Wish You Were Here

Icon album cover And more icon music. Influential in so many ways , guitar solos are masterpieces. Shine on you crazy diamond is so immersive, it is my favorite album by them. And the reason why I bought vinyl player in first place

great, never listened to the whole album cover to cover. Hopefully this is an indication of the 1001 list trending in the right direction.

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

I like some Pink Floyd but just not the long, drawn out instrumental pieces....and there are several on here. Shine On is a great piece, once they get to the lyrics. Wish You Were Here is just a fantastic, fantastic piece (and one of my favorite by them). Rating gets bumped up just because of that track alone

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.

Pink Flloyd again... No.

Pink Floyd is lame.

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

Skvelé

This is #day789 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here's to my fourth and final record by Pink Floyd. My favorite Pink Floyd album, which I only heard for the very first time in what must have been 2008, when I got the Internet at my parents' home. I was 18 then. I don't know what there is to say about this album, really, that hasn't already been said. Put it on and get carried away by the music. Otherwise, this is a 5 out of 5. Looking forward to #day790.

Damn good

The epitome of everything great about Floyd. One of the greatest albums of all time. I don't think I need to add anything else.

Awesome album! Have a Cigar was my favourite song

Absolutely a great album.

Probably one the best albums ever made. If not the best album ever made. Easy one! So: 5/5

A great album... Every song is a classic. Pink Floyd at their most heartfelt, with great lyrics throughout. And maybe the best album cover in rock music.

Easy 8 (I clicked the 5th star 3 times). All time classic, up there with Dark Side.

One of the easiest ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I will give out in this whole project.

Fantastic album, one of PF's best

Well, what can you say about this? One of their greatest albums. Yes I can understand that if Prog is not your thing you might not appreciate this album. But I do. Supposedly an allegory or tribute to original band member Syd Barrett he turned up at the studio unexpectedly and unannounced on the last day of recording. Shine On is a classic piece of music. And after Roger Waters tried many time in vain to get the vocals right on Have A Cigar. Mr Gilmour got his mate Roy Harper, who was always hanging around the studios, to give it a go. And he nailed it first time. Any way, this is one of my 2 favourite Floyd albums. So there can only be one score from me.

An absolute masterpiece from start to finish. Immersive stuff.

Another absolute classic. Pretty much the pinnacle of what Progressive Rock can be. Haunting, emotional, captivating- it really draws you in and keeps you motivated. Combined with the lore behind the album- it really is top tier. Even my least favorite on the album (Welcome to the Machine) is still a good song with interesting motifs. Overall- fantastic album

#248 I love this album, and I’m a passive fan at best. Like this is one of those albums you put on to hang out and chop it up with people. That’s the case with a lot of Floyd which is hard to say about a lot of bands. Like I am not a big prog guy but Pink Floyd definitely get a pass because it feels like their music is atmospheric and welcoming than a band like King Crimson or Yes , where the latter feels like nails on a chalkboard. I’m not going to do a hit or a miss, or gem because the album only has a handful of songs. Just enjoy the thing.

I think I listened to this 3 times in a row. So good... No notes.

One of my favorite Floyd albums, and with such beautiful music. The tribute to Syd Barrett is touching. Some of David Gilmore’s best guitar work. Roger Waters best song writing.

I love it

My favorite band. One of the best songs of all time in the title track, and the others are amazing too. Shine On drags just a little at parts, but still.

Short piece of perfection. The perfect antidote to being detrained at Nuneaton.

Hard to give this anything other than 5*. Genius.

The one where where the band makes a killing while moaning about the industry that makes them a killing. Accusations of cant asides, difficult to give this less than 5 when it contains Shine On and Wish You Were Here. And introduces the central character of Another Brick whilst they're at it. 5*

Did you think it would be less than 5 stars after listening? Pink Floyd may be the only band with multiple perfect albums. This is debatably one of them.

The best Floyd album and it's not close

Do I even need to say anything

This release as a whole is unreservedly a masterpiece. I would say, though, that still, the three tracks in the middle of the "Shine On..." hamburger are a bit of an extended interlude, as the renowned hit is indeed the best by far here. And I would highlight the first half of SOYCD. The way that the sound is building is spectacular. The whole composition is outstandingly multi-layered and imaginative. The rest of the material is fine too. I felt like "Welcome to the Machine" was a bit off, souding like a song too experimental and perhaps not finilized the way other songs are. "Have a Cigar" and the title track are great, like much of this album, they have this smooth transition. What is notable here is the prevalence of instrumental music, something really strongly utilized. This music gives you the sense of swimming in warm water, or flying, something like this. It is so thouroughly composed that it has the ability to bring you elsewhere, and this is the primary reason why the release is deserving of the highest rate. I found the track order apt. The album artwork is excellent (been a fan of it even before this full listen). So, not much to add here, Wish You Were Here is iconic for a reason. Honestly an A– here, but from the standpoint of musical art value, it likely is one of the most important releases on the list.

