Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here 50 Review
Floyd's classic receives its second Super Deluxe box, one that betters its predecessor thanks to the first official release of the legendary bootleg of their 1975 show at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here [1975]
★★★★★
Wish You Were Here 50 [2025; 1975]
★★★★★
Wish You Were Here almost seems quaint compared to The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, the pair of acknowledged Pink Floyd classics from the 1970s. Roger Waters isn’t grappling with the purpose of life, he’s content with pondering the meaning of rock stardom. The smaller scale is evident in the execution, too: at its heart, the album is the sound of four musicians conjuring infinite space within the confines of small spaces.
Not coincidentally, Wish You Were Here is the last time Pink Floyd functioned quite so well as a band. Things started to crack during the making of Animals, the 1977 album that was workshopped on the supporting tour for Wish You Were Here.
