Tracks
Side A
- 11975Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)13:33D major
- 21975Welcome to the Machine7:31B major
Side B
- 11975Have a Cigar5:07
- 21975Wish You Were Here5:38A major
- 31975Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)12:24G major
Sound of Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here sounds more acoustic and brighter than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 129 bpm.
Quietest track: Have a Cigar · most energetic: Welcome to the Machine
Across 5 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The four members of Pink Floyd around the time of Wish You Were Here, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Member of the groupAlbumMember until the end
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Frequently asked questions
When was Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd released?
Wish You Were Here came out in 1975.
How many tracks are on Wish You Were Here?
Wish You Were Here has five tracks, 45 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which category is Wish You Were Here in?
Wish You Were Here is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Pink Floyd.
Which other albums by Pink Floyd are in the collection?
The collection holds five more albums by Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of The Moon (1973), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979), The Division Bell (1994) and The Endless River (2014).
Who was in Pink Floyd when Wish You Were Here came out?
In 1975, Pink Floyd consisted of Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and David Gilmour. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Wish You Were Here mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Wish You Were Here?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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