Yeah no wonder this is #7 on the global rankings Pink Floyd has a truly special ability to just absorb you in the world the create in their albums better than any other prog bands. Shine on You Crazy Diamond takes like 5 minutes to go anywhere but it the way it escalates and builds is just unbelievable. Have a Cigar is like the complete opposite side of the spectrum, but it fits so well on this album and is just perfectly executed. Obviously the title track is otherworldly too; it’s got some of the most iconic lyrics in musical history and that emotion is imbued throughout the entire song, right down to the guitar riff. I actually like how they split Shine On into two parts, and I think it’s a great way to end the album. I love the transitions between songs and how natural they feel; the transition between the first two tracks is perfect. Waters and Gilmour’s vocals work wonders, and obviously the instrumental execution is about as close to perfect as you’ll get I don’t really have any complaints; I think the closest thing I have is that Shine On You Crazy Diamond takes just a bit too long to get going, and Welcome to the Machine, while still a great song for building the album, is a bit behind the rest of the album. This album kinda sent me on a bit of a discovery journey; Prog is usually a bit controversial among music fans, with a lot of people knocking other bands like Yes and Rush for being pretentious, but Pink Floyd’s big 3 albums have almost universal acclaim; why is that? I think the answers pretty simple; just listen to them. They really don’t have an equal

Its moody and introspective. I absolutely adore the sound 70s synths, where they havent figured out how to process the sound and theres a rawness. The subject matter is great too, talking about absence. "Two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl" is a great line, both grand and mundane, taking feelings that everyone has and presenting them in a way thats so understandable. Genuinely great. I listened to this so much in college and remember the impact on my own art. No one else can make music like this.

Outstanding

Classic album, zero question. Wish You Were Here induces chills every time. Shine On is a crazy 10 part epic as well. Best track: Wish You Were Here (others are great too) Rating: 10/10

A bone fide classic, no issues with a straight five here.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Innehåller enligt en av mig världens bästa låter, Wish you were here, håret på kroppen reser sig när jag hör den. Vet inte vad det är för det är till synes en ganska enkel låt men det är något med anslaget och texten som gör att jag blir väldigt berörd när jag hör den. I övrigt ett album som man bara kan sätta på luta sig tillbaka och försvinna bort, få spår men alla är bra det blir en 5a. Bäst är Shine on you crazy diamon pts 1-5, Wish you were here, Shine on you crazy diamon pts 6-9

Rounding up to five stars.

Un classique . Qualité > quantité. Chaque musique a une histoire , les sonorités , la voix brute rendent l’album envoûtant.

Rien a redire

Classic GOAT album

yes.

Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 1975 Genres: Rock Styles: Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock, Prog Rock 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) (★★★★★) -Contexto: Homenaje a Syd Barrett. La letra habla de alguien que "brillaba como el sol" de joven y quedó atrapado entre la infancia, la fama y su propia mente. El tono es contemplativo, con una intro de sintetizador larga y una frase de guitarra de cuatro notas que Gilmour tocó y Waters tomó como base para escribir la letra. Es una despedida melancólica, no un reproche. -Frisson -Fav 2. Welcome to the Machine (★★★★★) -Contexto: Crítica a la industria discográfica vista como una máquina que fabrica y manipula a un joven artista. La letra tiene la voz de un ejecutivo dirigiéndose a un músico ("bienvenido a la máquina"), con un tono frío, mecánico y opresivo. El sonido usa sintetizadores y efectos de fábrica para reforzar esa sensación. 3. Have a Cigar (★★★★★) -Contexto: Sátira de la industria musical. Un ejecutivo elogia a la banda por interés económico y no sabe ni quién es quién: "¿cuál de ustedes es Pink?". Es cínica y con humor ácido. La canta Roy Harper, no Pink Floyd, y funciona como una voz ajena que expone la hipocresía del sistema. -Fav 4. Wish You Were Here (★★★★★) -Contexto: Canción sobre la ausencia, en parte dirigida a Syd Barrett. La letra pone en contraste cosas opuestas (cielo e infierno, jugadores en una pecera) y termina con un deseo simple: que el otro estuviera presente. Waters dijo que no es solo sobre Syd, sino sobre estar ausente de la propia vida y de los demás. El tono es íntimo y melancólico, con guitarra acústica. -Frisson -Fav 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–IX) (★★★★★) -Contexto: Cierre de la suite con menos letra y más instrumental. Retoma el homenaje a Syd con un tono más pesado, con bajo destacado y guitarra en primer plano, y va apagándose hacia un final más sereno. Sirve como despedida larga del disco. -Frisson -Fav -TOTAL = ★★★★★ (5)

This album just makes me wish we were all here listenin to it together!

Classic bro wow mama mia i am a bit unc coded innit

Perfecto.

best floyd album 10/10 best song - have a cigar

Any single song on this album would be enough to make a five star album and yet there's a whole album of them.

Love this one.

Favorite Song: Shine On You Crazy Diamond Least Favorite: Welcome to the Machine

oh dear. i've always told my husband i only like one album from pink floyd (he loves them) and that was dark side of the moon. unfortunately i have to swallow my pride and tell him i also liked this one a lot. i definitely like it as an album, all one piece. is it self-indulgent? sure. but it's self-indulgent in the way of still-young men wondering how they got here and clearly mourning their friend. i added it to my music library. 5/5

hard to deny

Pink Floyd were the pinnacle of prog rock. It’s hard to describe exactly, but when you listen to other prog rock bands from this time it feels like they’re just imitating Pink Floyd’s sound. Maybe it’s an authenticity that comes through in the music, not sure, fucking awesome album nonetheless

One of the best album ever made

No Words! One of the greatest albums of all time. Nothing can beat "shine on you crazy diamond" in the greatest artwork of all time contest.

