sonnent aujourd'hui kitsch. Le synthétiseur principal est lourd, pesant, écrasant la guitare acoustique dans une ambiance non pas menaçante, mais juste désagréable. La voix de Gilmour, traitée et distante, ne transmet aucune angoisse ; on a l'impression d'entendre un répondeur automatique, pas un cri de révolte. Puis c'est au tour de "Have a Cigar". Le riff de guitare est peut-être le seul moment de l'album qui accroche un peu l'oreille, mais le sursaut retombe très vite à cause du chant de Roy Harper. Sa voix, extérieure au groupe, crée une distance. Son interprétation est forcée, presque parodique, au service de paroles encore et encore centrées sur un cynisme facile envers le business musical. L'anecdote "By the way, which one's Pink?" tombe à plat, et le solo de fin est, encore une fois, techniquement irréprochable et émotionnellement vide. Arrive alors la chanson-titre, "Wish You Were Here", la ballade acoustique que tout le monde connaît. Je la trouve simpliste et surfaite. Sa simplicité sonne faux au milieu de cet album aux prétentions symphoniques, comme si le groupe avait voulu caser un tube potentiel. La mélodie est jolie, je peux le concéder, mais elle a été tellement entendue, tellement usée, qu'elle a perdu tout son impact. Elle est devenue un fond sonore, une musique d'ascenseur pour nostalgiques. C'est le morceau le moins pire du disque, mais sa popularité m'exaspère. Et enfin, le retour de "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" pour clore le désastre avec neuf minutes supplémentaires et inutiles. On reprend les mêmes thèmes, les mêmes sons. L'album tourne en rond, se regarde le nombril. La section un peu plus "funky" qui détonne semble tellement déplacée, tellement forcée, qu'elle en devient gênante. L'album s'effondre sur lui-même, et le silence final est une libération. En conclusion, "Wish You Were Here" est un échec sur presque toute la ligne. Il est le produit d'un groupe richissime qui a perdu son cap. La folie créatrice de Syd Barrett a été remplacée par une maîtrise technique glaciale, on est coincé dans un purgatoire musical, un album sur l'absence qui est lui-même terriblement absent de passion, d'idées neuves et de risques. C'est un disque pour audiophiles, pas pour des amateurs de rock qui cherchent à ressentir quelque chose. C'est le son de la complaisance, un monument élevé à la gloire de l'ennui progressif. "Wish You Were Here qu'ils disent mais je ne souhaitais pas être ici, et je ne compte jamais y revenir. Au final ce sera un point sur cinq, et c'est généreux car il n'y a que deux Pink Floyd qui valent le détour : celui de la pipe aux portes de l'aube et celui qui a bâti un mur.

5 stars all day, every day

I cannot say one bad thing about this album. Although probably my second favourite Floyd album behind Meddle it’s still in my top ten greatest albums. The album was released at peak Prog time when I was at my most receptive to a complex concept album different to anything else and pushing the Prog boundaries further. I bought the album on release day and still have it intact together with the black shrink wrap cover, round banner sticker and postcards. My copy is worth a bomb now but will never sell it as it means so much and part of my life. The album does remind me of the emotional turmoil I was suffering at the time. This album and others helped me through that. The eight minute plus instrumental start of Shine On You Crazy Diamond in particular takes me back to that dark time. Played endlessly it’s one of just a few pieces of music where I can identify and anticipate every single chord, guitar pluck, ambient background and every thing else which makes up that track. Another reviewer on here said that this album was one his uncle would play at the end of a barbecue to get deep about his divorce. I assume this was not meant as a compliment but I do understand where the reviewer is coming from. But I do warn the reviewer that in time he/she will have a piece of music to hold onto and only then will he/she realise what a beautiful thing that is and the enrichment music gives your life. This album for me is a top example of this. 5+/5 14/7/24

Curse you list! I used to think I hated Pink Floyd, and I was quite content in that space. However, now you’ve made me listen to them objectively, I actually ‘didn’t mind’ this album. Bastards. I refuse to have my tastes broadened so easily. You’ll have me trying to abide The Beach Boys next, and I’m not having it. Back off!

By no means a Floyd fan but listened to this a lot. Not sure why. It's quite self indulgent but wish you were here is one of the greatest songs.... ever

Top 5 favorite albums

A classic

Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album from Pink Floyd, and this was the follow up to their most successful album, Dark Side of the Moon. As such, Wish You Were Here was not favorable received at the time. Consensus opinion has changed considerably in the intervening years. This album is Roger Water's tribute to founding band member Syd Barret, and is Pink Floyd at their best: blues inspired guitar in electronic soundscapes. Water's existential bent as a songwriter give the songs eternal appeal.

Masterpiece.

Love it love it love it. Classic.

One of the best albums ever.

Hade höga förhoppningar. Det är bra. Jag är inget superga av långa elektroniska låtar men det här soundet gillar jag mycket.

Framför allt så är det tråkig musik. Låt 1 Nja, inte så värst bra Låt 2 Direkt dålig? Närmare dålig än bra iaf Låt 3 Inte heller bra. Låt 4 Är riktigt bra. Klassiker..femma. Låt 5 Ännu mer jobbig gitarr. På ett dåligt sätt. Wee woo were... Som jag sagt tidigare, jag förstår att man kan gilla detta dock. Men verkligen inte min kopp te.

Precis som The dark side of the moon är detta också ett mästerverk, till och med snäppet bättre.

WHY IS THIS INTRO SO FUCKIN LONG???? Ok this is an album that demands a lot of patience. You have to be really patient with this one but it kind of pays off. Worth it. Title track is my favorite and the crazy intro builds to something I end up liking, too.

