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A near perfect follow up to 'Dark Side of the Moon'
by:grimread
The expectations for this album after the runaway success of 1973s 'Dark Side of the Moon' must have been huge. It doesn't disappoint.
The opening track - 'Shine on you C...Read more
The opening track - 'Shine on you C...Read more
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How do you follow-up a global masterpiece like Dark Side? You change the rules. If Dark Side is about the uncatharted madness caused as a result of living in an insane world, ...Read more
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Product description
| Album Features | |
| UPC: | 724382975021 |
| Artist: | Pink Floyd |
| Format: | CD |
| Release Year: | 1994 |
| Record Label: | Pink Floyd |
| Genre: | Art Rock, Rock & Pop |
Track Listing
1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pt. 1
2. Welcome to the Machine
3. Have a Cigar
4. Wish You Were Here
5. Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pt. 2
| Details | |
| Playing Time: | 44 min. |
| Contributing Artists: | Roy Harper |
| Producer: | Pink Floyd |
| Distributor: | EMD |
| Recording Type: | Studio |
| Recording Mode: | Stereo |
| SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album 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).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.
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A near perfect follow up to 'Dark Side of the Moon'
Created: 08/07/06
) The expectations for this album after the runaway success of 1973s 'Dark Side of the Moon' must have been huge. It doesn't disappoint.
The opening track - 'Shine on you Crazy Diamond' - is acclaimed as being Pink Floyd's finest. Beginning with a lone synthesizer drifting in from the ether, it is joined by David Gilmour's guitar after two minutes, the pair providing one of the most blissfully soporific pieces of music I've ever heard. It is a full four and a half minutes before the main theme and beat of this song introduce themselves. There's no hurry to it, clocking in at a casual 45bpm or thereabouts, and it's not for a full eight and a half minutes that a note is sung. The lyrics are written about Syd Barrett (a co-founding member of Pink Floyd) who's whimsical songwriting, vocals and guitar graced 1967s 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' and some of 1968s 'A Saucerful of Secrets'. Syd's increasingly erratic behaviour and subsequent disappearance is legendary, and the band had not seen him since. The lyrics have a 'wishing you all the best' feel to them. The story goes that when the band were rehearsing this song, who should walk in but Syd himself. A strange coincidence indeed, should it be true.
As 'Shine on...' ends, 'Welcome to the Machine' segues in to provide an oppressive sounding counterpoint, with its opening sound of an elevator ride terminating in the doors opening to an industrial sounding thrum of synth. The lyrics on this (and the following track - 'Have a Cigar') are a critique of record companies and their executives, and the vitriol contained in them is something which was to continue on 1977s 'Animals' album (in line with Roger Waters' increasing disillusionment). There are points where the synth is intrusive and grating, but the mood of the song is perfect.
'Have a Cigar' features a guest vocal performance by Roy Harper which is not too dissimilar to Roger Waters. It's the most uptempo song on the album with an ecclectic rhythm, but isn't as strong as the rest of the album.
David Gilmour takes centre stage for the title track, his excellent accoustic guitar playing and vocals being combined for the final fading solo, providing another definitive Pink Floyd song.
And seguing in from that we have the finale to 'Shine on you Crazy Diamond', clocking in at a 'mere' 12 minutes this time. An initial instrumental which increases in intensity until falling off to take up where the first part left off. After that it's a long drift into the ether as the album fades to a close.
I would rank this album and 'Dark Side of the Moon' as the greatest albums ever written and would thoroughly recommend them to anyone who enjoys cerebral music.
The opening track - 'Shine on you Crazy Diamond' - is acclaimed as being Pink Floyd's finest. Beginning with a lone synthesizer drifting in from the ether, it is joined by David Gilmour's guitar after two minutes, the pair providing one of the most blissfully soporific pieces of music I've ever heard. It is a full four and a half minutes before the main theme and beat of this song introduce themselves. There's no hurry to it, clocking in at a casual 45bpm or thereabouts, and it's not for a full eight and a half minutes that a note is sung. The lyrics are written about Syd Barrett (a co-founding member of Pink Floyd) who's whimsical songwriting, vocals and guitar graced 1967s 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' and some of 1968s 'A Saucerful of Secrets'. Syd's increasingly erratic behaviour and subsequent disappearance is legendary, and the band had not seen him since. The lyrics have a 'wishing you all the best' feel to them. The story goes that when the band were rehearsing this song, who should walk in but Syd himself. A strange coincidence indeed, should it be true.