An all-time classic.

Really great album. Might be the first time I heard it all the way through. The last song was the best.

In 1968, Syd Barret left Pink Floyd due to his erratic behavior and declining mental state. In 1975, while Pink Floyd was in the studio, he showed up to visit them. He was unrecognizable. At the time of his visit, Pink Floyd had been in the middle of mixing “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”: a tribute to Barett, painting him as a youthful artist ruined by fame and the ruthless music industry, which accelerated his struggles with substance abuse and possible schizophrenia. It’s a multi-suite, grand track that acts as opener and closer, perfectly bookending the album. There are only five songs, and none of them waste a single note. Each centers around themes related to Barret’s departure and the band’s own struggles with fame. They range from personal to apocalyptic—from the tenderness of “Wish You Were Here” to the impending doom of “Welcome to the Machine” to the sardonic “Have a Cigar.” It’s a thoughtful, emotional dystopian about an artist having their passions thrust into the factory of consumerism and constant scrutiny. The tasteful guitar and warm synths, when combined with the sounds of cars and static, make the album feel like stepping up to the edge of a beautiful seaside cliff, only to look down and see the stuff of nightmares just over the edge of the drop. There’s never been a more beautiful obituary written about somebody who’s still alive.

10 stars

One of my favourite albums anyway, so an easy 5 stars for me. Shine On You Crazy Diamond demonstrates just how good Pink Floyd are as musicians, even before the vocals kick in after 8.5 minutes! Headphones on, get lost in the musicality, and think about what a tribute this was to their "lost" friend, Syd Barrett. And then, just for good measure - a couple of tracks saying "fuck you" to the music industry and record execs. Amazing! This is the sort of album people don't/can't produce any more, sadly...

Superb listen 👏🏼 I actually haven’t heard any other Pink Floyd albums from start to finish other than the Dark side of the Moon so it was a treat to listen. Also dug the anti music industry/corporate world message, was quite funny to listen to it yesterday while working for a corporation 😂 Tops are Welcome to the Machine, Wish you were here, and the intro shine on you crazy diamond.

The soundscape, guitar/keyboard tones and instrumentation on this are close to perfect. The themes of loss and the take on their realities of the music industry make it an emotional album. So much DNA of Pink Floyd in many of my prog metal favourites. One of my favourite albums of all time. 5.

9.8

The best.

I have been listening to WYWH since I was 14 or 15, and like with Dark Side, I can dream every second of it. I remember biking 20km to school with my friend and singing "We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year"—in fact, the whole song—and this is 35 years ago. This album is nestled in my brain, and I actually might not even have to put it on to relive it. It is another masterpiece of classic Pink Floyd in their heyday. Of course their sound had changed over time, especially since Syd Barrett had to leave the band. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is about Syd, but he hardly responded to it when he made a visit to the studio during the recording sessions. A very tragic story, unfortunately. But this album is just perfect, nothing else to say about it as it has been said a thousand and more times by several generations of music lovers and critics. Obvious that this is in the book. 5/5

Start to finish, this is a masterpiece.

# Album Name: Wish You Were Here # Artist: Pink Floyd # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Amazing album. Some of THE best songs of all time. The skills on this band are crazy. # Top Tunes: SOYCD / WYWH / The machine # Would I listen to it again? Yes

Absolutely goated album

Ох бай зе вей вич вас Пинк Пидарасы сначала довели и выгнали из группы старину Сида, а затем написали об этом альбом

It isn't The Dark Side of the Moon, but I have nothing negative to say about Wish You Were Here. It's another amazing release from Pink Floyd.

Been a while since a complete listen. I would listen to this album again and again for shine on you crazy diamond alone Highly recommend listening while driving facing a sunrise as I did for this most recent listen

Sublime

Great record, the title track and Shine On are keystone 70s rock songs, the definition of classics. Have A Cigar is the only song that might be considered slightly below par here, everything else is top notch although can see how some might complain it's a bit noodly and long in parts. 9/10

The 5est 5 that ever 5ed

Fuck yes 5 star bitches

Some very cool ethereal music mixed with some surprisingly emotional parts. To me, it’s clearly their best album, and I think it shows them at their most vulnerable.

