Wish You Were Here

Not really a Pink Floyd fan. I like some songs but whole albums have never really hit the spot for me to re-listen. This album on the other hand I absolutely loved. Great album and multiple listens. Highly recommend

Perfect, beautiful, magnificent, Epic, sensentionall, breathtaking

Really fantastic album and I know Pink Floyd isn't for everyone. Though it is a short album (in terms of number of songs), it feels like the 26 minute long "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" is many songs in one, which it is. "Wish You Were Here" is where Pink Floyd works effectively to combine their ability to write a hit (which they very much have) with their need to prog-rock their way through a song.

5 stars of course. Have a cigar is too dar though

Deserves 5 stars for shine on yourl crazy diamond and wish you were here alone. Tbh tracks like have a cigar don't do much for me. But if I gave Adele 5, I've got to give this 5.

Classic

What an album, yeah the songs are super long, yeah sometimes they feel like they may waffle a bit, but it just makes me feel something I cant explain and I honestly think this is truly masterful

In my opinion top three album by Pink Floyd, on par with Dark Side of the Moon and Meddle. Beautiful, long passages of instrumentation, great guitar work by Gilmour, amazing bass lines by Waters, even though I still dont like him, and top notch complimentary work by Mason and Wright. One of those albums that can't be overplayed, maybe except to another hiking trip, when someone takes the guitar out and plays Wish You Were Here for the hundredth time. But other than that, I love every second of it.

I always favor Darkside of the moon, but revisiting this I realized every song is just about perfect

Just a fantastic set of songs that is captivating until the end. Some of Pink Floyd's best post Syd Barrett.

So emotional, deliberate, heartbreaking. I love Dark Side and The Wall and the rest, even Learning to Fly, but I think I love Wish You Were Here most of all. No, maybe Dark Side of the Moon. No, Wish You Were Here. Anyway, 5 stars for all of them.

This very well may be the greatest album ever written. It's difficult to narrow it down, especially when there are two other albums by the same band in the top five or ten of the greatest albums of all time.

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Wish You Were Here (4) 2 - Welcome to the Machine (2) 3 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (5)

Genuinely one of the greatest of all time. It’s a dynamic story of an album.

Figured I would hate it but it thoroughly surprised me.

instant 5 stars one of my favourite albums of all time

First or second fav Pink Floyd album

Best Pink Floyd album/project.

Start to end great album

An epic album that feels like the realization of an idea from front to back. One of the 1001 albums on this list that truly deserves to be on it.

Just an amazing background music, the guitar is stellar

Shine on parts 1-5 - Those 4 notes hey, they just won't go away. welcome to the machine - not been focusing enough but everything I zoned into was greet. could be so many separate songs this. Have a cigar - geetus Wish you were here - proper that absolutely beautiful Parts 6-9 - love it all especially the funky bit

Light 9

A testament to the great, expansive, pinnacle of Rock that occurred in the mid-70's. Wish You Were Here is an incredible album and should be appreciated. It is more operatic than Dark Side and showcases clever songwriting in the transitions

SHINE ON YOU CRA-ZY DIAMOND

Oooooooffff 10/10 toda la vida

Peak music

Fucking fantastic

Fantastic. Very well put together album.

Pink Floyd has great taste when it comes to crafting and pacing albums. They created some terrific album experiences designed to be listened to in one sitting. I think “Wish You Were Here” benefits from a front-to-back listen just as much as “Dark Side of the Moon.” The big achievement here is "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," split into two largely instrumental pieces that bookend the album. Both halves are stunning and show off Pink Floyd's range. And that saxophone that comes in around the 11-minute mark of the first half? It's one of those moments that stops you in your tracks. I don't often think of Pink Floyd as a jazz rock band but they have their moments. The section of the second "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" that goes from 6:20-9:00 is fantastic. Pink Floyd does psychedelic rock better than maybe anyone but they could switch into a cool, grooving fusion band too and sound totally natural. "Welcome to the Machine" is one of those songs I use to get annoyed at on classic rock radio because it got played so much. It's a stunning, haunting, dystopian nightmare of a song. In the context of this album, it's incredible. At a Fourth of July BBQ? Not so much. But this is a gripe with Q104.3 DJs, not Pink Floyd. I love the laser synths at 6:00. Great choice to bring in a guest vocalist to play the record executive on "Have a Cigar." He really hams it up and plays the part. Awesome song. And of course the title track -- another one that's overplayed but when you take some time away from it, you realize how sad and touching and beautiful it is. Great album cover. I follow a Twitter account that takes screenshots from The Simpsons that look like famous album covers and the one they did for "Wish You Were Here" is amazing 😂: https://twitter.com/SimpsonsAlbums/status/1625912717876789259

I grew up actually not really liking Pink Floyd and it took me a while to get into them. I think this is a byproduct of them only having a few songs that would fit classic rock radio time frames for car listens. I always just felt like they were "stoner worship" music and every stoner I knew had to incessantly bloviate about the genius of it and that turned me off for a few years until I actually sat and listened in my mid 20s. I love them now and I think that this might be my least-played album of theirs so I'm excited to jump into it. Great start. The intro of the first track sounds like an atmospheric track from Star Wars. "Wish You Were Here" is probably my favorite Pink Floyd song, and it's in the discussion of being in the upper echelon of best songs of all time. It's so, so beautiful. The guitar work is masterful, the lyrics are masterful, and my favorite- the emotive and dynamic vocal performance is masterful. Truly a song that makes me really feel things and I genuinely haven't gotten sick of it after hearing it thousands of times in my life. This is a 5. Such a strong release.

Shine on you crazy diamond part 1-5: Love the guitar going off, love its tone. The band compliments the guitar well accenting together. Large variety of louds and softs, shorts and longs. The tenor sax solo sold it completely me, the tangibility of the music is very present, this would be so exhilarating to play along with. I didnt even realize 13min had passed, very entertaining This is currently my music vibe these days so this first song was a good one Welcome the machine: The sinth was a great add, gave the song extra texture and world (went from western voyage guitar style to future exploritory and outerworldy) which is perfect considering the title is welcome the machine. This is how I would think the words welcome the machine should sound. Corolated with Mr.Roboto - Styx as well which compound how much I enjoy the idea of the song on top of simply enjoying the song. Very noice👌👌 Have a cigar I love how these songs that are so slow are so full and edging towards too busy. The first two song were better but this one is still solid. Keep with the same ideas as previous songs but doesn't hit me as hard. This one is my least favorite out of the 5 Wish you were here: The riff is classic, one of those you just expect people to know. Song is peaceful, a nice step back from the first few songs Shine on you crazy diamond part 6-9: The time change when the high hat comes in is such a good set up for when things star getting more intense. Very into the sneaky build from nothing to squealing guitars on top of each other going off but with respect. The slow time change! Again with the respect, this time for the singer. All the different parts flow together so well while simultaneously getting lost in the sauce. Im impressed by how exploritory this music is but how much it doesn't quite go out of bounds. Really stretching the creativity of the listener and the musician to connect the dots of what's happening. We've now hit a mental break at the 10nth minute to slowly bring us back down for the song to end and go into whatever song was next. Also side note from the album, but free bird was the next song that queued!! Which is crazy cause I could stop thinking about how much this last song was just a wacky free bird! The music gods understand what going in for sure😂 The third and fourth song had me questioning for a 4 star, but this is an easy 5 stars for this album. Very cool, very mentaly rewarding

I listened to the original 1975 recordings and then the 2011 remastered. Initial thoughts: - there's less noise and more clarity in the 2011 remaster. Is that a good thing? At what point does the noise stop being a characteristic of the original sound and is something to be removed? Anyways, I really enjoyed the sound selections and Gilmour's guitar performance is second to none.

