Wish You Were Here

A scathing jab at the record industry and its' costs and a plaintive look at innocence lost, Wish You Were Here is an outstanding work of art. Any part of it can be taken in and enjoyed but to feel the full weight one has to listen to the album in its' entirety. I had listened to everything piecemeal and loved them all. One night while sitting alone in a car at night waiting, I had the radio on and was listening. The station was one that was on the outside fringes of reception and they while they played great stuff they were sometimes erratic with actually having music on. So when the radio went silent for a bit I almost turned it off. But I thought I heard something quiet in the distance so I turned it up. It was Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) and it absolutely gutted me. If anything had been open I would have run to go get the album immediately. As it was I picked it up the next day and it has been one of my favorites ever since. Few albums convey such pain, anguish and longing in such a beautiful manner.

This gets real close to being perfect.

I only wish there was an option for 6 stars.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ No notes

A classic.

Great!

Phenomenal.

A true masterpiece that culminates in Wish You Were Here. I can see how some people might find the album slow at the start but it does not stay slow for long. Hard to find much fault or anything negative to say about this one.

Neuron activation.

It's almost worrying just how good Pink Floyd were for the run of albums that this was in. There were at least two more stone cold classics still to come and their last album was one of the best selling albums of all time. There's nothing overly complex about the music, but it's put together so well and I can't think of any other artist who comes close to this sound. Part of the journey I've been on with 1001 albums has led me a little closer to seeing what music influenced Pink Floyd, but they still stand out as being one of a kind in my opinion. For me, this is the Pink Floyd album I most liked to belt out when walking home drunk, either the title track, or Shine On. Some of the best lyrics I've ever heard. I love the way the entire band come together here to produce such an awesome album, the drums, keyboard, guitars, drums, all come together perfectly, nothing is over or understated. They even have Roy Harper as a guest singer for the icing on the cake.

5 star just terrific Shine On is probably their best overall song. Not my favorite, but best Such a loving tribute to an old friend. Listen to this one

Incredibile, miglior album dei Pink Floyd. Enigmatico ed elaborato senza toni eccessivamente pretenziosi.

Deserved-classic synthy 70s masterpiece . Lovely memories of listening to this on big headphones sat next to the record player as a kid, even though at that time i didn't get the themes of grief and sadness at the time, just enjoyed the stereo synth effects!

I knew all the songs but hadn't really listened to the whole album. It's a good as Dark Side of the Moon.

the best!

Ionic.

0 my favorite album by a band that has several masterpieces and aguably no bad ones

A legendary album from a legendary band. 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' is just the icing on the cake.

Jaaaaa

10/10 no notes absolutely flawless

A favourite of mine, the 5 track playlist always put me off when I was a teenager but I wanted it so badly for Wish You Were Here and Shine on. Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar are equally as good. It's as mesmerising as ever. An album everyone should own.

What to say? Top ten for me. Known it and loved it for 30 plus years, still blows me away. Better structured and more cohesive than most prog. The most amazing soaring lyrical guitar parts you could ever hope for. Dense studio soundscapes with ground breaking efffects. It's in a league of it's own. Does sound very 1970s and the lyrics are a bit schoolboy-ish. Deal with it, make this one your friend for life.

This is probably their best album outside of DSOTM. It may even be better once you've become a fan of the ban and understand that it was written based on some of the turmoil the band felt with Syd Barret leaving. It is also a perfect middle between Animals and DSTOM in terms of their more experimental prog roots and their acclaimed single fame (this album having at least one single with "Wish You Were Here" over Animals having none IMO). The wild group choruses, saxophone and tension all throughout "Shine on you Crazy Diamond." The darker/grittier tones of "Welcome to the Machine." The excellent chorus end on "Have a Cigar." The beauty/sorrow of "Wish You Were Here." And ending with the final parts of the opening song (with equal length) is a good capstone.

Stone cold classic

Beautifully orchestrated. Sonically pleasing. Compared to what else I’ve been listening to from that time they were pushing the boundaries by creating their own style and unique storytelling. This listening session I learned that your environment, mood and what you’re doing at the moment can dictate how you will perceive and also appreciate music.

Always loved <3

The only Pink Floyd album that all members of Pink Floyd could agree was kind of okay. Roger Waters might have been the creative force behind Wish You Were Here, but David Gilmour's guitar tone steals the show while Rick Wright's work behind the keys makes this one of the greatest, most cohesive, albums of all time.

I love reading old reviews of Wish You Were Here, as everyone seemed out of their minds and found it uninspiring, dull and insincere - only for them to later realize the magnitude of the record and praise it as one of the greatest album ever released.

It takes stones to lead your album with an 11 minute song (and then continue it on subsequent tracks).

Phenomenal. 4.6

Pink Floyd raised the greatest question in rock music (B-F-G-E?). Noone asnswered yet.

Incroyable, Masterpiece, ça m'a retourné le cerveau.

Do yourself a favor and get an waterproof/submersible speaker, take it into a swimming pool, and play this album.

Reeeeallllyyyyy good

Radical. Psychedelic. Original. Emotional.

One of the best ever.

5 🌟

Masterpiece. Favorite tracks: All of them

Totally perfect Fav songs: Have a cigar Wish you were here ^=^

Great album

Pink Floyd never ceases to be amazing!

5!

