A very Melancholic album by Pink Floyd. It sucks you right in and takes you on a journey about missing a person. It captures those feelings very well and in my eyes the perfect place for solace. Though without any context of what this album is supposed to represent and the things they have been going through at the time of making, it makes it fall rather flat. Especially the two songs "Welcome to the machine" and "Have a cigar" are just okay on their own and mostly just shine because of the story behind them. If looked at for the sole purpose of being against the music industry, there are definitely better songs about that. So it makes sense that when this album came out it wasnt received all to well. Im mostly debating whether or not this is an album I really have to hear before I die. To me the only good reason to listen to this album is "wish you were here". It definitely carries the album but can perfectly exist on its own. Without it, the album would wish it was there..

If you believe this album deserves a 5 star, then nothings cool. This album certainly isnt entirely perfect. Not every song is amazing. But it does not need that to shine. It shines with its soothing energy and as a whole it just sticks to its theme, stays full of character. There are some amazing titles in this that just need to be heard. It fills my heart with warmth. My favorite for sure is Find the river.

I feel like I dont really have much to say about it. It has some of the biggest hits ever on it. But all the other songs blur together into this pulp of the same guitar sounds, same vocals and tonality, it all starts to fade into the background at some point. The first half of this album is really strong and thanks to wonderwall breaks out of the monotony that the second half suffers from. Cut it in half and you'd have a perfect album on its own. My favorite song is definitely Hey now! thanks to its surprising grunge sound! Overall its easy to listen to but its missing a strong character. Just like the life of an average working class citizen, which this music gets associated with -plain and simple.

Ahead of its time.