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Their best album in my opinion. The first from them that I've listened to where I didn't think that a few of the tracks could be dropped, or felt indifferent to. I like every song here. 5 Stars.
Yep, 5.
Legendary
This record is a masterpiece. I would argue that it’s their best and most inspired work. The subject matter is so personal and the music is perfectly executed. They’d found a perfect musical and lyrical balance and they captured everything perfectly. There’s just so much emotion packed into it and even in the parts without lyrics it shines through.
10/10. No notes.
One of the greatest albums of all time. Nuff said
Can be a little laborious to get through Shine On but it has its high moments. And Wish You Were Here is one of the best songs ever written.
legends
I’d never listened to Wish You Were Here (1975) in its entirety before. I’ll admit, I was immediately skeptical when I saw it’s just five tracks but 44 minutes, thanks to the Shine On You Crazy Diamond bookends. I was expecting another The Wall, which I thought was good but not great. Instead, what you get is something more akin to Dark Side of the Moon. This truly felt like a perfectly cohesive album. I don’t know if it’ll end up beating out Dark Side when I get there, but this has risen to the ranks of 5/5.
Obviously 5/5. No notes.
Sick album
3/1089 no lyrics for the first 9 minutes but that doesn't matter at all. This album is amazing. Shine on you crazy diamond, all 9 parts, has been one of my favorite songs for over 30 years. Chills hit when this album starts. Hits...all of them.
Fantastic
Classic
Wish Animals Were Here
album with excellent songs, very recommended!
No notes
Depois dessa pedrada estou com medo do próximo
Top 3 Floyd album, probably a top 20 album ever for me. Not much else for me to say. Other than Wish You Were Here, which is still a great song, every other song rocks.
Even the really long songs were enjoyable.
This is an incredible album honestly. I would listen to it 1000 times more.
first one i've listened to on vinyl. an all-time favorite, no notes. rip syd
'Wish You Were Here's is not my favourite Pink Floyd album, but it is my favourite PINK FLOYD album, if you see what I mean. Obviously I STAN SYD and he is the creative genius/painter/martyr/legend whose name should always be marked in the history books next to this bands legacy. No amount of public bickering, name calling or general posturing on David Gilmore or Roger Waters part could ever see them bestowed with such titles. However, this fantastic album is testament to the groups collective creative powers in the absence of their seer of visions. It was not pioneering in any sense as far as I can tell - but find me a guitar solo which tells a story better than that in 'Shine On' and I'll eat Bela's copy of 'Piper'. Add 'Wish You Were Here' to that and you've already got five stars. The rest is a bonus. Which is why, for me, this is the classic PINK FLOYD album. It's straightforward storytelling so deeply meant that you can feel it in your bones. Syd was still shining in 1975.
high 5 pink floyd are so good you forget how proggy they are. im not saying its bad to be proggy, but usually when you listen to something proggy you just think, "wow this is proggy", with this album you just think "damn this good". How many 10 minute guitar solos are there where your on the edge of your seat the whole time?
“Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?” Professional frustration and personal grief entwined on record with each band member at their best. I would readily call this album perfect.
I fell asleep to this disc in the changer with 4 other PF albums more nights in college than I could possibly count.
Immediately said hell yeah when this one popped up! Perfection
One of the greatest of all time
Banger, culte, quoi dire de plus
Qu’est ce que vous voulez que je vous dise ?! Encore un album banger, un de mes préf de pink Floyd. D’ailleurs « wish you were here » est peut-être bien ma préférée. Elle n’est pas représentative de PF; elle est simple mais elle fonctionne sur moi. De longues chansons pour album assez court, c’est une vibe.
Already listened to this one too sadly! One of the best albums ever created. From start to finish a work of art. Like a river flowing into the sea, each track seemlesly connects to the other. Though in isolation, each track can stand apart from the others successfully. So much raw emotion this album has pulled from me over the years, with special attention to the first Shine On and the title track. The chomping cynicism of Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar bites through to the aorta of capitalism, only to realize how poisonous that blood was. A masterpiece
One of Floyd's most iconic works, with memorable riffs and lyrics. A true masterpiece of prog rock
One of the greats by one of the greatest.
I’ve always been a Pink Floyd fan, and while this isn’t the album I personally reach for first, it’s hard to deny how powerful it is. You can hear a band wrestling with the weight of its own success, in a kind of creative vertigo. Dark Side of the Moon didn’t just make them famous; it rewired what they thought their careers were going to be. When you actually reach the summit you’ve been climbing toward for years, what’s left to push against? That tension saturates this album. The sessions famously drifted: long periods of aimlessness, experiments, jams, false starts, like they needed to exhaust every distraction before they could face what the record really wanted to be. And then it crystallized into something stark and vulnerable: a tribute, a longing, and a quiet admission that success can hollow you out if you’re not careful. “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” isn’t just a eulogy for Syd Barrett—it’s a mirror the band had to hold up to themselves. Wish You Were Here feels like the sound of a group trying to re-anchor their identity, trying to remember why they even started making music in the first place. It’s beautiful, yes, but not in a polished way. More like the beauty that comes from honesty after a long period of drifting. A band suffering from their own success, rediscovering purpose through grief, nostalgia, and a plea for connection.
One of the best Pink Floyd albums out there. Shine on you crazy diamond is a fantastic prog psych rock song, and it makes up like half this album. Not much else to say. This album is great.
Hard to say a whole lot about a perfect album. When I'm not in the mood for the 25 minutes of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" I still have 3 of my top 5 Pink Floyd songs here. That being said, that 25 minutes is nearly perfect.
The best Pink Floyd album, pretty easily in fact. Its actually pretty crazy that an album that sounds like this is as big as it is. Fully deserved tho.
It took me 351 albums but I finally got a Pink Floyd album! Pink Floyd is probably my favourite band of all time. I’ve listened to all their albums countless times (yes, even The Endless River) and I love pretty much all of them. This album was never going to get less than 5 stars from me, it’s just incredible. They set an insane standard with Dark Side of the Moon and to follow it up with this, just wow! Interestingly, of the famous four album run of Dark Side, WYWH, Animals and the Wall, this one is possibly last for me. It’s a phenomenal album though and everyone shines on it(no pun intended).
