Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) Albums Ever. In 2007, one of Germany's largest public radio stations, WDR 2, asked its listeners to vote for the 200 best albums of all time. "Wish You Were Here" was voted number one. In 2004 "Wish You Were Here" was ranked number 36 on Pitchfork Media's list of the Top 100 albums of the 1970s. IGN rated "Wish You Were Here" as the 8th greatest classic rock album. and Ultimate Classic Rock placed "Wish You Were Here" second best in their list of "Worst to Best Pink Floyd Albums," Despite the problems during production, the album remained Wright's favourite:
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) 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. 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 "Welcome to the Machine", a song that begins with an opening door (described by Waters as a symbol of musical discovery and progress betrayed by