An album about absence that fills every second: Wish You Were Here mourns Syd Barrett through "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"'s twin suites and indicts the industry that broke him on "Welcome to the Machine." The title track may be rock's most universally felt song about losing someone still alive. Floyd's warmest record, and their most complete.
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