Wish You Were Here, the follow up to Pink Floyd's earth-shattering Dark Side of the Moon, is often treated like a sophomore album. In some ways it is. Dark Side of the Moon represented a major break from Pink Floyd's psychedelia of the 1960s. It was, in the post Syd Barret relaunch of the band, something like a first album. Unlike many sophmore albums, Wish You Were here was not a bunch of outtakes. Instead, it leaned heavily into the prog rock of Dark Side of the Moon. At the same time, it was not just a continuation of its predecessor. The tone is very different with a melancholy feel to the album driven by themes of lost youth, alienation, and disappointment. This is especially true with the epic Shine on You Crazy Diamond. Broken into two parts, it talks to the feeling of the loss of youth and yearning for previous times. The two halves of the piece are interrupted by three songs - Welcome to the Machine, Have a Cigar, and the amazing title track, Wish You Were Here. All three share the theme of youth being ruined and consumed by society and its expectations. That last of the triptych, it heartachingly sad both musically and lyrically. History has declared Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd's greatest work. Perhaps, but if it's possible to have two greatest works, then Wish You Were Here is the other.

This was my first time listening, but definitely not my last. There are only a few songs, but the first and last songs each have several parts (collectively called "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"). The tunes on here are not necessarily catchy earworms in the way pop songs may be, but they're very pleasant and interesting. I appreciated the instrumental focus of much of the album. Depending on how you choose to listen, "Wish You Were Here" can be relaxing, or it can leave you with a lot to think about, or both.

One of my favourite albums of all time, i love it so much. not much has to be said honestly pink floyd pretty self explanatory STAND OUT: Shine on You crazy diamond (ALL OF THEM)

Perfect, and yet somehow still not as good as their previous album!

Perfection. One of my favourite albums for just vibing. The opener Shine On You Crazy Diamond is the prefect execution of building music to a climax.

NOOOOOOOO WISH YOU WERE HERE🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁. I love this album so much💔💔 the vocals and the background are very painful for me. This is a beautiful album that has a of meaning behijf it!!

Sooo relaxing, great album but prefer Dark Side of the Moon. Would recommend it to everyone as it’s a really good listen 😃

One of my boyfriends in college went on spring break in California and brought this back for me (along with the Funky Cold Medina cassette single, both of which he had opened and listened to) as a gift. I liked him a lot, so I put this on at bedtime every night religiously. Wish You Were Here is not at all a souvenir of California for me, but of the thoughts and dreams of my 19 year-old self lying in bed at night trying to figure everything out. That the opening lyrics are, “Remember when you were young/ You shone like the sun”…sigh.

Oh darn I had to listen to this again

oh girl i love this album

banger

I love this record. I love the prog and the synth and the psych elements to it. It's a journey that doesn't get boring. All the subtle sounds effects are great. It's an album I've revisited many times over the last decade and will continue to revisit. It might be my favorite Pink Floyd album.

This album is a masterpiece. I'm not super into prog, and frankly, I don't revisit this one often. However, its impossible to deny how cohesive this whole album. Every song is exactly where it should flows so perfectly into the next. It really does arch like a traditional story. "Wish You Were Here" is right in the middle and always blows my mind. I love how Shine On is on both sides of the record and serves and a book end. It's absolutely brilliant.

Fantastic album and what a great cover

Brabo

did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? greatest album cover ever

This album is a masterpiece by a band that does nothing but produce masterpieces. For me, this album is second only to Dark Side. With an album this good I find it hard to say anything of substance - some of these speak for themselves and enough said is enough said.

As an unabashed Pink Floyd fan, this is One Of The Great Ones.

One of the amazing albums

A timeless classic.

Beautiful album. Best enjoyed entirely in one sitting.

Shine on crazy diamond makes me explode

One of my favorite bands of all time, if not my favorite. (At least right now, it changes) and this is a great album there is no doubt. I don’t often criticize the judgement of the author but adding this and not including Animals is an error.

Their finest moment

My favorite album of all time.

One of my favorites

Top 10 all time, all genre

Pile on many more layers, and I'll be joining you there.

About as good as rock record can be. Title cut is music for the deathbed itself, not just before dying. To think this was their follow-up to Dark Side more than cements their place in the pantheon.

Sheer masterpiece.

Pink Floyd have some sketchy albums, and some incredibly good ones. This is one of the better ones. Really solid album where actually all songs are really good, harmonize well, and are coherent. Cool album cover too. I guess this might not fit someone who dislikes guitar centric music, otherwise I think this is an album most people are familiar with and can enjoy. I also like that every song is quite different from one another, even though the also work well together. 'Welcome To The Machine' is for example a quite synthetic song, as opposed to 'Have A Cigar' which is more rocky. Solid 5/5, would recommend to everybody.

I mean it's just hands down a great album. I tried to find things wrong with it and the only thing I can come up with is that maybe "Welcome to the machine" is not quite as strong as the other songs. Other than that is pretty much as close to a perfect album I think you can come. Everything is just really good, from the solos, the lyrics, the subject matter, even the artwork is iconic. Everybody should listen to this and see if it is their jam.

In my view this is the last great mid-period Pink Floyd album, and one that ranks up there with Dark Side of the Moon, before the more misanthropic tendencies crept in. From Animals onwards I think there was something of a downward creep. High point for me is Shine On You Crazy Diamond, but really the whole album is great. And I can still remember guying the vinyl version and loving the sleeve and packaging.

If Dark Side was their Sgt Pepper's, then this must be their Abbey Road. With the masterful song suite that is "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", the band pays ode to a former member of the Floyd in glorious style. The songs between SOYCD also rule. "Have a Cigar" was, for a while there, my favorite track of theirs. This whole record is a masterpiece, and it was one of the first albums I added to my vinyl collection. It simply belongs among the 5 star albums.

