WISH YOU WERE HERE

After the worldwide success of the Dark Side At The Moon, Roger Waters and his bandmates had the challenging task of recording a next album with the eyes of the press and their fans from all over the world on top of them. To make things a little more complicated, the relationship between the members of the band was worn out by differences in how they should approach the direction of their music. However, despite all the problems that surrounded them, they manage to structure a new progressive masterpiece, Wish You Were Here.

The album begins with Shine On You Crazy Diamond, a separate two-part piece, one on each side of the album and the main theme of Wish You Were Here. It is a heartfelt tribute to the founding brain of the Syd Barret group, in which we see the permanent reference to the friend who, as a result of his altered mental state, could no longer accompany them. Sadness and melancholy are the theme of the song, which begins with a long and deep introduction by David Gilmour on the guitar, with subsequent intense atmospheres that would be maintained throughout the song. Undoubtedly one of the best Pink Floyd compositions of all time. It is followed by Welcome To The Machine, a criticism of the music industry given its interest more in business than in artistic expressions and Have a Cigar with a similar theme, with Roy Harpper (also a musician) as its singer. Both Waters and Gilmour believe today that it was a mistake, not because of Harper, but because either of them could have done it. Below we find one of the most accomplished rock ballads of all time, the beautiful Wish You Were, where again the references to Barret are repeated. A composition steeped in nostalgia and a must in the group's repertoire. The album concludes with the second part of Shine On You Crazy Diamond, less dense than the first, but just as powerful.

Essential work in the discography of Pink Floyd and the genre.