(100/🤪💎💎💎💎💎💎)
Dope. No notes!
Flawless
The best Pink Floyd album, full stop.
The best Floyd album, with meditations on loss and the price of fame. The big question throughout: was it worth it? Pink Floyd equalled this several times, but they never surpassed it. The shimmering textures and expressive performances seem like they would feel self-indulgent, but instead there's an aching feeling. This is some of the finest rock music from the 1970s, and some of the finest music ever.
Adore this album.
5/5 It's simply one of the greatest albums ever recorded. Won't say much more.
absolute best
Forget albums to listen to before you die… I want to listen to this one as I die. Please make this my life outro.
A solid jam album with some classic hits
Tämä Pink Floydin levy oli minulle vieras, mutta on kyllä melkoinen helmi! 6/5 ja täytyy laittaa hankintalistalle.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
One of the greatest easy-listening albums ever made. Oh, and Have a Cigar. 5/5
Dare I give a 5 star??
the guitar tone on shine on you crazy diamond is so tasty. Those licks and riffs are delicious and the build up is so well crafted. Could listen to that song all day. Machine is a bit odd, I’ll grant ya that, but it goes hard. have a cigar is such a funky treat and wish you were here is the greatest platonic love song ever written
I always wrote this album off for the songs being too long. I don't think you could fairly say I was too wrong. Banger
The birth of chill. One of Pink Floyd's Big Four. Perfection
I'm familiar with most of these songs but I'm not sure I've ever actually listened through. It was a great one to settle into. So much going on and still feels so self-assured in its style.
I love this intro so much. Textures + synth sound are perfect. That clean compressed guitar lead. Oof the chord changes. There are few more iconic 4 note figures in the history of music than this guitar part. The first time I really listened to this record I was dog/house-sitting for my friend's dad, and he had a huge speaker set up in his basement. Perfect way to experience this record. It is also amazing on headphones though. Welcome to the Machine is absolutely massive. The way the synths climb! Roy Harper on vocals on Have A Cigar. Listen to 'Forever' if you haven't heard his own work! Wish You Were Here. One of the first songs I learned on guitar. Classic, beautiful, a hit for a reason. I've come to realize that this is my favourite Pink Floyd record. It's still sprawling and epic like some of their earlier stuff, but when the songwriting really kicks in, it's precise and beautiful. Guitar work is amazing and synths are otherworldly.
I’m a big Pink Floyd fan so have listened to this album countless times over the years. Love them and love this.
Is this the best pink Floyd album ever I think it could be. I think it's certainly the one that I would keep if I could only keep one
It's not really my thing as a whole, but it was perfectly enjoyable. It just doesn't engage me that much....... and then Wish You Were Here starts. There are very few songs this emotionally powerful. It's up amongst the absolute best, especially knowing the story of Syd Barrett. I try hard not to let a single song influence the overall score too much, but this makes every other moment of the album worth it.
Amazing
I’ve loved wish you were hear since I first heard the song in middle school. Been a while since I’ve listened to the whole album. Wonderful.
5 ⭐
> dark side
On continuous play.
Another great band! Great music, unique sound. Music spans generations.
Interesting album. I love the way David Gilmore plays those solos on guitar. My favorite? Wish you Were Here! This is when I pick up my acoustic and follow along with the music.
Probably the best prog album ever made
9.5/10
Best of the big 3
One of THE albums for me. Perfect in every way. One of the few albums I rate six out of five.
Syd Barrett had been out of Pink Floyd for six years by the time the band reconvened at Abbey Road Studios to attempt the impossible: following up 'The Dark Side of The Moon'. The 1973 hit record had brought Pink Floyd kicking and screaming into the mainstream rock world, a newfound status the band were never comfortable with, and would eventually bring about the capitulation of the group's classic era in the mid-1980s. So, with a lot of pressure on the band to follow up what has since become one of the most important records ever made, what did they do? They ruminated on "the madcap laughs" they once shared with their former bandmate. 'Wish You Were Here' is Pink Floyd at their most solemn and introspective: using the example of Syd Barrett's mercurial genius and descent into madness to craft an unbelievable work of art that, in my view, betters and outshines 'The Dark Side of the Moon' in every respect. 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Pts 1 & 2) is a seminal menagerie of synthesized transcendence (courtesy of Richard Wright), explorative guitar (courtesy of David Gilmour), epic percussion (courtesy of Nick Mason) and an extraordinarily dense concept (courtesy of Roger Waters). This is, bar none, one of the greatest pieces of popular music ever recorded, and easily Pink Floyd's finest 25 minutes of tape. And yet, they still find time to attack the music industry ('Welcome to the Machine'), call out greedy executives ('Have a Cigar') and lament on the loss of Syd from their tribe ('Wish You Were Here'). Pink Floyd leaves no stone unturned here. They do it all with intensity, fury, parody and sadness. Syd Barrett actually showed up during the recording sessions for 'Wish You Were Here': overweight, with a shaved head and eyebrows: and the band, initially not recognising him, were greatly emotional once they put two and two together. He said 'Shine On' "sounds a bit old", engaged in more awkward conversation on and off, and was out of their lives again, never to return to the fray of Floyd. 'Dark Side' may be Floyd's most iconic album, but 'Wish You Were Here' is their true masterpiece: a sprawling achievement steeped in sadness, reflection, anger and higher thought. It's the perfect culmination of Pink Floyd's transcendental journey up to this point, but also paves the way for Waters' growling megalomania and distrust of authority that would manifest on the group's next two releases. Best songs: Who listens to a Floyd album for a particular song? Hilarious!
Another where another opinion on this one isn't going to make much difference. I like this album, I was later to it than other Pink Floyd big albums but now really love it
Approaching its 50th anniversary in a few weeks and this still sounds fresh and interesting. A true classic.