Una cumbre indiscutible del rock progresivo y el arte sonoro universal que ha envejecido bien como un monumento de perfección formal, hondura conceptual y belleza atemporal. En el plano de diseño sónico, la producción en Abbey Road logra una arquitectura insuperable que da claridad absoluta a cada textura, articulando sintetizadores modulares, pasajes acústicos cristalinos y grabaciones de campo con un balance espacial impecable. La interpretación colectiva despliega una fuerza y calidez que transmiten una autenticidad sobrecogedora, imponiendo una autoridad superior desde el primer compás. Cada pieza que compone el disco se erige como una obra maestra: el lamento cósmico de "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" con las icónicas cuatro notas de guitarra de David Gilmour y los teclados envolventes de Richard Wright; la crudeza visceral e hipnótica de "Welcome to the Machine", cuya pulsación maquinal e industrial resulta conmovedora hasta los huesos al denunciar el vacío del engranaje moderno; la ironía rítmica de "Have a Cigar"; y la intimidad desgarradora de la pista homónima "Wish You Were Here", donde la fragilidad acústica abraza la ausencia y la memoria. El álbum se consolida como un documento profundamente conmovedor, crudo y real que funciona como un lúcido y sutil llamado a la conciencia sobre la alienación, el duelo y la preservación del alma humana. Por su capacidad infinita de fascinación en escuchas continuas a lo largo de horas, días o ciclos enteros, su constante sensación de paz y fluidez lo vuelve un refugio óptimo para múltiples usos, destacando como un catalizador incomparable para el trabajo creativo, la conducción y la más honda reflexión solitaria.

The greatest. 10/10

Easily one of the best albums ever recorded. Makes me realize that there are at least 4 Pink Floyd albums that I would rate 5/5 stars. Listening with good headphones/speakers is a must. So many cool details, perfect melodies, and the best sounding synths I’ve ever heard on a rock album, by far.

Have I listened to this album before Yes How familiar am I with this album Very familiar How do I feel about this artist? I really like Pink Floyd when the mood is right Pre-Listen Thoughts: I already know I’m gonna love this one Favorite track(s): Title track Post-Listen Thoughts: This album is just so good. This album changed my perception of Pink Floyd. When I first heard the guitar intro to the title track, I knew I had to do a deep life into the artist and I was not expecting it to be Pink Floyd. I had a lot of misconceptions about them and this album changed that and made me a fan.

On most days (and this day is no different), this is my favorite Floyd record.

I feel real shame to say I have never listened to any Pink Floyd before at the age of 39 other than the tracks I’ve ever caught on the radio. So this is going to be an experience.. ‘Shine on you crazy diamond’ had a 9 minute intro before we even heard any lyrics and what a 9 minutes it was, bending guitars and a feeling of just getting lost into the underbelly of the genius. Then the vocal hits and it goes up a level yet again before ending with a mesmerising sax solo. ‘Welcome to the machine! An absolute masterpiece, it felt like somebody was looking into the depths of my mind and pulling out my soul but my word did it feel great! ‘The cigar’ another great track, reminiscent of Queen at times, never a bad thing! ‘Wish you were here’ high hopes for the title track after the first 3 tracks and ur does not disappoint, why have I never listened to this band before, I feel like a complete musical loving fraud as this is actually moving me like not many bands have before. You can feel the love in every pluck of guitar, every lyric sung and every drumstick beat. The closer woah it’s ’shine on you crazy diamonds’ parts 6-9 meaning track one was 1-5 that is cool and explains the variants and that sax solo was clearly its own part, I absolutely love that they gave intentionally broken it down but put it together like that and the 2 end tracks felt like perfect bookends to those 3 tracks in the middle. Best track- ‘welcome to the machine’ Worst track- ‘the cigar’ tough choice but out of the 5 this would have to be it I think. 10/10

I love Pink Floyd, and I love this album. Especially Shine on You Crazy Diamond.

Probably my favorite pink Floyd album of all time. I have a poster of this album from when I was a teen

Beautiful album, layered deeply with fantastic tunes from front to back. With the meaning of this being in relation to Syd Barrett, very sad turn of events. The synth on this album is magical, layered in with some great grooves from the guitar. Wish you were here was definitely a standout. Shine On you crazy diamond (all parts) was also a masterpiece. Perfect album if you ask me. Definitely one to listen to before kicking the bucket 9.5 or maybe even a 10/10

Understand the hype now. Might be higher if I listen more. 9/10

My favorite of the three Pink Floyd albums we’ve had so far and another that I want to listen to on blast with noise cancelling headphones. Even the longer tracks didn’t feel like they dragged on the entire time and Wish You Were Here is such a classic. Easily five stars and I will listen to it again soon.

Brilliant

easiest five yet

- love the flow between songs - panning and atmosphere is amazing - synths and progressions

Such a masterpiece

5/5, duh

It’s so good :,) I gotta admit I’ve never been a big Pink Floyd fan, nor do I think I actually got what the were all about, but hearing the album all the way through has mad me see how good it is. Crazy stuff

OBRA MAESTRA. Y no se dice más porque lo mejor es sentirlo, escucharlo y deleitarse en él. Canciones favoritas: 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I–V' y 'Wish You Were Here'

This is less an album than a full on journey. For me, it is like this. You are walking down a long hallway and each song is a door that opens up into a room full of wonderful lights and colors and things you've never seen before. Or maybe things you had seen before but not quite in the same way. And as you are pulled along this long corridor and visit each room, the shapes and colors add up to a subtle impression of meaning and you realize that yes, this art. You are experiencing something instead of merely listening. By the end of it all, you're not quite the same person as the one who started. And you are better for it. When the final notes fade away, you sit there in silence for a bit and try to piece together what you have just heard but by that time, it's already gone and all that is left to do is listen again. And again. And again. Each time, you find those wonderful rooms sitting there, waiting for you again. Just you.

Goat

It lives up to all of the expectations.

