Wish You Were Here

Do I really have to say anything? It's an absolute classic. My favorite Pink Floyd record.

This is my favorite Pink Floyd album.

One of the best of all time

Classic Pink Floyd.

The soundscape takes me to a post-apocalyptic world very similar to Terminator 2. Wish You Were Here brings the human spirit back to life in this destitute world that Pink Floyd creates sonically. The acoustic guitar juxtaposes the wailing electric and synth from the rest of the album. The final track comes to a beautiful end as if to remind us that the sun will rise once again. All bright, sparkly and life bringing.

It's a classic album for a reason. Psychedelic rock at its best!

Talk about living in the shadow of your predecessor. But it's f****** amazing.

Great listen! Best with no distractions, taking in the music. Focusing on all the dynamic sound changes, volume changes, dynamic structure changes of the song. Masterpiece!

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year.

Long Time Favorite.

Absolutely amazing. Classic. Emotion throughout every song. Stories are written through the music itself, the lyrics are just another layer to form perfection. Production is out of this world. One of the craziest deliveries from an artist/band of all time. Transports you to another realm of music in your mind. Truly outstanding. One of my personal favorite musical creations ever.

Yes. What can i say, if 1 song is 50% of the album, and that one song is top tier, the album oughta be top tier. Shine on and wish you were here are fantastic Welcome to the machine and have a cigar are a bit on the lower end, but would be top tier for any other band.

Awwwww here we go. Been here. 10/10

5/5. Scary, beautiful, personal, ethereal. This is a perfect album. The instrumentation is the best Pink Floyd has ever sounded and the collaboration was strongest here. The guitar and keyboard/synthesizer really shine (get it?) here. This is one of the rare occurrences that if this album was 10-15 minutes longer, it would be better. Hard to not feel enraptured by the music and lyrics, many different themes but all feel connected and flow so well. This is an album ahead of its time and holds up even today as a new experience for anybody listening to Pink Floyd for the first time. Might be my favorite of theirs, still up in the air.

It’s been a long time since I listened to this album on headphones. There’s a lot of cool stuff happening here that’s hiding in the mix. I remember first hearing the Gilmour throat clear and sniffle back when I was in high school listening also listening on headphones but today at the end of the album there’s what sounds like an accidental wrong chord as the final part of SOYCD is fading out. It seems like Richard or someone hit the wrong keyboard at 12:21. The note sounds like the opening note of Alabama Song by the doors. It’s also on the left channel. I thought I’d write about my listening experience this time around since there’s nothing about this masterpiece of an album that I could say that hasn’t already been said except for personal observations. 5 stars of course!

I can't say I've ever understood this album cover, but I just love it. This album strikes gold on so many levels, it's more along the "albums you must hear 1001 times before you die" since this is probably the 900th time I've listened to it. A five-song album that just never disappoints. Great transitions between songs, Pink Floyd records are not afraid to allow negative space. Waters' cynical disillusion is biting and relatable, certainly seems wiser than the establishment he's railing against. Love the use of noises and weird keyboard sounds as interstitial and integral parts of the songs. The drums sound great (well, the toms do, the snare is a hair wimpy) and this is Gilmore at his best. Crazy that the band has at least two more from the same era that are all among the best of their class.

The best groove EVER to be embedded in a piece of vinyl!

(4.5/5) I am torn. I like Floyd. I don't love them, but I really, really like them. I've always enjoyed "Dark Side.." & I appreciate "The Wall" for it's 'swing for the fences' grandeur. I get shades of both of those here and I definitely know the radio-friendly hits, "Wish You Were Here" and "Have a Cigar" from the album. I sit on the fence between a '4' and a '5' for it's obvious Prog rock-ness and my (arbitrary, sure) criteria that a '5' has got to be an easy selection for everyday listening. Not sure a 40+ minute album, like "Wish You..", qualifies, and most Prog rock bores the shit out of me. The bookends (".. Diamond.." tracks) of the record were solid, but they need the rest of the album to keep them together. I think my disconnect really comes from my lack of caring (really, even knowing before now) the story behind this. It's a gorgeous, longing sound but I just don't have the context for the lyrics. I'm going to keep it balanced (for me) at a (4) because "The Wall" and "Dark Side.." will get my '5'. That feels fair to me, my tastes, and weighted against their ouvre.

I think few bands are capable of conjuring such precise visions with sound as much as Pink Floyd. There is a nostalgia at work, on the track “Wish You Were Here” that borders on actual magic. Maybe thats just how it works on me because I am susceptible to acoustic guitars. That opening though, of tuning the radio through different channels until it settles on the guitar strumming into the longing lyrics, can stop me cold nearly every damn time. The rest of the album cannot, and one can argue shouldn’t try to, evoke the same feelings. Yet they still manage to achieve remarkable results. “Have a Cigar” is another great track of regret and misgivings. I think Dark Side of The Moon really captured regret and the entropy of life in amber. Wish You Were is much more wistful. Wish You Were Here falls into that category of “Follow-up-to-one-of-the-biggest-albums-ever.” My group has had a number of those already during this project but not the hit yet. We got “In Utero” but not “Nevermind, we got “Tusk” but not “Rumors,” now we have “Wish You Were Here” before we get “Dark Side of the Moon.” I wonder if that will impact our perceptionof the big hits having already reviewed the follow-up. Maybe none. Who knows. Great album. 4/5.

Of all the bands to become megastars, Pink Floyd has to be the oddest. Long songs, often dealing with mental anguish, cold delivery from singers and little roll to their rock. I have to tip my cap to 1970s listeners, their drugs and/or stereo systems for making Pink Floyd a massive band despite its experimental and adventuresome approach to music. Some of the coldness and lack of a groove leads parts fo "Wish You Were Here" to become ponderous, most notably "Welcome to the Machine." I find that song to be chilling in many ways, even though like "Have a Cigar" it focuses on getting caught in the maws of the record industry. That theme pales in comparison to the heartbreak lyrically and sonically of the title track and the epic two part suite "Shine on You Crazy Diamond." The numerous graceful touches of multiple players makes the instrumental passages to "Diamond" quite effective. Having listened to a few Floyd albums recently, I am realizing their great use of guest back-up vocalists. They always add a needed note of soul to the technical sheen. And in closing, I always find the "two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl in "Wish You Were Here" moving.

Syd Barrett's story is very interesting to me. He basically fries himself with LSD to where his band, his best friends basically, can't stand him and leave him and eventually write an album, widely considered one of their best, about him. He shows up to the recording of the album and he's so far gone he can't even recognize that the album is about him. Stick to alcohol kids

Falls shy of the massively weird genius of "Dark Side," but follows that up admirably. Much better than the bloated, indulgence of "The Wall." "Welcome to the Machine" grates more than it needs to, but the rest works: "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" could be twice as long, and captures Floyd at its maximalist hypnotically harmonically melodically symphonically gorgeous best. "Have a Cigar" and the title track are both perfect, of course. It's too slight to merit 5 stars, but it's very good stuff - this isn't a one-great-album band.

not up to my appeal but it is good for it's own right

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.