What a 5 breathtaking 5
Love it
Not entirely sure where to begin with this one. I’ll start with this though. Earlier in the week, I rolled a Syd Barrett album. The odds of me then pulling this album only days later are nothing short of amazing. This is one of those albums where nothing I could possibly say hasn’t been said before. If you like Floyd, this is their absolute best album in my opinion. If you don’t like them, you’re objectively wrong and have bad taste. Them’s are the rules. Every single song on this album works, and they all add so much to it as a whole. The first and last songs, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-9”, are an absolute love letter to Prog Rock and I could listen to them all day. “Welcome to the Machine” and “Have a Cigar” (My favorite Floyd Song) are both pointed jabs at the music industry in general, and also just rock. Finally, “Wish You Were Here” is a sad, but otherwise sweet tribute to Syd. Every one of these songs is absolutely amazing, and it’s another one of those albums where every song is going to be someone else’s favorite. It’s perfect. Not many albums on this list are going to come remotely close to just how much I love this album. You should listen to this one from top to bottom and just let it take over you for a bit. It’s magical. First Floyd album down, and they started with the best of the best.
What a way to follow up on dark side. I thought this was my favorite of theirs but in this listen I didn’t enjoy it as much as past times and might move this down to 2 or 3. It’s still fantastic and Shine On is my favorite song of theirs. Rating: 4.7
One of the greatest.
Klassiker
I mean this really is just an incredible album from start to finish. I prefer earlier Floyd (pre-Dark Side) but it's hard to deny the quality of this record.
As good as it can be. This is what separates the boys from the men. It’s so utterly moving
Crazy consistantly euphoric album. Doesn't quite reach Dark Side levels, but gets close. The title track is one I've probably heard my entire life thanks to my dad always spinning Floyd at some point on the weekends
A classic favorite. I've listened to it in it's entirety hundreds of times over the years.
An undeniable classic of music. Such an important album in my personal music taste and development with deep family connections. Love every moment of it.
not skipped once
First Pink Floyd album I bought which had a black plastic cover with a sticker back in the day. Terrific album which still sounds fresh all these years later. This deserves to be on the list.
Even if I shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, I see no reason not to judge a cover by it's cover. And the cover for Wish You Were Here is among the most striking and beautiful *ever*. Tender and earnest, but presented in a way that makes it appear deeply uncanny, solid 5/5. But now let's talk about the album. You can find literally any opinion possible published on the topic of Pink Floyd's run from Dark Side to The Wall. "Dark Side is overrated" "Wish You Were Here is Underrated" is just the start of it. Wish You Were Here has been underrated so long that it may technically be overrated now??? Then that may make Dark Side underrated. Then Animals is underrated, and The Wall was overrated, but now it isn't? Point is that these albums have been talked about to death, and I don't think it's possible to be underrated when a part of one of the most well-loved string of albums ever. But also, I'm pretty sure that doesn't really matter. For my money, Wish You Were Here is my favorite Pink Floyd album. Spacier than Dark Side, more compact than The Wall, and more personal than Animals, Wish You Were Here occupies a particular space. And while it's certainly not the most ambitious album in the run, I think it may be the most flawless. I can poke holes in the other 3, in fact, even though I love it, The Wall is *messy*. Wish You Were Here also holds the distinction of being the saddest album in the run, in my opinion at least. For those who somehow don't know, the legend goes that this album was chiefly inspired by Pink Floyd being visited in their studio by a disheveled, mentally absent incarnation of their former band member Syd Barrett. And if the material on here is any indication, the experience seems to have really weighed on them. In fact, reading the lyrics here, and even just listening to these songs, (with the exception of the funky, sarcastic takedown of sleazy music execs on Have A Cigar, which is as good as anything else on here) almost any song here can be read as a eulogy for the still living Barrett. Maybe most literally on Welcome To The Machine, the only song here that just *may* be underrated. The lyrics blatantly read like an "In Memorium", and the music, courting both coldness and triumph, sells the weight immaculately. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, cleaved into two bookends spells it out in its title. It's a celebration of someone flawed, misunderstood, and ultimately doomed to burn out quietly. It is also a piece of expansive, gorgeous space rock, which manages to justify its staggering runtime. And, for last, I have saved the title track. Wish You Were Here is one of Pink Floyd's warmest, most poignant moments. It is absolutely heartbreaking if you let it be. And it has been rightly celebrated amongst the band's strongest material for a hot minute. From start to end, Wish You Were here is beautiful and compelling. I really do think it's nearly flawless. It's just this perfect little gem that feels divorced from Pink Floyd's In-fighting, their fall from grace, and even, to an extent, its contemporary canon. It just feels like the band simply made an unspoken agreement that nothing could be as important as celebrating their friend, if only for an album's worth of time, and it has given Wish You Were Here a heat-shield of raw humanity. Truly beautiful.
An iconic and flawless album
Это шедевр, мне зашло даже сильнее, чем The Wall. Какие же у группы грустные, но красивые песни. В особенности гитара и звуковые спецэффекты понравились.
All time classic. Shine On part 1 starts a little slow, but the album is out together so well. Title track one of the best songs of all time.
Big 5 stars on this one. Such a great album
A really enjoyable album. I like the non-"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" songs best but its all great. That being said, I don't like it near as much as Dark Side of The Moon. It's still gotta be a 5 though. As a bonus, here's a disco cover of "Have A Cigar" that was the first version of it I ever listened to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PKHYDqxEAE
Fucking Pink Floyd!
