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Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd 

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Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd (1975)
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89/100 (from 295 votes)

Accolades: Best album of 1975 (1st)
Top 10 albums of the 1970s (4th)
Top 20 albums of all time (16th)
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Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd is ranked number 16 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 16,602. Wish You Were Here appears in 260 greatest album charts.

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd is ranked number 1 in the best albums of 1975 and number 4 in the best albums of the 1970s.

In total, there are 17 music albums by Pink Floyd which appear in the greatest album charts and Wish You Were Here is NOT ranked as the best. The best album by Pink Floyd is The Dark Side of the Moon which is ranked number 3 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 37,484.

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Track pick1.Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part One)
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2.Welcome To The Machine
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3.Have A Cigar
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Track pick4.Wish You Were Here
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5.Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part Two)
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Average Rating: 
89/100 (from 295 votes)
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Floyd's second best, only behind Dark Side of the Moon. The album is both emotional and beautiful at times, with some excellent keyboard work and great vocals all around.

From clockworkfiction3 on Saturday 31st July 2010 |
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For me is the best Pink Floyd album, and nearly the best album ever. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a masterpiece, just like Have A Cigar, and Wish You Were Here.

From GreenRadioPepper on Tuesday 6th July 2010 |
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My favorite songs here are : Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Wish You Were Here

From TheBestFac on Wednesday 23rd June 2010 |
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Their best album, and one of the absolute greatest albums of all time. Amazing from start to finish.

From themofro on Sunday 23rd May 2010 |
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So much better than 'Dark side of the moon' and 'Pipers...' put together! Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a nice if little too long. The next 3 songs are all good. I got the most from Wish You Were Here personally.

From an_outlaw on Tuesday 4th May 2010 |
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best album to listen you when you do your math homework

From haleyyew on Thursday 22nd April 2010 |
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In my opinion, The Dark Side of the Moon just has the right amount of everything. The lyrics are clever, sometimes touching, and the layers of sounds are brilliant! As for this album, it's probably my second favorite Floyd album. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1 & 2), Welcome to the Machine, and Have a Cigar all definitely pop out. Wish You Were Here is alright, but it gets old after awhile.

From mikeyskywalker on Sunday 7th February 2010 |
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@Applerill: Not only I think this is the best Pink Floyd Album, but also I would also consider Animals and Piper as the best record released by the band. However, my fave tracks are Have a Cigar and Wish you Were Here.

From luis on Friday 29th January 2010 |
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As a hardcore Pink Floyd fan (I have all of their studio albums, including the soundtracks) I have to honestly say that this is one of my least favorites from them, to the point where I prefer both Animals and Piper over it. It isn't necessarily bad, but it just was too "jazzy" for me. Also, while "Welcome to the Machine" and "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" were certainly engaging at first, they got old pretty fast.

From Applerill on Friday 15th January 2010 |
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If you're winding down from a heavy night out (or in) with friends, have had a skinful or a bit too much to smoke, and have otherwise lost the ability or will to communicate... this should be on the stereo pronto... the "timeless" nature of the music is like an aural alkaseltzer- light fingers massage your brain, and for a little while, (which always seems longer than the actual running time of the album) the clock stops, and you can drift away. hhmmmmm, chocolate.

From badfaith on Monday 11th January 2010 |
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