I enjoyed this a lot. I always thought Pink Floyd would be for me, maybe this will motivate me to listen to some more

Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a very nice journey. The rest is good too, but I understand my dad's frustration about Wish You Were Here outranking Shine On You Crazy Diamond in the annual Top 2000 we listen to. It's just on a different level.

It's Pink Floyd. What's not to like?

Good classic rock with some great guitar solos. A bit too lengthy songs in my opinion.

first album to get 2 listens reminded me of my childhood & good dad

Going into this I only knew the title track, which I've loved for a while. I'm not crazy about Welcome to the Machine, but I enjoyed everything else (to my surprise tbh). The first chunk of Shine On You Crazy Diamond was stronger than the 2nd part in my opinion.

So that's the secret. Instead of putting filler songs on your album, just make 4 or 5 gems and stretch them out. Then release shorter versions on singles and boom - perfect album.

Very good. Brought out real emotion, and the instrumentals are incredible. Album cover definitely inspired heros and villains

Sprawling and Epic and in my opinion far superior to the hugely overrated "Dark side..". Written as a tribute to Syd Barrett it holds the attention and is moving throughout. Is it a bit over the top and overly produced with not enough songs? Probably. Am I going to deduct a point due to the prevalence of Prog rock in the non singles? Of course I am. But its a genuine classic none the less. 4/5

Somehow it's both unfairly overlooked (which is inevitable considering it's the follow up to Dark Side Of The Moon) and still a bit overrated. The title track is a classic, and your mileage may vary on the Syd Barrett bookend tributes. Sometimes these can sound like something The Doors would do after losing Jim Morrison. If I can listen again after finding a suitable edible, the overall score will likely jump to a 5. But that's probably the result with every Pink Floyd album. I enjoy this album heaps more than The Wall, edibles be damned. And on some days, I even prefer it to Dark Side Of The Moon. As of this writing, Wish You Were Here is one of the Top 10 best reviewed albums on the list. Seems high.

Listened to this twice to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I wasn't. This is average.

That was it? After all the hype, it's 5 tracks and only one of them stands out? Does nostalgia and familiarity cloud prog rockers minds? The drugs still kicking in? I was expecting better from what is meant to be one of the best albums ever. A very average 3.

As a lapsed punk, I had to put aside my obligatory disdain for 70s dinosaur rock and try to give this album a fair listen. -The title track is a relatively mediocre rock ballad that is way overrated. It sounds like a song from the Steve Miller Band (derogatory). -What are they actually going for with Crazy Diamond? Is it a psychedelic jam? Is it jazzy rock fusion? Because to my ears, it sounds like muzak, which is a shame given it takes up half the LP. -Have a Cigar is fine, but it's really some basic ass bar boogie rock with synthesizer window dressing. -Which brings us to Welcome to the Machine. This track absolutely rescues the album. It is so clearly a cut above everything else. I've obviously heard this song a bunch on classic rock radio, but giving it a proper, focused listen I was pretty blown away. The synth textures alone are compelling, but the way they build them into the song's formal structure is astonishing. I actually cannot imagine how one writes a song like this. Credit where it is due, bravo on this one, Pink.

was good but not the best album of all time songs were too long in my opinion

Not really my thing but it was ok.

I wish I wasn't here to listen to this album.

I know Pink Floyd are a great band, yet I can't seem to personally enjoy them enough to return to their music after I hear it. Maybe they don't have enough oomph for me, who knows. At the end of the day I'd rather just listen to other classic prog bands, but I still recommend this highly as I can at least recognize their quality.

Love it... Listened to it many times before. But if I came across it for the first time with no context, would I make it through the opening song?

Boring. Too much instrumental bullshit

So so

I love the title track but everything else is too jammy. 14 minutes is too long for one track.

pink floyd is such a fascinating band. I get why people love them, but I didn't grow up listening to them. I like some of their songs, but these long experimental projects don't do much for me. 3 stars.

I didn’t dislike this, but it was more like background music to me than something I’d play for myself to actively listen to

I guess I would need to grow up in this era to really understand what the hype is about.

extremely long songs, especially / more specifically shine on you crazy diamond, pts.1-5;6-9 the songs aren’t bad, just very long, which I feel like is a bittttt exaggerated but idk maybe it’s some lore of theirs which I haven’t understood yet. I really like the transition from wish you were here to shine on you crazy diamond, pts.6-9.

Honestly don’t have anything to say about this one

Shoulda done acid first

Takes a while to get going, sounds nice while doing it though.

Better than i expexcted 3.5 to 4 stars good background music rock album

Wasn't bad but not Pink Flloyd's best....

This album art looks AI generated. sounds good but I am usually not a fan of long tracks, specifically jam tracks. That being said, it was still a well made album.

Really not my kind of music. Can’t argue that they are not good at what they do but I am not a fan

Do not understand the hype.

I'll keep myself from going full contrarian here, but I am not and never have been a fan of Pink Floyd. I grew up on American classic rock radio, so I know the hits backwards and forwards. I just don't like them. I don't outright hate them. They're not The Eagles. I'm just not moved by any of this. Like Radiohead, I think I can see the appeal, it just doesn't appeal to me. Like, I can smell the converted garage bedroom one would listen to this in. Brick weed and incense and an open bag of Cool Ranch Doritos.

Pink Floyd are just one of those bands that I don’t ‘get’ at all. I just find this album so slow that it never captures my attention- for the most part listening to this I was simply bored. The title track is good, but nothing else here that stood out to me.

All of you people giving this 5 stars need to give your head a good wobble I swear people just jump on the bandwagon and 5 star because its a "classic" This was background noise at best, and not even good noise 2 ⭐️

This was the first time in several decades I have listened to Wish You Were Here, an album that was foundational to high-school me. Yet while the odes to erstwhile bandleader Syd Barrett are poignant — the song "Wish You Were Here" is a classic — this has never been one of my favorite Floyd releases. To me, it marks the point where Roger Waters’ various obsessions and unresolved manias began eclipsing the band and he exerted an increasingly heavy hand over Pink Floyd’s musical and lyrical direction. Things from here would get increasingly heavy, and less fun, conceptually. Musically, I also feel like WYWH personifies the mid-70s rock bloat, with lethargic tempos, fat synths and a reliance on studio wizardry over songcraft. It's kind of a depressing listen.

The opening/closing track is necessarily too long, and my pulse cranked up in anticipation of the four-note motif; I hadn't realised I care. The rest is earnest doodling that passes between the ears with barely a tickle, apart from the hint of air raid siren in a keyboard part near the end of Welcome to the Machine that has me thinking about how most of the British artists on this list were parented by a war-traumatised generation. Most fellow Gen-X'ers I know have at least one set of brutally depressed grandparents who scarred one or both of their parents. Poor Boomers, ey? Gilmore's guitar is one of the final evolutionary forms of the white Brit blues movement, flawless and so non-stick I just slide off. The keyboards make me think of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, all sleek and alienatingly modish, beamed from somewhere far above - which I like. The title song disappointed me, partly because I realised I conflated the melody with that of the Phil Collins song with all the rain on him, which also made me realise I'm riddled with that ghastly song. The LP cover is trashy pop art. That's all I have. I am certain that Piper and Dark Side are both on this list, and predict that I will be unmoved by the former, and shall fall into a generous nostalgic reverie around the latter.