Etheral schön, ne ganze experience Wish you where here (*****)
Dans l'ensemble, pas une aussi grande cohésion que Dark Side, mais la prod, le son, les transitions sont top notch. Les mots et la musique sont à puissance égale, certains passage instrumentaux évoquent autant de choses que les paroles de Waters. 4.5 étoiles
Fantastic
I LOVE THIS ALBUM I LOVE PINK FLOYD I LOVE WISH YOU WERE HERE. so perf for studying vibing anything
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epic, timeless masterpiece
One of my favorite bands and albums. “Traded a walk on role in a war for a lead role in a cage”
Phenomenal album. Especially when you realize “Shine on you crazy diamond” was the band expressing their loss at the eventual forcing out of Syd Barrett due to his diminished mental faculties and substance abuse. Reading the back story about how they hadn’t seen him in two years and didn’t recognize him when he showed up during its recording is heartbreaking.
One of my favorite albums of all time. Would I listen to again? Hell yes.
This is definitely in my top 3 of my favorite pink Floyd albums and has my favorite song from them in wish you were here, great album!
LETS FUCKING GO! Not only is this my favorite Pink Floyd album, its also one of my favorite albums of all time. I honestly believe that this is the closest there is to a PERFECT album. Also the title track is one of my favorite songs of all time, like easily top 5. Ugh, I just love this album so much. Absolutely flawless. Here's my track ranking: 1. Wish You Were Here 2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5) 3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9) 4. Welcome to the Machine 5. Have a Cigar
Shine on you crazy diamond is such a calming song. Perfect brain waves. Pink Floyd really saw the world as it is. My mom said they were ‚too intellectual‘ for her. Dad has 5 non-classical vinyls and one of them is Atom Heart Mother. Wish you were here was my favourite song as a kid listening to the radio (we did not have a TV).
Excellent and powerful listen
Don't need to listen to this one to score it, but of course I did anyway.
Vad mer kan sägas? Det är inte ens topp 3 på mina favorit pink floyd album, men det är ändå peak
Maybe I've just got to a certain age, but I thought this was brilliant.
Love this album.
One of the core albums for people who don't know the band other than Dark Side, The Wall, and Animals. Way ahead of it's time regarding use of synths and its recording quality, especially of the drums. Surely one of their masterpieces. Satisfying, nostalgic, and heartbreaking.
Incredible. You should already know that
Beautiful album. 4 perfect songs, 40 great minutes. Can’t go wrong. Loved every second.
11/10
Amazing album. Perfect in every way and I was thrilled to listen to this again.
I doubt even my own mother would care about MY opinion on this absolute masterpiece. Also, just to give her credit, she's the one who introduced it to me.
Flawless in so many ways. Some hard hitting lyrics too, I always liked the end of Wish you were here We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year Running over the same old ground, what have we found? The same old fears, wish you were here
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Love
Masterpiece. Even the two filler tracks can't bring this below a five.
My favorite Floyd album
The second best Floyd album. A perfect album.
Just perfect
Amazing album. Truly a classic. Maybe Pink Floyd's best
Well, obviously.
как же я обожаю песню Wish You Were Here просто мурашки
For a long time I avoided Pink Floyd. Maybe it’s an age thing but in recent years I’ve realised that yes, they are great and yes, Wish You Were Here is their best album.
One of the best PF albums
Perfect album.
- shine on you crazy diamond - welcome to the machine - wish you were here
God Album, I may never move on from this one, this is one of my top five albums of all time. I feel genuine love for this💗Wish you were here is my favourite song of all time, the imagery and love for another human being has never been expressed better in a song, I feel teary as I have never written down how I feel about this song.
Everyone has to rate 5*
Pretty stellar. I think I actually like it better than Dark Side of the Moon. Great atmospheric music. I listened on noise canceling earphones and the transition from Have a Cigar to Wish You were Here threw me for a loop. Awesome mix and effect.
Somewhat hot take here: This is Pink Floyd’s best album. Yes, I know “The Wall” and “Dark Side of the Moon” exist, and they’re exceptional albums too! But there’s just something about this album in particular that gets me. Maybe it’s the gorgeous instrumental opening in “Shine On”, and the raw pain in the vocals. Maybe it’s the industrial sound of “Welcome to the Machine”, a sound that would crop up again a few years later with “The Wall”. Maybe it’s the funky, sleezy sound of “Have a Cigar”. Maybe it’s my favorite Floyd song, “Wish You Were Here”, a song that’s beautiful and equally melancholic. Or, maybe, it’s the eulogy that “Shine On” enacts again at the closer. I think the last part is as close as I can get to my explanation. There’s a tenderness to this album, which serves as an act of mourning to the former band member Syd Barret. It’s an album that explores how you can lose someone who is still alive, and how the circumstances of that loss came about. This is, in essence, an album of grief, an album where the band has to carry on despite missing someone they treasured and loved deeply. And for that raw emotion which dwells within each track, I can say this is the best Pink Floyd album.
My husband and I have very different opinions of this album. He thinks it's boring - he lacks the patience for a slow buildup of sound. For me, the experience is a delight. I just have to save this listening experience for when I'm wearing headphones or have an evening to myself.
Shine on you crazy diamond brings this one to 5
A fantastic album, succinct and focused. No fat to trim at all.
classic
Supreme album and includes a masterpiece of a song in "Wish You Were Here". Felt like I took a fantastic voyage and now I'm at peace. 9/10
Depending on the day, this might be my favorite Floyd album. Maybe not today, but still an easy 5 stars.
"Wish You Were Here" was my introduction to Pink Floyd. I didn't have access to a lot of music at the time so it ended up on frequent repeat, and my appreciation for the album grew a lot over time- and it did have to grow, I kind of didn't like the album on first listen. But the haunting synths and slowly-evolving melodies drew me back. These days, the title track is probably my favorite Pink Floyd song. I'm leaving out a lot of things that I could say in my review here, but I will sum them up briefly: this is a masterpiece of an album.
The reason I love Pink Floyd is that they didn’t do anything by halves. Feeling jaded and like an industry pawn? Write an entire concept album about it. Want to include a tribute to your old band mate? Make it 25 minutes long, bookend the album with it and make it the best goddamn song ever written. Need album art to match the theme? Set a dude on fire. Brilliant.
a classic. don't actually think i've listened to the whole thing in one go before, so still a new experience for me. holy FUCK there's a reason its a classic
Pink Floyd's best. Beautiful album.