Legendary album, just from the intro it lifts your soul up, up in the sky. Damn, this is bliss. The album is just nice from start to finish. The screaming guitars at end are so cool.

Favorite songs: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V), Welcome to the Machine, Have a Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–IX)

- oh boy, the first Floyd on my list. the title track is overplayed enough on radio stations to probably merit anyone writing off the entire album, but I'm curious how a conscious listen from beginning to end will change things - it's hard to decide on a rating because I've heard this album so many times before, but in trying to remember my initial reaction ~15 years ago, I think only a 5 can suffice: it's bookended by similar motifs, it's got lots of different musical textures going on, the guitar solos are solid, and it was different than anything I'd ever heard before in 2009-2010. that initial blast of synth in both ears in "Welcome to the Machine" still gives me chills

Lived up to it's reputation

Dit is toch veel beter dan TDSOTM

Eerst Dark Side Of The Moon en nu mijn favoriete Floyd album, wat een geluk. Tip: Op de 50 jarige anniversary editie die pas is uitgekomen staat een complete SOYCD (alle 9 delen achter elkaar) met een nieuwe stereo mix, absoluut de moeite waard om even goed voor te gaan zitten.

I guess I’m officially a Pink Floyd fan now! I loved how layered and atmospheric this album was. Even the longer songs never felt like they were going nowhere. “Welcome to the Machine” and “Have a Cigar” had some great things to say about the music industry, and learning the story of Syd Barrett gave “Wish You Were Here” even more meaning. Five stars and an easy vinyl buy!

5 star all day babyyyyyyy!

Goosebumps everytime when the first riff arrives... Just Great!

Feels like I'm main character in game far away. During the instrumental parts it's a montage of me and my life and the when the lyrics come, it's my inner dialogue. First 5/5 listen

Classic! But ageless. This album sounds fresh and catchy, complex, futuristic and soulful.

Only 5 tracks but it's 44 minutes long and not a wasted moment. Enough said.

Epic album. You don't need 8 or more songs when you have a song with 9 parts and epic solos. And on top of that you deliver one of the best campfire songs of all times, for all of those we wish were here.

Pink Floyd как всегда на высоте. Все их альбомы, которые я слышал - прекрасны. Хоть альбом и довольно размеренный, но музыкально настолько шикарен, что затягивает тебя в поток и не отпускает до конца. Если бы я оценивал альбом по сравнению с другими от них - был бы на 3м месте. Как музыка в абсолютном сравнении - 10/10. С треками было настолько сложно, что я забил на свои же ограничения. 1) Welcome to the machine 2) Wish you were here 3) Shine on you crazy diamond 1-9 По итогу добавил практически весь альбом как в основной плейлист, так и в дополнительный.

Топ. Качественный отрыв от предыдущих альбомов в списке невозможно игнорировать. Очень хорошо. Топ-1 - Wish you were here Топ-2 - Shine on you crazy diamond (pts 1-5)

After The Dark Side of the Moon, this is my favorite Pink Floyd album!

Wish there was more.

another classic pink floyd album

Easy one here. 5 stars. Brilliant from start to finish.

Just fantastic from beginning to end. Personally I'm glad that Gilmour was outvoted on the idea of not having Shine On … bookend the album.

Oh. Well it’s a 5. Shine on you crazy diamond. Crazy, just had solo Syd Barrett that was quite sad, really. That opening has to be one of the most amazing in all music that I know. Hard to say how much I love this album. It’s so beyond a 5, it’s transcendent. 5 Boolean: TRUE

One of my absolute favorites. It’s like a warm fuzzy blanket every time I listen.

the most beautiful 44 minutes of my life

#57 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It would be ludicrous to attempt in a microblog such as this to summarize the masterful greatness of this, the magnum opus of Prog Rock and easily one of the top ten best albums ever made. Wish You Were Here is a masterpiece of really staggering proportions. It’s Pink Floyd’s follow up to The Dark Side of the Moon, and it somehow eclipses even that brilliant piece. Every note, phrase, lyric, sound effect and literally even moment on this album is exactly perfect. It could not in any way be better than it is. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is enough to earn all five available stars, and it’s not even the best song on the album. That honor is reserved for the title track, which also happens to be the best sone of all time. Mix in Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar, and then the second half of Shine On and you have something so staggering good and great and powerful and meaningful that it would be hard to imagine Pink Floyd ever topping it. Amazingly, only four short years later, they did. But that’s a discussion for another day. Wish You Were Here is most certainly a story about Syd Barrett, but it’s also so much more than that. The pressures of the music industry, the pain it causes to exploited artists and the loss of a friend are all heavily explored. I was so excited to see this pop up as my album of the day. I could have written this review without listening to it again, but I listened to it twice, just to make sure that everything that I feel about it and stated here is as correct as possible. And it absolutely is.

A wise friend of mine once said that Wish You Were Here is the best album of all time and I think I'm starting to agree

Shiiine onnnnn you craaaaazy 💎 Obviously 5/5, nothing to say that hasn't been said

It took more than one listen to get 5 stars, but it's awesome!

Ugh, just pure perfection. David Gilmour’s bends could bring about world peace if they so choose

80 puppies of awesomeness.

One of the quintessential albums of the Pink Floyd's catalog.

