Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here CD Track Listing
Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here (1975)
Wish You Were Here (Original CD Edition)\n\nOriginally Released September 12, 1975\nCD Edition Originally Released 1986 ??\nGold CD Edition Released July 1994, List Price: $29.98, Master Sound/Legacy\n"Shine On" Boxed Set Released November 17, 1992\nRemastered Edition Released 1995\nJapanese Mini LP Version Released May 16, 2001\n2001 Toshiba-EMI Ltd. - Japan\n\nAlbum Details (Mini LP CD Packaging)\nSmall quantities of this limited Japanese pressing w/miniature LP sleeve packaging available again. This collectors edition includes a bonus poster & postcard with the original black shrink wrap that covered the 'controversial' artwork. 2000 release. Toshiba/EMI Japan release. \n\nAlbum Details (Anniversary Edition)\nDeluxe CD Repackaging; Includes all of the original artwork plus bonus Anniversary Edition photos. Digitally remastered under the band's supervision.\n\nAlbum Details (Gold MasterSound Edition)\nThis is part of Columbia/Legacy's Master Sound series.\nMaster Sound releases are 24-karat gold CDs remastered from first-generation masters. This process utilizes 20-bit technology and Sony's "Super Bit Mapping" system. \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Pink Floyd followed the commercial breakthrough of Dark Side of the Moon with Wish You Were Here, a loose concept album about and dedicated to their founding member Syd Barrett. The record unfolds gradually, as the jazzy textures of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" reveal its melodic motif, and in its leisurely pace, the album shows itself to be a warmer record than its predecessor. Musically, it's arguably even more impressive, showcasing the group's interplay and David Gilmour's solos in particular. And while it's short on actual songs, the long, winding soundscapes are constantly enthralling. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\nAmazon.com essential recording \nWish You Were Here is a song cycle dedicated to Pink Floyd's original frontman, Syd Barrett, who'd flamed out years before: two grimly funny songs about the evils of the music business ("By the way, which one's Pink?"), and two long, touching ones about the band's vanished friend. The real star of the show, though, is the production: sparkling, convoluted, designed to sound deeply oh-wow under the influence--and pretty great sober too, with David Gilmour getting lots of space for his most lyrical guitar playing ever. And, though the album is big and ambitious, even bombastic, it somehow dodges being pretentious--the Barrett tributes are honest and heartfelt, beneath all the grand gestures and stereophonic trickery. --Douglas Wolk \n\nCD Now Review (May 4, 2001)\nIn 1975, following the massive success of Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd released the moody, largely instrumental Wish You Were Here. Founding member Syd Barrett had long ago exited the group, acid damage having exacted a heavy toll; this album was the group's tribute to him. \n\nThe heart of the album lies in "Shine on You Crazy Diamond," a nine-section piece that opens and closes the record. The vast majority of the sections are purely instrumental, with some of David Gilmour's most inspired guitar solos and Rick Wright's spaciest keyboard effects. There are some funky moments, but it's mostly reflective, with bittersweet nostalgia the dominant mood. \n\nThe second track, "Welcome to the Machine," is also largely instrumental, but more menacing in its vision of enforced automation, with bassist-vocalist Roger Waters' singing oozing desperation and despair. "Have a Cigar," a sardonic caricature of a label executive's schmoozing pep talk, displays Waters' cynicism about the music business. \n\nThe title track, the shortest on the disc, is a complete change of pace. It starts out dimly, as if heard over a lo-fi radio, then goes into an acoustic guitar solo that recalls the origin of the band's name (old-time blues men Pink Anderson and Floyd Council). Even after the volume goes up, and the electric instruments join, acoustic riffing continues as the basis of the song. If the lyrics are not obviously about Barrett, the mood they create speaks to his memory nonetheless. \n\
This rock cd contains 5 tracks and runs 44min 18sec.
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- Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) (13:32)
\n - Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine (07:33)
\n - Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar (05:24)
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (05:16)
- Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) (12:29)
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