WISH YOU WERE HERE

Where do you go, after you've just made one of the most popular albums of all time? There is a big chance, that people will just compare your effort to your previous achivement. It is certain that they will compare. Everyone would fail in face of this challenge... Everyone besides the Pink Floyd of course. Wish You Were Here is the highest rated Psychedelic/Space Rock album and the third highest rated album on this site. It deserves all the praise...

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 1): The song starts out with Wright using his synths to create a beautiful and mysterious atmosphere. And that is just what this song is: Beautiful and mysterious. Roger Waters sings surpisingly well for his standards. And you know what... This song contains Gilmours best guitar-work ever. And it's a perfect example of what Pink Floyd actually can do. It's the highlight of the album, but don't worry... It doesn't head down-hill from here. 5/5

Welcome to the Machine: The previous song fades out, and in come these strange sound effects that really make you believe you're in a machine. Then comes the acoustic guitar and Gilmour's high-pitched voice: "Welcome my son. Welcome to the machine". This song doesn't consist drums, since it relies heavily on ambient atmospheres. 3.5/5

Have A Cigar: This is a song that I can relate to. Nice rockable tune sung by the guest-apperance of Roy Harper. Waters was to originally sing this song, but he wrecked his voice recording Shine On... The song suddenly goes mono, and I suppose you hear it from a radio. You hear a guy changing the frequency to find the next song. 4/5

Wish You Were Here: A heartbreaking tune. One of the Floyd mainstream-classics alongside Money and Comfortably Numb. Lovely vocals by Gilmour and very nice lyrics. 5/5

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 2): Th continuation of the first shine on... This is just as good as the first one, perhaps even better, due to the jazz part at the end. 5/5

Overall a concept masterpiece. And one of the best albums in prog history. Any so-called progger, that doesn't have this album, can't be called a progger at all.