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...SURPRISING for a successful group to go two-and-one-half years without releasing an album. That is, unless the group's last album remained on the record charts for two-and-one-half years. Such was the case with Pink Floyd's March 1973 release, Dark Side of the Moon, which won them a horde of new fans. Fans who purchased the album when it was released probably wondered what became of the group during their lengthy dormancy though, in the end, they seemed content with this one disc...
...grew stale after repeated listening. It was an album whose appeal was slow but steady. With each playing, different complexities of its electronic make-up were revealed, and, as a result, the more one listened, the more one appreciated. It was the multidimensional quality of their music that enabled Pink Floyd to enjoy a two-and-one-half year period of unproductivity. After all, they were financially secure and probably a bit apprehensive about releasing a follow-up to such an unbelievably successful effort. But although it came pretty close, even the success of Dark Side of the Moon wasn...
WHILE THE ELECTRONIC complexities of Dark Side are present in their new album, Pink Floyd has employed a different format from their previous efforts. For instance, instead of being a collection of songs calling to mind a particular impression, Wish You Were Here revolves around a central piece called "Shine on You Crazy Diamond". This twenty-minute ode to the group's former leader, Syd Barrett, which opens the first side of the album, is a biographical piece tracing Barrett's experience as a member of the group and since his departure...
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...ALBUM as a whole is well-conceived, and the majority of Pink Floyd's fans will most likely be satisfied. There is, however, something missing that makes Wish You Were Here a cut below its predecessor. No where on this album is found the grating guitar solo of "Time" or the rasping saxophone of "Money." Even "Welcome to the Machine," with all its electronic wizardry, lacks the sense of urgency conveyed by Water...