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Wish You Were Here
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Performer Notes - Pink Floyd: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards, VCS3 syntheszier); Roger Waters (vocals, bass); Nick Mason (drums).
- Additional personnel: Roy Harper (vocals); Dick Parry (saxophone); Venetta Fields, Carlena Williams (background vocals).
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- Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England from January-July 1975.
- Digitally remastered by Doug Sax (The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, California).
- Personnel: David Gilmour, Roger Waters (vocals, guitar); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards); Venetta Fields, Carlena Williams (vocals, background vocals); Roy Harper (vocals); Dick Parry (saxophone); Nick Mason (drums).
- Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (01/1975-07/1975).
- Illustrator: George Hardie.
- Photographer: Hipgnosis.
- Unknown Contributor Roles: Jeff Smith ; Peter Christopherson.
- The breakthrough success of Dark Side of the Moon made Wish You Were Here a crucial follow-up in strictly commercial terms. Further pressure came from it being Pink Floyd's first recording for a new label, Columbia. Yet the demands on the band only provided Roger Waters more fodder for his lyrics, which glanced at the band's roots as well as their new responsibilities. The mechanized throb of a VCS3 synthesizer, fed through a repeat-echo unit, signals the opening bars of "Welcome to the Machine," a diatribe against an industry more concerned with money than creative music-making. "Have a Cigar" further establishes Waters' contempt by bringing in singer Roy Harper to play the role of a "faceless suit," who none-too-innocently asks, "Which one's Pink?" The remaining songs indirectly look back to the first casualty of Pink Floyd's growing fame, the group's founder, Syd Barrett. The 20-minute-plus "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" has its roots in earlier pieces like "Atom Heart Mother Suite" and "Echoes." But rather than just another Floydian soundscape, its lyrics make it a paean to Barrett's genius and a requiem for his subsequent breakdown. The first five of the song's nine movements open the album with sax player Dick Parry wailing as effectively as he did on Dark Side of the Moon. The final four sections, which close the album, form a reprise that starts with the sound of wind and David Gilmour's guitar screaming and crying. The band then settles into a laid-back jam that ends with Richard Wright's billowing synth delicately fading out. The title track deals also with Barrett, as well as the tension the idealist Waters was feeling in battling the greed that surrounded the band's success. The themes of disillusionment planted throughout Wish You Were Here would eventually sprout full-blown on The Wall.
Professional Reviews Q (6/00, p.72) - Ranked #43 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "Stuck with the impossible task of following DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, Pink Floyd did it with panache....'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' is the mellifluous rock-gospel opener, but there's weirder stuff here..."
Q (Magazine) (p.120) - "[The music] has a magnificently ethereal quality, with David Gilmour's guitar and Rick Wright's keyboards sounding like meteorites gently pinging around some far-off galaxy."
Record Collector (magazine) (p.87) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "WISH YOU WERE HERE remains the classic mid-period Floyd album that still partially clung to their MEDDLE template; but two of the album's four songs revealed the bleakness that would be part of Floyd's new vision."
| Producer: | Pink Floyd | | Format: | CD | | Country: | USA | | UPC: | 0724382975021 | | Studio/Live: | Studio | | Release Date: | 25 April, 2000 | | Guest Artist: | Roy Harper |
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 – Customer review on 30/07/2008
As evocative as when I first listened to this as a student many years ago. Follows along naturally from dark side of the moon,or stands alone equally well.
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– Customer review on 18/05/2007
My Favourite Album of all time. A tribute to Syd Barrett (RIP) it contains such tracks as
Shine on,
You Crazy
Diamond, and Wish you Were Here.
A Lyrical and musical masterpiece by the greatest band of all time.
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– Customer review on 28/11/2006
Best album of all time. "Shine on you crazy diamond" is beautiful, perfect and completely unique, like all creations of true genius. It is music that stays with you throughout your life. It will be still played an famous in 50 / 100 years time, when most of the other albums on this "100 best" list have been forgotten.
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– Customer review on 03/11/2006
It is a tossup whether to give this a 5 or not. It would probably change from week to week. However, for the purposes here, I would say 4.5, as there is perhaps just a little too much of that Crazy Diamond instrumentally, at times.
Otherwise, the guts of the album Welcome To The Machine, Have A Cigar and Wish You Were Here is pretty much perfect. An album that is perhaps a little more mainstream and accessible.
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– Customer review on 27/09/2006
This is a beautiful album, which I love with my whole heart! it is an excellent listen, and lovely to chill out to. Pink Floyd are consistent in their musical ingenuity as well as their incredible soundscapes. This is an awesome album, which really moves me, and I'd love for others to share in it too. If you're a fan of Pink Floyd's more popular albums, but haven't heard this one, just get it!
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 – Customer review on 26/07/2006
Although this is not the most accessible Pink Floyd album, Wish you Were here is great listening for fans and casual listeners alike. There are five lengthy tracks on this album. The music is intereting and diverse. David Gilmour shows his technically virtuosity and perfectly compliments Roger Waters powerfull lyrics. Contains the song 'Wish you were here.'
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– Customer review on 20/07/2006
A fantastic follow-up to The Dark Side of The Moon, and a fitting tribute to the recently deceased Syd, with Shine on You Crazy Diamond, and a dig at globalization and the corporate world with Have A Cigar and Welcome To The Machine, though it all seems a bit lighter than the Dark Side.
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– Customer review on 08/05/2006
This is a great album. Features the popular Wish You Were Here and is probably my most favorite song. The album only has 4 songs altogether but it starts off with Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1 which has a legnth of around 12 minutes. And then ends in Part 2 which is also around the 12 minute legnth. I think this album has been remastered so you are getting the best quality and is a true addition for any Pink Floyd Fan
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