Pink Floyd made two perfect albums. This is one of them

masterpiece

Such an important album. So innovative. Bookending the album with the first and second half of a beautiful 26 minute song that perfectly encapsulates what it means to lose a friend. In between are three songs that deal with the soulless life of the music industry and the best send off to an original frontman there ever was, though there isn’t much competition. The writing, playing, structure, vocals, chords, everything here works so well. This is an incredible album, I could write about it for so much longer. I love it. 5/5

Suuuuch a good album. When shine in you crazy diamond is the worst song on an album, you've made an amazing album!

🤌

An excellent Stink Floyd album. Sometimes I feel as though I like this more than Dark Side and the Wall. It's all kinds of excellent - Shine on You is just an excellent song. The pacing of this album is excellent even the two 12 minute tracks don't overstay their welcome. Excellent guitar work, drumming - love the synth throughout this album. The three middle tracks are all excellent too. This album also has my favourite album art. All around excellent.

Purple Lloyd. This album is great for staring into a water fountain for a couple minutes, which turns into 3 hours. I’ll say it. I’ve never been a fan. That is, until today. I’m just so much wiser than I’ve even been. Masterful musicianship on this record. Pink Floyd is one of those bands that make every second of a 12-minute song worth listening to. Which is not easy to do. Every sound, every bit sounds intentional and sounds right. The opening of Have A Cigar might be one of my favourite pieces of music. But my fav song of the album has got to be Welcome to The Machine. Hits just right. Instead of those dark side of the moon shirts that everyone has, they should make more shirts of this album. I don’t love every Pink Floyd song, but I love every song on this album.

Easiest 5/5 so far. Shine On is a masterpiece, Have A Cigar is so underrated, Wish You Were Here is a beautiful love song about a bro. Honestly, Welcome to the Machine has never been my favourite but it's still solid. Could listen to this all day.

What an album. One of the all time great bands enjoying the peak of their prime. The album begins with one of the greatest atmospheric intros that I am aware of. Synth G minor, chimes, in comes a meandering keyboard solo, in comes such a tasteful guitar solo, in comes that classic riff, and the song kicks off. We're already over 4 minutes into the song and it has barely gotten going, and yet I'm not annoyed by the length. The high up guitar chord slams in the background, more just fantastic guitar soloing up next. Classic, if simple, lyrics come in and teach us of an enigmatic man, the original leader of the band Syd Barrett and his descent from eccentric band leader to losing his mind. Now time for an insane sax solo to lead us into an atmospheric outro from the first part of this epic song. Welcome to the Machine is probably the weakest track here, but it's still very cool. It puts you almost inside a factory where you're stuck doing mindlessly repetitive behaviour. It's a bit of a departure for the album since it doesn't feel like it connects into the Syd Barrett/origins story the rest of the album themes around. Have a Cigar is such a cool funky track with awesome bass and guitar. Depicting the story of Pink Floyd hitting the big time, my only regret about this song is that Roger Waters didn't sing it (he sings it live and it's great). What more can be said of Wish You Were Here. An all time classic track, with an accusatory first verse and brilliantly loving second verse, it is another tribute to Syd Barrett and the complicated relationship the band had with him until his final departure from the group. After a nice ride through some more ordinary (if brilliant) songs, it's time to hop back on that Shine On train with a last couple verses and some more fantastic solos until the final fade. This album is a beautiful tribute to Syd Barrett. It shows the band is still inspired to creation by him even in his absence. It shows the band wrestling between feelings of longing and nostalgia for how things used to be with him but also knowing that things can't be the same now. Apparently Syd Barrett, nearly unrecognizable, showed up at a recording session for the album. That must have been an intense experience, and probably very sad. On the more positive side, this album is the second half of the creative cohesive prime of Roger Waters and David Gilmour, when they still collaborated extensively. They both have marks all over each song of this album. Pink Floyd stays great for a couple albums after this one, but never again will their creative forces mesh together to the extent they did here.

Amazing album

Yes! Probably my favorite Floyd album (this or Animals).

Beyond the fabulous, instrumentally heavy Shine On... embeds one the most classic, iconic, guitar introductions. It's not flashy, not crazy, not technically sophisticated... just one that is truly remarkable. It's on a totally different level of 5 stars than Sepultura.

Melodic and ethereal. It's an amazing album from start to finish. Definitely a classic.

This is the kind of 1001 I expect every time. Although it is hard for me to write about. My first true love shared this album with me. She was amazing. We had that kind of relationship that was imperfectly complicated, and perfectly pure. Carrie died of cancer in 2018, long after our time together had been and gone. I posted on her Facebook page just a few weeks ago with the title track of this album. Fuck, how I wish you were here. Not for me. Not for us. Just because the world was better with you in it. How I wish you were here.

Only five songs but two of them are absolutely iconic. There's not many 13-minute songs I'd gladly listen to from top to tail but Shine On is one of them.

Perfect.

Amazing!

Parfait, il n'y a pas une note qui ne va pas dans cet album

Rien a redire

PREFS : TOUT MOINS PREF : RIEN

I mean, do I really have to say why this is a classic?

Incredible Floyd album. One of my all time favorites.

Honestly really loved this

gut

Their best

Gorgeous. I wish I had the drugs on hand to listen to this album as intended.

One of my all time favorites.

Hell yeah. As always Pink Floyd’s albums are an experience. 10/10

This album was so good. I’ve never fully listened to Pink Floyd but I loved the instrumentals in Shine on You Crazy Diamond (all parts). So dynamic. Have a Cigar is probably my favorite on the album but I didn’t dislike any of them.

What can be said. Amazing album. Pink is awesome. Easy 5. T3B 1. Have a Cigar 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Welcome to the Machine

This album is sprawling and majestic. Bookended by the various parts of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," there isn't a superfluous moment on this record. Near perfect.

A masterpiece.

One of my top "why do they have *this* song on karaoke and why is someone actually singing it?" moments in life has been watching a drunk ex-fratboy serviceably belt "Have a Cigar" in a NoHo bar on a Tuesday night.