Loved Have a Cigar Nice album. Short and Sweet.
Short sweet and amazing
This is my fav Floyd album with bullet.
No notes, good shit
This a 5 record. Amongst the best. Even if you were just grading the transitions between songs, it's the best.
Maybe the best album ever made. Shine on might be the best piece of music ever written. Welcome to the machine is Rick Wright’s best work. Love my man Roy Harper’s vocals on have a cigar. Title track is perfect. 10/10
I can’t believe I forgot about Part VIII
The guitar work on have a cigar is sexier than Barry White’s voice and the guitar work on shine on you crazy diamond is as pure as a Christian 7th grader. The name of the game? Riding the gravy train… Nothing makes me feel as high as a Pink Floyd album. Best enjoyed in a dark room with good sound system or deep in the woods, lost and alone with good headphones. By the way, which one’s Pink?
ABSOLUTE STUNNING ALBUM
Simply put, this is an absolute masterpiece. In my opinion, Pink Floyds finest album and one of the greatest of all time. Top Track - Can’t single one out, all of them are brilliant
well, yes!
10/10 album from shine on you crazy diamond to wish you were here and have a cigar this album is the definition of a perfect album
No words.
Probably the best Pink Floyd album. Sad but relaxing and beautiful. Reeks of melancholy. On a personal level it brings me memories of being slightly drunk in a Chiringuito listening to Shine On You Crazy Diamond during the sunset then falling asleep in the seashore. Ah, those were the days (2 months ago).
GOATD
Definitely a grower, but still excellent on a first(!) full listen.
Love love love. What a journey
IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE
One of the rare albums that never left my headspace ever since I first listened to a couple songs contained in it. Always loved the way Pink Floyd created music. Their music are mostly timeless classics and masterpieces. The WYWH album is pure art in music shape. If you don't enjoy this then you have no taste in music.
A genuine masterpiece and one of my all time favourites. All of the songs are perfect, but the title song and shine on are forever going to be something I come back to. 20/10
This is easily a great album. 10/10 for me. SOYCD is a great tribute to Syd Barrett, and Have a Cigar is a great bop about the evil sides of record companies. Overall, Pink Floyd made an album just as good as the Dark Side of the Moon.
Greatness
This album change my perspective on Pink Floyd. I didn't realize how beautiful their compositions were, or have sophisticated their music was. Five out of five, my life is changed.
The first Pink Floyd album I ever heard. I picked it up strictly because of the cover art. And then I heard the music! There really isn’t a bad track on this album!
Favorites: The whole album Pure gold. No notes.
Long time Pink Floyd & Syd Barret fan. I love the story that the band tells with this album. It is an all time classic album, every song is great.
In one word... Masterwork.
ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME containing, in my opinion, the great song of all time (Wish You Were Here), which contains the greatest song lyrics of all time: "Did you exchange a walk-on part in a war, for a lead role in a cage?"
A staple of my early teenage years especially with Welcome to the Machine and the title track. Just wildly amazing stuff. For any other artist this would be their greatest album they would ever make and could ever even dream of making, but for a band of the god status that Pink Floyd is at, it is merely amongst their best.
I need to give this more than 5! It's a 25 compared to most of the other albums I've rated so far..
One of my all time favorites. Great atmospheric composition. Five out of five.
Okay, so, Pink Floyd! One of my favorite bands of alltime and Wish You Were Here - one of my favorite albums. What more can I say, this is an immediate 5 star for me. The atmosphere this album creates is so unique, ahead of its time. Pink Floyd were geniuses. Even now I have a Wish You Were Here poster next to me (as much as I know it's popular, it still feels personal to me). Incredible album, one of the greatest achievements in musical history.
Another Pink Floyd classic?!?! Another track-by-track Fire Joe Morgan/Newman analysis. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Parts I–V): Fukken phenomenal. This song builds and flows. It has a little something for everyone, except for wrong folks who don't like odd ballads. If you don't know about the Syd Barrett visit, look it up. "Welcome to the Machine:" Fun, robotic track that could serve as good walk-up music. The most boisterous track on the album. "Have a Cigar:" Smoking is bad; this track is not. More great melodies, more of band that is just locked in. "Wish You Were Here:" The title track might be the worst song on the album, but it's still really good. Similar to Beatles' "Come Together," it's just become a little banal for me. Counterpoint: the "living in a fishbowl" lyric continually swims in my brain. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Parts VI–IX): It's not the earlier amazing parts but chill.
Hell yeah fuck yeah. I just want to be high as fuck in a basement with 10000 cold beers listening to this. Goddamn, that's so good. If I'm honest, Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar do seem a litttttle out of place compared to Shine (1-9) and Wish, but still just a completely wonderful success. 5. Going away.
Probably my favorite album of all time. It’s perfect. Every note, every line, every variation of every theme. 10/10, 5 stars. All favorites, but both parts of Shine on You Crazy Diamond + Wish You Were Here top the list. Rest in peace Syd.
Amazing album!
Classic.
One of my favorite albums!
Can't get enough
The tribute to Syd Barrett’s plunge in to and out of rock stardom and sanity. My favorite Floyd album and arguably one of the best ever. I can’t hear Pink Floyd without smelling Lindquist’s basement. “Which one’s Floyd?”
The perfect sounds to sit and stare at the clouds and trees as they move in the wind. Brings about contemplative and nostalgic feelings, the long drawn out songs are a nice change from current media.
My favorite Pink Floyd album.
Pink Floyd, bij zo'n bekende naam ligt altijd op de loer dat je het een goed cijfer geeft enkel op basis van de reputatie en het feit dat het vertrouwd klinkt. Maar ja, dit is gewoon weer heel goed gedaan. Het blijft na vijf keer luisteren nog steeds boeiend. Afwisseling, experiment, sterk spel, het zit allemaal weer geramd, en dan merk je weer dat de reputatie domweg verdiend is.