Long album for only having like 5 songs. maybe 1 or 2 good ones

Has a very timeless sound that you can't believe came from the 70s, but this one didn't really work for me sadly. Found it a bit boring to be honest. All the long, downtempo instrumental sections were lost on me, despite some interesting harmonic progressions here and there. Perhaps best enjoyed on a psychedelic drug trip, not when you're perfectly lucid. Sorry.

I am not the right demographic for this record. What others love about this, I really don't like. This is only 44 minutes long, but my god. I feel like those 44 minutes warped and expanded somehow. A lot of these songs fail to really get going. I am far too sober and it is way too early in the morning for me to appreciate this. Ok--now to the songs: Shine on you crazy diamond (pts 1-5): wow. Way too long. Nothing interesting happens, there's some singing, then it is all wrapped up with god awful saxophone. Not compelling. Sax can be grating. Welcome to the machine: why is there so much synth on this record? I can totally see why there are Pink Floyd laser shows. I suddenly feel like watching bladerunner or a clockwork orange. Have a cigar: this one is a little more promising than the rest. It's also the shortest. It's still kinda boring. Wish you were here: west coast country meets synth. I'm glad I'm not "here." Shine on you crazy diamond (pts 6-9): oh good, there's more! And this time, it's screechy. I feel like I'm trapped in a boomer's garage while he plays records from his youth, drinks brown liquor, and waxes poetic about his college years. Get me out of here!

I just don’t get Pink Floyd. Usually if something isn’t for me I can appreciate it without liking it, but I’m afraid this band utterly baffles me.

Really not a fan of Pink Floyd, this did little to change my mind

I am familiar with Pink Floyd but never heard this album properly. I really enjoyed it and listened to it 3 times in a row.

95

Lovely. And melancholy.

Everything about this album has already been said 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌

Brilliant album! Absolutely love this one. Rating: 9.5/10 Favorite Song: Shine on, have a cigar

Majestic, majestic!!!

No notes. Superb from start to finish. Best Song: Wish You Were Here Rating: 9/10 Stars: 5

one of my favorite albums of all time, and simply one of the best albums to ever be.

Superb

The last of the great Pink Floyd albums. Downhill after that starting with the abysmal Animals.

5 songs What can I even say that hasn't already been said about this album? Not my first time listening to it, but I'm not complaining at all. Absolute masterpiece, and like most Pink Floyd albums, it is best listened to as a whole, despite every song being more than capable of standing up on its own.

1 - 10/10 2 - 9.5/10 3 - 9.5/10 4 - 10/10 5 - 10/10 5/5 fantástico, nao há mais nada para dizer até as musicas atoa no meio são fantásticas

Classic Provincial Dad album I was listening to long before being a Provincial Dad.

Absolute gem of a record, shine on you crazy diamond inspired so many bands that came after this, its really a true experience listening to it back to front.

One of my favourite albums of all time.

It’s just good. I have no further thoughts worth saying.

Absolute masterpiece

Pink Floyd’s best album. My biggest complaint about Pink Floyd are Waters’ teenage-level observations that flood Dark Side of the Moon and Animals. Wish You Were Here is far more personal and touches on feelings everyone knows. The title track is probably a top 10 song of all time.

Classic album.

Un álbum increíble. "Wish you were here" es una de las canciones más bonitas de la historia.

Finally, the first 5 star album! Was only listening to this for the first time a few months ago, and thinking it has to be one of the greatest albums ever made. It definitely is! 5/5 Top tracks: all of them

It’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ FFS!!

I have expressed my dislike of progressive rock (Yes… Nope), but his is fantastic. ‘Shine on you crazy diamond’ is sooooo good. The other tracks also stand up pretty well too. This is the pinnacle of Pink Floyd for me.

I’d like to be contrarian but it really is that good. It takes its time to develop, doesn’t show its hand too early and gives a lot of room to breathe. The solos are memorable but not necessarily showy and it has a great blend of proggy synths and other rock instrumentation (plus those gorgeous gospel vocals in ‘shine on you crazy diamond’) that keeps interest whilst shifting but unlike ‘Yes’ and others, never gets so ostentatious to detract from the emotional development of it. Accessible yet complex, it’s got to be up there with some of the best.

Kokia nuostabi, turting, sielą virpinanti muziką. Atrodo vėl pradėjau tikėti aukštesniu tikslu ir absolučia visata. Nežinau kaip neatradau Pink Floyd anksčiau, bet esu labai dėkinga, gal būtent šiandien galėjau išgirst tokią nuostabią muziką pirmą kartą.

Take my 5 stars. Jokes aside this is such a great album and such a lovely tribute to Syd. One of the great prog albums of all time that anyone can get into (I would still recommend dsotm first to get people to understand Pink Floyd). I listen to this album very regularly on both streaming and vinyl which I’m lucky to have a first pressing of. Great pacing and just such a great album.

#42 A genuine masterpiece, perfect from start to finish. I've listened to this album countless times, and it never gets old. Iconic songs, monumental sound, and poignant lyrics. Truly one of the best albums of all time. 10/5 stars.

fantastic album. thanks for reminding me to listen to it again

Maybe the greatest album of all time, of any genre.

Like a long drink at the oasis after what felt like an eternity of Prince's 1999.

One of the greatest albums ever made

It's pink floyyd

Classic! The whole album is just hit after hit. The Shine on You Crazy Diamonds songs are a tad long for my taste but still epic. Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar were my faves.

I can’t say I love all of Pink Floyd’s albums but this one is great. Headphone album for sure. I’m not always in the mood to melt into the couch but when I am, this hurts just right. Five crazy diamonds. 💎💎💎💎💎

What can really be said? This album is crazy.

Total classic. 44 minutes of pure musical genius, truly. And so glad this came up on the list. Haven’t listened to this record straight through in a long time. I almost forgot how incredible it is. Mind-blowing really. From start to finish. The sounds, the musical journey, the guitar, the keyboards, the bass, the drums, the lyrics, the cohesiveness of the piece. It’s all there. And with the exception of the song Wish You Here, you really can’t just list listen to tracks. It’s meant to be taken in as a whole… listened to as one singular work of art. It’s an immersive experience. Such a remarkable album.

This a top 10 all time on every list imaginable.

I have been a fan of Pink Floyd since the late 1960's. I am unable to present an unbiased review.

Absolute master class love this album

Me tuve que levantar a aplaudir

The vibes? Immaculate. I need not explain myself further. Perfection and its not even my favorite Floyd album

Best album ever.

I reckon everyone knows this album :-) Five brilliant tracks, 5 stars...

theyre actually so goated

It's beautiful.

112. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975) 6.14.26 Variety: 5 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 5 Uniqueness: 5 Emotionality: 5 = 5.0 "What did you dream?/ It's all right, we told you what to dream" Floyd are a band I did not have much exposure to as a kid aside from the hits played on the radio and occasional partial tv viewings of The Wall which confused the hell out of me. I didn't listen to any of their albums all the way through until Dark Side of the Moon ( I just had to know what all these pop culture references were) and then much later on a girlfriend introduced me to their back catalogue and I remember being most blown away by Wish You Were Here ( Animals was a closely behind it). Late to the game as I was, I quickly devoured the cd box set she had, and even read a few books about the bands history, learning about the story about Barrett being kicked out of the band and then this album's composition and recording added some mystique and legend to an already fascinating band. As much as I still love their output, it's been some time since I gave this a full listen, and while I haven't soured on them at all, other bands have moved up in the canon to swipe their spot. Expect high numbers. We'll see just how high. THE TRACKS Side one "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Part I) - Right away we get a funereal layer of synths and Hammond organ that you can really feel in your bones ( seriously, turn this shit up to where you can just still tolerate it - there's So much texture hidden in the nooks and crannies). This is in the same league as a lot of Brian Eno's best mood pieces, and it delivers and then some on laying the emotional bedrock for what's to come. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Part II) - When that Gilmour's ringing guitar comes in it's recalling church bells and maybe warning bells simultaneously, and the tension is HIGH before Mason's drums and Waters finishes up the mix with his bass. Gilmour's bluesy, mournful guitar wanders through the graveyard while Wright's organ provides the tone. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Part III) - Wright get's his spotlight with a Moog solo that continues the eerie, sorrowful mood before Gilmour's guitar returns, a little angrier. Not a single word yet, and these guys gave more than established the atmosphere we'll be sitting in for the duration. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Part IV) - This has all been preamble to this moment. Though part II is my favorite of the suite, this is the centerpiece I think. Waters comes in low and slow with his vocals and then it SOARS into the choral refrain, and even without knowing the story behind the words, the sadness, regret, and call to maybe some sort of redemption or at least motivation is very, very clear. Or is this a dirge or requiem of some sort? A retelling of a life for sure. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Part V) - We finish up with a sax-led section ( credited to Dick Perry) which rolls into a sort of funky , yet still sad and maybe slightly wistful variation on all the themes we've been introduced to. And near the end, the clamor fades into a cold mechanical hum. "Welcome to the Machine" - That industrial hum carries us into the next track ( headphones - seriously guys) where the base ingredient is a driving, dreadful anxiousness. Gilmour's heavily processed vocals along with the synths and effects almost overpower the acoustic guitar that strums along, barely staying afloat in all the technological noise, at all times threatened with drowning in it. This is the sound of dreams being crushed in real time, processed into a slurry and then fed back to you while you're forced to watch and smile along. It evokes a "boot stamping on a human face—forever" much better than anything in The Wall, in my opinion. Side two "Have a Cigar" - We get the Floyd at their funkiest here ( except maybe on "Money" - which I see as a sort of twin to this) with Waters's bass high in the mix. We get guest vocals here from folk legend Roy Harper, who is the star here, his phrasing oozing with the slime and casual indifference of the music executive character he's embodying. The inflection he puts on the last syllable of 'Everybody else is just green" is iconic. The band tales over here and we get an pretty blistering guitar solo before one of the best audio gimmicks in rock history pops up and we somehow are able to zoom out in audio form to the pov of someone just listening to any bi of randomness on our tinny little radio, tuning out before the solo even finishes. Is there anything else interesting on? "Wish You Were Here" - the staticky radio fizz stays over the opening of this one before we zoom way back in and the reality of the song space slowly is layered back in, first with the fingerpicked (I think?) acoustic guitar, and then with Gilmour's vocals and the rest of the band joins in. The emotional weight here is petty evenly distributed among the vocals, the acoustic guitar, a pedal guitar a bit of piano. This is one that has never lost its effect on me, and despite knowing the story of the song and album, it exists out there in the ether for anyone to project whatever feelings of loss, or regret, or just plain old yearning that they want to. For my money, it's the most universal and humane entry in the band's catalog, and one of the most in rock history. This one easily makes it into the Valhalla of all time great songs. From here til the end, it's all gravy, baby. Get on that train and ride it out. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Part VI) - And so begins the full side of closing credits. That's not a dig. It's just what it is. Anything after the last track has to be a come down, be default. And the band goes hard pulling us along here , galloping away slowly but steadily on Waters's bass line "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Part VII) - And here we get our refrain to Part IV, with Waters leading the way. This time we get the descending line that signals the end is near. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Part VIII) - Weariness translated into music, and we can see the sun setting fast on all this. Maybe we're too tired to do any thrashing around, but we can certainly buy a few extra moments with some funky rhythms. But it all winds down at the end. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Part IX) - And we all get swept into the funeral dirge, whether we like it or not. Wright's haunting keyboards guide us along, and we at least end the very final bit on a not of prettiness and light. HIGHLIGHTS - All of it, but "Wish You Were Here" deserves special notice MIDLIGHTS - LOWLIGHTS - FINAL THOUGHTS 11/10 - no skips. My favorite Punk Floyd album, and one of my favorite of all time still I think. While over all it's a bummer of a concept, spending most of the running time down in the smothering, stifling funk of depression and broken dreams, and it rarely comes up for air. But it's a beautiful realization of all those things, done with an artistry and craft that seems to have disappeared. I like quite a bit of punk rock, but I disagree with what became the tenet that effort was uncool and to be despised or looked upon. Sure, effort and craft was a sort of default form of gatekeeping, but everyone who ever went on to learn and master their craft were beginners at some point. So the philosophy doesn't hold much water in my opinion. Yes, some prog stuff got very self indulgent and there was much wankery involved, but Pink Floyd rose above this in my opinion, by just taking the proggy stuff as another tool in their belt to be used when needed, and not an end unto itself. This album and Dark Die of the Moon serve for me as the exact middle ground between that more heady approach and the more practical method of aiming square at the public with awesome melodies and hooks, and they serve up a final product that is both listenable AND enlightening. Dark Side I think is just on the side of the more mainstream, and this one just on the side of the more intellectual wankery side of things, and I don't think either suffer very much at all for it. This one though got a little less appreciation at the time though I think as it proved more difficult a listen outside the hits. Maybe not even difficult, but the remainder of the tracks ( as listenable as they were) just didn't fit the mold of the radio, and really still don't I guess. it succeeds on every level for me. Mood, tone, atmosphere, lyrics, storytelling, emotional, performance in both instrumentation and vocals are top notch. Production-wise, these guys were unparalleled at the time. There's just not anything about this experience I can find fault with. And most importantly of all, it still moves me. Rare is the piece of entertainment that can get me riled up, or feeling more than just a baseline bit of pleasure. This is prog blues. You want to listen to sad music when you're sad, but you also really like synthesizers? Then this is your thing. Do yourself a favor and get some headphones for this. if you got a quadrophonic setup - all the better! It's entirely worth the extra effort. And while not needed, a dark room and a rainy day wouldn't hurt either. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Not a chance FURTHER LISTENING - Larks' Tongues in Aspic by King Crimson - Mirage by Camel - The Power and the Glory by Gentle Giant - Crime of the Century by Supertramp - I Robot by the Alan Parson's Project - OK Computer by Radiohead - The Raven That Refused to Sing by Steven Wilson

I almost gave this a 4 but then I listened to it again and came to my senses.