It’s 11 am, I’m three minutes and forty-five seconds into Shine On You Crazy Diamond and I’m ready to go back to bed….and I got a good night’s sleep last night, at least 7 hours. Maybe it’s because I haven’t regularly smoked weed for more than a decade, but have Pink Floyd albums always been this slow moving? Like…this song moves at a glacial pace and even when it picks up steam in last couple minutes, it’s still kind of plodding. I get that Pink Floyd played very deliberately, but this feels too deliberate, almost to the point of feeling mechanically manufactured, rather than performed - though I guess that makes sense, given that I’m about to be welcomed “to the machine”. I have a hard time feeling bad for Pink Floyd and their constant complaints about “being successful”. This album and the two subsequent records are ripe with complaints about how hard their lives as millionaire rockstars are. Animals, to its credit, at least has a little venom to it, easily making it the best of the three, even if it’s partially because it’s not completely overplayed. I will say I really love the filter sweep at the end of Have a Cigar. Neat studio trick right there. I’m finding the title of this record amusing this morning, as well - at least as it relates to my present day feelings about Pink Floyd. At one point, I was “there” with Pink Floyd, but now, I’m not really having a lot fun of being “Here” with Pink Floyd.

Great album!!

i will never get tired of the title track

An all-time favorite I slightly ruined for myself by overplaying it as a teenager obsessed with David Gilmour. He is absolutely thrilling on this album. There's nothing pyrotechnic or as singularly epic as the Comfortably Numb solo, but his phrasing, that compressed strat tone, the fuzz sustain, the control in his vibrato, everything about it is just unbelievable. Those piercing but tenderly tentative first notes when he comes in on Shine On are set the mood for the entire album. This is a very strange album to be such a huge commercial hit: 5 tracks, two stretching out to nearly a quarter of an hour of meandering guitar, synth and sax, a very personal and loving tribute to a lost friend and original creative heart of the band blown up the maximalist scale of arena rock. The 70s were a wierd time. My favorite PF is the Echoes/Ummagumma era of long explortatory psychadelia, but this album (and Animals, which I maybe slightly prefer) have a nice dose of that but with added high-budget studio recording polish and a more composed prog rock feel. Try as they might, even 40 million buskers can't ruin Wish You Were Here.

Honestly really really good, could even be a 5 with more listens and I enjoyed it slightly more then DSOTM 4.5/5

I need to relisten someday to fully understand it.

It almost feels like I'm doing something wrong, continuously giving Pink Floyd album's five stars. I keep looking for moments or songs that don't hit as hard for me but they are few and far between. The connection I feel when listening to this music is unlike any other. Wish You Were Here explores the themes of absence, loss, disconnection and the longing feeling these emotions can bring. The album in general, including the first song "Shine on You crazy Diamond" (sometimes shortened to SYD) is a tribute to former Pink Floyd member and close friend of the band Syd Barrett, who was unceremoniously dismissed due to his erratic behavior, deteriorating mental health issues and drug addictions (particularly LSD). It explores the sadness they felt that he was no longer able to be a part of the group and the heartbreak of having to watch their friend go through the hardships he did. It is said that while they were recording the album, a heavier man with a shaved head and eyebrows and a "look in his eyes, like black holes in the sky" entered the studio. https://images.rapgenius.com/5d259d0a2c0cf99e61db1203ecf1b4b8.600x588x1.jpg Members of the band did not recognize that it was actually their close friend Syd, as his new look was a complete change from his normal, skinny and well put together appearance. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTosRT_mw2lq8FtGI8ijdtXBpMtVZKVsRSmxg&s "Welcome to the Machine" and "Have a Cigar" confront the music industry as a whole, explaining how it can strip away creativity and humanity. "Welcome to the Machine" is mechanical and cold, representing the alienation artists can feel from dealing with predatory record executives. While most of us don't have that experience, feeling like a cog in the machine is a universally understood sentiment. "Have a Cigar" sarcastically criticizes the industry's greed and lack of genuine passion, pointing out the absence of true artistry in favor of whatever will make the most money. And then there is "Wish You Were Here". While this song is another tribute to Syd and the sadness they felt from his absence, it also broadly speaks of the sadness and regret we all feel from missing someone. This song hurts me every time I listen to it, and it hurts me 'perfectly'. At the end, we tie the entire experience up with a bow by returning to "Shine...", continuing the previous sentiments. 5 Stars, A++++, Immaculate, Flawless Execution. How do they do it?

What can I say that Newell already hasn’t? I think I liked this one more than DSOTM!

I didn’t actually listen to it all but I don’t even need to because it’s Pink Floyd. Wish you were here is special to me.

Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here. One of my favorite albums of all time. So much so that every time I’m asked to come up with a desert island disc list this one is one of my 3 absolutes. Ironically, this is one of only two bands that have two albums that I view as equally great in the competition for my island retreat. (DSOTM). There is no reasonable argument musically or culturally that Dark Side of The Moon isn’t the “better” of the two. But Wish just makes me FEEL something indescribable and deeply personal. Maybe it’s David Gilmores guitar tone. Or the saxophone in Shine on. Or the fact that Wish You Were Here is one of the first songs I learned to play. Or the “…… whoosh….” Transition from Machine to Wish. Or any number of hyper personal memories I have of this album- when and where I listened to it and how it affected me. This is what I mean when I talk about music and connection. This album is MINE. It’s mine, it’s an actual piece of me, of who I am and how I became me. I didn’t write it and even though it’s out there for all to hear and experience this is absolutely a record of the event if people playing music in a room and how they felt- and it has woven itself into the fabric of who I am as a person. Whenever i talk about music this album is playing in my head.

Really enjoyed this, not listened to it in ages, love the guitar tone throughout

lift musak, not very interesting

Kinda mid. I like Pink Floyd's early more psychedelic stuff, but not this.

A classic record. Great recording. I’m not a big fan of Shine on You Crazy Diamond, but the other tracks are to my liking.

One of the best rock albums to exist

A Pink Floyd album with way less posters hung up in college dorms compared to Dark Side of The Moon, but I'd say its just as good of album. It has some similar ethereal sounds and build up in each song, just maybe a little less trippy.