Na twee ontoegankelijke albums van Pink Floyd, lees ik dat Pink Floyd met dit album tegen de muziekindustrie in wil gaan. O jee, wordt het nog minder muzikaal? Ik wordt gelijk gerustgesteld. Het eerste nummer is rustig, wat donker, maar toch ook toegankelijk. Ze hebben het wel gedaan lees ik. Om tegen de industrie in te gaan namen ze een album op, zonder instrumenten, maar met keukengerei. Blij dat dat niet is uitgebracht. In plaats daarvan uit de ergernis zich in een nummer als Have a cigar. Daarmee geven ze hun beeld van de industrie vrij duidelijk weer. Een veel fijner protest. Daarnaast blijken de aanvankelijk rustige en donkere klanken die ik noemde de basis voor het hele album (25 van de 45 minuten). Het schijnt een eerbetoon te zijn aan hun oprichter. Een eerbetoon klinkt toch een stuk positiever dan een plaat tégen de industrie. Ik kies er dan ook voor om dat als de echte basis voor de plaat te ervaren. 4,5 ster.
Niet zo lang geleden kregen we nog het tegenvallende the Wall en zelfs een soloplaat van mafklapper Syd Barrett. Dit album is een soort van ode aan die mafklapper, maar dan wel met veel betere muziek dan hij zelf ooit had kunnen maken. Met een iconische albumhoes (alhoewel natuurlijk minder iconisch dan the dark side of the moon) en een aantal iconische nummers als Shine On en Wish you were here. Met name die laatste is samen met Comfortably Numb van het matige the Wall een van mijn favorieten, met name omdat de zang van David Gilmour dan het beste kan shinen. Verder hebben die twee iconische nummers op deze plaat een iconische gitaarriff, uit duizenden herkenbaar. Genoeg iconisch aan dit album dus. En voor iconische albums hebben we de 5-sterrenknop.
Now that’s a proper fookin’ album, mate! I played this one to death 40 years ago. I thought I’d grown tired of their lament-of-the-heroin-addict cynicism. But the band is just fantastic — that is really what I think — oh by the way, which one’s Pink. Extremely well-conceived, flawlessly executed. Amazing. A 5.
Amazing
One of the greatest albums of all time from one of the greatest bands of all time. Every song is perfect in every way. As with all pink floyd albums, this is a one-of-a-kind work of art
Impeccable (vinyl)
Fantastisches Album!
I knew every song despite never listening to this album. It was an ethereal journey.
funky, cinematic and heavy.
I'll be honest, if you dont find something that you like on this, you just might be deaf. 89/100
back to the fish bowl called school in which i have swimmed year after year. a new school probably means some new lost souls. i mean i dont think i have any time to listen to shine on your crazy diamond in its full cause today im going back to school. wait a minute the car ride to school took 40 minutes and i can finish the whole album on the way and watch some of my favourite youtube videos. and also i HATE roger waters and how useless his politics is. cant this irl moai just shut up. and also im not the biggest prog fan in the world, and the wall is my favourite album of them. but the two part of shine on your crazy diamond is actually realyl awesome and the title track stands as one of their greatest work. have a cigar and welcome to the machine really let the almost perfect flow of the album down. 4.5/5
Wish You Were Here is Pink Floyd's foremost artistic statement, a record that gracefully transcends the genre attached to this band. As much as I admire Animals, The Dark Side of the Moon, and even Meddle, this is the album on which they had something to say: 'You reached for the secret too soon / You cried for the moon'; 'Where have you been? / It's alright, we know where you've been.' Conceptually, 'the machine' is more interesting than any brick-by-brick-made 'wall,' and their turns into progressiveness do not smack of pretension but of necessity. The fact that it's bookended by thirteen-min tracks that feel far shorter than they are is everything: for once, the music took them over rather than the other way around.
Holy shit. We start of with a beautiful instrumental that is clearly psychedelic rock, yet it wouldn't be out of place in a musical. We move some more generic Pink Floyd songs that are absolute bangers. They don't feel repetitive but have amazing flow through the songs. Ending back where we started, the album flows really nicely from beginning to end. I am ashamed to say that I don't recall ever hearing any of these songs before. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, both tracks, probably was (were?) my favorite song(s?). The vocals are minimal, but they are very powerful with some insane harmonies. The instrumental has a really nice groove. I could listen to this album 100 times and not get tired of it.
There aren't many lyrics, but what is there is meaningful and well put together. There is nothing here that I don't like. Every song, no matter how long, never gets dull. It's crazy that they can keep you intrigued for 13 minutes, but they do. This is my first Pink Floyd album on this list, but I am fairly familiar with their work, so an easy day today. Great album.
I can't listen to this now as I don't do post Syd Pink Floyd when the sun is shining as it seems pointless. However, being a 59 yo American white guy who is a rock dork from the age of twelve, I've heard this record hundreds of times. It's perfect. Just the best. That's it.
Capolavoro.
Oh man, this is such a sentimental favorite album for me. I listened to it a lot growing up and distinctly remember watching a DVD version of a live show where they played all these songs + some of their other classics (pretty sure it was called Pulse, recorded and released in '06). My dad bought it and put it on multiple times. I always regretted not trying to see a Floyd show. Both versions of Shine On, a tribute to the deceased Syd Barrett, are beautiful songs. Gilmour's guitar just stands out so well and then I love the lyrics. Wish You Were Here follows a similar theme. It's probably my favorite song from Pink Floyd and I try to listen to it when I'm having a tough day. I just love all the lyrics in that song. It also wouldn't be a Floyd album without some railing against the system. Both Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar are just cool reprieves sandwiched between the more somber songs. I love this album. It's just so accessible and easy to listen to. Easy 5 stars.