Okay, I feel like the system's cheating, giving me this as the first album, but I suspect there will be a lot of albums that feel like cheating. The most interesting thing about coming back to the album right now for me was specifically listening to the entire album in order and picturing the era in regards to what they were doing. I mean, we go from the standard rock saxophone solo to synthesizers in the space of two songs. Then throw in some ambient sound recordings and your standard Pink Floyd guitars and drums and you've got a pretty broad album, sound-wise. It's definitely thematically sound throughout. While you can imagine their excitement and getting to mess around with synths and the like, they made sure to craft songs around the instrument rather than just sticking the instrument into random songs. Like, if you have a song called "Welcome to the Machine" and you DON'T have synths, what are you even doing with your life?

is 100 star possible

there are two good pink floyd albums. luckily this is one of them.

Top notch

A masterpiece

Clearly a concept album, Wish You Were Here paints kaleidoscopic imagery as synth and guitar swirl around the listener. Somehow manages to sound like a jam band and thoroughly orchestrated simultaneously. A highlight of its decade.

Amazing.

What an incredible work of art. I know a couple of these songs in isolation, but never listened to the full album before.

Perfection

Simply one of the best albums of all time.

I’m going to give any PF album 5 stars. Another masterpiece here. I will listen to this again and again.

Obviously a classic

Much like Dark Side, Pink Floyd are saying a lot as simply as possible, while pushing the boundaries of what was possible with recording music at the time. Another classic

My dad’s favourite band, so it was very familiar and nostalgic. Also just an incredible, incredible album.

3/6/2023

Who doesn't love this album, it's perfection!

Very good

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell? Blue skies from pain? Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? I spent an entire summer of my life listening only to this album. It very certainly changed my life. 5/5

Obvious great. But heard it too many times

2/28/2023 9:33am So nice to listen to even though I've heard it a few times throughout the years. The recording is so good. Guitars are crunchy and present, the saxophone is beautiful, the sound design and transitions between tracks is unparalleled and I'm realizing is quite influential for how I conceptualize a full album. I would like to make vinyl-sized records that are more experiences than a bunch of songs smooshed together. -Welcome to the Machine synths are amazing. They cut through and tingle the spine.

To me, all of Pink Floyd’s albums from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut are five-star classics. (I know, a lot of people don’t like The Final Cut but I think it’s a masterpiece.) This album feels very impersonal and stark, which I guess is what they were going for. The synthesizer work by Rick Wright really stands out for me. Synths have been used in many different ways in music, but rarely as effectively as this. Gilmour’s guitar work also shines. 5 stars.

Hell yes.

LP

Such a beautiful album. Love Floyd.

very good. only complaint was the vocals. other than that, its an outright classic with some of the best instrumentals ever.

This album reminds me of my father. I remember listening to "Shine On, You Crazy Diamond" in the dining room while doing school work one day. My Dad came in and wanted to know what I was listening to. "I like this, it's really good." he commented. My father and I did not have a lot of musical taste that were in sync. But this album he liked. All 3 of the middle songs are overplayed, yes. But they're great songs. Even with Roy Harper singing "Have A Cigar" and not a member of Floyd. This was the first album I had heard a song broken up to be at the beginning and end of an album like this. It makes "Shine On, You Crazy Diamond" that much more intriguing for me. The four or five album run there, starting with Dark Side of the Moon, is an epic run of albums. I don't listen to this album enough. I really should listen to it more, but I guess it makes me think about Dad, and so I do only listen to it once in a while.

I think The Wall was better; slightly more accessible? I can see how some people might not get this album; hell, I don't fully get this album or Pink Floyd. But if you really pay attention to the music and if you truly enjoy picking out different sounds and/or musical complexity, this album will eventually get to you. I'm no prog guy, so the two sweeping pieces of Shine on You Crazy Diamond were sometimes lost on me. But after listening to the songs in between, I really noticed the mastery of the instrumentation in the last 4-part piece. Part VI has wicked bass lines (two apparently - Gilmour too, not just Waters) and Part VIII has some cool guitar playing to start before Wright's keyboards take over (in a good way) and persist into Part IX. I think the shorter, but focused musical mastery in Welcome to the Machine (now that's how you do electronica), Have a Cigar (heavier rock and funk sound, with some signature guitar solo to boot), and Wish You Were Here (one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and the intro guitar work is spine-tingling) helped me to pick out all the artful pieces. Whereas in the first 5-part piece of Shine On I really only resonated with Part II and the amazing lyrics in Part IV on first listen. Which is the other thing about Floyd - if you like lyrics that make you think or that are simply beautiful prose, they are the masters. Shine On and Wish You Were Here are touching tributes to Syd Barrett. The whole album (lyrics and music) is haunted by this theme of alienation and mental struggle. Well except when they want to criticize the music industry in Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar (though also driven by this theme), of which their barbs are poignant. I have learned you can't listen to Pink Floyd in one or two song segments. You must experience the full album. They are also the masters of making a complete album. The whole industry, and listeners who demand music, could take a lesson from them these days. Even though I might like The Wall better, this is still a beauty.

..... Qu'est-ce que je peux dire de plus que ce qui est probablement dit 1000X dans les commentaires. Tellement bon c'est incroyable comment Pink Floyd a sortit de la bonne musique intemporelle. 5

I have liked Pink Floyd since 2004. The Wall was one of the very first CDs I had (purchased by my mom... Again, she bought me so many things with wild-a** themes and then was surprised I am Like This™). I tried so hard to listen to this album with fresh ears. I truly can't tell if it's just very good or if I am just so familiar with it, it's comforting and nice. I love it. The tracks segue so easily into each other. They're all so good to me. The title track is great, of course. There's a country artist that does a cover of it that's also very good. I can't be objective with this one!

Good shit. Recently been wanting to get into Pink Floyd too

The ultimate vibes album. No one creates a cohesive album as a singular work of art quite like Pink Floyd.

one of the best albums of all time. love the album structure. glorious space rock in both shine on. each of the middle 3 have such a unique floyd vibe. could be a top 10 album OAT for me.

I was initially trending towards a 4 here because the tape effects and synths sounded a little dated, although they were so groundbreaking at the time. Also, I am just not a big fan of prog rock, the drawn out songs annoy the shit out of me sometimes. But after a weekend of listening to this, including one spin with my audiophile headphones, I came around to the 5. I have this one on vinyl too and I remember the experience of running through it in that format was awesome so look forward to doing that again soon. Shine On is so epic and it’s just amazing how this came together as a concept about Syd Barrett but also about Roger Waters and David Gilmour and their own existential shit. Wish You Were Here the song is a classic. Have a Cigar I never realized was Roy Harper vocals, but that song rocks. Welcome to the Machine is still my least favorite, but it does give me those 2001 Space Odyssey vibes. It’s a classic album what can I say.

Not much needs to be said. Just a flawless, layered concept album.

This band has so many masterpieces it's almost unbelievable. This is one of them. Perfectly crafted mood, a nice balance between long atmospheric pieces and more straightforward numbers. This is Pink Floyd at their peak.

Now THAT is what I call a masterpiece. Never get tired of some good ol' Pink Floyd.

Immediate 5 stars.

