• ' / ' Released: 15 November 1975 Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by the English band, released on 12 September 1975 through and, their first release for the latter. Based on material Pink Floyd composed while performing in Europe, Wish You Were Here was recorded over numerous sessions throughout 1975, at in London.

The album encompasses a variety of themes, including criticism towards the, alienation, as well as a tribute to founding member, who left seven years earlier due to his deteriorating mental health. Like their previous record, (1973), Floyd used studio effects, synthesizers and brought in guest singers, including, who provided the lead vocals on ', and, who added backing vocals to 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'. To promote the album, the band released the double A-side single 'Have a Cigar' / '. Wish You Were Here received mixed reviews from critics upon its initial release, who found its music to be uninspiring and inferior to their previous work. It has retrospectively received critical acclaim, hailed as one of the greatest albums of all time, and was cited by keyboardist Richard Wright and guitarist David Gilmour as their favorite Pink Floyd album.

The album reached number one in the US and UK, and Harvest's parent company, EMI, was unable to keep up with the demand. Since then, the record has sold an estimated 13 million copies. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] During 1974, Pink Floyd sketched out three new compositions, ', ' and '. These songs were performed during a series of concerts in France and England, the band's first tour since 1973's.

As Pink Floyd had never employed a publicist and kept themselves distant from the press, their relationship with the media began to sour. Mason said later that a critical review of the band's new material, written by devotee, may have had influence in keeping the band together, as they returned to the studio in the first week of 1975. Concept [ ] Wish You Were Here is Floyd's second album with a conceptual theme written entirely. It reflects his feeling that the camaraderie that had served the band was, by then, largely absent. The album begins with a long instrumental preamble and segues into the lyrics for 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', a tribute to Syd Barrett, whose mental breakdown had forced him to leave the group seven years earlier.

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Barrett is fondly recalled with lines such as 'Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun' and 'You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon'. Wish You Were Here is also a critique of the music business. 'Shine On' crosses seamlessly into ', a song that begins with an opening door (described by Waters as a symbol of musical discovery and progress betrayed by a music industry more interested in greed and success) and ends with a party, the latter epitomising 'the lack of contact and real feelings between people'. Similarly, ' scorns record industry 'fat-cats' with the lyrics repeating a stream of cliches heard by rising newcomers in the industry, and including the question 'by the way, which one's Pink?' Asked of the band on at least one occasion. The lyrics of the next song, ', relate both to Barrett's condition, and to the dichotomy of Waters' character, with greed and ambition battling with compassion and idealism. The album closes with a reprise of 'Shine On' and further instrumental excursions.

'I had some criticisms of Dark Side of the Moon' noted. 'One or two of the vehicles carrying the ideas were not as strong as the ideas that they carried. I thought we should try and work harder on marrying the idea and the vehicle that carried it, so that they both had an equal magic It's something I was personally pushing when we made Wish You Were Here.' Recording [ ]. EMI staff engineer for Pink Floyd's previous studio album, The Dark Side of the Moon, had declined the band's offer to continue working with them.

The group had worked with engineer Brian Humphries on, recorded at Pye Studios, and again in 1974 when he replaced an inexperienced concert engineer. Humphries was therefore the natural choice to work on the band's new material, although since a stranger to EMI's Abbey Road set-up he encountered some early difficulties. On one occasion, Humphries inadvertently spoiled the backing tracks for 'Shine On', a piece that Waters and drummer had spent many hours perfecting, with. The entire piece had to be re-recorded. The sessions for Wish You Were Here at Abbey Road's Studio Three lasted from January until July 1975, recording on four days each week from 2:30 pm until very late in the evening. The group found it difficult at first to devise any new material, especially as the success of The Dark Side of the Moon had left all four physically and emotionally drained.