Just Perfection. 10/10

Amazing guitar riffs, really interesting sections through the songs.

This is the first ever Pink Floyd album I've listened to, after hearing about them forever. These guys really earned all of the commendations and praise over the decades. You are greeted by an ethereal setting, which obscures what type of genre you will be met with for those that are unfamiliar. As the album begins to show hints and signs of presenting you with 70s rock, two Sax solos appear out of nowhere within the same track. Soon after your ears are graced with the sounds of Retro-Futuristic synth sounds, which remain present for the rest of the album. This entire collection of songs take you on a complete adventure that doesn't let you down at any moment. Its a non-stop, continuous high of innovation and the essence of musical creativity. This is a 10/10 5 star album that everyone should listen to.

Muy bueno

Exceptional.

a masterpiece from a unique band

En efecto es un álbum que tienes que escuchar antes de morir

Joya de progresivo. De los mayores exponentes del rock psicodélico virtuoso. Se siente un gran equilibrio entre canciones con forma instrumental y con forma habitual. Gran disco.

08/02 Absolute classic. Not a bad song on it

One of their best. Favorite song: Shine On pts. 1-5

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (the bookends of this album) are an absolute masterpiece. I have fond memories from high school, driving at night with my friends while listening to that long song. The middle songs are excellent as well (including the famous titular song), but the bookends will always be the highlight for me.

Az év amiben születtem, született a Pink Floyd legcsodásabb dala is. Természetesen a Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

No Notes - for me this is an all timer. Having never heard it before, I come out of listening having just really enjoyed everything they put into this album.

Deilig pink Floyd!

One of my all time favourites

An extremely nostalgic listen: I've listened to random tracks from this album SO MANY times while hanging out with my hipster friends in high school without realizing they all came from this album. Groovy contemplative bluesy synth cyberpunk vibes that's exactly as long as it needs to be.

Fucking banging

This is an album that definitely belongs on this list! No ifs, ands, or buts—even if you’re young. I believe this album has influenced every young musician in some way. The world wouldn't function without it. As if by chance, today we’re visiting the famous Zeiss Planetarium in Jena. It’s the perfect setting for the music—and specifically the song "Shine On You, Crazy Diamond." When the starry sky opens up above you on the dome, you can practically imagine yourself flying through space—even though the song is actually dedicated to Syd Barrett. I imagine any music fan recognizes the song the moment those first quiet bars of "Wish You Were Here" begin. It’s an atmospheric record with a continuous theme—a sort of concept album. I first heard it in the late 70s. For guys living in a land from a bygone era called the GDR, Pink Floyd were like the unattainable kings of music. I still love their music. I think I own all their original records—which cost me a fortune.

An excellent album paying tribute and homage ti original member and founder of the group Syd Barrett. Great guitar work from David Gilmour and poignant lyrics from Waters.

It's really good, I just don't like Pink Floyd fans Will I listen to again: 100%

Love it!

After a series of duds, finally an album that deserves to be on this list. Masterpiece.

Fantastic album …love love love

Just fantastic

It's 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd. The best album by one of the greatest rock bands to ever do it. The first half of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' is a contender for the best album opener of all time, and the second half is also stellar. 'Have A Cigar' and 'Welcome To The Machine' are definitely lesser tracks, but they still are some of my favorite prog rock songs of the 70s. And the title track is one of the best songs Pink Floyd has ever made - an ode to Syd Barrett that's raw, personal, and heartbreaking in all of the best ways. It's a 10/10, no question.

Un album perfecto, no hay más que agregar

Siempre es un agrado volver a escuchar pink floyd. Gran álbum. Gran viaje astral

An old favourite of mine. Just a marvellous album which comes with a myriad of memories. I'll never stop loving listening to this masterpiece.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond both parts are so good I can’t even complain that they’re super long because they’re so good. And then Wish You Were Here and Have a Cigar are top 50 songs at least. How can anyone complain about listening to Pink Floyd?

Ouuuuuuuu shiiiii 👀👀👀 I’m a huge Pink Floyd hater and even I fucking love this album. There are a couple of songs on here that blow me away, but the entire thing is pretty fucking incredible. Every song flows into the next, and hits you in the gut, in the chest, and anywhere else that you might think to be hit my an emotional powerhouse. It’s the cry of a friend group calling out to a man who has been fucked over by the world, knowing it’s way too late. Syd Barrett’s mind was broken by fame and by drugs, and the rest of the band saw this happening, and made this. Starting with the emotional anthem for Barrett, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” starts with its iconic spacey intro, going into a full on rock ballad, and finally making its way into a sax solo, one of the best in rock history. It’s an instant classic, home run, barn-burner, whatever you want to call it. It is incredible. “Welcome To The Machine,” an observation of fame, continues the album forward, and works with “Have A Cigar” to criticize the powers that be for the way that Barrett ultimately turned out. The album then shifts its attention back to Barrett himself, in the album’s other super iconic song, that being the title track. Heartbreaking, especially the line that I’m sure everyone reading this is incredibly familiar with, “we’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl year after year,” an acknowledgment of the band’s own compromised nature in comparison to Barrett’s: though only one of them is in fact truly lost, we’re all lost in a world such as this one. And finally, the album brings it back home to the opener for the closer, an emotional, dramatic send-off to the album. It’s dumbfounding, it’s heartwrenching, it’s beautiful, it’s perfect, and it’s waaaaaaay better than that piece of shit Dark Side of the Moon. 10/10

Some argue that this is the best Pink Floyd album and some even say THE best album of all time if these doesn't convince you that this is an absolute masterpiece I honestly don't know what does

This is an uncomplicated 5. One of my favorite albums. An amazingly good nostalgic yearning album, a beautiful paean and love letter to those we lost to evil forces in the world. “We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl.” Lyrical genius and feeling in one breath. Sublime.