Banging album, 9/10 as it does drag on at some points. Rounding up.

Simply a piece of art …

I have a soft spot for pink floyd

One of the best prog rock albums ever. Pink Floyd's second concept album which is about alienated feelings, criticism of the music industry and about their old bandmate, Syd Barett. Beautiful album.

This album is one I've always really enjoyed. I was into Pink Floyd and classic rock in general a lot more back in my middle school and high school, so I don't listen to this as much but it was always one of my favorites and still holds up. Standout Tracks: Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts. 1-5, Have a Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pts. 6-9

Pierwszy album

Awesome listen

One of the all time greats. No question this is a 5!

IMHO, one of Pink Floyd's greatest albums.

Мне очень лень расписывать гениальность этого альбома, поэтому я просто советую всем послушать этот альбом и действительно проникнуться им.

this album is a masterpiece, with one song flowing over into the next without ever getting close to boring. not much to say, just listen.

Perfection

Going into this album, I already knew it was a five. This album is one of my favorite albums of all time, with Pink Floyd being either my #1 or #2 band. Everyone on this album showcases a mastery of their instruments and vocal talents, and great introspective lyrics. The only thing holding this album back is the lyrics are kind of melodramatic and childish, but contextually they are great. Coming from the psychedelic music of the sixties, they always had lyrics that were a bit childish. Here, they are choosing their words much more carefully as a tribute to Syd Barrett. This is an extraordinary album with classic production that will remain a classic for the foreseeable future. Highlights: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Wish You Were Here will forever be one of my absolute favorite songs. This album is incredible from start to end.

Pink Floyd is masterful. They are weird without being distracting. It's recognizable melodies and relatable lyrics. Just super good.

Wow! Just... Wow. I've heard this album a couple of times now, but it just blows me away. It's a wonderful progrock experience that somehow never gets even remotely boring. I'm at a loss of what exactly to say about this, but it's certainly on my list of albums I absolutely need to buy on vinyl. Favourite: Wish You Were Here

One of my all time favorite albums. Never gets old

If seven stars was possible, this album woulkd get 7 stars.

One of the best albums I have ever heard.

Great build I love

Listened Before? Y - Oh HELL yes. Wish You Were Here is Pink Floyd just barely after the peak of Dark Side of The Moon in 1973. This album is timeless and mind blowing. Equal parts prog masterpiece and subtle concept story album, there's no weak points at all. Added to Library? Y Songs added to playlist: Wish You Were Here, Welcome to the Machine

Incredible rock masterpiece, all the songs are perfectly crafted and it never get boring. The length of the album is also perfect and do not drag out like The Wall does. 10/10

5 mastapeeece

Not overthinking this one.

Progression of a man of losing their soul

My first five star rating! Incredible album.

Good vibes. Long interludes

Good

Love this album. 9/10

It's been awhile since I listened to this album end to end. I listened to it on iTunes but hopefully with get a chance to listen to my vinyl copy this weekend. This album encapsulates all of what I love about Pink Floyd. Acoustic instruments, electric instruments, counter melodies, soundscapes, every musician bringing something special to the mix, etcetrea, etcetera. This is a collection of reference tracks to compare to other music. I didn't realize until listening to the entire album again that I love this album.

Wow. This album hit the hardest it's ever hit. My best friend died this year. The last words my friend Keith said to Adler when they said goodbye, "I'll see you on the dark side of the moon." oh...the same old fears, wish you were here.

This album turned me inside out. At first I was intimidated with the length of songs such as Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5 and 6-9, but they kept my attention the entire time and I was transfixed with the use of electric guitar, synthesisers and (surprisingly) saxophone. Have A Cigar and Wish You Were Here are tied for being one of my favourite tracks off this album, as they’re both equally amazing and up my alley when it comes to what I look for in a typical song. The cool cover art is an additional cherry on top to this otherworldly body of work.

Iconographic. A stand-alone work of art that is meant to be experienced over and over again, each time traveling along a different path. It's beautiful. I'll end with that because I feel as though any words I might share just don't equal the work.

"Wish You Were Here" is the ninth studio album from Pink Floyd and their follow-up to "Dark Side of the Moon. And, they struggled making this follow-up taking six months to record it with all members not having very fond memories of that time. It was their second conceptual album with themes of alienation and criticism of the music industry. Former band member Syd Barrett made a famous visit to studio during the recording in which no one immediately recognized him. Several parts of these songs and their lyrics were written for Syd Barrett. The album actually received mixed reviews upon its initial release although considered a classic by many now. I would definitely put this album near the top of my favorite Pink Floyd. "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" bookends this album with the first five of nine parts opening the album. This song was part of an album never made, "Household Objects," and is a tribute to Syd Barrett. Various keyboards, a baritone sax and guitar are emphasized throughout. The highlight of the song is the vocal part (part IV) with Roger Waters and great backing vocals by the other members. A door opening symbolizing musical discovery and progress betrayed by the music industry starts "Welcome to the Machine." Acoustic guitar, a EMS VC5 synthesizer and random noises give this song a real feeling of alienation and desolation. A great job of music creating an atmosphere. "Have a Cigar" opens the second side with Roy Harper on lead vocals since Waters and David Gilmour didn't feel they were doing a good job at it. A chugging riff of guitar and bass. Richard Wright's synthesizer. A sizzling Gilmore guitar solo finish. Another song scorching the music industry. That familiar acoustic guitar sound opens "Wish You Were Here." Great lyrics. A classic rock song. A song both about Syd Barrett's condition and the dichotomy of greed and ambition against compassion and idealism. Parts VI though IX of "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" end the album. It's very similar to the start of the album; one part with basically the same lyrics and the remainder instrumental. I will say that I've listened less to Pink Floyd in the last five to seven years than the previous, oh, 30 to 40 years. I'm not sure why. Maybe, burned out. This album though is one of my favorites probably along with "Animals" and it sounded great today after not hearing it for awhile.

Certified classic. No wasted audio space on the whole album. I need to get this on vinyl

Nailed on classic. Whether it is listening in a smoked filled teenage bedroom, coming down from the nights festivities or at the passing of a friend, this album will always be a fundamental part of my sound track of life.

Not even Pink Floyd’s best Production, feel, mood, memorable, innovative, lyrics, theme, consistency

Top 5 oat

Anything I say will simply detract from this masterpiece. The end.

Not really saying anything new here but this really is incredible. Not a long album by any means but it felt shorter than it was. Rare album that sounds good whether you're paying attention or not.

Nice to listen to on a train!

Both bleak and optimistic at the same time. A sense of loss permeates the entire album contrasted with sparks of encouragement or maybe even hope. Musically, this is Pink Floyd at their sharpest and tightest, with intricate interplay between all instruments, melodies, harmonies, and solos. Just an all around classic that might not be quite as pioneering as Dark Side of the Moon, but IMO it's just as essential.