Short (?) and sweet. I'd listen to each and every song again and over.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond Welcome to the Machine Have a Cigar Wish You Were Here

A very tight, controlled album: all killer, no filler. It doesn't suffer from being bloated like other Pink Floyd albums and doesn't outstay its welcome. We really enjoyed this a lot: a cohesive, atmospheric, musically impressive piece.

Eines Meiner Lieblingsalben, psychodelisch, fesselnd...

A really nice slow burn from Pink Floyd here, for their ninth outing they have managed to bring the space rock to the forefront through the struggles of the declining mental health of one of their founding members. As a follow up to Dark Side of the Moon, this was always going to be met with an exceptionally critical audience. However I enjoyed it for it's laid back spacey feel that you could dip into a trance with. Best: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts 1-5 Worst: Welcome to the Machine 3.5 Stars

The follow up to TDSOTM always felt like a bit of a letdown. The Floyd are masters of the slow build up but I do wish they would just play the damn song sometimes. There are plenty of cool synthesized sounds and the songs (all 4 of them!) are pretty good, but the atmosphere is curiously cold and sterile rather than momentous or trippy.

Amazing stuff

Weird have a bit of a love hate thing with the Flooyd. Thisb was a bot of a hate jusy sounded like a wanky queen in a minor key with lots of 1980s bbc soind effects. Could do better.

Despite all the variously justified criticisms (over-hyped, bloated, self-indulgent prog rock) this still shines.

I enjoyed humming along to this. They don't take their time, but not everything has to fit on a 7", so that's a nice change. Shame about Roger Waters politics! I tried getting my kids into Pink Floyd but they weren't interested. I'm pretty sure adults tried to get me into them too back in the day.

For no particular reason, I'd never listened to much Pink Floyd... Great to finally listen to this masterpiece! Shine On indeed!

What a beauty. The atmosphere of this album draws the listener in and invokes serious contemplation.

Really enjoyed listening to this all the way through again.

Got better and better as the album progressed.

Love Pink Floyd.

Like this one a lot

Just a fun listen, start to finish. Turn it on and let it wash over you. Wake up and go to bed.

Pure magic

Pink Floyd has always been solid elevator music for me. Can't understand what makes this album one of the best rated ones🤷‍♂️ 2,5

clássico demais

It's ethereal. It's good to listen to when you're just chilling or doing things.

Oh by the way, which one’s Pink?

Progressive rock, art rock. A perfect album. Another album I just get lost in, so melancholic and introspective. Can't say anything about it that hasn't been said. 5/5

I mean wow. To listen to this with the high quality surround mix was crazy. I think it might not be at DSOTM level but still insane. Shine on you crazy diamond is a top of all time song objectively

As the follow-up to the seminal 1973 album "Dark Side of the Moon", "Wish You Were Here" is more jazz-forward with a completely different feel than its predecessor. Although some songs here deal with the subject of mental illness, it is a more personal and introspective album. A lament to the band's old mate and friend who had succumbed to it. It is also a criticism of the music industry's approach to tailoring musicians to make money rather than follow their art. This was also the last album by the band before Roger Waters began to exert increasing control of the band's output. This is not to say that the band's next albums were a letdown over the previous records. Waters is a genius, even if he is a bit of an asshole. I find that I prefer the albums based on his concepts more than the previous material, as well as his solo material over the Gilmore-led Pink Floyd or the other band members' solo music. All that being said, I find each Floyd album to be a unique and enjoyable experience.

Superclassic Pink Floyd album - still sounds great and timeless, nothing further to add.

Pink Floyd at their best. Great album.

Interesting spun-out songs: very well done.

Love it.

Esse disco é uma pérola. Começa e termina com "Shine on you crazy". As outras três músicas são uma das mais incríveis que a banda produziu na década de 1970.

The sax! OMG! first track 💜

1. banger, 2. meh, 3. bra, 4. meh, 5. bra Overall: 8/10

Is this the best album? Wish You Were Here is in the middle I say this because come on 5 songs and its 45 minutes my second reason why. why I like it a little I love everything but yeah 5 songs and 45 minutes i recommend

On another day this might/would have ranked higher, but today, given that my general demeanor was meh, it did nothing to un-meh me, which music's gotta do hasn't it

As far as intros to albums go, this is a 5000 out of 5. And as I mentionend a Pink Floyd moment in my "Dark Side of the Moon" review, here's another one: I had just stepped off my train one summer night, walking home, still on the platform and Pt.1 started playing, its soundwaves cruising through the dusk from somewhere far away. I stopped and listened. As you do.

the same old fears...

Always will be one of my favorites. Have listed hundreds of times.

I was surprised that I knew every song on this album, also surprised they were only four.

Very solid album, and tighter than "The Wall."

Entertaining. Like going to the theater.

Snore

Crazy Diamonds parts 1-48 could have been trimmed way down. Other songs were good.

Great

Better than I remember this being.

My all time favorite album!

Really enjoyable album and another classic from the Floyd lineup

With the exception of the title track it’s like listening to one interminable self indulgent guitar solo after another. And you can’t dance to it

Masterpiece!

Absolutely great

What can I say? A true classic album up there with Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. Despite Shine on you crazy diamond taking up a good chunk of the album, it doesn't feel too long. And Wish you were here is a timeless classic. 5/5

its a good album but im never listening to a 15 minute song outside an album 4/5

This took a while to get going, but the song Wish You Were Here is an all time great and the music was enjoyable the whole way through

Good stuff. Simpsons: Yes

Wish You Were Here is a great tune. Rest of the album was pretty good.

Good shit

when i went to italy my senior year of high school, a busker started playing wish you were here while my friends and i were wandering through the streets. it nearly brought me to tears, this universal feeling that i could hear a song my dad had played on his guitar for me as a child halfway across the world. i will always love pink floyd for finding me wherever i am.

Masterpiece.