Classic rock. One of my favorite albums -- I've listened to Wish You Were Here more times than I can count and I'm sure I'll listen to it many more times to come. One of the greatest rock bands ever at the height of their powers. Fantastic from start to finish -- lyrics alternating between cutting sarcasm and melancholy remembrance as they explore the business of being a rock star and what it does to their bandmates. The musicianship is outstanding, as are the production values with different tones and sound effects amplifying the moods of the different tracks.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd is a group that requires you to sit and listen to the entire album. Picking and choosing specific songs/singles means you are not getting the full picture of what they created. Wish You Were Here is an example of this. You can pick Shine On You Crazy Diamond, pts 1-5 to listen to, but you would miss the transition into Welcome to the Machine. While Shine On is a great song you lose the full impact of listening to the entire album in one sitting. Albums like this won't work in today's music climate. Everyone wants the one song and to not be tied down into listening to the entire album from start to finish. But Pink Floyd created something special with their albums and they should be listened to on vinyl. Not because of quality or sound, but because their albums were made for that medium. And the title song is amazing. The way it sounds like the sound has dropped and you barely hear the music on the right channel and then it kicks in with full sound! So fucking good. Plus the song is just top tier. 5/5

a classic for a reason

Pink Floyd might have greater, more ambitious albums, but this one cuts like a knife. Painfully cynical while at the same time elegantly haunting and mournful. Every song on here is a classic. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Wish You Were Here, Have a Cigar, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V), Welcome to the Machine, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–IX)

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background The atmosphere and build of Shine On, and the longing on Wish You Were Here made this my favorite Pink Floyd album back in high school (along with the Wall). Very high on the nostalgia factor for me. 5 stars.

Exceptional

Masterpiece

His voice is so annoying.

Haunting, churning, visceral, timeless album. Can have this playing in many settings. In the backdrop at home, during a party, or as a listening event, at the foci of guests’ attention to mesmerize and captivate. Released nearly 50 years ago, true art is unfazed by the test of time. Will listen to this again on a roadtrip, while camping, I could go on. Could teach a music history course on this album and Pink Floyd’s impact on music. 💎🎸🧿

One of my all time favs , it’s all about letting the vibe simmer …. Floyd does it best. They definitely had a message of how shitty the music industry is, but they still made it entertaining as heck. Timeless album 💿 ⭐️

This is a delightful album to listen to for me. I love two of the songs especially: Have a Cigar and Wish You Were Here. The crazy diamond parts in the beginning and end are nice cornerstones.

Personally, I think this album is better than Dark Side of the Moon. The opening track is David Gilmour at his absolute best.

What a start to an incredible journey. This is my first Pink Floyd album I'm hearing in full and it did not disappoint. The title track will always hold a special place in my heart thanks to covering it multiple times in dedication to someone important that passed. Shine On You Crazy Diamond and all its parts are monumental especially the buildup in the first parts to the chorus are magnificent. The other two songs equally hold their weight in grandiosity, and flourish this incredible album. Very much deserved to be so high in the all-time list on AOTY. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5 - 95 Welcome to the Machine - 100 Have a Cigar - 90 Wish You Were Here - 100 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6-9 - 95 Final score: 96

Perfect. Masterpiece.

One of my absolute favorite albums of all time. Just incredible start to finish. David Gilmour's guitar on Shine on You Crazy Diamond are emotional and moving. Not fast or flashy, but he makes that guitar sing.

Probably their best, right alongside 'Dark Side...'. Sometimes I feel like the middle 3 songs are just fillers between the epic 'Crazy Diamond' pieces, which I think is really the heart and soul of the whole album. But those 3 tracks standalone on their own feet, and I love how seemlessly they blend into each other and back into the final track. Pink Floyd really knew how to create a real album experience, not just a collection of songs.

For me this album is second only to Animals in the Pink Floyd canon. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is heartbreaking and beautiful. Never will I tire of listening to David Gilmour’s soaring guitar and understated haunting voice. I can say the same for this album.

A great album that fits into their odd year 70s must listen /purchase set Sometimes gets overlooked surrounded by the heavyweight albums before and after but stands alone as a tribute to Syd and kept the band going despite some fractures. Watching any iteration of Floyd live and feeling the anticipation of the riff at the beginning of “Shine on….” Is something to behold Can’t say enough about it but still in my rotation 50 years later

One of the best albums ever written. Pink Floyd are incredible sound appreciators. Such patience and thought put into each transition. I love the reoccurring themes. A tribute to a dear friend.

4.9/5 Best Track: Welcome to the Machine

Absolutely amazing album!

It almost felt like cheating to listen to this album (for what must be the umpteenth time). Despite my undying fandom, I've never read any liner notes or anything about this album, so I was surprised to read that Roy Harper was responsible for the lead vocals on "Have a Cigar" (although since I never quite could reconcile Roger Waters' voice to that song, I guess I just implicitly assumed it was another band member singing it?). I think what's always stuck with me most with this album is David Gilmour's distinctive guitar style, which feels as perfected on this album as it could probably be. I'm sorry that contemporary critics didn't feel all that enthusiastic about this album, but I have the feeling that the (to me, at least) unique sound and composition of the album must have seemed out of left field, even for Pink Floyd. When I was a kid, I would play my favorite records continuously while reading books. As a result, It's almost impossible for me to separate "Wish you were here" from a couple of fantasy book series, mainly "The Once and Future King" series (T.H. White), and I think also the "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" series (Stephen Donaldson). Probably not what Waters and crew had in mind, I know....

Awesome

a heartfelt exploration of love and camaraderie accented by dreamy synths and way-too-long guitar solos that speak to your soul. 10/10

I approve

The worst thing about Pink Floyd is the insufferable fans. The music is amazing though.