Unreal. 4.5

An awesome followup to their Dark Side of The Moon album. Gilmour's guitar is exhilarating and Waters lyrics dripping with sarcasm and wanton pain. So good the 40 plus minutes go by like a daydream.

Another masterpiece from Pink Floyd. Somewhat forgotten about. Maybe overshadowed in my mind by The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. This album to me is the one that can most easily be classified as "Space Rock". The 6 parts of Shine on You Crazy Diamond in particular are very spacey with their synth heavy instrumentation bolstering a variety of jazz and electric guitar solos. I did not realize that this album is about one of the band's founding members. I had always assumed "Wish You Were Here" was about an old girlfriend or something. Learning it is about Syd Barrett and more generally just friends who have been lost to self isolation and mental illness, that puts the album into a whole new perspective for me which is more relatable. I have grown closer yet another amazing Pink Floyd album today thanks to this project.

Absolute cinema

Simplemente una obra maestra

no es como que fuera de mis favoritos, pero debo reconocer que es un muy buen álbum.

This feels correct being my first album suggested. My love for music begins with my dad, and Pink Floyd is one of his favorites bands. I like to picture my dad listening to an album like this for the first time. Younger, more naive, inexperienced - something similar to where I’m at currently in life. I can only imagine how this music must’ve made him feel listening for the first time. Having the ability to transcend time through music is a gift, and Pink Floyd is a gift in their entire being.

Absolut legendär, das einzige Lied bei dem ich akzeptiere, dass es 13 Minuten lang geht. Warum muss ich zur Zeit von KI links alternativ am Leben sein und nicht für Pink Floyd

One of my favourite albums about the industry. Beautiful production, one of the best art-pop albums.

I mean.. An absolute classic. Not the first time hearing these tracks and it won't be the last!

Aside from the Beatles, it's difficult to think of a band that had a run of albums like Pink Floyd did from Dark Side of the Moon to The Wall. Maybe the Stones from Beggar's Banquet to Exile on Main Street. Each of these albums - Dark Side; this one; Animals; and The Wall - are solid, absolute, stone cold classics and whichever you prefer the other three are equally as good. This is a meditation on Syd Barrett, on the Music industry and about being creative artists when you're getting demands for hits. Dark Side of the Moon had propelled Floyd to a level.that few, if any bands, ever reach. There was certainly a push for them to produce Dark Side 2 ( More Dark, More Moony) The band resisted and produced this completely different album. Two long tracks instead of the pop radio friendly numbers on DSOTM, a guest vocalist, some of the most poetic lyrics they ever wrote. Of course it's 5.stars and maybe an extra invisible star for resisting the temptation to just repeat the successful pattern.

One of my all time favourites. A perfect album.

This is one of the albums that I've played so many times and I've become so familiar with it that I actually started avoiding listening to it. At this point, it's been nearly a decade since I've given it a proper listen. Well, listening to it again today made me incredibly nostalgic, but also very happy that I had taken a break from it so that I could appreciate it properly. Honestly, there's not much else that I really need to say about this album. It's a masterpiece.

great álbum, change lifes

Must be one of the all time classic albums. Rate it with Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.

10/10 so fire

An absolute stunner that sometimes gets overlooked because of the classic that preceded it…but spoiler alert: This one’s even better than Dark Side!!!

Probably in my top two or three albums of all time. I love everything about it.

Easily my favorite Pink Floyd album, and probably their best. Not a single song I would skip. It's hard to put into words how much I love this album, but it's definitely in my top 5. Favorite Songs: Shine on You Crazy Diamond (1-5) & (5-9), Have a Cigar

Un classique.

Vous y croirez pas là, mais m'a la jouer pareil! Je peux pas m'empêcher de penser à notre John the Wolf national qui en fait un cover chaque fois que je l'entends. Pas beaucoup de moments dulls sur cet album, mais je suis très biaisé, très nostalgique comme album pour moi. RIP Syd Barrett!

Shine on you possiblement la meilleure chanson de Pink Floyd! Et Wish you Were here, que dire! C’est si beau!

Was originally gonna hate when i saw the first song is 14 minutes but after the 4 minute mark it was beautiful from then on and all the songs

No creo que se pueda decir nada que no esté dicho ya salvo que es mi top2 de pink floyd y que me gusta mucho

An album I've listened to so many times. I love it.

Fire

mais um que eu tenho memórias fortíssimas de infância shine on you crazy diamond é uma das minhas favoritas desde que eu era guilherminho, 6 anos e grande fã de pink floyd os cara tava muito a ponto de bala nesse vsf

bom, eu nunca fui mto do pink floyd não. mas ouvindo esse aqui inteiro, eu entendi a pira. apesar de meio lento, o flow das músicas e a tracklist ajuda bastante, o album passa rapidinho e é delicinha demais. sintetizador torando, guitarrinha bacana. enfim. vou dar 5 pelo impacto que tem até hoje e pq me ajudou a tirar um pouco do preconceito que eu tinha com eles. sem contar que nenhuma música eh ruim também, o que ajuda demais

🫶🏼

SHINE

They call it riding the gravy train.

Best Floyd? Best Floyd.

Yeah, wow. I loved this on the whole but fuck me, Wish You Were Here (the song) is just that good.

This is Pink Floyd’s best album, because it keeps their silky smooth production but combines it with something real (a rarity in Pink Floyd music) as they lament Sid Barrett’s rapidly fading cognitive function.

Perfect record! Classic Pink Floyd in their heyday! Love it

I loved this album. I listened to it several times. Favorite: wish you were here

I've listened to this album so many times and love it more each time. Shine On is a masterpiece, wish you were here might be the best 12 string guitar work ever and it all fits together in a nice package.

Tuesday, 26 May, 2026 In between their two magnum opuses (Dark Side… and The Wall) Pink Floyd release a masterpiece.

One of my favourite albums of all time. No notes just love

One of my favorite albums of all time. Made my heart flutter to see it pop up as today’s album, even though I just listened to it in its entirety last week. After some very middle-of-the-road albums the past couple weeks, I’ve been spoiled getting Miles Davis’s In A Silent Way and this one back to back!

NO ONE IS DOING IT LIKE THEM I’m a die hard pink floyd fan and I don’t care if that’s basic — this album actually fights with The Wall for my second fav spot (Meddle truther otherwise) but it’s still an all time banger

it's an adventure, first and last songs are long but don't feel excessive.

Lots of people were disappointed when this record came out after Dark Side of the Moon. I was not one of those people. I loved it. Still listen to it on occasion. It's even better when you learn the back story.

Te llena el alma y te lleva a otra realidad

2nd favorite Floyd album. Masterpiece.