As 'Shine on...' ends, 'Welcome to the Machine' segues in to provide an oppressive sounding counterpoint, with its opening sound of an elevator ride terminating in the doors opening to an industrial sounding thrum of synth. The lyrics on this (and the following track - 'Have a Cigar') are a critique of record companies and their executives, and the vitriol contained in them is something which was to continue on 1977s 'Animals' album (in line with Roger Waters' increasing disillusionment). There are points where the synth is intrusive and grating, but the mood of the song is perfect.
'Have a Cigar' features a guest vocal performance by Roy Harper which is not too dissimilar to Roger Waters. It's the most uptempo song on the album with an ecclectic rhythm, but isn't as strong as the rest of the album.
David Gilmour takes centre stage for the title track, his excellent accoustic guitar playing and vocals being combined for the final fading solo, providing another definitive Pink Floyd song.
And seguing in from that we have the finale to 'Shine on you Crazy Diamond', clocking in at a 'mere' 12 minutes this time. An initial instrumental which increases in intensity until falling off to take up where the first part left off. After that it's a long drift into the ether as the album fades to a close.
I would rank this album and 'Dark Side of the Moon' as the greatest albums ever written and would thoroughly recommend them to anyone who enjoys cerebral music.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Created: 18/10/06
How do you follow-up a global masterpiece like Dark Side? You change the rules. If Dark Side is about the uncatharted madness caused as a result of living in an insane world, Wish You Were Here is about the added madness that ensues as a result of having the world embrace that uncatharted madness on such an absurd scale. If WYWH is a "tribute to Syd Barrett," it is so because Barrett saw that insanity first. But WYWH is also a scathing remonstration of the music industry - a deliberate, mocking attempt to "bite the hand that feeds." And the album succeeds on both levels, as well as, most importantly, on the compositional and musical levels. Not only did Shine On and Wish You Were Here become anthems on a global scale, but the sales of Ovation guitars went through the roof when everyone old enough to play a guitar began playing these songs at every acid-laced party in the world. Floyd was not interested in "topping" themselves after Dark Side; they were simply interested in expressing new thoughts and feelings - and in that they succeeded brilliantly.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Great CD, definitely must buy for any pink floyd fan
Created: 29/03/09
) I recommend that every fan of pink floyd own this CD. Though not as good as "Dark Side of the Moon" or "The Wall", it is still a full on assault of the senses. The main theme of this album is band members yearning for its old band mate, Syd Barrett. Though it only features five songs, everyone is a gem. All-in-all "Wish You Were Here" is an excellent album and should be owned by any classic rock fan.
Loaded With Emotion
Created: 08/05/08
This album was recorded at the point in time in which David Gilmour and Roger Waters began their famous tiff. As sometimes happens, their personal tensions led to the development of the band's sound, which reached its peak with Dark Side Of The Moon.
As the title of this one implies, their lyrics are deceptively edgy, cloaked in a sensibility of whimsy and humor that's very British. Personally, I'm partial to Gilmour's sad-blues guitar riffs - as loaded with emotion as their evolving lyrics.
As the title of this one implies, their lyrics are deceptively edgy, cloaked in a sensibility of whimsy and humor that's very British. Personally, I'm partial to Gilmour's sad-blues guitar riffs - as loaded with emotion as their evolving lyrics.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?
Created: 28/07/09
) 
"Wish You Were Here" exceeds the 5 star point system, it is such a classic that if you don't own, then you simply must buy it if you like rock music at all. If asked I revolve between WYWH, Dark Side, Meddle & Animals as my top 4 favorites of all the Floyd studio releases (the order of rank changes from year to year but these have been my consistent fav's for 25+ yrs.). I've seen the band perform live both in 1988 and then again in 1994 and during both shows every second of Wish was played live, now most bands won't ever play and entire album of theirs during a live show but Floyd doing it demonstrates that not only is this absolutely one of their best releases of all time, but obviously one of the bands most favorite set of songs to play live too. If you delve into what the earlier reviewers above me have said about how Wish was meant as a psuedo-scathing remark on the music industry as a whole you'll find out just why the band wrote this music (for us and them) and also why they absolutely find it amongst their favorite set of songs to perform live too. Musically perfect, lyrically profound and technically flawless this release is a work of art. This is classic rock at its finest and if you don't own this you simply must get it!
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