I've long lost count of how many times I've listened to this album over the years. From the bookends of Shine On You Crazy Diamond to the three great featured songs it's an all time classic. Earns it's place alongside Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.

I like that this is a tribute to their former singer. I had a copy of this on tape. I really like it. Listens: 2 Fave Track: Have A Cigar Rating: 5

Probably one of if not the greatest album of all time

I do not think I have listened to this all the through in probably 6 years. And man is it impressive. The synthesizer usage was really awesome. RIP Syd Barrett.

Enige minpunt aan dit album is de lengte: het is te kort.

This used to be my 100% favorite album of all time, and while it's title is up for grabs with like 5 other albums likely on this list, I still fucking adore it. Near perfection.

Yesss! Beautiful album! 12/10.

Never noticed the ending of “Welcome…Machine” before. Social trappings are the machine? Super creative album.

This album feels like running away from home. I love the dystopian feel. Every now and then some hope shines through in the hopeless minor environment. The lyrics are vivid and provoking. If you have nothing to do and no where left to go, put on the best sound quality headphones and listen to this story uninterrupted.

10/10 some of Pink Floyd’s best work I absolutely love every second of this and it is recognized as a prog rock classic for good reason

I read album reviews and see people talk about being "blown away", and I tend to dismiss it as exaggeration, but I recall putting this album on in my room, as a teenager, and being blown away. Wow.

Maybe not the best Floyd album but still amazing.

Probably my favorite Floyd album.

One of the greates Pink Floyd albums of all the time. And one of the greatest piece of music ever made <3

Yes.

always a tough admission to accept that every man in my life is actually correct. this is a phenomenal record.

Would you look at that? Just 4 days after I asked why I haven't gotten a Pink Floyd album yet in my The Sensual World review, I finally get one! And in the same week as Radiohead too! This has been a great week so far for my album listens. Anyways, Wish You Were Here totally lives up to the hype. This is really good. There's only 5 songs on here, so naturally those songs were made to be longer to compensate for that. However, they don't really feel that long. For as long songs like Welcome to the Machine and both sections of Shine On You Crazy Diamond are, they don't drag on at all. For Shine On, that can be explained by it being split into different sections, but the whole album has really good pacing. The songs are all excellent. I could probably talk about all of them individually, which is something I don't usually do. And I will! Shine On You Crazy Diamond is just such a great idea that gets executed flawlessly. The different sections vary, yet flow into each other without anything being jarring at all. Also it has a saxophone solo that surprisingly works really well! Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar are similar songs in concept, but stand out in comparison to each other and other songs. Having a guest singer on the latter definitely aids in that variance. The title track is just a masterpiece. It perfectly encapsulates the feeling of wishing that someone you love was still here with you, even if they may not actually be dead. Finally, closing out with the rest of Shine On is a bold move, but one that definitely pays off. The whole sound of this album is excellent and results in the experience having this great vibe to it all. The singing is quite good. There is so much to say about this album that I unfortunately don't have the time to get into. This is just an excellent album, and I am very excited to get to other albums like Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall later on. 5/5.

Very poignant and meaningful

The is one of my favorite albums ever. I've probably listened to it at least 50 times in my life. The first time, it absolutely blew my 15 year old mind. I hadn't heard anything like it before. Thus began my love of all things Pink Floyd.

It is very good. It's not as good as Dark Side in my opinion. But still very good

Probably my favorite from one of my all time favorite rock bands. I’ve been listening to it since high school and have a lot of memories listening to it. I love how they went from Animals, an album devoted to class structure and socioeconomic to one about becoming a celebrity and all the pitfalls that go with it on WYWH.

This was a really good album

Pink Floyd was never a band I could get into, however this album was the exception. Fantastic cover to cover. 5/5

I love this entire album

5/5 Amazing prog rock, drop a tab and put this in. Choppy synth, very good beats, and a god damn saxophone solo, this makes you see wonder in just about everything.

This really brought back memories! Loved it!

Easily one of my top 5 favourite albums of all time.

Definitely a great prog rock album.

Very much like it, ne znam opisat drugacije osim the vibes are THERE and they're IT. Nemam pojma koliko je ovo accurate jer sam needukovana but its giving neki old school rock vibe i mnogo odgovara mojim UŠIMA.

I was expecting more song lyrics, but all the solos were fun to listen to. Can’t go wrong with Pink Floyd

Classic top 20 all time album for me.

Best Pink Floyd album, or at least tied w Dark Side. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is one of the best songs ever written.

I loved this. I never knew I liked Pink Floyd until now. It’s extraordinary. Ephemeral and intergalactic.

Killer album, mind melting flows!

Ethereal

One of my all time favorite albums. My bad used to play a cover of Wish You Were Here.

One of the last albums where every member had their own important contributions.

One of the greatest ever!

Ausgezeichnetes Album. Mit einer schlüssigen Komposition und Anordnung der Stücke. Lyrisch anspruchsvoll und differenziert. Musikalisch mit der Auskopplung “Wish You Were here” einen hohen Wiederkennungswert. Das Intro von „Shine on …Pt. 1“ ist Champions League.

I have been listening to Wish You Were Here for forty plus years. It is a great album! Just in the past few years I have learned that Roy Harper did the vocals for Have A Cigar.

Genius

Fantastic

Classic album. So many goodies. Love the instrumentals & the long jams. Will always like this one.

This is perhaps my favorite Pink Floyd album! Loved seeing this as todays recommendation!

Classic album and one of my favorites

Not as intrusive as I expected it to be. How times change.

