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Wish You Were Here is a song cycle dedicated to Pink Floyd's original frontman, Syd Barrett, who'd flamed out years before: two grimly funny songs about the evils of the music business ("By the way, which one's Pink?"), and two long, touching ones about the band's vanished friend. The real star of the show, though, is the production: sparkling, convoluted, designed to sound deeply oh-wow under the influence--and pretty great sober too, with David Gilmour getting lots of space for his most lyrical guitar playing ever. And, though the album is big and ambitious, even bombastic, it somehow dodges being pretentious--the Barrett tributes are honest and heartfelt, beneath all the grand gestures and stereophonic trickery. --Douglas Wolk
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5 track CD Album
1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part One) 13:33
2 Welcome To The Machine 7:26
3 Have A Cigar 5:07
4 Wish You Were Here 5:40
5 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part Two) 12:21
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When we ever see the like of this music again? Probably never for, like Beethoven, Mozart and all the other greats of majestic, moving music, the creators of this sound have moved on. And in the case of the quiet master, Rick Wright, it is for ever. This album is probably the best tribute to him. The musical mood is very much scored by him and it brought out the best of his bandmates.
When it came out, it had the biggest of all acts to follow. It did so not with bombast or the brutalism of their later work but with the quiet confidence of genius musicians who had found their mark. Buy it for those contemplative moments. This is not background music but something to be immersed in and savoured.
A classic of its time and for all time.
When it came out, it had the biggest of all acts to follow. It did so not with bombast or the brutalism of their later work but with the quiet confidence of genius musicians who had found their mark. Buy it for those contemplative moments. This is not background music but something to be immersed in and savoured.
A classic of its time and for all time.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Clive Munns
Format:Audio CD
I've got to say a big thank you to Amazon for making this disc available in the UK. Pressed under licence in the USA and mainland Europe it is of course, not available in rip off Britain. You have to buy the box set at over twice the price, the pitfalls of which have already been well documented in the reviews of that product.
I've been waitng all my life for this disc! Having tried to achieve the best sound I could afford during the 70's from vinyl I was excited to attend the launch of cd back in about 1981 I beleive in a studio in London. Thinking how good WYWH would one day sound I was later very dissapointed to be served up second rate product from the record companies for the next 20 odd years.
This disc however brings the music to a new level. I can't really add anything more to what the first reviewer has said except to say its fantastic. I wonder if I will live long enough to hear "The Wall" in 5.1 Perhaps another 20 years!!!
I've been waitng all my life for this disc! Having tried to achieve the best sound I could afford during the 70's from vinyl I was excited to attend the launch of cd back in about 1981 I beleive in a studio in London. Thinking how good WYWH would one day sound I was later very dissapointed to be served up second rate product from the record companies for the next 20 odd years.
This disc however brings the music to a new level. I can't really add anything more to what the first reviewer has said except to say its fantastic. I wonder if I will live long enough to hear "The Wall" in 5.1 Perhaps another 20 years!!!
72 of 78 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
Wish You Were Here really has to be listened to all the way through from start to finish in one sitting. Any other way just doesn't do it justice. David Gilmour's opening guitar notes on Shine On You Crazy Diamond ring out like cathedral bells and this was the inspiration for Roger Waters' haunting lyrical tribute to lost band member Syd Barrett. Welcome to the Machine is a gutsy attack on the recording industry and has to be heard just for the clarity of the stereo acoustic guitars ringing out over the swooshing synthesizers and rolling tympanies. Have A Cigar features Roy Harper on vocals and funky guitars and continues the disillusioned rock star theme. The absolute classic Wish You Were Here follows, with one of the best openings of any rock song ever produced. Shine On You Crazy Diamond returns to conclude the album. If there is a better album from this era, I'd like to know what it is. The packaging of this album (designed by long-time Pink Floyd cohort, Storm Thorgerson) is as equally as impressive as the music itself and likewise deserves to be studied at length. Although released in 1975, this album has not aged or become dated with the passing of time at all. Buy it.
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fantastic start to finish. everyone who knows music knows this stooped their dreams of rock stardom! how good can you say this is. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Mr. Justin P. Lees
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AMAZING CD and good condition too.
I always look to see if Zoverstocks have a copy, even if that means I have to pay a little more. I've always had amazing qual cds even if they're described as 'used, good' which is... Read more
Published 7 days ago by maslina
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A completely classic album
I have had WYWH on vinyl under my stairs for 5 years, unplayed. This album was one of the key albums of my adolescence and I still enjoy listening to it. Read more
Published 25 days ago by C. R. Long
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Well packaged, good heavyweight vinyl record, all the extras make it something to treasure. Perfect for anyone building up a collection or those of us who remember this of old and... Read more
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Wish You were Here
Really pleased with this purchase, and very good value for money. I would reccommend this to anyone who loves Pink Floyd
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Wish You Were Here - Vinyl
Fantastic vinyl album, awsome sound but don't bother with the download as it breaks the album down to the songs. Read more
Published 1 month ago by B. Perham
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stunning
A must for any Floyd collector, I now have the three most important Floyd's, Dark side of the Moon, Division Bell and Wish you were Her, real masterpieces
Published 1 month ago by DJF BESTER
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Order came a bit late.
Order came a bit late, otherwise it was everything it should have been. Good bought, even tough took more than three week to come to Finland.
Published 1 month ago by Ville-Pekka Hekkanen
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Briiliant
This must surely be one of Floyd's best albums along with Dark Side of the Moon, really enjoyable time and time again
Published 2 months ago by bobscats
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Nice Package
Wish You Were Here should need no Introduction. If you don't know Floyd (or if it's a present for someone who doesn't) then this (or dark Side of the Moon) is probably the best... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Geoff KERSHAW
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