Achingly beautiful

ARTE, PERFECCIÓN

Fucking fire album live changing which was in my girlfriend in arms

Shine on …, Wish You Where here, …. Meisterwerk!

Another easy 5/5 for Pink Floyd. Has to be two of the best back to back albums of all time. Shine on is a beautiful ode to Syd Barrett, taken together I think it's some of the greatest rock music of all time. Wish You Were Here is 5 and a half minutes of pure beauty. Listen to this album, read about Syd Barrett, and drift away. Perfection.

Have a Cigar and give this a listen.

Always a hoot. Top 5 band for me. I’ve probably heard this record 50 times, and I still internalized a lyric I had never really paid attention to before. Pink Floyd records are like great psychological thrillers, there’s always something new to discover and gnaw on with each new listen. Doesn’t quite get me to where Dark Side does, but can’t be any less than a 5/5. Will probably listen 3-4 more times today.

This is not just rock music. It is rock, jazz and classical rolled into one!

9/10 Excellent album, so creative

so great

Haven’t listened to Pink Floyd in a while. This album is one I remember as having the long songs to open and close. Excited to reslisten. That long intro. Great stuff to open the album. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is awesome as an opener. Prog rock at its best. Guitar heavy and fantastic. Sax solo is a little weird, but it’s fine. Album starts great and doesn’t let up. Every song is top tier Pink Floyd. Wish You Were Here is one of their very best. By the time Shine on returns to the opening theme, you’re like this is something special. A great classic rock album. Pink Floyd is at their best here and Dark Side of the Moon. An easy 5. Love this.

Excellent album

Risk of Rain 2

Very interesting sound, very pleasing to listen to but seems very different for the time period, much more electronic focused. Seems to have less of a focus on Vocals and more of an emphasis on the instrumental as a way of expressing itself. As my first album I’ve ever listened to by Pink Floyd I am pleasantly surprised. The Track have a cigar seems to end on a whim without any real definition of an ending, just going into the next track, interesting but well deserved choice. The albums sound is consistently shifting from track to track

+5

Ahh, the legendary Pink Floyd. From 1973 to 1979, they could do no wrong. This album is Pink Floyd doing what they do best, making thought-provoking prog rock with excellent musicianship and songwriting. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" starts and ends the album with a moving tribute to former member Syd Barrett, who appears on this list with a solo album and on this very band's "Piper At the Gates of Dawn". The other three tracks are haunting, often political, prog rock that aims to present the listener with a scathing critique of Big Music and succeeds. Yet, this album reached the masses, and it became legendary. Really, I'm not going to argue with how great this album is. Not that I'd want to, anyway.

No puedo darle mil estrellas?

Now THIS is where it's really at with these guys...

cabrón lo escuché y a los dos días se muere dick parry, valv. mi favorito de pinfloi (creo?)

Great Songs: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5, Welcome to the Machine, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6-9 Good Songs: Have a Cigar Mid Songs: Bad Songs:

Masterpiece.

absolutely perfect album, beautiful

She shine on me till I'm a crazy diamond 5

Brilliant!!

One of my favorite albums. Amazing guitars. Amazing lyrics. Wish You Were Here is iconic. Have a Cigar is a great upbeat song compared to the rest of the album.

Thats one of myfav albums ever

Probably my favourite Pink Floyd album. It’s the perfect length, the long tracks sweep along elegantly, and the title track still astonishes.

#938. Pretty great. No notes here. 5/5: fantastic

A different vibe from Dark Side of The Moon, but this album is such a complete masterpiece. It takes you on a ride so effortlessly. Starting and ending with Shine on You Crazy Diamond and anchored down with Wish You were Here in the middle, this is what an album as one piece of art should be

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Absolutely perfect, not a single bad second on this album!

perfect

So I'm one of those Pink Floyd fans (?) who thinks that Wish You Were Here and Animals are the classics, that Dark Side of the Moon is ok but overrated, and The Wall is a couple phenomenal songs in an otherwise mostly dreadful album. There I said it. You can judge my opinion in that light. Wish You Were Here has great guitar work, great songs, and hangs together as a great rock and roll album with symphonic scope. It might be on my personal list of 100 albums, and definitely, objectively belongs on a list of 1001 albums people oughtta know. As a bonus, I would argue that if they can get familiar with this one, they are exempted from any obligation to listen to DSOTM or The Wall. 5/5

My favorite Pink Floyd album.

1001 stars.

The goat

I already listened that album and i love it since i heard it first time. Its very different, really must be listened album.

Been waiting for this, one of my favorite albums of all! Didn’t really have to listen to know I would give this 5/5, but I didn’t need much persuasion..

My favorite Floyd album

10/10: one of the best albums ever by one of the best bands ever. I got into Pink Floyd relatively late in my musical discovery but my god am I glad this band is in my life. Best song: Wish You Were Here

A very focused, almost understated album, especially compared to what came before and after. 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 doesn’t try to overwhelm — it builds a mood and sticks with it. The whole thing revolves around absence, distance, and disillusionment, with the presence of former frontman Syd Barrett quietly shaping everything in the background. 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗢𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 (𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗜-𝗩) A slow, patient opening that sets the tone immediately. It takes its time, letting the atmosphere form before anything really happens. When the band finally comes in, it feels earned rather than dramatic. It’s less about progression and more about space and memory. As a tribute to Syd Barrett, it feels respectful without turning sentimental. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 A sharp contrast. Cold, synthetic, and deliberately uncomfortable. The production does a lot of the work here — the mechanical sounds mirror the lyrics about being shaped and consumed by the music industry. It’s one of the most direct tracks on the album, and it cuts through the more reflective mood without breaking it. 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗖𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗿 On the surface, more relaxed and groove-driven, but still pretty biting. The chorus sticks immediately, but the lyrics are all about industry cynicism. The guest vocal adds a bit of distance, which actually works in the song’s favor — it feels like you’re hearing the voice of the system itself. 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 The emotional core. Stripped back and direct, almost disarmingly simple after what comes before. It’s probably the most accessible track here, but it doesn’t feel like a concession. Instead, it grounds the album, bringing everything back to something personal. Again, it circles back to Syd Barrett without needing to say it outright. 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗢𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 (𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗩𝗜-𝗜𝗫) Not just a reprise, but a quiet resolution. It doesn’t try to build to a big ending — instead, it gradually lets everything drift away. It feels more distant than the opening section, like looking back rather than reaching out. A very fitting way to close the album. 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡 What really stands out is how cohesive it all is. Nothing feels out of place, and nothing feels unnecessary. It’s not trying to be bigger than it needs to be — it just stays consistent, both musically and emotionally. That restraint is exactly what makes it so effective.

Classic

Finally - FINALLY - I get a Pink Floyd album. Just incredible. Grand, sweeping, rocking, thought-provoking, and incredibly touching. These guys are so far above almost every other band ever, it's hard to believe. Is this their best album? No. Is it still a 5? With zero fucking question.

Arguably the best album of the arguably greatest bands ever. That should about cover it.

