Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) "The Dark Side of the Moon", but critics displeased about being denied access backstage savaged the performance. "Wish You Were Here" was sold in one of the more elaborate packages to accompany a Pink Floyd album. Storm Thorgerson had accompanied the band on their 1974 tour, and had given serious thought to the meaning of the lyrics, eventually deciding that the songs were, in general, concerned with "unfulfilled presence", rather than Barrett's illness. This theme of absence was reflected in the ideas produced by his long hours spent brainstorming with the band. Thorgerson had noted that Roxy Music's "Country Life"
You Were Here was bumped when Rudy Giuliani's first post-9/11 appearance ran overtime. The album's title track is a tribute to her former Weeping Tile bandmate Joe Chithalen, who died in 1999. The Art Of Time Ensemble featuring Sarah Slean recorded a Roberto Occhipinti arrangement of "Lodestar" on their 2009 album "Black Flowers". The album was warmly received. "TIME" ranked "You Were Here" in its year-end Top Ten list, calling it the year's best debut album. "You Were Here" was named the 24th greatest Canadian album of all time in Bob Mersereau's 2007 book "The Top 100 Canadian Albums". Music critic Lisa M.