Played-to-death, prefer Animals

6/10 Не понимаю тех, кому это говно нравится. Более унылого времяпровождения, чем прослушивание Pink Floyd, придумать тяжело. Shine On You Crazy Diamond и Wish You Were Here хороши местами, в основном где присутствует вокал, за них и поставил хоть какую-то оценку, но в остальном - унылая наркоманская хуйня. Хз какие любители повысасывать из пальца будут на полном серьёзе слушать часами этот ебанутый инструментал, которым тут в каждом треке насрано, наверное те же самые, которые добавили в эту подборку с альбомами газиллион альбомов битлз. P.S. 4,3 глобальный рейтинг - я в ахуе.

Bro was on some stuff. Definitely id have sex to this playlist

Eh

Class, easy 5 stars

this album ends a run of absolute glory from Meddle in '71. the Wall came afterwards, but this is the end of 'peak Floyd 'for me.

Saw them LIVE in Phoenix. Good English band. "Have a Cigar"

Great

Interessant album! Waar het vorige album van hen ( Dark Side of the Moon) echt super episch en bombastisch was is dit juist een veel kleiner album. Nauwelijks grote bombastische geluidsontploffingen zoals je op dat andere album hebt. Het resultaat? Een album dat soms bijna jazzy aanvoelt. En tsja, dan heb je me toch al snel he? Ik vind wel dat sommige nummers, voor zover je daar van kan praten, te lang doorkabbelen. Sowieso is het hele album vrij kalm en rustig. Ideale achtergrondmuziek dus naar mijn mening. FAVO: Wish you were here, Shine on you crazy diamond parts 6-390 ofzo

One of my all-time favourites ....

Je ne comprends pas ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I was firmly anti-prog rock for most of my life. I remember being bothered by Pavement mentioning Geddy Lee in “Stereo” and wondering why musicians all seemed to like that stupid hair metal band. But after reading “Ready Player One” I decided to give Rush a chance and they were my gateway drug into all things prog. And now I am a huge fan of the genre. Yes, ELP, Genesis, Jethro Tull, King Crimson. I have fully embraced prog and am happier for having done so. My wife and daughters having to be around me when I listen to it, not so much. Is Pink Floyd the best prog rock band of all time? Can they even be properly labeled as prog? I think so, but if someone differed I would respect that opinion. But I think “Wish You Were Here” and “Dark Side of the Moon” were two of the greatest prog rock albums ever made. If you are in the mood for this type of music, this would be one of your go-to albums to put on. If a pop or rock song goes on over four minutes, I start to get antsy, but a 13 minute prog song never wears out its welcome. I kind of wish that they hadn’t split up “Shine On” and just left it as one song. I love it when a whole side of an album is just one song. But that is just a quibble. This album is proggy enough for the weirdos but poppy enough for the normies. It is a masterpiece.

Ohhh this is my music wow. So much imagination, story, relevance. I only listen to this on occasion because it’s like…watching a movie.

Emerica used Crazy Diamond on Heath Kirchart's retirement video part. It was perfect. I'm front row on the hype train for this album. Big jams. Feeling. Groove. Some funk. Dynamic. Lots of space. Crown jewel of 70s rock ✨💎✨

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Desde la portada, hasta la última canción, se trata de un álbum excepcional. Shine on you es magnífica, Wish you were here ( a pesar del homenaje/plagio al Almost Independence Day de van Morrison) es exquisita. Have a cigar otra joya. Un imprescindible. 1975 es el año de discos como: Down by the Jetty de Dr. Feelgood, debut de Ac/Dc, Physical Graffiti de Led Zeppelin, Toys in the Attic de Aerosmith, That's the Way of the World de Earth, Wind and Fire, Young Americans de D. Bowie, Dressed to Kill de kiss, Rubycon de Tangerine Dream, ABBA de ABBA, Diamonds & Rust de Joan Baez, Zuma y Tonight's the Night de Neil Young, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy de Elton John, Main Coruse de Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band de KC and the Sunshine Band, Born to run de B. Springsteen, Love to Love You Baby de Donna Summer, Another Green World de Brian Eno, Ommadawn de Mike Oldfield, Radio-Activity de Kraftwerk, Horses de Patti Smith, A Night at the Opera de Queen, Crisis? What Crisis? de Supertramp, el directo de Bob Marley...

For me, this was always Pink Floyd's best album. I appreciate that that may be a controversial statement, given that 'Dark Side of the Moon' and 'The Wall' are so celebrated. But 'Wish You Were Here' always resonated with me in a different way. It adds a much needed emotional dimension and bleakness to their sonic experiments. There are reflections on their status within the music industry. And most powerfully, the 9 part opener/closer is a tribute to their former band member who had fallen from grace since his departure and was nearing the end of his short life by this time, as may have been evident by the rest of the band upon his final visits to the studio. Overall, it's powerful album, intended to be heard as a whole.

Which one’s pink. Ha 4.5

shoutout jad for playing crazy diamond for me on his electric guitar that one time. i now know which album that song comes from lol fake pink flyod fan right here... anyway. not really my style. 2.7. so 3

Not a ton to say, it's pink floyd at their best. It's more than an album, but an experience.

This is the first record I owned as a teenager. I don’t know how often I h e listened to it but I still like it and think it is brilliant.

Incredible. 5/5

Great album

Top 5 of my all time !!

Very talented men. Kept waiting for something to happen in the album. But the album never kicked in. Just started then ended.

Giving it a 4 because it's the soundtrack of Jojo Part 4

Enjoyable but think this would really depend how many edibles you've taken for this to go to the next level

I like some Pink Floyd songs, but I don't like Pink Floyd. This album is the perfect encapsulation of why. One great song (Wish You Were Here) surrounded by psychedelic noise.

Pink Floyd classic

This album is fire!

Dirses Album hat zwei meiner Lieblingssongs von Pink Floyd, welche sehr zeitlos sind!

Grossartiges Album mit zeitlosen Songs.

