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) employed a publicist and kept themselves distant from the press, their relationship with the media began to sour. Following the publication by "NME" of a negative critique of the band's new material, written by Nick Kent (a devotee of Syd Barrett) and Pete Erskine, the band returned to the studio in the first week of 1975. "Wish You Were Here" is Floyd's second album with a conceptual theme written entirely by Roger Waters. 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