I distinctly remember buying this album without any previous notions of what to expect and being absolutely floored by SoYCD while driving to a hockey game. Fell in love with this album and Pink Floyd instantly... With nothing left to prove after the earth shattering success that was DSoTM, Floyd doubled down on this heavily thematic album bookended by a spacey opus dedicated to their founding lead singer Syd Barrett who they had to part with as his sanity crumbled. Unlike DSoTM, this album is compact -- just 5 tracks, of which 2 are the long-form opus SoYCD. Where SoYCD and Wish You Were Here are overt tributes to their lost member, the other two tracks, Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar, offer cynical explorations of the music industry and capitalism in general. Not necessarily a new theme for them (see Money) but certainly a bit more personal "oh by the way, which one's Pink?" The song writing throughout is fantastic. Choruses are catchy, instrumentals are patient, and Gilmour's guitar is meticulously calculated and effective. SoYCD alone is beautiful. Built entirely around the iconic sound of David Gilmour's guitar, which flows through the spacious atmospheres emanating from Wright's synths. Seamless handover into Welcome to the Machine is a nice touch. Machine is a spookier experience and one upon which the synths do a lot of the heavy lifting. Have a Cigar has a swagger to it that aligns more closely with Money from the preceding album. Such a jam. And the Title track is an all time classic that delivers on all fronts: solid songwriting, iconic guitar, and rock solid lyricism. Love this album inside out. 5 / 5.
Masterpiece. Might be my favorite of the Pink Floyd albums. Especially love the backing vocals on Diamond.
Well this is an easy af 5. Has my favorite Floyd song(s) in Shine On, with all the songs in between being top tier. Obviously the title track is the most popular but every song on here is incredible and shows some of the best Floyd out there. Hoping we'll still have Animals on here.
Absolutely incredible experience. This was actually my first time ever listening to a Pink Floyd album. I now understand that psychedelic rock would not be what it is today if it wasn't for them. This album had everything I enjoy when it comes to the genre: a plethora of sounds and instruments with some amazing performances on the guitar. I love it when I hear a noise that I didn't know an instrument could make and I experienced that on this album. The album plays like one big song, which is something I adore. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is literally half the album and I couldn't be happier about it.
5/5
whoop whoop tausendmal gehört... gerade erst über "Animals" als bestes LSD Album gelesen, next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4KQae9oMWs wahrscheinlich eines meiner ersten selbstaufgelegten Alben weil Karl sie im Plattenregal hatte und ich musste immer vorsichtig mit der Nadel sein...
5.5 - Legendary
Listened to this high while laying down in the dark. Now I know all the secrets of the universe.
Wow
fantastic
Another album that got a visceral reaction out of me when it came out of the algorithm. Thanks for making me listen to this again. 5/5 Ooh now I get why I got it today :(
Spaciger Sound und ne sehr interessante Hintergrundgeschichte zum Album. Man denkt es kann nicht mehr besser werden und dann liefert die Band so n Album ab
Bei The Wall dachte ich noch, vielleicht werde ich kein Pink Floyd fan oder verstehe es nicht. Aber dieses Album ist ja 10/10 fantastisch. Umwerfend.
masterpiece
Pink Floyd are the kings of story telling intertwined with lyricism. While I dont find this as ground shaking as the wall or DotM, it still stands in its own way. Solid album.
Duh
"Wish You Were Here" is one of the absolute best songs in the history of ever. Pink Floyd is one of those rare "nobody and nothing else like them anywhere ever" bands. They occupy their own place in music and lets be honest, they are top 10 on any meaningful music list.
Amazing album
Pink Floyd Nothing else to say 👍🏻
Holy shit man this album really made me understand floyd. This thing is just pure bliss front to back. One of those few albums that just radiates *goodness*. Beautiful.
Holy fucking shit
4.7 1x classic
Two days after OK Computer I draw another record that I believe to be note for note perfect and that was a major formative part of my musical taste as an adolescent. I’ve come to prefer Animals over the years, but this remains an all time genuine masterpiece.
Yes.
1-11/10 TA PIOSENKA DOSŁOWNIE MI ŻYCIE URATOWAŁA 2-9/10 3-10/10 4-11/10 5-7/10 Jeden z najlepszych albumów wszechczasów kocham go. 10/10
I've already listened to his album (1). Arguably Pink Floyd's best, but my personal favorite is Animals.
I own it already. Shine on you crazy diamond is pink floyd's best song and david gilmours best solo. This is the best album with the wall a close second. Every song is superb and considering half of it is Shine on you crazy diamond, this could not be an easier 5 stars
Even though I typically do not enjoy mainly instrumental music there is something special about the way Pink Floyd does it. Even after many times hearing it it’s still great to listen to.
I have had this on cassette, special edition CD, and vinyl. It is tied for first place with *Meddle* for the title of "Favorite Pink Floyd Album." I will never be upset about the opportunity to listen to it again.
Esa guitarra de shine on u crazy diamond… sexo!!!
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Best Song: Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd is one of my all time favorite bands so it is no secret that this album would be part of my rotation. There are now bad songs and nothing bad to say. An absolute masterpiece. 5/5.
The only to compete is Dark side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here' is my all time personal favourite. It was my first ever vinyl. It introduced me to Pink Floyd. It changed my views on music. It paved the way for my ever growing obsession. It is perfect from start to finish. With 'Wish You Were Here' Syd Barret got the most transcending, most otherworldy beautiful tribute any person on earth has ever received.
peak
One of the best albums of all time
I'm a long time PinkFloyd fan and am very familiar with this album already. It's a classic. The songs on this are amazing. And though it's easier to have no bad tunes when you have a lower number of songs, this album doesn't have any missteps. It's great from beginning to end. Personally, I've always liked the way they have bookended this album with Shine On You Crazy Diamond. In my opinion, none of it is as good as the three songs in between, though that's a super high bar, and it's always interesting to hear all of the different layers in those two halves of the song. As for those tracks in between: Welcome to the Machine is probably my favorite song on this album. It's far from a traditional rock track, no doubt, and the lyrics are very ominous. But I love how all of this comes together to paint a pretty dark picture. A great, great tune. Have a Cigar is more of a traditional rock song in some ways. Love the lyrics to this, especially the "by the way, which one's Pink" line. Even if they are brief in nature, still really well written. Wish You Were Here is quintessential Floyd. A great song that couldn't have come from any other band. This is what really strikes me about this album, is how well constructed it is. Frankly, I've always preferred David Gilmour as a singer to Roger Waters, though Waters is undoubtedly the better writer and the more meaningful stuff has come from when he was in the band. Wish You Were Here as an album is a great example of this. A 5 star album, no doubt. Amazing songs, powerful, great playing, and a complete album.
