Wish You Were Here

by Pink Floyd

Wish You Were Here cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 September 1975
  • Label: Harvest
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 44:10
  • Community rating: 4.54/5 from 105 ratings

Artists on this release: Nick Mason, Richard Wright, David Gilmour, Roger Waters

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Dominated by the sprawling, multi-part tribute to former member Syd Barrett, 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', the album is a conceptual work exploring themes of absence, disillusionment, and a critique of the music industry. The band's compositions blend extensive synthesizer passages and layered studio effects with David Gilmour's emotive guitar solos and poignant acoustic textures, creating a polished and atmospheric sound. Lyrically, Roger Waters' songwriting offers a sardonic attack on music business commercialism in 'Welcome to the Machine' and 'Have a Cigar', a tone that contrasts with the profound melancholy and loss conveyed in the album's title track.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, progressive, male-vocalist, conceptual, alienation, existential, friendship, melodic, complex, nostalgia, grief, mental-health, entertainment-industry, ageing, about-music

Tracklist

  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5) (13:32)
  2. Welcome to the Machine (7:30)
  3. Have a Cigar (5:07)
  4. Wish You Were Here (5:38)
  5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9) (12:23)

Credits

  • David Gilmour - lead vocals, vocal harmonies, electric lead guitar, electric rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, twelve-string guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass, ems vcs 3, Analog Synthesizer, Lap Steel Guitar, Electric Guitar, Glass Harp, Background Vocals Vocal, 12 String Guitar, Lead Vocals Vocal, Additional Keyboard, Tape, Other Vocals Vocal, Additional Electric Bass Guitar
  • Nick Mason - drums, timpani, cymbals, Percussion, Drums (drum Set), Cymbal, Tape
  • Roger Waters - lead vocals, vocal harmonies, bass, ems vcs 3, lyrics by, Electric Bass Guitar, Glass Harp, Lead Vocals Vocal, Analog Synthesizer, Tape, Additional Electric Guitar
  • Richard Wright - vocal harmonies, keyboards, steinway piano, vibraphone, minimoog, Analog Synthesizer, Hammond Organ, Piano, Glass Harp, Background Vocals Vocal, Clavinet, Wurlitzer Electric Piano
  • Roy Harper - lead vocals, vocals, Lead Vocals Vocal
  • Venetta Fields - backing vocals, Background Vocals Vocal
  • Stéphane Grappelli - violin
  • Dick Parry - saxophone baryton, saxophone ténor, saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
  • The Blackberries - backing vocals
  • Carlena Williams - backing vocals, Background Vocals Vocal
  • Pink Floyd - producer
  • Brian Humphries - engineer, Recording
  • Storm Thorgerson - cover by
  • Hipgnosis (2) - design [sleeve design], cover by, photography, photography by
  • Peter James - engineer [assisted by], engineer [assistent], Assistant Engineer
  • Howard Bartrop - design [assistant], Additional Graphic Design
  • Jeff Smith (17) - design [assistant]
  • Peter Christopherson - design [assistant], Additional Graphic Design
  • Richard Manning (3) - design [assistant]
  • George Hardie - graphics [for nta], graphics
  • NTA* - graphics
  • Doug Sax - remastered by [digitally remastered by]
  • James Guthrie - supervised by [remastering supervised by]
  • Hipgnosis - Graphic Design, Photography
  • Richard Manning - Additional Graphic Design
  • Jeff Smith - Additional Graphic Design

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