6.5

La segona de 4 obres mestres seguides i la més bonica i precisa de totes elles. El tema titular és una de les cançons més emblemàtiques de la història. 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' és un magnum opus de rock progressiu que corona el génere. Estaven en ple moment de gràcia. Intocables

Brilliant album. Huge sound. Great songwriting. Need I say more?

One of my favorite albums of all time, and for good reason.

Another life changing moment for me - I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this. Wonderful.

This is a timeless rock record, and in my opinion, it is a greater record than Dark Side of the Moon. The album sounds flawless and absolutely deserves every bit of praise it gets. 10/10

This is one of the albums I have listened to the most in my life and I still enjoy it every time. Awesome to listen to with headphones in the dark.

10/10, top 5 album of all time

top 2 pink floyd album

As with most PF albums, the hit single is my least favorite song of the album. Nevertheless this is an album that represents everything Pink Floyd did right, the atmosphere, the solos, the songwrinting in general. This one definitely earned its place in the top of all times.

Fantastic

I'm familiar with this album, but now I'm certain this is one of the absolute greatest of all time. The record is perfectly sequenced, with each song delivering a message, but each of them hinting at a bigger picture. Each of the five tracks are absolutely essential and show the peak of the Gilmour - Waters writing era for Floyd. Not to mention the production is faultless, and it is the last album where Wright really gets his due, too, with the synths mashing effortlessly with guitar. Of course it is difficult to mention wish you were here without naming the nine-part, twenty-six minute epic, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a tribute to the fallen psychedelic music innovator, and previous Floyd leader, Syd Barrett. The track is split into two, the first five parts opening the record, and the last four closing it. The track, with a haunting clavinet and guitar building up to a euphoric chorus, complete with saxophone solo, before slowly descending, soundtracking Syd's downfall. The track can now be seen as Pink Floyd's magnum opus, and one of the greatest of all time. But the album isn't just "Shine On..." plus some songs, the cold, harsh synths of "Welcome To The Machine" give the album a dollop of fury and menace, the tempo increases for mid-album banger "Have A Cigar", featuring one of Gilmour's greatest solos, and the Meloncholy, beautifully bittersweet title track would've made this album a true classic anyway

Perfect!!!

This has to be one of the best albums ever.

Very good. 45min. Each track flows from the previous to the next. Banger

I listened to this in a traffic this rainy morning, on my first monday back after a holiday. Wish you were here washed over me, bringing a needed calm to my addled head. This was probably the first Floyd album I owned and its been while since I listened. It's close to perfect.

Hundreds of listens and I’m still hearing new details.

great album......maybe the best of theirs

Typically beautiful that I expect from PF. Interesting how the first and last tracks were done to be one long track but also like 4 songs in one?

First of all, Wish You Were Here is one of the best songs of all time for me so I feel like this makes my album rating a bit unfair. Still, the rest of the album is amazing as well. Probably my favourite classic rock album, combining jazzy and synthy soundscapes with breaks of acoustic guitar. The singing is great, the lyrics are great, I haven't necessarily even delved into them but they're well written. The album flows smoothly, it builds, it delivers big-time. I'd give it a 4.5 if I could, but I'll settle with the 5.

Contiene una de las mejores canciones de la historia. Vinilo.

Utterly magnificent. Shine On You Crazy Diamond takes me into the astral plane. For my funeral I just want everybody to listen to all 9 parts of this song.

It's pretty sad to hear the context, the sound from the opening to the ending is beautiful, this band showed well the other side of the industry and I definitely would listen to this album again

A patient and atmospheric space rock masterpiece. The sounds are grabbing but simple, never even slightly overwhelming. It's emotional with spaced out impactful and memorable lines, supported mostly by the folklike acoustic guitar. The synths carry the album with their otherworldly approach. "Have a Cigar" stands out as the complex, hard badass track. Each track is carefully crafted, varied enough to keep interest, while also never drawn out.

Amazing soundscaping and grand productions. Fantastisk album

Greatest album ever made

So sick, groovy but emotional

Wish There Was More

I love Pink Floyd and this album is a fitting tribute to Sid Barret. Love the beginning and ending on the Shine on you Crazy Diamond. Overall one of my favorite Pink Floyd Albums

When I saw this album I almost burst out in tears. This is one of the best pieces of music with special place in my heart. I'm not sure if it's the best Pink Floyd album per se, that's just so hard to say, but it's the one that brings out the most emotions out of me.

Wow. well I guess I'm not alone in having a deep personal attachment to this album. Takes popular music to another level. Perfect like Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall but this one has the edge.

Really incredible album. I don't really know why the ideas of missing someone and hating the record industry go together, but all of it sounds great. The title track is one of the nicest sounding songs that I have ever heard.

One of my favorite albums of all time

Love it (obviously)

I listened to this today and was curious what I scored this. This was only my second album of the project and I don’t know if it was a mistake or what but I egregiously had this scored a 3. Today I fixed that mistake, a full 3 years later. This album is fantastic, it is mesmerizing, it’s got beauty and it’s trippy and I feel better knowing I’ve corrected my error. 5 stars

LOVE ❤️

A great album.

Listening to this makes me feel like I'm 14 again. I feel myself getting caught up in the imagery, the rebellious ideas, the anger and disillusion, the hopelessness, the care, the feeling. The instrumentation is so fantastical and bizarre, like I'm in a sci-fi dream. It's such a dark and depressing album conceptually. Incredibly sad.

Excellent album

This is an absolute rock masterpiece not a bad song on here. A true 5 star album, probably my second favourite Pink Floyd album, just after Dark Side of the Moon, and much more underrated.

have been feeling like pure shit since last night but this one carried me through my bad mental health day like nobody's business what a winner excellent excellent

Not much to say that hasn't already been said. Probably my favourite Pink Floyd, and an all round fantastic record

classic

listened to again such a legendary album

so amazing

absolute classic. miss you syd barrett <3

Obviously a super famous album, but I'm not sure I had ever listened to it start to finish. Shimmering, spectacular, lives up to the hype big time.

The best Prog sandwich I ever had.

A beautiful tribute to a friend. Definitely a great listen as an album but there are also classics like "Wish You Were Here" that stand apart. The synths are tasteful and sparse, I was worried it'd get to "progg-y" but it's a good balance.

Massive album

The best pink floyd album. One of the best albums of all time. Floyd masterfully create an atmosphere unlike any other. Absolutely floored. Best: wish you were here Worst: have a cigar

Wonderful! A master piece

I always have a fantastic time while listening to this gem. Shine On, Have a Cigar and Wish You Were Here are all top Pink Floyd songs. 5/5

One of the best albums ever

Beautiful

solid album

One of the best albums I've ever heard.