Meilenstein für die ewigen TOP 100 der Popmusik - zwischen Song und Suite. Und der Titelsong gehört wohl zu den meist gecoverten ... Tipp: Ulita Knaus' Version von Have a cigar ...

Großartig!

Love it!!

Great variety, epic length of tracks, one of my favs.

One of the best bands with one of the best albums featuring one of the best songs of all time. I am a huge Floyd guy and this album is my 2nd most favorite album from them but I still think it's perfect in it's own way. Machine is the weakest song on here but the others songs are like 11/10 on their own. Listen to this all the time. 10/10

bring back 10 minutes long songs

unbelievable good, simply great!!!

Top notch album, long time Pink Floyd fan here. Have this one on vinyl

Simplesmente Pink Floyd. 5 estrelas

A 5 star album.

Easy 5. 2nd favorite pink flyod album. Very prog rocky with shine on. Excellent lyrics swinging for cynical to sentimental. A classic Iconic: wish you were here Repeats:shine on you crazy diamond 1-5, have a cigar, shine on (5-9)

Everyone goes on about Dark Side of the Moon and the Wall (and rightfully so as they are both great albums) but this record is a slept on masterpiece.

Ez dump on bad albums.

One of the best albums ever!

All time banger.

I LOVE it

Everyone's got that one crazy diamond friend that gets permanently tied to this album.

fucking musical genius

Incredible album. Favorite Pink Floyd album and one of my all time favorite albums ever.

Rest in peace Syd Barnett. Undeniably a classic. Pink Floyd at their most ambitious.

As soon as this popped up, I knew it was gonna be a 5/5. It’s hard to give this anything but a 5 for me. Amazingly produced, amazingly played out, amazing performances, amazing lyrics, amazing everything. Amazing! I’m glad I revisited this. An album everybody should listen to.

what can you say, its sick, 5

this was the 3rd of the 4 big Pink Floyd albums that i got from this site (including animals). it makes sense why some people consider them the best band of all time.

One of the best albums ever

Magnificent. It has the towering Gilmour blues guitar, some synth noodling and a quite lovely song in the title track. The funky section in the later stages if Shine On are right up there with Echoes. I always enjoyed this Floyd album as it’s less freaky than others, but I’m looking forward to revisiting Dark Side again as I’m down to my last 10 albums and it is a glaring omission!

OH WOW 5

Part of Pink Floyd’s holy quadrangle of sequential 70s genius. ‘Welcome to the machine’ and ‘have a cigar’ would be great offerings in almost any album but almost feel like filler compared to the title track and the epic two parter of ‘shine on you crazy diamond’ that starts and finishes the album. Possibly one of the greatest albums of the 70s or even all time.

I mean, come on!

Proclaiming a favorite Pink Floyd album is in the same vein as announcing your favorite child....yet I think I'll still do it. This is my favorite Pink Floyd album! It soothes me from start to finish. Love listening to it on rainy days, or sunny breezy days, or anytime I just want to relax and be calmed.

The whole dang album is notable. One of the best of it's time. 5/5

Great

AMAZING PINK FLOYD FTW

It's a masterpiece! Album has been listened so may times but I am listening it agian as the first time. I like it and all Pink Floyd's music.

Pink Floyd is always going to be great.

Love this one, I mean it’s Pink Floyd

Total bias to my review as this was a formative album from my childhood and I can’t separate out my teen wonder of what I heard then from now. A phenomenal album start to finish!

Brilliant all the way through

Exquisite

Probably my favorite Pink Floyd album and for good reason. It draws you and lets you breathe just long enough for it to punch you in the stomach. This made me feel something. Fav song: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)

Ремек дело. 10/10

felt like i was floating

Wish you were here, grandes memorias. Sentimientos de nostalgia de un tiempo que no viví.

I will preface my review by saying that I think this is one of the best albums ever recorded, and when people ask me what my favorite album is, this album is usually my response. This is the part of my review where I mention that I grew up listening to quite a bit of classic rock. My parents listened to quite a bit of classic rock, therefore I did throughout my childhood, and I kept listening to it throughout my high school and college years. I mostly knew Pink Floyd from "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2," but at some point in high school, I heard the title track off this album on the radio, and I loved it. In the mid aughts, I was in the process of transferring from community college to a four year university, and as a parting gift, one of my coworkers gave me this album on CD. I'll never forget my first time listening to it. I was driving home from the dentist in rush hour traffic when I popped this album in. I was pretty much blow away immediately by the sound of this album. It was raining at a pretty good clip as I drove home, which provided the perfect atmosphere for this album. I fell in love with this album that day, and I still love this album to this day. I think that everything about this album is perfect: the production, the lyrics, the vocals, the synths, the guitars, the piano playing, the drums... everything on this album comes together to make a beautiful forty-five minute piece of music. Listening to this album is like having a wonderful dream: I'm never quite ready for it to end. Even though the opening and closing tracks are over twelve minutes long each, I never find them boring. Usually, I'm rapt with attention, straining my ears and brain to take in every note, even though I know this album like the back of my hand. I don't think I'll ever get tired of listening to this album, especially the title track. When I'm finished with this list, I assume that this is what I'll be listing as my favorite album.

OMG I can't tell you how many times I've listened to Shine on You Crazy Diamond. It was basically my go to when I would feel too crazy and thinking way too much. It would help to hone me in for a while. even if just for a few minutes. There was peace. However, I don't think I've listened to the whole album. Oh, just kidding I totally have. What a masterpiece of a song though. The way it eases into it so mystically and then the progression and buildup. It's incredible!! 5 stars!!