Ja, dieses Album ist natürlich ein großes Album. Champions Legue der Superlative in der Symphonic Rock und Psychodelic Music. Meisterhaft arrangiert und produziert. Ist "Dark side of the Moon" größer? Nicht unbedingt. Pink Floyd ist eine Ausnahmeformation. Unschlagbar.

Hermoso, música que hacer sentir, gran disco.

This album is tattooed on the inside of my brain

A stunning work of art. Hits every emotional high and low and somehow finds a new way to blow my mind with each listen. This record holds a special place in my heart, and it's reassuring to know that I'm not alone in that feeling. Not to mention that this is possibly my favorite album of the decade. It has a prog epic on each end, a proto-electronic soundscape and a straight rocker between, and one of the most touching and personal songs ever written in the title track. Means more than words could ever describe to me and so many others. There will never be another album quite like this one.

Great album but a tough listen

The only thing better than having your album start with Shine On You Crazy Diamond is having it end with the same track as well. The rest of the tracklist is somehow just as perfect. Favourite track: Have a Cigar

Masterpiece

Another absolute masterpiece by Pink Floyd, amazing, smooth, well-structured, balanced

Et episk mesterverk.

This album is museum quality. That’s how legendary this band and this record are. You often wonder did they know what they had when they wrote and recorded this? Unbelievable in every way.

Laaaav it mate. Lav it.

phenomenal

insanely good

10/10, one of floyd’s best

Déjà écouté avant. Deuxième temps du quadruplé magique de Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here en est aussi l'album le plus mélancolique et émotionnel. Sans doute aussi l'un des plus beaux disques sur l'absence de l'histoire, a minima dans le domaine du rock. Les deux parties de Shine on You Crazy Diamond font évidemment office de joyaux, hommage bouleversant à Syd Barrett où brillent la guitare aériennes de David Gilmour et les claviers lumineux de Richard Wright. Les trois morceaux du milieu sont eux l'occasion pour le groupe, et son principal songwriter Roger Waters, de faire droit à leur part revendicative, ici pour brocarder les majors de la musique et les fumeurs de cigares à leur tête. L'album parfait d'un groupe alors au sommet de son art. Top : Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5) Flop : Have a Cigar

Just incredible all the way through. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is one of my all-time favorite songs ever, and the way it bookends the front and back of the record is just genius. Welcome to the Machine is a good song, but is a bit of a low point in my opinion. Still, it's strong enough to not drag the album down overall. Have a Cigar and Wish You Were Here are straightforward hits, but my god are they good! Overall 5/5.

One of the most

Molto bello

I used to listen to this lots but haven't for a long time and had a feeling it was a bit bloated. But despite the long songs it still works really well. Somehow manages to be accessible despite all the things you'd think would be barriers. What a great album

Easy 5 star. Hot take (?). I dont really like "Welcome To the machine". It doesnt go anywhere and it makes my head hurt all the time. The rest of the tracklist absolutely slaps. David Gilmour is a fucking god.

AMAZING ALBUM, WISH YOU WERE HERE IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING FLOYD ALBUMS OUT THERE. sorry im just hyped I got this one.

First album and band I’m very well versed in. Pink Floyd is one of the most important bands in my life so I’m definitely a bit biased. But they also have made some of the greatest albums of all time. This album being one of them. Much of the lyrical theme on this album was the boys mourning Syd Barrett, Barrett still being alive but very deep in schizophrenia and hard drug abuse. Shine on You crazy Diamonds making up almost half the album and being a sprawling epic dedicated to Syd with constant references toward him. During the recording and mastering of the album by chance Syd showed up at Abbey Road having heard the band was there. This was the first time in years the band had seen Syd and physically and mentally he was a completely different person. The band had already known they wanted the album to be about Syd but this encounter blew the concept wide open. The boys having longed for their friend finally had seen what time had done to him. And I think the effect of this encounter easily helped elevate this album to the pedestal it is on. Musically wise it’s amazing as Pink Floyd usually does well. But when you combine the emotional context and the music that’s what fully unlocks the greatness of this album. Also Have a Cigar absolutely kicks.

Always 5 stars.