The walking blues in Shine on You Crazy Diamond as you hit the cold mechanical noise of Welcome to the Machine is a high point for me. I find Welcome to the Machine to be one of the most alienating and terrifying songs of all times, but then you are in it after a few seconds and you know they've been waiting for you. Have a cigar takes you into the dilapidated excesses of capitalism and says oh these machinations are fine, you're one of us. Ugh, but do I wanna be!?? Then when you hit Wish You Were Here for real, all of it gets stripped bare and laid to the simple acoustic. It is not only the namesake of this seminal album, but also one of the more endearing songs that Pink Floyd put out. It's the one where you know you are quietly with the tribe. A little sadness. A little nostalgia. Your heroes for ghosts. Hot ashes for trees. Hot air for a cool breeze. It is a salve and also a mourning for what we've lost to the organized and dominating machinations of power that roll over us, the quotidian proles. Shine on. It is an excellent one.

Masterpiece

fuego, mantenlo prendido fuego

oh my god what more can you say about it it’s just a magnificent masterpiece

This is a perfect record through and through. The situation of a band member's death, the pivot away from the poppy elements of their last record, and the performance altogether create a musical journey like no other.

Floyd goated 🤘 but 3rd best of top 4

absolute gem. I love every part of it. Perhaps more than Dark Side of the Moon, but at least equal.

Pure delight - love this album - classic

Think this is absolutely fantastic. Everything except "Have a Cigar" is brilliant and even that is very enjoyable.

Incredibly creative. Was really on the edge between a high 4 or a 5 for this one.

Fantastic. Immersive in the way that Loveless or Sgt Peppers is and with beautiful restrained production and guitar work.

yeah this album is just incredible

Amazing album, I actually prefer this to Dark Side of the Moon.

Love.

"How about an album of '70s progressive/art rock where all the tracks are longer than five minutes?" "Mmm, no thanks. I've just not been a fan." "It's Pink Floyd..." "Pink Floyd?! That's different! Play it!"

This is a good one…or more like a great one. I didn’t own this album, but I am sure I have listened to it before. I was glad to listen again!

Wonderful, wonderful. One of my favorites. Simple, soothing. I wish I still had a beanbag chair to sit in while I listen.

Pink Floyd is one of the groups I have thought I always needed more exposure to when I started doing this project so I'm glad to listen to this album. I bought A Momentary Lapse of Reason back in college and was familiar with The Wall mostly from the movie, but don't recall ever listening to any other Pink Floyd albums in their entirety. Yes, I know that was bordering on some kind of musical crime... Turns out I already knew three of the songs on this album (the title track, "Have a Cigar" and "Welcome to the Machine"). I like all three songs quite a bit. Listening to the whole album added the epic "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)" and "...(Parts 6-9)" which are my favorite parts of the album. I love the grandiosity of the synthesizers and guitar work. Really great album and I look forward to more from Pink Floyd.

One of the best albums I've ever listened. Knew Welcome to the Machine and Wish You Were Here before, but the rest of the album is just as amazing.

I was five when this was released and it made a huge impression on me even then. I have to avoid listening to it for months sometimes years to try and get back to that memory of deep discovery. As an adult I came to love Meddle most of all, but this still sits above TDSOTM for me.

Masterpiece

Structure: Masterpiece Mood: Masterpiece Musicianship: Masterpiece Significance, Impact, and Lyricism: Masterpiece Album art: Masterpiece 5/5

Love pink Floyd, great album

Pink Floyd: “Music Industry Bad” Me: yeah no shit

My favourite hit from a great band!

Epic from start to finish. Faves: all

Sublime!

Delicious synthy, guitaryness. Really enjoy the bit at the end of have a cigar where it sounds as if your headphones have come out.

One of my favourite albums of all time and my favourite Pink Floyd album. 45 minutes of great music.

This album has so many memories... I can still remember buying this as soon as it came out. Listening to it at top volume in my '71 Olds Cutlass. Getting high and cranking it up on the home stereo. Opening songs for the "Momentary Lapse of Reason" tour -- 2nd row center in NJ. Damn those were some good times!! But to the music itself. A wonderful, slow build on the intro Shine On. Gilmour's guitar just singing. Parry on sax just lighting it up. Pure freakin' bliss. The Machine. Is there a more fun intro? And the lyrics of this and Have a Cigar re. the music industry. So strong. Title song about Sid: Listening to this on headphones is as good as music gets. That is until it moves into Shine On part 6. Wright on the moog and Gilmour laying down that solo at 2:30 in. OMFG. Final note. After getting married in 1990, I put this album on. My wife had not heard and immediately asked who was playing. When I told her it was PF, she said "I thought they were hard rock". This album transcends. Rock ... absolutely. But is more of a rock symphony. A story. A journal. An A+. A+++

Ooh Pink Floyd haven’t herd this one but it’s gotta be good. But I am a huge novice on Pink Floyd only hearing the wall and dark side of the moon prior to this… The album starts with shine on you crazy diamond, pts 1-5: Part 1 is just a 3 minute intro instrumental good but not amazing. Part 2 is also instrumental but brings in some really cool guitar work. Part 3 is also just a really good instrumental not as good as part 2 but still good enough to keep going. Part 4 has the singing and some more rip roaring guitars, really makes the song an epic to behold. Part 5 is essentially the songs coda featuring really nice saxophone work makes the song so worthwhile. Overall this is how someone should do long songs I’am glad I found one on the generator I liked! Welcome to the machine starts with well machine noises followed by the howling strokes of the guitar only for the vocals to come in. Wow honestly Pink Floyd could make anything into some kinda epic at this point, it’s so cool that the time frame doesn’t even phase me. Have a cigar has to have the coolest intro of any song ( or at least what I’ve herd of Pink Floyd’s. The chorus is odd ( lyrically) but still kinda works. Yeah just another banging tune. Then there is a spoken bit that goes into wish you were here, it starts off as much slower but builds up into something truly epic. Honestly just another top track it’s very hard to not enjoy these songs for what they are! Now for shine on you crazy diamond pts.6-9: Part 6 builds on from wish you were here, in a weird way it kinda feels like the listener’s been on a journey to get here and yeah it’s a cool instrumental. Part 7 brings back the vocals, it’s essentially a reprise of part 4. Part 8 is another instrumental bit it’s really good again the guitars sound a little bit more funky on this bit. Part 9 is much more depressed than the others as said on wikipedia a “ funeral march” Honestly a great way to close an album. And a brilliant album as a whole not a bad song whatsoever… But here’s the thing… I can only revisit this about once or twice a year, it’s too powerful and emotional, all of what I said is correct. In technicalities there is no bad song. It is a 5/5 but just a complicated one because I don’t find it an easy listen

I’m not sure if this is my favorite Pink Floyd album, but the title track might be my favorite Pink Floyd song, as cliche as that might be.

Some of the best spacey rock I’ve ever heard. The instrumentals that take up the large majority of the songs on the album or poignant and filled with tangy riffs and chords simple yet effective. It’s really feels like a immersive experience. There are some epic tracks on here like diamond and Wish you were here. Overall I loved the album!

Durchweg großartige Platte.

one of the most heart wrenching albums of all time

Stvarno neću duljiti za ovaj album, nema potrebe. Ovaj album je zajedno sa još dva-tri mjera ocjene čiste petice, savršenstva.

5/5. Classic.

