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) 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, "Have a Cigar" 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, "Wish You Were Here", relate both to Barrett's condition, and to the dichotomy of Waters' character, with greed and ambition battling with compassion and idealism. The