Sublime. Takes me right back to my youth, which is always welcome.

Sad and beautiful.

Pink Floyd is Pink Floyd. Long synth-y songs. Eh.

Amazing Pink Floyd albun

Amazing

אין מה להוסיף. אלבום מופת.

One of the 3 greatest progressive rock albums and one of ever. The synthesizer from Richard Wright is my incredible how he used in the right moment and the right way. Was and is one of the albums of my life and the lyrics from roger talks about the industry cruelty and the heartache that he shows when talk about syd break my heart.

Shine on you crazy diamond is a great song, but I don't find myself caring about the 3 songs that interrupt it as much. Pink Floyd has made better albums.

Niger the country

Such a good album. Brings back memories and reminds me how talented PF is.

One of the best albums of all time, probably. It's so good that I can't even explain it. Some of these songs have low-key Stevie Ray Vaughan vibes. I love it.

Self indulgent

bits of annoying but still solid. could i write poetry to this? n

It would be a shorter list to name the non-essential Pink Floyd albums. "Wish You Were Here" gets four stars only because it's not "Dark Side of the Moon" or "The Wall."

Shine On could be trimmed. Welcome to the Machine kind of irritates me. But overall, I love this album!

Best listened to through a good set of headphones.

Doesn’t feel like a complete package. It’s a soundtrack to something else, rather than being a destination in its own way. Pleasant, but missing something that Dark Side of the Moon has.

Classic

I missed this day somehow.

This is the best Pink Floyd album. Yes, Dark Side is great. Animals is great. The Wall is great. Wish You Were Here is the bee's knees.

So good

As usually, genius and grandiose. Smart harmonies and monumental compositions

Day 5 of listening to an album everyday. This is the most creative ever I have listen to in a while. The cohesiveness, to the instrumentation, the 12 minute long songs. The album impressively says so much without many lyrics. The song Shine On You Crazy Diamond being about their formally ousted band member Barrett. To the album talking about the music industry and how evil and corrupt it can be. This is one of the greatest albums I’ve have ever listened to and I am glad I got to hear it.

Theatrical, fun harmonies!

Timeless classic

Doesn’t reach the highs of Dark Side of the Moon or the best of The Wall. But I still vibe with a lot of it. 4/5

Shine On You Crazy Diamond Welcome To The Machine Wish You Were Here

For a 5 song album, this really checks a lot of boxes in terms of innovation and creating imagery not only with the lyrics but with the instrumentation as well.

Intro/outro are a little much, but the main three tracks are all absolute epic.

Good, still makes me want to sleep.

Shine on 95/100

ALL BANGERS (First time listen, was already a fan of the song ‘Wish you were Here’)

good but not my favorite

MINT

The power of the acoustic guitar

Incredibly cohesive Pink Floyd demonstration. I remain a huge Floyd fan, favoring the late 60s and early 70s albums. Pre Dark Side of the moon. I'd like to call this their magnum opus, but The Wall remains that with mixed fanfare. Thus I refrain and call it the most cohesive work, one song with 12 parts that doesn't even feel broken up by the time it fades in from the second to last track. Anthemic guitar solos, experimental time signatures and the grooves coming from heavy drum and bass cohesion propel this album to the stratosphere. Last note, the hilarious introspection and satirical inclusion of Have a Cigar on a major record label release shortly after the Wall is my favorite piece of Floyd charisma ever.

- this shit is so good - takes you on a sonic journey

- really really good - they have a way of creating emotion in their music - Wish You Were Here is a beautifully nostalgic song

Perfection. Pink Floyd understands how to take us on a journey fr

This album was where Pink Floyd finally “clicked” for me and started me on a deep dive into their entire discography. Incredible album front to back.

An amazing start and finish with Shine On You Crazy Diamond, "Have a Cigar" featuring some of Pink Floyd's best guitar playing, Welcome to the Machine's haunting instrumental and the title song's melancholy vibes, this is far from Pink Floyd's best album but still a masterpiece.

My favorite Pink Floyd album!

vabbè gls

che meraviglia, che magone, che capolavoro. se potessi dare dieci stelle lo farei. che bello.

Ascoltare quest’album è sempre un’esperienza intensissima. Shine On You Crazy Diamond è trascinante: non c’è bisogno di parole, perché sono le chitarre a parlare. Con Welcome To The Machine e Have A Cigar inizia un crescendo che culmina con Wish Your Were Here, il cuore tematico ed emotivo dell’album. Il finale, poi, è soddisfacente, perfetto. Che cosa aggiungere di più? A mani basse, uno dei miei album preferiti di sempre.

Un altro ottimo album, bravi Pink Floyd.

So good!

This album is beautiful. This is my first time listening to anything by Pink Floyd, so let me just say that I now understand the hype. 10/10 Would I listen again? Absolutely.

A masterful follow up to 'Dark Side'

it's a 5 outa my love for humz <3

Top 10 all time

Top 5 dead or alive. Shine on is a magnum opus

While I like all the songs, they’re not songs I want to hear very often. That being said, Have A Cigar fucks.

No comment

Masterpiece! Best track is Wish You Were Here, but the rest are outstanding too 5/5

Some good music on the album. Enjoyed all the songs, but found Shine On You to be too long of a song at 24 minutes for all parts. 3/5!

Takes a while to get into it but gets better as you listen.

Fantastic. Maybe my favorite Pink Floyd album.

Sublime album - is it the Floyd's best? It could well be.

Yes. This is an album. The sounds here are both all over the place and clearly centralized. You can clearly hear a theme that runs through the album. Great bookend songs.

Pink Floyd staat er vier keer in en we hebben al eerder bepaald dat drie vermeldingen op de lijst der lijsten het maximum zou moeten zijn. Voor mij is dit ook het derde album dat ik van ze mag/moet luisteren. Dat gezegd hebbende: Dit is wel 4 sterren. Luister deze gerust via een headset want de panning van de geluiden (bijvoorbeeld bij 'Welcome to the Machine') geeft zeker iets extra's. Niet de beste Pink Floyd, maar we krijgen regelmatig slechter voorgeschoteld hier.

