Album · Released 12 September 1975
Wish You Were Here
The opening of Shine On You Crazy Diamond allows a few guitar notes to carry an extraordinary amount of feeling. Pink Floyd leave enough space around them for the sound to seem both intimate and distant. Wish You Were Here makes that uneasy relationship between presence and absence the centre of its music. The first part develops with exceptional patience. Richard Wright's keyboards establish the surrounding atmosphere, and the guitar gradually…
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Wish You Were HereOur album review · 16 June 2026
9.7 