The British are forgiven

Space

One of the greatest albums of all time by one of the greatest bands of all time!

Great album!

This is great. Every song is good and it just takes you to that special place where you are the music

What can you say?

Masterpiece. Guitar tone is unreal.

masterpiece

This is an easy 5/5, so much emotion going through all of these songs, you can clearly hear how much they miss Syd Barrett, and it's overall such a fantastic album.

Pure goosebumps from start to finish. How do you even begin with writing something like this? 1000/5 stars.

Ja ouvi demais taloko kk

One of my person favorite records of all time.

yea

Enjoyed, a lot

My favourite Pink Floyd

An iconic album cover. I've heard a hundred dudes play the guitar part to "Wish You Were Here" but I have never listened to this album all the way through. Today's the day. On first listen, I'm into it. Shine On pt 1-5 intro makes me want to listen to Maggot Brain at first, then 4 minutes in the groove starts and I wish I was able to smoke a joint at work. It's very moody bass and organ backing track with some bluesy licks over top that just grows and grows. At 6 minutes it cools off for a melancholy synth solo. Guitar solo kicks back in at 7:30. The vocals start at 8:30. Around 11 minutes the saxophone solo kicks off and launches a heavier bass riff at 12 minutes that ends and the saxophone tapers us out. It's crazy that this is one of the top selling albums of all time, people are wild. Industrial intro to Welcome to the Machine is very moody. The synth sounds a little dated now, but I think that's just because everyone copied these sounds after this came out. Strained vocals, acoustic strums, drones, and little stabbing synths pops and pierces and futuristic laser wobbles. The song drags a little bit but I think it's a good emotional intro to Have a Cigar. Have a Cigar is great. I love Roy Harper's album Stormcock and knew he sang this song for Pink Floyd but had never heard it before. Sleazy and menacing. Hearing so many amateur acoustic covers of Wish You Were Here over the years had erased how absolutely grand the song is - it really blows you away. It's crazy how with thorough and intentional all of the mastering is- you can hear this little cough, sniffle, sigh at the beginning that really sets it up. It's like the "holy shit" moment at the end of Oh Comely that grounds things for a second. Shine One You Crazy Diamond pts 6-9 are a continuation of the jams from the first and a reprise of some of the same musical themes. Overall it makes me want to lay on a pillow on the floor in a softly lit room with some good speakers and just vibe.

David Gilmour > Roger Waters

10/10

Love this album ❤️

One of Pink Floyd's best. 1 or 2. This and Dark Side are top 2. Albums concept about former member Syd Barrett, very sad life story of him. Have a Cigar and Wish you Were Here are A tier.

Masterpiece. One of the best albums ever made.

It is a perfect album.

great

Shine on you crazy diamond more like shine on you crazy long ass song, But still it's great, pink floyd has a great story telling feature with the instruments, sounds and delays for the actual lyrics and song to start Welcome to the machine and Have a cigar remind me of their more rock approach to music, the same as Money from Dark Side of the Moon Crazy diamond part 6 - 100000 is also great, good outro for the album, also calm but energetic in pink floyd style, This is a band that if I had the opportunity to watch them live I'd take without thinking twice. Been listening to them my whole life and this album is one of the few 5/5 that I have, together with the likes of Led Zeppelin and Metallica

1. Curto pra caralho essas coisas conceituais, por mais que seja longa essa primeira música, a vibe é muito massa, parece que é um negócio pensado, não é um monte de hippie fazendo qualquer merda. Incrível como os caras conseguem fazer a guitarra cantar na música... e ainda fazem 2 timbres para parecer 2 vocalistas. Foda demais, pqp. 2. Desespero massa na voz dele, ainda curtindo as músicas conceituais. 3. Baixo fudido, a música me dá um sentimento de estar andando pela cidade a noite, sozinho, jaqueta de couro, fumando, indo pro rolê. 4. Foda, essa música sempre dá um feels, muito boa, energia massa, vontade de cantar sempre. O violão deslizando no começo é muito bom de ouvir. Bem lembra tempos de belas artes com o Will... 5. Muito massa como eles experimentam sons, banda fudida mesmo, genial. Achei muito curioso como eles nomearam as músicas, tipo parte 1-5 na primeira e agora 6-9, se tem algum significado mais foda, se é só a junção de partes, fiquei curioso. A diferença que faz uma banda boa ter uma música de 10 minutos de uma ruim que 5 minutos já cansa... Eles sempre trazem algo de novo, te deixa curioso, não vão pelo caminho mais fácil da repetição genérica. Álbum me impressionou, eu curto Pink Floyd justamente por essas paradas conceituais, gosto de sentir a vibe. Achei que seria um álbum com 3 músicas boas e 9 coisas estranhas, mas esse aqui foi enxuto e curti a vibe toda. Sentimento massa, e minha música preferida deles no álbum. 5 estrelas pela vibe.

probably the best floyd album

Textural, nostalgic, great lyrics

Throwback 🥲 so happy to hear this album again

YAYAYYAYA

0 filler. Love it. Måske næstyndlings PF efter Animals

Bedste Pink Floyd plade! Shine On bedste Pink Floyd nummer! Det eneste der ikke er en 10/10 banger er welcome to the machine

Tryggt

Great album, already one of my favorites. The atmosphere of this album is out of this world.

I can write up this review before even listening. Love this album and listened to it plenty of times. Shine on you crazy diamond is beautiful and wish you were here has some of the simplest beautiful guitar work in a song. Overall the album showcases a lot of the instrumental work and balance they were famous for.

It's Pink Floyd, doing what they do. Will spend more time with it in the future.

