Wish You Were Here (studio album) by Pink Floyd
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Wish You Were Here is ranked 2nd best out of 35 albums by Pink Floyd on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pink Floyd is The Dark Side Of The Moon which is ranked number 2 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 66,349.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 92 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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95/100 ![]() | 02/07/2025 04:50 | dekumoogle93 | ![]() | 90/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 02/06/2025 19:13 | gmessian | ![]() | 62/100 |
100/100 ![]() | 02/03/2025 15:32 | Mafedere | ![]() | 78/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 01/31/2025 21:25 | olek | ![]() | 81/100 |
90/100 ![]() | 01/30/2025 05:22 | jnmayles | ![]() | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 91.3/100, a mean average of 90.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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My personal favorite Pink Floyd album and arguably rivals or even bests Dark Side of the Moon in some areas. Shine on You Crazy Diamond is a very long song, but it never gets old. Every bit of it is memorable, and is one of the best tributes to any human being ever. The other tracks are great from start to finish. 10/10, a masterpiece, and debatable for the position of best album ever made.
Better than DSOTM

It doesn't blow my mind or anything
Album Rating: 80.60
(403/5)
12.09.1975
Pink Floyd (UK): Wish You Were Here
1.Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I-V 80
2.Welcome To The Machine 81
3.Have A Cigar 77
4.Wish You Were Here 87
5.Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts VI-IX 78
In order:
Pink Floyd (WYWH) - Wish You Were Here 87
Pink Floyd (WYWH) - Welcome To The Machine 81
Pink Floyd (WYWH) - Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I-V 80
Pink Floyd (WYWH) - Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts VI-IX 78
Pink Floyd (WYWH) - Have A Cigar 77
5 out of 5.
Once in a while you listen to an album and the novelty of the experience is so striking, you can then never forget how that particular album made you fell in that moment.
The main single and title track was always a radio staple and legendary track, but as a whole album, Wish you were here is an outworldy experience.
What a great album this is! The music is so packed full of raw emotion that it makes it impossible to not fall in love with the passionate displays the group are putting into the music. The best demonstration of this is on Shine On You Crazy Diamond (both track 1 and 5) and the phenomenal Wish You Were Here. In terms of Pink Floyd songs it doesn't get much better than the title track with its emotive message and beautiful playing it is easy to see why it became one of their most popular songs. The instrumental work present across the whole release is exceptional as well with the guitar work on Shine On You Crazy Diamond being a personal highlight. It is the culmination of all the diverse instrumentation working together that creates what is greatest about this record and that is the atmosphere. The environment is established right from the first track and we are engrossed by it from this point on as well. It is just so powerful and brilliant that it makes this such an easy record to revisit as you just want to get lost in its atmosphere time and time again. Overall, this is an essential release in the history of music and in the career of Pink Floyd as this stands out as one of their greatest records.
The second best song of all time. Two bangers. The best song of all time. The second part of the second best song of all time. Somehow it all flows together and makes it even better.
Unbelievable album. Best of all time.
Very emotional soundscape. More introspective than other records I know of Pink Floyd, but I really love it.
Just can’t stop listening to this!
The haunting opening immediately transports you to a different world that you reside in through the entire album.
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