A 70s classic!!! Have it on repeat

I think I like pink Floyd's earlier albums more but this is an incredible album. Low 4.

One of my very favourites. There is one or two discordant tracks thus the 4

I loved this album since the first time I have heard, which was several decades ago. It has some of my favorite guitar on it and great lyrics. The lyrics were that more intense when I learned the backstory of the album and who it was they were wishing were here.

A scathing jab at the record industry and its' costs and a plaintive look at innocence lost, Wish You Were Here is an outstanding work of art. Any part of it can be taken in and enjoyed but to feel the full weight one has to listen to the album in its' entirety. I had listened to everything piecemeal and loved them all. One night while sitting alone in a car at night waiting, I had the radio on and was listening. The station was one that was on the outside fringes of reception and they while they played great stuff they were sometimes erratic with actually having music on. So when the radio went silent for a bit I almost turned it off. But I thought I heard something quiet in the distance so I turned it up. It was Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) and it absolutely gutted me. If anything had been open I would have run to go get the album immediately. As it was I picked it up the next day and it has been one of my favorites ever since. Few albums convey such pain, anguish and longing in such a beautiful manner.

This gets real close to being perfect.

I only wish there was an option for 6 stars.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ No notes

A classic.

For the first couple songs, I was worried there was no actual music. The build up for some of these 10 Min+ songs are far too long. The song, "Wish You Were Here" is stellar.

Great!

Phenomenal.

Liked this a lot! The perfect soundtrack for while I was working out.

A true masterpiece that culminates in Wish You Were Here. I can see how some people might find the album slow at the start but it does not stay slow for long. Hard to find much fault or anything negative to say about this one.

Neuron activation.

It's almost worrying just how good Pink Floyd were for the run of albums that this was in. There were at least two more stone cold classics still to come and their last album was one of the best selling albums of all time. There's nothing overly complex about the music, but it's put together so well and I can't think of any other artist who comes close to this sound. Part of the journey I've been on with 1001 albums has led me a little closer to seeing what music influenced Pink Floyd, but they still stand out as being one of a kind in my opinion. For me, this is the Pink Floyd album I most liked to belt out when walking home drunk, either the title track, or Shine On. Some of the best lyrics I've ever heard. I love the way the entire band come together here to produce such an awesome album, the drums, keyboard, guitars, drums, all come together perfectly, nothing is over or understated. They even have Roy Harper as a guest singer for the icing on the cake.

5 star just terrific Shine On is probably their best overall song. Not my favorite, but best Such a loving tribute to an old friend. Listen to this one

Some really great guitar on here - lyrics and vocals are a bit of an after thought. The pretentious Roger Waters has yet to emerge. Real jam band sort of stuff, contemporary with the Dead and pre-Phish.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Shine on you crazy diamond, Welcome to the machine, Wish you were here

Incredibile, miglior album dei Pink Floyd. Enigmatico ed elaborato senza toni eccessivamente pretenziosi.

Deserved-classic synthy 70s masterpiece . Lovely memories of listening to this on big headphones sat next to the record player as a kid, even though at that time i didn't get the themes of grief and sadness at the time, just enjoyed the stereo synth effects!

I knew all the songs but hadn't really listened to the whole album. It's a good as Dark Side of the Moon.

the best!

Ionic.

0 my favorite album by a band that has several masterpieces and aguably no bad ones

A legendary album from a legendary band. 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' is just the icing on the cake.

All of it was great except for "Welcome to the Machine". It's a nice album to listen to while I'm doing work. Additionally, the best song in this album would have to be "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)".

Jaaaaa

10/10 no notes absolutely flawless

A favourite of mine, the 5 track playlist always put me off when I was a teenager but I wanted it so badly for Wish You Were Here and Shine on. Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar are equally as good. It's as mesmerising as ever. An album everyone should own.

The big 2 on here(wish and shine on) are some of the best songs ever, the rest are not that interesting

Cool man!!!

Pretty damn awesome from the first twang to the last chord but didn’t overly enjoy.

Didn't listen. Hate Pink Floyd.

Better than The Wall, mainly because its a more appropriate length. Again, the musicianship is excellent, but it's still a bit highly strung. A low 4.

Have to admit that I'm jealous of people who enjoy this. There's a bunch of musical phrases here and there I halfway like. Some bits that are a little like Richard Thompson but without any punch. I find this album so dull and the countless things that try to sound like it so so dull. My brother once said about a terrible novel recommended to him that it gave him the unsettling feeling that he didn't enjoy fiction anymore, but it turned out to be the book. That's what I feel like here. I bet I would be happier if this sound did anything for me at all. we are who we are I s'pose. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

My Pink Floyd curve on this list started with a 3 for Dark Side. I’m very familiar with the band, and I know Dark Side is not my favourite, and I know they are simply not a five star band to me. I believe this one is my favourite, and according to the curve, it would likely land on a 4. Upon listening, it turned out the question was not “can Pink Floyd be a four star band?” but “Can Gilmour at his best elevate a 3 star record to a 4?” and to my surprise, despite liking Gilmour quite a bit, the answer was no. Good, not great.

Last song was a banger. Loving the exposure to guitar from all these albums.

What to say? Top ten for me. Known it and loved it for 30 plus years, still blows me away. Better structured and more cohesive than most prog. The most amazing soaring lyrical guitar parts you could ever hope for. Dense studio soundscapes with ground breaking efffects. It's in a league of it's own. Does sound very 1970s and the lyrics are a bit schoolboy-ish. Deal with it, make this one your friend for life.