This is the stuff right here

Pink Floyd's best album hands down. There is no question. It is perfect. Don't @ me.

Im so high to xapadex

Good

Considering this is the follow-up album to Pink Floyd's masterpiece, Dark Side Of the Moon the expectations were huge with this record. I always felt, Wish You Were Here was the low-key classic, that in many ways is just as good or even better than Dark Side. I heard a lot of this music in my late teens and of course, it still holds up today. I feel I should explore their earlier works to fairly compare all their albums. One of their best regardless and one of the better albums of the 70's, for sure!

Amazing album that pushed cemented Pink Floyds status as one of the greatest bands right after their groundbreaking Dark Side of the Moon. Some say Wish You Were Here is better but to me their basically equal but most importantly different. DSotM is more immediate while WYWH takes it's time to build up. Either way amazing stuff all around.

SIM

Get a decent pair of headphones and listen to Shine On You Crazy Diamond. You cannot deny that it's one of the best songs ever composed. From the slow build up, the emergence of \"Syd's Theme\", the overwhelming guitar from David, and the lyrics, there is not a single flaw in this song. The album is an absolutely stunning ballad to Syd Barrett that explains how the machine that is fame and the music industry broke him into an unrecognizable person. You can also sense Roger's admiration for Syd and his deep regret that his personal hero fell victim to his mind. Not everybody is a fan of Have A Cigar but I thought Roy Harper did an excellent job with guest vocals and the song writing wittily exposes record label executives. Welcome to the Machine and the titular track, Wish You Were Here are both amazing songs as well, furthering the tragedy of Syd at the hands of the record industry with the title track carrying a gorgeous acoustic line. Wish You Were Here is unique in that it is the most personal story Pink Floyd ever told, as they often strived to demolish society on other albums but instead opted to tell the story of a single man. But it is so unimaginably beautiful in its depiction of the spark we all have, how it fizzles, and ultimately what will always remain of that spark in those who love or even just know us, that this album may be the biggest statement they've ever or will ever put out.

I know this well. I put it on trying to Hear it with new ears, and first- well, that’s impossible. But to the extent I succeeded at all, it’s still brilliant, unique, gloomy, sorrowful, and beautiful. IMHO. Worst I can say about it is that the transition from Have a Cigar to the title track is really awkward. Second-worst thing I can say is that it’s not even one of this band’s top three…

2 perfectly crafted Shine ons, 2 shorter tracks that bring out the menacing direction of what's next on Animals, and the campfire classic tribute to where it all started with Syd

Love this album. Have a Cigar is wonderful.

Whopper album. Cover art 5/5 enigmatic

This is a class album, really enjoyed listening to it

Maybe the only example of prog rock that I can really get into. I didn't go into this expecting to like it more than than Dark Side of the Moon but man this is a balanced album and I love that they keep bringing it back to the same riffs. Feels very complete.

You ever ordered the 7 layer cake for dessert at a restaurant? You ever wondered why there are so many layers? Why not 3, 4, or, 5? You can’t even fit all 7 layers in your mouth at once anyway. But my are they all good. Cake…icing…cake…maybe a layer of fruit filling thrown in. Then the last bit of icing is extra thick. This album reminds me of that 7 layer dessert. The pianos, synths, and organ provide a vast, beautiful chocolate cake base. Layered between is a purposeful, graceful lead guitar. The bass, percussion, and even saxophone add accent layers, resulting in a multi-Michelin star palette. I could listen to this album over and over. I’m involuntarily letting out a “Mmmmm” after every sweet, mouthwatering bite. Bonus: Because we ARE HERE, I’ll put a plug in for Obscured by Clouds, Pink Floyd’s album just before Dark Side of the Moon. It served as the soundtrack for the French film La Vallée. It’s not talked about much, but it is worth checking out.

You've already listened to it, you already know what the fuck is up. If you haven't listened to it, why are you reading this? Hurry up and give your ears some sweet guitar licks and atmosphere!

Awesome, love Pink Floyd:)

10

Another great one from Pink Floyd filled with beautiful guitar and lots of meaning. I’ve loved the song Wish You Were Here for a while now and enjoyed getting to hear the whole album.

Not just an album, but a journey through an aural landscape. Majestic

!!!Boner Alert!!!

Legendary

Classic favorite

Slow-burning masterpiece.

I could write a 1000 word essay here on why Wish You Were Here is 5 stars. But like the album, its better to use words sparingly for maximum effect. Simply put, it's flawless to me. Fantastic lyrics about Pink Floyd's success and their troubled former bandmate Syd Barrett, along with a palette of flavours on the musical front. The title track and Shine On are the highlights of 4 great songs. Probably my favourite album ever.

Even though this is not fully my thing, this is an absolute classic in its genre. From start to finish this is, for me, the best that Pink Floyd has to offer. And Wish You Were Here is just the best song they've ever made. 5*

Discazo con mayúsculas de uno de los mejores exponentes de lo que es el rock alternativo y un tanto psicodélico. Temas largos y con mucha pomposidad. Canciones muy míticas

I mean come on, it's pink Floyd

It’s somewhat ironic that an album about desperation, loss, distance, and isolation is also the Floyds most inclusive, accessible, and straight forward record. It’s expansive and it takes its time, but while it’s short on songs, it’s long on great guitar solos and the band is in top form. ‘Wish You Were Here’ is just one of those universal records that almost everyone loves.

One of the albums I'm most familiar with on this list. "Wish You Were Here" is one of the first things I learned to play on guitar, so this album has a special place in my heart. All killer, no filler. Still sounds crisp and gorgeous. RIP Bob. Favorite tracks: "Have a Cigar", "Wish You Were Here"

An open double album cover with stems and seeds in the bend. Billowing baby blue bong smoke. Fast food drive-thru. OK, just so you know, I’m probably going to give a five star rating to most of Pink Floyd’s recordings until 'Final Cut,' including the early Syd Barrett years. Pure Gold. Or should I say Columbian Gold? Because weed and Pink Floyd go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly. I was having a conversation with a group of friends and colleagues once when a fellow expressed that he just didn’t ‘get’ Pink Floyd. Another dude asked him if he had ever smoked pot? And when he replied in the negative, the rest of the entire gathered assembly suggested, in unison, ‘There’s your problem!’ That’s not to say you can’t enjoy the Floyd sober- of course you can. But… One of the first times I got really, really high was at a high school party in an expansive and beautiful house way up in the mountains of Snowmass, CO, and 'The Dark Side of the Moon' was playing on a quadraphonic stereo. They don’t have enough stars to rate that. I had transcended the fucking stars. The second occasion was in Houston. I was 18-19 years old, and attending a midnight movie at some theatre with a wild girlfriend who loved to have sex in my car while parked in random persons’ driveways (which was not really to my taste); but, more to the point, always had the best weed (which was to my taste.) The movie was 'Live at Pompeii.' I knew nothing about it, she had arranged the whole thing. She had said something about 'Wish You Were Here' being her favorite song, and I thought she was referring to the soft rock hit by Chicago, ‘Wishing You Were Here.’ So imagine my surprise, super-high, when the lights dimmed and the movie began. Obviously, none of this is really a proper review of 'Wish You Were Here'- Roger Waters’ continuing expression of grief over the loss of his friend and founding Floyd member, Syd Barrett, to mental illness exacerbated by copious amounts of LSD ingestion. So, here’s mine in a nutshell: How does one follow up 'The Dark Side of the Moon,' one of the greatest LPs EVER recorded? 'Wish You Were Here,' that’s how. I currently live in Denver, CO, the first of these United States to legalize recreational marijuana. And this ain’t your 1975 pot anymore. These young blood hipsters have taken things to a whole other level. Which can only mean that a random sampling of their reviews of 'Wish You Were Here' will surely reflect their enjoyment of it, too; and, perhaps even more than mine when I was their age… and high.