Puta barbaridad. Welcomeeee toooo machineee!!!!

What is there to say, except that this is an excellent album. I have listened to it countless times and was very excited to see it pop up and hear it once more.

amo, creo que me olvidé de ponerlas al playlist, pero todas son buenas.

Actual favorite album. So good

Pink Floyd doing Pink Floyd things. Wouldn't have it any other way

Impossível dar menos de 5.

Absolutely loved this album, it’s slow but the build ups are worth it. The guitar, the synths, the composition, everything is beautiful This is a contender for one of the greatest albums ever created. Incredible. Favourite Shine on you crazy diamond

One of the greatest albums of all time. The music is deliberate. It conveys raw emotion in a way few other artists have managed to capture. The lyrics mean a little something different each listen; sometimes it's a harsh critique of the music industry and the modern world, other times you can feel the longing for a lost friend, lover, or the hopes and dreams you once sought after. It's a showstopper each time, however. While I sometimes struggle to justify why this book has me listening to some sloppy album put out by a one-hit-wonder band, this record would have been one of the first names I scribbled down when writing my own list.

Наверное это самый прослушиваемый мной альбом в последнее время. Шедевр на все времена

Brilliant

amazing, vocals were brilliant (9.1/10)

Have heard of Pink Floyd Have not listened to Wish you were here Know the singles. Never really dig that deep into Pink Floyd. Had mostly liked what I'd heard expect piper's at the gates of dawn, that did not resonate. This is incredible. A masterpiece. Wow.

Una obra maestra....

El punto más alto al que ha llegado la música.

Love this record. When you understand some of the Sid barrett story and read these lyrics it feels different. Welcome to the machine is super boring but has its place. Wish you were here is one of my favorite songs ever.

The textures, the writing, the feeling, the playing. I think it is just all there in this album. I don't think Pink Floyd always got things right, but I think this album is a contender for their best and best example of what they could be.

I have to admit that considering the amount of music I listen to on a daily basis, I never got around to check out one of the most famous albums from Pink Floyd. I am not a Pink Floyd fan, I just listened to the most famous tracks, so this was completely new to me (appalling lol). I imagine that going to a concert, dropping a tab, and listening to these tracks must’ve been mindblowing. Best track is, to me, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts 6-9). Such a beautiful way to close an album as intense as this. I feel like I should give this a 5 even if I don’t know if I’ll ever revisit the whole album. But the last song will definitely end up in my rotation lol

Standouts Shine on You Crazy Diamond 1/2 Welcome to the Machine Have a Cigar Wish You Were Here

Didn't think I'd like it. Loved it. 5 Stars.

Absolute masterpiece. I will never forget hearing this in its entirety for the first time and being absolutely blown away. The textures they created, the feel, it's unlike anything else out there. This is an album where you really need to sit with it, let it play (loud!) and just be for a while. Probably in my Top 10 all time, this is my personal favorite Pink Floyd record.

incredible to get this record as I'm going through major life changes. one of the best prog record ever.

So much better than Dark Side of the Moon. I was a bit hesitant seeing the two 13 minute tracks bookending this record but man what a journey it was. So many good guitar licks and lyrics and bass lines and ugh, I loved it. And the sleeve too, a piece of art. I wish this got the same attention DSotM got but I guess the sleeve there is more memorable. It's maybe due to that record being more accessible to prog rock newbies. You tell them to sit through a 13 minute song, a majority of it instrumental build-ups, and they will scoff. I also loved all the tiny bits to reference Syd Barrett. The random laughing and the way the track Wish You Were Here was built around a riff that sounded like it was coming from a nearby radio was genius. I truly need to make a deeper dive into Pink Floyd's discography. 5/5

Sublime

This is a clear cut 10/10. Probably the greatest album in the history of prog rock, and a major landmark in the history of music. 10/10 [KEEP]

No notes.

Classic one. Overhyped, yes, but incredible album. One of, if not THE BEST album by Pink Floyd

One of the best from one of the best. Every song is a masterpiece, and the album just sounds so damn good sonically. Pink Floyd in their prime was a special thing.

The lyrics might be the dumbest “I’m 14 and this is deep” shit ever, but god damn it slaps. Seriously. Anybody else on the list would be ripped to shreds for this. Nobody else can do this and I don’t know why. Shitty audience samples, weird computer sounds, dumbass lyrics.

Wow

Absolute leyend

A masterpiece. Immersive. It feels like I'm inside a story.

I knew this album well back in the day and it was good to hear it again. Listening now I hear the quality of the composition, great use of electronics and instruments to create an incredible atmosphere. Back then it sounded just effortless and this album was just part of the furniture. Many an album was subsequently built on the shoulders of Wish You Were Here.

Always class

aww jeezy peeps man, what an album

This is great. I listened to it twice

This is where restraint actually works in its favor. The compositions are patient, but not empty, every section feels deliberate, every transition earned. It’s not about technical flash, it’s about structure and atmosphere working together in a way that slowly unfolds. The title track and “Shine On…” especially have that long-form thinking that aligns perfectly with a prog mindset, where themes develop and return rather than just pass by. It’s immersive without trying too hard, and that balance is hard to get right.

Legendary album. Not listened to it all the way through until now

pretty good

5/5. Wish you were here sees Pink Floyd at their most emotionally potent, which is brought on by the two main subjects of the album. The first is the bands disillusionment and frustration with the music industry which is seen on the two middle tracks “Welcome to the Machine” and “Have a cigar.” And in those respective songs you can really feel that sense of frustration. I also really love the explosions of synth on the former. The second subject, which is where most of the emotional weight comes in is the bands reflections and odes to former band frontman Syd Barrett. “Shine on You Crazy Diamond”, split into two halves to open and close the album is probably Pink Floyd’s best song in my opinion. That moment when the instrumental finally kicks in around that central guitar lick is maybe one of my favorite musical moments in general. If Shine On is my favorite Floyd song, then the penultimate track “Wish you were here” is not far behind either, it’s one of the bands simpler songs structurally, but it just absolutely hits emotionally. All in all, probably my favorite Pink Floyd album (though animas is a close second.)

Better tthab cold platt 🥶

Dark Side + WYWH = best consecutive one-two album punch in rock 'n' roll history?

Too short!

"WYWH" is one of the masterpiece rock songs that will outlive us all. All wrapped it up in 26 miinutes of "Shine on you Crazy Diamond." This isn't a true album -- it deserves it's own music category.

First listen: This is such an underwhelming album for me. I honestly don't get it, and it makes me think something is wrong with me because I usually go for this stuff. The only song I enjoy is "Wish You Were Here." I actually might give it another try tomorrow just to give it one more fair shot because this is such a huge album. After my second listen: ok, must have been my mood yesterday because this kinda slaps. The guitar and synth and bass is way lusher, and I'm way more into the slower sound and solos. I think listening method and mood totally make or break this album. Wish You Were Here is a conceptual tribute album for a friend and bandmate, but it feels like a sci fi rock opera about the world using you and chewing you up and spitting you out. It's minimalist in a sense but so full to the brim of great sounds and feeling, and it really sticks the landing conceptually. It's actually kinda perfect and I don't know what you could change to make it better. That's probably why it's an all-timer, huh? I've done a total 180 on this album. My first time through I was ready to rate this a 2 or 3, but Jesus I'm glad I gave it another spin. This is a front to back listen; all the songs work well together, although the middle the tracks work as singles. Damn, I think I'm giving it a 5.

