Album Rating: 5.0

No, sorry, can't see it. Why were you differing again?

........I don't remember anymore.

Album Rating: 5.0

Now, that is a lame answer.

Oh well. Boredom at school = very yes.

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

this is the second best album ever

Then what's the best?

Album Rating: 5.0

Maybe FOABP? I know Altmer's a huge Steven Wilson fan.

ummm yes it seriously is one of the best albums ive ever heard. It's instantly in my top 5 already.This Message Edited On 05.18.09

Album Rating: 5.0

This album is just amazing.



Only Pink Floyd could make a song as epic as Shine On You Crazy Diamond pack so much emotional impact.

Album Rating: 5.0

While Wish You Were Here is nowhere near as grandly ambitious as Pink Floyd’s take on the then-new rock opera form presented in The Wall, nor as commercially successful or widely known as their breakout success Dark Side of the Moon, I feel as though this album is their greatest masterpiece. A true magnum opus in only five tracks, this album explored the frontiers of ‘70s progressive rock, while still tackling painfully personal topics for the band. The seminal bookending split-track of ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ and the song ‘Wish You Were Here’ were both dedicated to the band’s former front man, Syd Barrett, whose descent into drug-addled madness caused his ejection from the band, yet also provided for the eventual focusing of the band’s sound in the direction which brought them fortune and success. Following immediately after their unexpected and widespread success with Dark Side of the Moon, the bad chose to tackle the humbling task of eulogizing the memory of the one whom they had lost, expressing through simple but emotionally evocative lyrics the pain the band felt at their inability to have him there with them in their time of success (and ironically enough, Barrett wandered into the studio one day while the band was working on this very album, almost unrecognizable to the band for the tolls that his continued drug use had taken upon him). The instrumentation is superb, with impeccable use of horns, saxophone, slide-guitar and a nebulous, but complex space rock sound on ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond,’ yet mastering even the simplicity of the acoustic guitar on ‘Wish You Were Here’ with its movingly simple chords and wrenching lyrics. Aside from the journey of instrumental virtuosity and lyrical imagery in the two-part ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond,’ and the minimalist guitar and weepingly sincere metaphors of ‘Wish You Were Here’ this album also boasts two of Pink Floyd’s more capable standalone songs as tracks two and three – ‘Welcome to the Machine’ and ‘Have A Cigar’ – both of which address the impersonal nature of the music industry and the deep effects that its machinations can have on a band. Really, this album is the distillation of the very story of Pink Floyd as a band down into a mere 5 tracks, spanning only 44 affecting minutes of pure musical catharsis. In my opinion this album is undeniably a classic from the its first tenuous moments to its resplendent finish, and it is not only irreplaceable in the history of my musical development, but also in the very history of music writ large.

Album Rating: 5.0

My brain. It just so happens that the "Sound Off" feature won't support a comment so long. It suggests that I write a full review instead, but seeing as how that's not something one can do unless you're a contributing reviewer, I can't do that (if I'm mistaken there, please tell me so I can write it somewhere more appropriate). Or perhaps I'm too new of a member to be allowed to write full reviews yet, as I see the "full review" thing at the top, but it's not clickable for me. Either way, though, for now I suppose my shortened review will remain in the Comments section.

Album Rating: 5.0

Ah, yes, n00biness amended. Figured out how to do proper reviews now, like an intelligent individual (who knew that the FAQ section could actually be helpful for once?). Guess my first failure will have to stay here in the comments section for this album, but since it's just a condensed version of my intended overall review, it'll now be in this section for perpetuity as an essential first draft. Oh well!

Album Rating: 4.5

jane doe sucks

Album Rating: 5.0

yup.

"Welcome To The Machine" is an incredible song.

Album Rating: 4.5

never quite going to be my favourite Pink Floyd album. Dark Side of the Moon is quite a different album in many aspects and which is why I like it. It's more experimental with more quantities of ownage

Album Rating: 5.0

fuck it, given this a 5

Album Rating: 3.5

I don't understand why you guys have this rated higher than Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall.

its because in general (except for this site) wish you were here is an underrated floyd album. Plus its the best (in my opinion anyways).

animals destroys it