This is probably their best album outside of DSOTM. It may even be better once you've become a fan of the ban and understand that it was written based on some of the turmoil the band felt with Syd Barret leaving. It is also a perfect middle between Animals and DSTOM in terms of their more experimental prog roots and their acclaimed single fame (this album having at least one single with "Wish You Were Here" over Animals having none IMO). The wild group choruses, saxophone and tension all throughout "Shine on you Crazy Diamond." The darker/grittier tones of "Welcome to the Machine." The excellent chorus end on "Have a Cigar." The beauty/sorrow of "Wish You Were Here." And ending with the final parts of the opening song (with equal length) is a good capstone.

Stone cold classic

Beautifully orchestrated. Sonically pleasing. Compared to what else I’ve been listening to from that time they were pushing the boundaries by creating their own style and unique storytelling. This listening session I learned that your environment, mood and what you’re doing at the moment can dictate how you will perceive and also appreciate music.

This is pink Floyd doing what they do best I think

Always loved <3

Pretty good time jamming out.

The only Pink Floyd album that all members of Pink Floyd could agree was kind of okay. Roger Waters might have been the creative force behind Wish You Were Here, but David Gilmour's guitar tone steals the show while Rick Wright's work behind the keys makes this one of the greatest, most cohesive, albums of all time.

I love reading old reviews of Wish You Were Here, as everyone seemed out of their minds and found it uninspiring, dull and insincere - only for them to later realize the magnitude of the record and praise it as one of the greatest album ever released.

It takes stones to lead your album with an 11 minute song (and then continue it on subsequent tracks).

# 209 : Hmmm, sooo looong, I don't know why this is ranked as a classic. There is so much better PF out there than this!

Phenomenal. 4.6

This was fine. The titular song is the highlight, the rest seems fillery at parts but goes down smoothly.

This was really good! It is very rare that I will listen to 25 minutes of the same song (split into two parts at the beginning and end of the album) and never get sick of it. I think conceptually, “The Wall” is definitely better than this album, but I liked the sound of this one better.

If this were an album consisting only of the title track, the song "Wish You Were Here", I would give it five stars. I've been shouting "TWO LOST SOULS SWIMMING IN A FISH BOWL" since I was a child. Unfortunately, this album contains four other songs that are, to me, profoundly uninteresting.

Pink Floyd raised the greatest question in rock music (B-F-G-E?). Noone asnswered yet.

A really great album that I have heard before. I'm sure I will listen to it again, it's a classic.

Some parts of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” will have you looking at your watch but everything else is pure prog-rock bliss.

Incroyable, Masterpiece, ça m'a retourné le cerveau.

Do yourself a favor and get an waterproof/submersible speaker, take it into a swimming pool, and play this album.

Reeeeallllyyyyy good

Radical. Psychedelic. Original. Emotional.

One of the best ever.

5 🌟

Yawn

Classic

Great, but doesn't match the heights of Dark Side of the Moon.

Previously rated: The Dark Side of the Moon (3/5) The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (2/5) **************************************** Can't say this is bad. I just like my rock music with a bit more energy and excitement. Just a preference.

Masterpiece. Favorite tracks: All of them

Totally perfect Fav songs: Have a cigar Wish you were here ^=^

Great album

this one was not as good as dark side of the moon. very atmospheric which is not necessarily a bad thing, just not hugely gripping.

Very cool!

Sing are too long

Pink Floyd never ceases to be amazing!

5!

Wish You Were Here, the follow up to Pink Floyd's earth-shattering Dark Side of the Moon, is often treated like a sophomore album. In some ways it is. Dark Side of the Moon represented a major break from Pink Floyd's psychedelia of the 1960s. It was, in the post Syd Barret relaunch of the band, something like a first album. Unlike many sophmore albums, Wish You Were here was not a bunch of outtakes. Instead, it leaned heavily into the prog rock of Dark Side of the Moon. At the same time, it was not just a continuation of its predecessor. The tone is very different with a melancholy feel to the album driven by themes of lost youth, alienation, and disappointment. This is especially true with the epic Shine on You Crazy Diamond. Broken into two parts, it talks to the feeling of the loss of youth and yearning for previous times. The two halves of the piece are interrupted by three songs - Welcome to the Machine, Have a Cigar, and the amazing title track, Wish You Were Here. All three share the theme of youth being ruined and consumed by society and its expectations. That last of the triptych, it heartachingly sad both musically and lyrically. History has declared Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd's greatest work. Perhaps, but if it's possible to have two greatest works, then Wish You Were Here is the other.

Some undeniably well written stuff but also moments of what sounded like someone wobbling keys aimlessly on their cool new synthesiser thinking they're the second coming of christ.

The opening of Shine On you Crazy Diamond , using wineglass rims, then those notes…. Epic….

very close to a 10/10

This being one of the highest rated albums on here, I really had high hopes for this. I’m honestly struggling between a 3 and a 4. The guitar playing is exceptional. A 5 song album is kinda whack Arnold’s though. The hits on here are so good though. I think my final ruling is a 3.505.

Never listened to this album all the way through, but enjoyed it.

This was my first time listening, but definitely not my last. There are only a few songs, but the first and last songs each have several parts (collectively called "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"). The tunes on here are not necessarily catchy earworms in the way pop songs may be, but they're very pleasant and interesting. I appreciated the instrumental focus of much of the album. Depending on how you choose to listen, "Wish You Were Here" can be relaxing, or it can leave you with a lot to think about, or both.

One of my favourite albums of all time, i love it so much. not much has to be said honestly pink floyd pretty self explanatory STAND OUT: Shine on You crazy diamond (ALL OF THEM)

Perfect, and yet somehow still not as good as their previous album!

Perfection. One of my favourite albums for just vibing. The opener Shine On You Crazy Diamond is the prefect execution of building music to a climax.

good album - forgot to write down notes but i think i really liked it.

This is an interesting concept album by Pink Floyd. This progressive rock album is fluid, building up, ungulates and lives, and slowly releases. This is a great album that must be listened to whole in order to gain a fuller appreciation of the writing and musicianship.

