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Music : Wish You Were Here
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Wish You Were Here by: Pink Floyd List Price: $17.98 CD-Charts Price: $11.97 You Save: $6.01 (33%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724382975021 Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: April 25, 2000 Studio: Capitol Sales Rank: 207 MPN: 29750 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com Essential Recording: 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - A high water mark for Pink FloydThis 1975 album is a favorite of mine by Pink Floyd for any number of reasons; the band was in top form, the tracks are very imaginative and on a more personal note, my Pink Floyd obsessed (high school) graduating class selected the track Wish you Were Here to accompany the graduation procession. As I recall, I had suggested Welcome to the Machine... As far as the overall mood of the album goes, it is very somber and spacey synthesizer washes along with a plodding, 4/4 meter dominate. The real magic of the album however, is the clever layering of a seemingly endless parade of synthesizer, guitar and percussion parts. As such, the music hold my interest even when not much is going on, which is very rare I might add. Read More: Rating:  - The Long GoodbyeIf Dark Side of the Moon was pink Floyd trying to come to grips with the mental deterioration of Syd Barret, then "Wish You Were Here" was the not so always fond farewell. Making a contentious jump from Capitol Records to CBS, the band talks about the machinations of the music biz ("Have a Cigar") and the destructive process of creative fame when it collides with a creatively unstable mind ("Wish You Were Here"). It also begins the trajectory that Roger Waters would ultimately hit his pinnacle with on The Wall, a pessimistic morose look at life and mankind. Even though the title track is meant as a tribute to Barret, it also ends on a bitter note. "How I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls swimming in ... Read More: Rating: - Shine on, you, crazy 70s rockI bought this CD since I've always liked Pink Floyd. Hearing "Shine on you crazy diamond" on the radio one night sent me to Amazon to find the album. In its two parts this song provides 25 minutes of a reflective, somewhat calmer, but still quintessential Pink Floyd with liquid electronics, soaring guitars, and angsty vocals enhanced by their tribute to a fallen band member. "Wish you were here" is in the same vein. "Welcome to the machine" and "Have a cigar" are nice to have for old time's sake. A calmer Pink Floyd to play on the family stereo. Rating: - An emotional, heartfelt tribute to Syd Barrett; maybe the band's best albumUntil they hit it big with Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd was a prolific band, cranking out at least one album every year. But it took a long time -- two and a half years -- before they released a sequel to their surprise smash hit. After Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd's music began to change. Roger Waters took over all lyric writing. The music itself became less of a collaborative effort - Nick Mason stopped contributing, followed by Rick Wright and eventually David Gilmour. The experimental edge that Floyd had in their early days was already fading fast, and disappeared completely by the late 1970s to be replaced by a more radio-friendly format. And the group's sound began to change, with the gritty and rough sound present ... Read More: Rating: - Another excellent Pink Floyd albumWish You Were was one of the first rock albums I've ever listened to. David Gilmour's does an awesome solo on the lap steel guitar on the second part of Shine On You Crazy Diamond. This album is a tribute to the band's legendary founder Syd Barrett. |
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