Wish You Were Here
by Badfinger
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Badfinger bestography
Wish You Were Here is ranked 3rd best out of 18 albums by Badfinger on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Badfinger is Straight Up which is ranked number 2361 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 675.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Wish You Were Here track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/30/2025 06:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,151 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2024 23:26 |  slatsheit | 2,041 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2024 15:50 | Cyrax | 1,766 | 61/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2024 18:45 |  MadhattanJack | 5,511 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2023 05:56 | ootsp | 137 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Jboy56 06/16/2023 04:57 | #297617
Not my coffee.
A great record from a almost forgotten band. They were very underrated in their day and still are.
Badfinger's second album for Warner Brothers was recording during two sessions - the first took place at The Caribou Ranch, Colorado in April/May 1974; the second at AIR studios, London in June. Though financial worries had begun to have great influence on the 4 members; they all felt that they had to put everything they had into these recordings. And this really shows on the album - another masterpiece - one of the really great albums of the seventies. It has been called "The Sergent Pepper of the 1970's"; personally I feel that it has more in common with "Abbey Road".
Badfinger had grown into an albums-band, and this album really works as a whole, especially the original side 2 which features two very succesful medleys. The album opens with Pete's very powerful "Just A Chance" and with Mike's light and catchy "You're So Fine" song by Joey and Pete - once again Mike proves himself as a competent songwriter. Joey's "Got To Get Out Of Here" really shows how Joey felt about about the music business and being in the band ( as we know he left shortly after the album's release) a very strong song by Joey. "Know One Knows" is another powerful melodic rocker by Pete - I love the Japanese voice that meddles with leadguitar part. The first side closes with another grand production which characterizes most of the album; Pete's Dennis written to his step-son. Besides the two medleys side two features Tom Evans' "King Of The Load" ( one of my favourite Tom Evans songs) and Joey's quiet Love Time. No singles were released from the album; this was a period when hit-singles didn't matter much to the progressive/ambitious bands. "Just a Chance" or "Know One Knows" might have been able to make the charts with the right promotion, though none of them have immediate hit-potential.
My favourites: Just a Chance, Know One Knows, Dennis, King Of The Load and Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
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