Oh, by the way, which one's Pink? 10 stars
I listen to this album at least once a month.
Slaps. Just as good as the first time I heard it blowing smoke out of my window in hs. RIP Budster.
AMAZING!! Genuinely so besutiful, i didnt like wish u were here too mcuh but the rest was perfection, loves the instrumentals and guitar portions sm!!
Phenomenal album from one of the greatest bands of all time.
For two members of the band this is their favourite album. And they are right. It's my favourite too. Every track is not a personal story or about industry and fame. It's also a bit the emptiness of modern life and lost chances. Musically, this prog rock record is a lot simpler than other prog records with it's 4/4 and blues riffs. However, it all works so well together that we can stop this "Is PF prog or not?" discussion. Yes, they are.
pensé que no me iba a gustar porque tanta gente ama este álbum pero puta que es exquisito de escuchar
One of my favourite PF albums
8,7/10
This is amazing, what an album
Easy 5.
Classic album. One of Pink Floyd’s best.
5*
9.7/10
This is my favorite Pink Floyd album and I love them all. There has been too much spilled into for me to contribute anything new, except if you are not aware please look at the history of the band and the context in which it was made. Worth it
Top tier album as always by Pink Floyd
One of my favorite Pink Floyd albums
classic
5.0/what a legendary project. i love this album so much. vinyl in collection.
I think the fact it has less tracks makes it easier for it to be a better record because of how compact it is but also more difficult to decide what the best part of it is. Just a really great sounding record all around packed with classics. I love it.
Each song gets lost along the way and they're amazing
Amazing
Pretty excellent. Wish I hadn't been overexposed to all the big moments before hearing them in context
A perfect album, not quite as good as DSotM in my opinion, but it's very close. Parts of Shine On was played at my friend's funeral, so I don't listen to this album as often as I used to. That's a shame though, because it was nice to think of him today. He died far too young, but squeezed a lot of living out of his 18 years. Some of my favourite guitar playing ever on this album as well. I'm starting to wonder if Gilmour is actually my favourite guitarist.
Brilliant from beginning to end.
This is the greatest album of all time. No debate. I need to buy the vinyl and give this another spin.
Fantastic, prog with beautiful melodies.
Hippie space blues for your mind stadium. Absolutely based.
Hate the politics. The album is undeniable
THIS is my favorite Pink Floyd album. An absolute masterpiece that never gets old. It’s a journey every time I listen. Takes me back to my high school days getting stoned and chilling in my room staring at the glow in the dark stars all over my room. The guitar tones, synths, lyrics EVERYTHING about this record is perfection.
It’s so fucking rad, honestly
Absolute classic of an album, been a long time since I heard it and totally get why it changed people's whole lives and perspective on music. Game changer.
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DAMN THIS IS GOOD hold up I can tell why Ben likes this, 😮
Already knew it was a 5, but will always slow down and take a moment to listen to this album when prompted.
Absolutely solid and an all-time great
Damn. Never heard this before. Just damn.
Not all Pink Floyd albums are brilliant. This one is.
i get so unbelievably happy when i get generated an album that I've already heard a million times before. Once in a lifetime band, once in a lifetime album. Nothing I can say will suffice, and there is nothing I could say that has not been said a million times before me.
What a great album cover first thing, that needs extra points. Crazy Diamond is absolutely peak. I was joking about Born To Run having 8 songs but being 40 minutes long, this feels like it earns it by having a much better vibe. You can really fall into the music and get lost in it. Welcome to the Machine is the weakest point here but even then it's still a decent song.
Easy 5. Glorious and luxurious. Moody but my mood lifted in listening somehow
The best pink Floyd album for me
This was a happy reprieve after some of the stuff that we have had lately. A masterwork.
Absolute heavyweight entry. Nasty hooks together with the sort of English brooding that nobody does better than Pink Floyd.
Yes, sure.
Jumallevy. Tää on kuunneltu sata kertaa mutten ikinä tylsisty! 5/5
Kokonainen, letkeä ja ylipäätään hieno teos, vaikkakin poikkeaa hieman aiemmasta tuotannosta. 5/5
There is literally nothing I can say about this album that hasn't already been said.
one of the greatest
Peak absolute peak
I played the hell out of this album when I worked in radio years ago, and it's seared into my soul. That David Gilmour guitar hits those pockets like no other. What a record!
Overall: 10/10 Beautiful. I've always adored this album. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is an epic tribute to an old friend. Welcome to the Machine is electronic goodness. Have a Cigar is the hard rocker with probably my favourite bassline in any Pink Floyd song. Wish You Were Here is just one of the best songs ever written. This is definitely an album everyone should listen to before they die. Fav Song: Wish You Were Here Least Fav Song: Welcome to the Machine
One of the best albums of all time.
Among the best of the band, very few songs, but each and every one were very good in it's own way, the psychedelic waves at the beginning and the end, and the memorable songs in the middle. Very good record all around.
Great album!
Ha...easy.
I admit to loving Pink Floyd, and I find this to be one of their best albums. There are great songs on here like “Wish You Were Here” and “Have A Cigar”, but what makes this record work is the atmosphere and resulting hypnotic vibe it creates. A mesmerizing and enthralling listening experience that was a seminal one as a young person and still hits home to this day.
i’ve been in a massive slump for this project but i might as well write something about this. i’ve listened to this album a million times. wish you were here is one of my favorite songs ever. the whole album is just amazing pretty much. i don’t want to write all that much but man pink floyd was so fucking good. wish roger and dave liked each other more back then we could have even more bangers