Awesome classic

Top 10 all time favourites

Really psychedelic and calming. I enjoyed it more than I expected to.

Just sublime. Perfectly crafted with the all time classic Wish You Were Here. All knitted together with the beats from Mason, and the sublime tone from Gilmour. A well crafted album telling the greed of the music industry.

One of my favorite albums of all time. Perfect from start to finish.

Having never actually listened to Pink Floyd before. Clearly I have heard much of their music over the years.... But never in the album unit. And it is rather wonderful. I understand why people enjoy it so. The instrumental parts are very good.

Every time I listen to this album is the best time I’ve ever listened to this album. Road tripping, coffee sipping, cold morning or hot night music. So thoroughly enjoyable. 5 songs, 44 minutes long. A small gem where nothing is too much or too little. I love it I love it I love it. My favorite Pink Floyd album.

Amazing.

Sexo sexo sexo sexo sexo sexo sexo Si un disco tiene 4 temas y uno de ellos es una obra maestra ya el disco es bueno de por si Welcome To The Machine es un buen tema Have a Cigar es espectacular Wish You Were Here es hermosisimo y super bien armado Shine on You Crazy Diamond es EL tema de rock progresivo. Un tema de 9 partes que esta pensado hasta el mas mínimo detalle. Desde las copas de vidrio y las letras hermosas, hasta los sintetizadores espaciales y los solos de guitarra completamente orgasmicos Discazo con todas las letras

A favorite

A classic album by a classic band, and the musical equivalent of a Salvador Dali or a Giorgio De Chirico painting. Oneiric sonic landscapes, plus the anthemic folk ballad that the title-track is. The four guitar notes of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" are of course iconic, and they lead to a world that's part-wonderful-dream, part-anxious-nightmare. I remember discovering this album in my uncle's record collection thirty years ago. I was not the same kid after that. At the time, I didn't understand that this album had a very precise--if slightly obfuscated--thematic / autobiographical intent. I had not heard of Syd Barrett yet, you see. But I could sense that a ghost was looming over those songs all the same. Little did I know that some ghosts could still roam this earth as officially 'alive' human beings, and that the one haunting this LP even had a name. Yet this didn't matter, because the music had already whispered said name into my ears. It sounded like gushes of wintery wind blowing over the plains of madness, both desolate and breathtaking in their surreal beauty. It sounded like watches melting on the branches of forlorn trees, or like a radio station picking up AM waves from the last radio station on Earth after the apocalypse--whether a personal or a global one. In other words, it sounded like Pink Floyd writing their prog-rock legend inside their listeners' mind, once again. 5/5, what else? Number of albums left to review: 392 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 276 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 144 Albums from the list I won't include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 193

Cool instrumentals and overall sound building

yep

slow paced, but it's so pretty that it doesn't feel boring somber vibes but still easy listening guitar solos are so good but when he does sing he goes crazy! welcome to the machine is objectively good, but I don't really vibe w it, the lasers are kinda grating I like when there's smooth transitions between songs I have loved wish you were here for forever it's such a pretty song, my fav on this album overall: very good album, it makes perfect sense why it's so popular. the band was obviously going through a rough time when they made this lol

Road trip camping music. Long buildup that pays off. Key changes midway through songs are wonderful too.

All time great. I like the studio noises, chatter, laughter in Shine on You Crazy Diamond. Also the whole song. Noise intro to Welcome to the Machine is so good. Have a Cigar is my least favorite musically but makes up for it with story. Wish You Were Here is is legendary.

100/5, best album ever dedicated to one of my favourite tragic ex-musicians.

Curto das antigas já

Fantastic soundscapes and an eerie, welcoming tone throughout. I'd skipped over pink Floyd previously, but consider that musical shame conquered. Thanks for a great start!

If this ain’t a 5 ionno what is

One of my all time favorites. There are parts that leave me speechless. It kinda feels like the first time Joe Pera heard Baba O Reilly

Fucking brilliant

Such a VIBE! the guitar sessions.... I MELT! The chill voice... the drum beats... the creative melding of voices, harmonies.... so amazing their play with stereophonic sound, panning about... listen with headphones and wow...

The ending of crazy diamond reminds me of a soundtrack i would hear in risk of rain

Cool

Nothing says "Pink Floyd" like a 5-song album with 45 minutes of music. Oh, and two of those "songs" are actually one song in 9 parts and it's really important that the first 5 parts be in one "song" at the beginning of the album, and the last 4 parts be in another "song" at the end of the album. I have no idea WHY that was so important but I totally, completely, 100% understand THAT it was so important. :D

fire

First music I heard whilst stoned

Their best album? Maybe…

Classic. Pink Floyd can do no wrong in my opinion. Well… maybe a little but this album is definitely made for the ages. Epic!

Perfect

Love ❤️

Um dos meus albuns favoritos. Não tem dissasociar esse album de sua melancolia provida de suas origens, lamentando a perda do legendario Syd Barret, que, mesmo vivo, estava irreconhecivel por sua esquizofrenia, alem de comentar sobre a industria musical. 10

A classic. Not my favorite Floyd album, but easily top 3.

An almost 9-minute instrumental set leading to vocals for “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”? Then “Have a Cigar” and “Wish You Were Here”? 5/5.