Amazing

10/10

A fantastic album, brilliantly produced. The opening 9 mins of Shine on You Crazy Diamond is just incredible. Overall, it's a stone cold classic.

Re-listening for the generator. Was delighted to see some Floyd appear as my next record. Part 2 of 4 in Pink Floyd’s legendary 1973-79 run, Wish You Were Here is a mesmerizing ride down a winding river. The sweeping two big pieces of Shine On…, the rollers Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar, and above all else the heart-rending title track, this album is simply exquisite. Perhaps too short for a perfect score, perhaps too unvaried, but it maintains. 10/10

Another childhood album of mine. I loved shine on you crazy diamond and wish you were here as a kid but now I’ve come to appreciate the rest of the album more

All-time favorite album. A masterpiece.

9/10

A masterpiece. One of the best pieces of music ever recorded. Beautiful, emotional, and universal even though the subject matter is very personal to the band. The song “Wish You Were Here” is, in my opinion, a perfect piece of music.

One of the classics!

Well.

Fucking amazing, a masterpiece.

5/5 ein af bestu plötum allra tíma

5! Just absolutely amazing

This album has a lot of nostalgia for the frequent trips back to my Dads hometown visiting my grandparents when I was little. On the way there, a Pink Floyd cassette; and on the way back, Carpenters for my mum. For him there was already a strong connection as the band is also from his hometown, Cambridge; and he made sure to remind me every single time that he went to the same school as some of the band members (albeit different years, haha). I never understood the impact and influence of Pink Floyd until many years later and can completely understand why some people find this album overrated. That in between stage of childhood and adulthood, that was me. I got tired of it, it was 'uncool' dad rock that was played too often, went on too long, I wanted to listen to something new. None of my friends even knew what Pink Floyd were. When I rediscovered it in my 20s, something just clicked. I don't think this is their best album but for me this album is timeless. I can put it on almost any day of the year and it never gets old. With only five tracks on the album, the length is surprising. Each track feels like it has its place in the album, bringing all the emotion that could possibly be shown, building up and winding down. The bluesy tunes over drones and steady beats serving to reinforce the messages. Two of the songs (Welcome to the Machine & Have a Cigar) very clearly describe the music industry and the whole album seems a tribute specifically for the troubled former member Syd Barrett. Even knowing this, the songs still feel relatable, especially to early adulthood and trying to find your feet in the world. Promises made by employers never come to fruition. The pressure to fit a mould. Making mistakes. The guilt of leaving people behind who had been a formative part of our lives and the sorrow of losing them completely. Discovering nothing really changes.

Classic top tier Floyd album. Love the music and the themes. “Have a Cigar” is great commentary on music biz and life in general. Another thing I like is the cover - that’s a real dude on fire with real fire. They didn’t have photoshop back then…

one of the few I kept relistening to all day. A perfect album.

Classic

This was definitely the easiest 5 of this list so far, as I've listened to this album quite a number of times the last few years. Pink Floyd in general and Wish You Were Here in particular is one of the most biggest influences for some of the bands I love most today, especially in progressive rock & metal and atmospheric metal. Despite its now considerable age its still a fantastic album in its own right. It's soothing yet moving, accessible yet deep, haunting yet uplifting. It's an album that has a soul. The title track is among my favorite songs of all time, but I also really love all parts of Shine On.

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After getting Floyd's debut album earlier this week (and still not really enjoying it all that much) it's nice to get this one for the weekend. Interesting meta-album concept to me ... I just listened to the Stones' "Exile on Main Street" which is an album I don't particularly like, one of the reasons being that rather than a collection of decent songwriting I found that album more of just a vibe (A bluesy drugged out communal country house vibe if that's your thing). To be consistent - I should say the same of "Wish You Were Here" - this is definitely a vibe album, but instead this one being a slow space travel vibe...? It's different because even if the longest song tracks in at over 20 (!) minutes, it still works as a *song* as do the 3 shorter ones. Right off the bat this album draws you in: the almost eternally-long instrumental intro to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" doesn't give us any vocals until nearly 9 minutes in. But it's right for this music - it sets up tension before "that riff" comes in at about 3:55, slowly repeating into a crescendo before the band kicks in for a bit, backs off, etc. Perhaps a bit of confirmation bias here but this never could have worked as a shorter song. I don't think you can fully appreciate the (overplayed?) singles until you hear them within context of the full album. Which...of course just means playing them between the cut 20 minute "Shine On..." Random note: I never knew until many decades later that the vocalist on Have A Cigar wasn't anyone from the band but English musician Roy Harper. A word or two about the production - this is prime-era Floyd where the mix sounds gorgeous...the great 70s analog synths blending perfectly with Gilmour's perfectly restrained guitar, clarity in vocals and acoustic guitars - the overall sound is just as much what makes this a classic as the music itself. This might not be for everyone (but shouldn't everyone enjoy a 20 minute song now and again) and may not be in my favourite ~50 albums ever but for what they were going for it's perfection - turn the lights down, turn the volume way up, and this is a vibe I can always get behind. 9/10 5 stars.

One of the greatest. Amazing the whole way through.

10

Maybe not quite the epic quality to match Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall, but I like how clearly the story comes through. And just great music

One of the best albums ever recorded

Absolute banger. top tier album rip syd barret

This album is straight up iconic. One of the greatest albums of all time. Love the theme throughout the entire album. So sad that the band was missing one of its members and were feeling the weight of carrying on. Favorite tracks? Probably the title track of the album or the heavy ass rock your face of “have a cigar” Seriously though. If you like music you must listen to this album

Sublime as ever. While Dark Side might have better stand-out tracks, this is their most cohesive album, and such a gorgeous soundscape! Fav new track: N/A, but old is ofc Wish You Were Here.

I could just give this the 5 stars it deserves and move on, but before I do so I will note there are 3 other Pink Floyd albums I consider superior to this one. Yet Wish You fully deserves 5 stars: For the performances, For successfully doing this themed album (even if I don't necessarily sympathize with the suffering created by the music industry), But most of all for the great music. The title song is, easily, one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Now it's time to sit back, have a cigar, and listen to this great album once more.

Outstanding stuff