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intereact!Pink Floyd
Retail Price (not our price): $17.98
Release Date: 2000-04-25
Manufacturer: Capitol
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) 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 (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5
1) Pretty Good [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I like this album, it keeps in true form of Pink Floyd. Any Pink Floyd fan will most likely have this, but it is a good album to have, just the same, even if you are just getting in to Pink Floyd. The songs are good and it's an enjoyable listen.2) Great! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Written as a tribute to their lost compatriot, Syd Barrett, this album remains one of Pink Floyd's timeless classics. Soaring guitars, strong lyrics, and great song writing all make this album one of the band's strongest releases. Bookended by the epic "Shine on You Crazy Diamond," the second and third tracks depict a band's rise to fame in a cynical, profit driven industry, while the fourth track, "Wish You Were Here," plays almost like a what-if, unrequited love song, dedicated to their lost genius. This also shows Floyd's ability to get a fully satisfying album out of only five songs.3) Karen of NY [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Wish You Were Here is one of the top four CDs/Albums released by Pink Floyd. The actual song, Wish You Were Here, is a poignant profession of life well learned. If you are a Pink Floyd fan and yet have not yet been introduced to Wish You Were Here, you must have this CD. So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skys from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?Pink Floyd Is Philosophically, Psychologically, and Ethereally Awesome!4) Pink Floyd - Tales Of Syd [Rating: 5 out of 5]
After the monumental success of the band's previous album "Dark Side Of The Moon" it was going to be difficult to do a follow up. For the most part "Wish You Were Here" builds successfully on the formula established with the bands previous two discs. The album begins and ends with the two part "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" a tribute to original band leader and acid casualty Syd Barret. In between are several tracks that reflect the evils of the music industry. This is another very strong disc that pretty much every progressive rock fan already owns. The album seems to be a favorite among the band itself as well. I don't think this one is quite as good as "Dark Side", but it is more essential Pink Floyd.5) Classic Pink Floyd [Rating: 5 out of 5]
In my opinion, the best Pink Floyd album ever. Yes, better than Dark Side of the Moon. Nuff said.