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Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part One) (1-5) (1992 Digital Remaster) 13:27 1,593
2 Welcome To The Machine (1992 Digital Remaster) 7:25 1,121
3 Have A Cigar (1992 Digital Remaster) 5:06 1,348
4 Wish You Were Here (1992 Digital Remaster) 5:39 2,740
5 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part Two) (6-9) (1992 Digital Remaster) 12:20 1,105
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EMI UK (2003) Released: 3 Mar 2003 5 tracks (43:57)
The band entered Abbey Road Studios during the first week of 1975 to begin recording on their follow-up to Dark Side Of The Moon. In the previous year, they introduced three new pieces to European audiences during the first sets of each show. Two of them, “Raving And Drooling” & “You Gotta Be Crazy”, were ultimately not recorded for Wish You Were Here, but re-shaped and recorded in 1976 for the Animals album as respectively “Sheep” and “Dogs”.

The third would take shape as the album’s centerpiece, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”. During tour rehearsals for the previous year’s French summer tour, David Gilmour came up with the signature 4-note theme and the piece took shape from there. With the memory of former front-man/singer-songwriter/guitarist Syd Barrett fresh in his mind, Roger Waters wrote the lyrics as a tribute to his fallen friend, at the time already an reclusive figure.

In 1974, it would be performed as one uninterrupted piece. However, during the band’s tour of North America the following year, it would be split in two parts, sandwiching another new song, “Have A Cigar”. A funky guitar-driven piece, it would ultimately be sung on the final recorded version by Roy Harper, as Roger’s voice was in poor shape. This song, and the ominous “Welcome To The Machine” were written reflecting the band’s negative attitude towards the record industry. They also (with various instrumental parts of “Shine On”) feature synthesizers in a stronger fashion than previous albums, as well as the sound effects (provided by Nick Mason) that are signature to the Floyd sound.
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  • JohnnyKalong

    great album :)

    Saturday morning

  • SlavicMetalhead

    masterpiece

    Thursday evening

  • PabloFromPoland

    This is my favourite album of any artist. I prefer to listen it from the vinyl, however I've got more than 300 plays of it on Last.fm.

    23 days ago

  • Igor_Gorj

    Мой любимый альбом, моей любимой арт- рок группы.

    24 days ago

  • MusicMagic77

    I bought this on vinyl many times. The best one is: CBS Mastersound HC 33453 (1981) Half Speed Mastered Extended Range Audiophile Pressing...

    last month

  • SAAT4NA

    I bought this on vinyl as well some time ago. Truly amazing..

    last month

  • no_such_thing

    Bought this on vinyl today! whole lotta sound!

    last month

  • shivaki07

    Zapraszamy! Laboratorium Muzycznych Fuzji otwiera nowy dział naszego bloga! Od dziś zajmujemy się także własną interpretacją tekstów, chcemy zwrócić Waszą uwagę na te naprawdę ciekawe, porywające i inne warte tejże :D Zapraszamy do komentowania! Zaczynamy od arcydzieła Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here! http://lamuzi.blogspot.com/2012/04/lirinterpretacje-pink-floyd-wish-you.html

    last month

  • cyclokosmia

    z całego dorobku floydów, ten album podoba mi się najbardziej. jest w nim odpowiednia doza gilmoura i watersa, żaden nie dominuje. wszystko współgra i dźwięczy jak należy.

    last month

  • Ultra_DM_

    Epic. Great. Masterpiece. Wonderful. Amazing. Their BEST album. It's real music. Forever.

    last month

  • Demon37

    one of the best rock albums ever.

    last month

  • silas89silas

    Que álbum é esse!!! C é loko cara, fiz uma ótima aquisição.

    March 2012

  • dannmarks

    Wow, always has been a great album

    March 2012

  • Dyomaeth

    Oh wow, what an epic album.

    March 2012

  • emiliankasemi

    Masterpiece!

    March 2012

  • Olek19011988

    What a masterpiece!. Total work of art. One of the best if not the best album ever recorded in music history. I'm absolutely speechless when I listen or even talk about this record every time in my life.

    March 2012

  • whiteravenmetal

    Goddamn these ''(1992 Digital Remaster)'' profaning the songs. [3]

    March 2012

  • IBrokeTheOath

    I'm not sure if this or Animals is my favorite Pink Floyd album.

    February 2012

  • Spiral-Circus

    Masterpiece.

    February 2012

  • spellbound13

    Goddamn these ''(1992 Digital Remaster)'' profaning the songs. [2]

    February 2012
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