NOOOOOOOO WISH YOU WERE HERE🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁. I love this album so much💔💔 the vocals and the background are very painful for me. This is a beautiful album that has a of meaning behijf it!!

Sooo relaxing, great album but prefer Dark Side of the Moon. Would recommend it to everyone as it’s a really good listen 😃

One of my boyfriends in college went on spring break in California and brought this back for me (along with the Funky Cold Medina cassette single, both of which he had opened and listened to) as a gift. I liked him a lot, so I put this on at bedtime every night religiously. Wish You Were Here is not at all a souvenir of California for me, but of the thoughts and dreams of my 19 year-old self lying in bed at night trying to figure everything out. That the opening lyrics are, “Remember when you were young/ You shone like the sun”…sigh.

Oh darn I had to listen to this again

oh girl i love this album

Although some disagree, I genuinely believe "Wish You Were Here" is Pink Floyd's best album. It was written and performed at the height of their creative power, as well as David / Roger / Rick's penmanship. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part I - IX) is possibly the most beautiful Pink Floyd song. Cloaking at 25-minutes-long, every second of it is worthwhile. The song ending with Rick's organ on "See Emily Play" is an especially charming touch — bittersweet acceptance. "Welcome To The Machine" comfortably sits among my favourite Pink Floyd songs. It is a fantastic exposure of unforgiving underbelly of the music industry ("What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream".) In addition, there is a fantastic use of synth (unlike when synth is later reintroduced in "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason", 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.) "Have A Cigar" has among the most iconic Pink Floyd guitar riffs. Hats off to Roy Harper — one of Pink Floyd's only guest vocalists. I particularly love his delivery of the line: "We call it riding the gravy train-nnn-nnn!" Addictive stuff. The title track, while not as ambitious nor daring as its predecessors, servers as a stirring ode to Syd Barrett. It also makes a great introduction to the band and those who're intimidated by Pink Floyd's complex arrangements (it was actually my introduction to Pink Floyd.) Overall, I think everyone, regardless of music taste, should listen to Wish You Were Here at least once in their lifetime. It is an experience that has changed my — and not just mine — outlook on the world.

Skipped. Cannot with this album. Maybe never again.

One of my big problems with Prog is that, while I find the bad stuff soulless and insipid, an attempt to impress rather than to create true art, I’m also not particularly impressed by the good stuff, finding that it never really rises above the level of pleasant sounding distraction. I’ve been assured by multiple people who like this genre that that is what they enjoy. Turning their brain off and just letting the music was over them. But that isn’t what floats my boat musically. I like hooks and emotion, rather than chops. Pink Floyd’s run between DSOTM and The Wall is probably the best of the classic Prog, and it’s firmly within my parameters for ‘good’ Prog. I can happily put any of the albums on and essentially just nap for 40-80 minutes. And of all of these nap albums, I probably like Wish You Were Here the most. It’s got the title track, which has the emotion that I find lacking in other Prog projects, and is otherwise a pleasant bit of music to listen to. It’s still nowhere close to my favourite music ever, but it’s passable. And for this overrated slog of a genre, passable is the best that it can hope for

banger

I love this record. I love the prog and the synth and the psych elements to it. It's a journey that doesn't get boring. All the subtle sounds effects are great. It's an album I've revisited many times over the last decade and will continue to revisit. It might be my favorite Pink Floyd album.

This album is a masterpiece. I'm not super into prog, and frankly, I don't revisit this one often. However, its impossible to deny how cohesive this whole album. Every song is exactly where it should flows so perfectly into the next. It really does arch like a traditional story. "Wish You Were Here" is right in the middle and always blows my mind. I love how Shine On is on both sides of the record and serves and a book end. It's absolutely brilliant.

Fantastic album and what a great cover

Brabo

All time classic album

Beautiful, hypnotic music. Great for studying or getting work done.

Fire, probably no skips, 4.5

did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? greatest album cover ever

Wish You Were Here is the ninth album by English rock band Pink Floyd. This progressive art rock album released to mixed reviews as some felt it was uninspired and inferior to the band's previous work, but it has since received praise as some of their finest work and one of the greatest albums of all time. It was the band's fastest selling album of all time and has been certified gold in Argentina, Greece, & Poland, and platinum or multi-platinum in Australia, Austria, Canada, France (10x aka diamond), Germany, Italy, New Zealand, the UK, & the US. Musically the band again uses synthesizers and acoustic guitars primarily in addition to other instruments occasionally, but intricate everyday sounds were sampled and added to the mix also. The vocals were great and complimented the music well. Most of the run time is taken up by "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," a nine part ballad paying tribute to founding band member Syd Barrett who left seven years earlier due to mental health reasons, but visited the studio during the production of this album. It's interesting history, how the concept of this album became wrapped around Syd, since he is a victim of how the music industry can turn people crazy and then extended absences are the only way they can cope with their sadness. Overall, Wish You Were Here is one of the best Pink Floyd's albums, and on the list of the greatest progressive rock albums. It's a stellar piece of simple, yet attractive music that is carried by its "soul". I highly recommend this album, although it may leave you wanting more.

Shine on you crazy diamon pt 1-5 i don’t remember being this bluesy AS FUCK The through like is but hazier than I remembered. It’s fantastic music but it doesn’t feel life changing? I don’t know how to explain it Maybe it’s cause I’ve listen to it before and it’s the first album that I’ve heard all the songs before Gonna give it the benefit of the doubt and go with 4 over 3

This album is a masterpiece by a band that does nothing but produce masterpieces. For me, this album is second only to Dark Side. With an album this good I find it hard to say anything of substance - some of these speak for themselves and enough said is enough said.

Enjoyed the album. 6/10

As an unabashed Pink Floyd fan, this is One Of The Great Ones.

One of the amazing albums

A timeless classic.

You know, the fact that this album only has 5 songs but lasts 45 minutes already makes me not want to listen to it. Okay so I liked that way more than I thought I would. 4/5