This Album. How do you follow up Dark Side of the Moon? Possibly one of the greatest Albums of all time? You give Gilmour the guitar and start things off by letting him pour out his heart. The centrepiece of the album Shine on you Crazy Diamond is a masterpiece and whilst I criticised other albums for idly wandering or not getting a song somewhere the slight changes in sections and the nature of the song makes this feel and receive differently. This is progressive rock royalty. The 3 middle tracks in the Shine-sandwich are all good songs "Welcome to the Machine" and "Wish you were Here" are better than "Have a Cigar" in my opinion but they all have that Pink Floyd flair that you'd come to expect. Welcome has a bit more of a haunting vocal line to it than Wish but I think I prefer Wish overall as a track, why I can't put my foot on. They're both excellent. Have a Cigar just doesn't have the same feel to the other 2 songs. You then come to the final few parts of Shine. A fantastic finish to the album and I think it makes the album stronger to have it bookend the album rather than having a massive epic at the start. Overall a classic album that deserves it's accolades. Not quite Dark Side of the Moon but only 1 record is. Very good 4.5 Stars which I'll round up ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Day922 - another perfect album from pink floyd. i could and sometimes do listen to shine on you crazy diamond every day

what a grand album. I think the first song is very iconic with its instrumental passages and layering. Very influential. Then you get Welcome to the Machine, an even grander experiment in synthesizer and climax. the way the synthesizers pan left and right are insane. then you get the scathing assault on the music industry as a whole in the middle. and the instrumental ending is very cinematic as a tribute to their ex lead singer. i think its close to being a 5, i think they couldve been more lyrically poignant, everything else is insane. But i think the lyrics and the writing could have been more detailed and direct. what an album. It feels like a 4/5 is too low. Because there are some other mid albums that deserve a 4/5. I think its closer to a 4.75/5, it's not perfect, but i will be giving this a 5.

While I consider DSOTM their best album, WYWH is my favorite of their albums. Just perfect from start to finish.

Wish You Were Here Haven’t listened to this since high school. I kinda wrote Pink Floyd off as pretentious and serious because of stuff like The Wall that I’m never really in the mood for. It is easy to forget what a great band they were. Gilmore is so melodic and his tone and phrasing are so nice. The synths on welcome to the machine are awesome. Unique songwriting. Interesting rhythms too! Shine on you crazy diamond is so epic! Cool how they break it up to bookend the album.

Love this record, shine on is such an epic saga and the other songs are great too. One of pink floyds best, such a journey from start to finish. The textures aland sounds are so great. It is kinda funny how much of their music is wind and helicopter sounds tho lol.

I get it. I finally get it. A masterpiece.

A masterpiece. Floyd's best.

Pretty magnificent. Definitely some new tracks to listen to on repeat. It sounds incredible now. Imagine what it must have sounded like when it came out?

great - the best one is shine on you crazy diamond pts. 6-9, overall i adore the sound of guitar

Legendary record. Love it

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.

sensible. habla de la ausencia. cada canción respira con una paciencia extraordinaria. es un álbum profundamente melancólico.

Still a classic

95

Lovely. And melancholy.

You know a Prog album's gonna be good when it takes nearly a quarter of the entire runtime for the first verse to come in. You double-know a Prog album's gonna be good when one song has NINE parts split across two separate tracks, and seven of those are just soloing. You triple-know a Prog album's gonna be good when one of those nine parts is two back-to-back sax solos, and I haven't even gotten into the three tracks in the middle. Welcome to the Machine is like everything great about Pink Floyd condensed into a relatively short song, Have a Cigar is perfect music for sitting on a patio with an obnoxiously pretentious drink to have on a patio, and the title track doesn't need any introduction. both songs on Side A are easily contenders for the best songs in Pink Floyd's entire discography and Side B isn't far behind at all.

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.

Mostly sublime. Each song is a bit of a journey that you feel you’re being taken along for, exploring little musical nooks and crannies. Instrumental brilliance is what you expect and mostly what you get. It’s not perfect but some allowances made given it’s so expressive. There’s weird jangling sections on Have A Cigar and just generally it doesn’t sit as well with the other tracks. Bookended by the always superb Shine On You Crazy Diamond, takes me back to my late teens and uni where I really got into Pink Floyd. Maybe not my favourite album overall but it’s still superb.

The headline for me is instrumental brilliance with volume. What makes the album stand out is its ability to build an immersive, unique atmosphere.  Even with extended stretches devoid of vocals, it retains an incredible sense of dynamic energy that rivals even traditional vocal-heavy records where the vocals are specifically used to help add a missing emotional dimension. However, the album is not completely flawless. At times, the production can sound a bit dated.  Maybe the slow grandiosity and constant mire, can seek to overshadow the album's finesse. Despite these minor clumsy excesses, it remains a brilliant masterpiece. As a footnote and and at risk of being an unnecessary distraction from my review...I think I get the point of literally throwing the sound down the well (to a whisper) at the end of "Have a Cigar" but not sure that translates well to my thinking or enjoyment of the track transition.  Surprised that made the cut but maybe I missed something profound there.

What else is there to say about "Wish You Were Here" that hasn't already been said by critics far more knowledgeable than me? It's a truly great album. Beautiful from start to finish. Potentially the pinnacle of the prog rock genre.

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.

What can I say? One of the great ones, Pink Floyd’s greatest album (and that’s saying a lot for the group that, in the 1970s, had one of the best single runs of albums in the history of rock music), and perhaps the only progressive rock record designed specifically to make you cry. Popular music’s closest equivalent to a requiem mass. Love Syd Barrett or hate him, his immortality is assured with this tribute. Best track: “Wish You Were Here”

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.