Absolutely solid as hell, not a bad song on this album and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it

fantastic

Have loved this one for years. Ethereal guitars

One of the favs

Absolutely brilliant, a masterpiece. Especially as a follow-up to Dark Side of the Moon. Shine on you crazy diamond bookends the album, the long introduction until those haunting guitar notes come in is just so great to listen to. Welcome to the Machine follows this, a hopeless song about the drudgery of life. Have a Cigar sounds upbeat, but expresses the band's frustration with the record industry, also shown on the cover art where two people are making a deal, and one is clearly getting burned. The title track, Wish You were Here is another great song, this and Shine on you crazy diamond combine as a tribute to their former band member Syd Barrett. Overall, a great album, everything flows together, the gold standard of what a concept album should be.

I’ve listened to Wish You Were Here many times and I always forget just how great of an album it is. Welcome to the Machine in particular is such a hauntingly beautiful song. If the Wall didn’t exist, it’d be my favorite Pink Floyd album.

Have it.

Only five songs, but damn they do not disappoint. Groovy all the way through. Liked it way more than I expected.

My second Favourite Pink Floyd album

Гениален албум от-до, страхотно преживяване да се чуе от началото до края

It was really good don't get me wrong, but i really have to be in som type of mood to listen to a song over 5 minutes

Probably my favorite Pink Floyd album with the title track and Shine on You Crazy Diamond being among their overall best songs. That leaves only Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar which I count among the band's top deep tracks as well. This will be the first album I've listened to where the entire album gets added to my playlist...some of the best guitar playing ever recorded.

Beintenging í solar plexusinn minn. Ég hristi bara hausinn yfir því hvað þessi plata hefur mikil tilfinningaleg áhrif á mig og ég hef enga stjórn á því. Svo ofboðslega bittersweet.

De lo mejor de Pink Floyd, y del rock en general

Amazing Album, great build ups in shine on you crazy diamond. And amazing vocals in Have A Cigar. Wish You Were Here is an iconic Albums

Trippy Coldplay init, 5 tho

Juicy prog sandwich

tarkalleen vuosi sitten alkoi rohjekti... ja tällästä paskaa joutuu vieläkin kunteleman.. oispa ukot parempia laulamaan. woat album..worst of all time...takes you to different places along the way without being jarring or pretentious.. ei oo pretentious.. nevermind... goat... holy hullu niin woah !!! 4+ global ratinki... heh not jarring... what is blud on... ihan vitun jarring... shifosdy ne on you fcarwhaxzzy diamnod

Първият албум, който ми се падна да слушам, се оказа албум, който съм слушал стотици път. Още с първите цигари марихуана в гимназията wish you were here се намести сред един от най важните албуми е живота ми.

Sublime, although I prefer the live versions of Wish You Were Here and Shine on you Crazy Diamond. Not really sure why they mixed it like they did, but I guess they know what they were doing.

<3

Brings back good memories!

Best album

the best album ever created and nothing will ever change my mind. im 24 yo, been a pink floyd fan for more a decade now and i listen to this album every day haha

pink floyd is always incredible

Objectively and undoubtedly a legendary album.

BL: this album I’ve listened to once before and have some memories associated to it. Namely being sick in my mates toilet at his university accom whilst “Have a Cigar was playing”, funny with hindsight. Intangibly linked to my first year of university. AL: euphoric listening experience. In the dark with high quality headphones on. One of the best music listening experiences I’ve had, maybe ever. Truly everything on here is brilliant. No filler. FT: “Shine on you crazy diamonds, Pts. 1-5”, “Have a Cigar”, “Wish You Were Here” 5/5

Perfect from start to finish.

Beautiful tribute to Syd and a nice segue into the new era of Pink Floyd. The mood does drag a bit but all of the songs are great. (4.5/5)

Riapro il sito dopo due mesi e ci sono i Pink Floyd, non mi lamento hahah

Superb

Classic

In March of this year, I lost my grandfather to cancer. I can't even begin to explain how I felt back then, because at that time I didn't know how to describe how I felt. The only time where I felt as if I had any clarity was when the song Wish You Were Here played. At the time, I wasn't a huge fan of the song, even though I regarded this album very highly, but I never put the song on by choice. Especially not at that point in my life. But then one day the song came on in my shuffle. And I really paid attention to what I was hearing. And I broke down and started crying. Between then, and the day my grandfather died, I only heard the song one more time, and nearly cried then as well, but forced myself not to because I was in school. And after his death, after I finally found that clarity I had been looking for back then, the song meant even more to me. If someone were to ask me for an album that I believe is about as close to perfect as you can get, I would probably point to this one. From the second the album starts, until the second it ends, and every moment of the 44 minutes and 10 seconds in between that, this album is using every tactic it has against you to draw you in. Each song is so layered and filled with deeply refined performances, it amazes me this actually exists. To be honest, it's a little hard to talk about this, because what more can I say about Wish You Were Here that someone hasn't said in the last 48 years. It's fucking Wish You Were Here. I really like it. It's a ten out of ten. As far as I know, it is the first album I can remember liking enough to give a score of 10. I urge anyone who hasn't already heard this to give it a chance. A single word isn't even spoken until 8 minutes into the first song. Some people might be put off by a 15 minute opening track that is nearly entirely instrumental. But trust me, when you hear those four notes for the first time, you will become a different person.

Perfect

unos de los mejores sino el mejor álbum de pink floyd. simplemente excelente. no se como explicar lo que me encanta este album y pink floyd en general. canciones favoritas: todo el álbum. 10/10

GOAT

Mysterious and enigmatic Pink Floyd, really interesting stories and songs written about Syd Barrett. Dave Gilmour (Gilmore ?) guitar playing at its best One of my absolute favorite albums, it gets a 5!

Best Pink Floyd album beside Animals for me, cant believe I havent listened to it considering the fact I already listened to DSOTM and Animals too being one of my fav albums of all time.