Yeah, this is pretty good. Had me from the very start with that opening track epic and kept me throughout. Pretty special.

Obviously a 5, one of the all time greatest. Anyone who disagrees shouldn't even be listening to music.

One of the very few classic rock bands to consistently live up to its reputation. This is a fantastic album filled with longing, wistfulness and regret. 4.5 stars that gets bumped to 5 because it is timeless, and it sounds like nothing but itself.

My favourite pink Floyd album, a short masterpiece. Every song is perfect, I have listened to this album to fall asleep and also while cooking. It’s great for all occasions! It’s serene and relaxing to listen to

Great Album!! 5 songs. All Great!! 5.0

Llloooovvveeee

Amazing album. This is why Pink Floyd is a household name. This is my favorite of the Pink Floyd albums so far (The Dark Side of the Moon and The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn). I already want to listen to it again- so I did.

Ik heb niet de juiste woorden of kennis om te beschrijven wat dit album doet.

This is my favorite Floyd record. Hands down. The title track is my favorite song of theirs. Still like me some dark side but this is the top of thr pile for me. Can't go wrong either way. Listen to it now

Amazing album. Really sweet tribute to the band member Syd.

amazing album

91/100.

If there is one album that needs to be listened to in the genre of progressive rock it is this one. Only five songs clocking around forty minutes and never falters.

Man, Pink Floyd had quite a run there. They really didn’t miss for like 5 albums straight. This one is no exception. There’s not a bad song on here. No Skips.

Wish You Were Here was one of my dad's favorite songs. I love this album and listen to it regularly. 5/5

Quite stunning

A classic for a reason

Repeat listen

One of those album covers I've seen many times yet it did not occur to me once that it is an album cover for an album that contains tracks. Rated purely based on personal joyment. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5: 5/5 Listened to it first thing this morning, it was very peaceful. Listened to it again this evening, it's somehow taken a completely different tone. I love the sax solo to pieces. Welcome to the Machine: 4/5 Listened as I pulled up to school to meet my fellow cogs. Synethizer! Have a Cigar: 5/5 Favorite on the album. Love the parts where the synthesizer chimes in. Wish You Were Here: 5/5 What have we found? the same old fears. Wish u were here :( oh man Shine On Your Crazy Diamond, Pts 6-9: 5/5 Crazyyyyyyy. Siiiiiick. Coooool. Inspiiring. I like it a lot.

One of best albums of all time. Not much more I can add…love this album from start to finish. 5

Masterpiece, obviously.

One of the easiest 5* for me here. Every five years or so, I rediscover this album, and every time I am blown away by how perfect it is. Probably one of the most beautiful pieces of prog / space rock ever created, as well as one of the most consistent concept albums on this list. I don't really have the words, so I won't say more - "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent”. 10/10

I still prefer Dark Side but it was groundbraking nonetheless..

I see critics lean toward The Dark Side of the Moon. I don’t buy it. This is the peak. The ultimate prog piece with also the most powerful anti-war statement, and completely haunted by Syd Barrett. One of those rare records with undeniable influence, not a single note wasted. It’s almost perfect, yet still feels simple.

I love this album.

- One of the all time greats in my opinion, easily in my top 10. - Great feeling of presence and grandeur

needless to say

I don't think I need to explain why is it a 5. I think it's their best album, and the connection of it to Syd Barrett makes me emotional every single time. So Have fun

One of the greatest albums of all time, what more is there to say?

One of my favorite albums ever

goat every time

Genius

Vibes

Nada que agregar, 10/10

Iconic.

This album is better than Dark Side of the Moon

Es un álbum que evoca nostalgia, que te lleva a recordar a esa persona que no está. Clásico que te transporta entre sonidos a soñar despierto

music is love

Favorite: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, pts 6-9

Pre Listening Notes: My_longest_yeah_boi_ever.mp4 Post Listening Notes: There are a set of albums on this list where I firmly believe anyone rating them <4 stars is a contrarian hack attempting to farm "cool boy points™". This is one of them, this album is basically perfect, if you disagree you are either stupid or disingenuous. Ill leave it up to you to decide which one you are! 5/5

Incredible album. I listened to this on repeat several times when it came up on my list.

While it doesn’t feature chart topping singles like some other Pink Floyd albums. It’s got the long form tracks you just can’t deny

Muy bueno

Just a fantastic album. Shine on You Crazy Diamond is a masterpiece.

Sorry this is probably one of my most favourite albums. Excellent!

Part of me wants to give this 4 stars, as it's not my favorite Pink Floyd album. But it's undeniably good. Ah hell, 5 it is. It's Pink Floyd.

Untouchable

I have never listened to a whole Pink Floyd album before. This was a good place to start.

2nd best Pink Floyd album. Essential listening for David Gilmour’s guitar playing alone….the soundtrack of high school parties…

This has been a 5/5 for me for a few decades now. Animals is my favorite Pink Floyd record, but this is probably tied with Dark Side for my 2nd favorite. Wish You Were Here stays consistently good where as I've always found Dark Side to be kind of front-loaded. I also like how they split up Shine On You Crazy Diamond, I think all nine parts might be tiresome if played continuously, but split up it makes for a great pair of bookends.

I thought about a lot of things while listening to this album. But most of them relate to my personal relation to it, or its history. In general, I think that Pink Floyd has the case of a band that it's extremely well regarded to the point of overrating, but the time and the changes on the public perception has given them a fair assessment and place. This album is great. It's profound, complex, and intricate in the way a prog rock album can be, BUT, in difference to other bands, they were able to make it at the same time accessible and easy to listen. It has that long guitar solos and sound experimentation, but I think it's fair to say that they made some of the most concise and well crafted music on their genre. On other aspect, the personal theme related to Syd Barrett feels honest and quite sad. A lot has been said, but what matters to me is that despite the years, Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Wish You Were Here feel so potent and heartfelt as an homage to an old friend. You can not know about its inspiration, but these songs are still potent and powerful. Through the years I changed and grew. And despite this, Pink Floyd keeps remaining as an incredible band, that no matter how much I listen to them, are able to amaze me and make me feel so much as a human being. This album keeps doing that, and I'm grateful for it

Ultimate classic. Terribly unsure of my current listening count

It don't get much better than this. Dark Side Of The Moon gets it's fair praise for being a brilliant, innovative album - but Wish You Were Here is a perfect example of an absolutey flawless 45 minutes of music. The chilling opening notes of Shine On draw you into an album that can make you laugh, cry, shudder - span the breadth of human emotion, and all while sounding tight as fuck. I've still some reservations on the ethics surrounding how the band writes about Syd Barrett, but that doesn't drag down how high class the music is.