Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd - Tales Of Syd
After the monumental success of the band's previous album "Dark Side Of The Moon" it was going to be difficult to do a follow up. For the most part "Wish You Were Here" builds successfully on the formula established with the bands previous two discs.

The album begins and ends with the two part "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" a tribute to original band leader and acid casualty Syd Barret. In between are several tracks that reflect the evils of the music industry. This is another very strong disc that pretty much every progressive rock fan already owns. The album seems to be a favorite among the band itself as well. I don't think this one is quite as good as "Dark Side", but it is more essential Pink Floyd.

Classic Pink Floyd
In my opinion, the best Pink Floyd album ever. Yes, better than Dark Side of the Moon. Nuff said.
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The Wall

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
"The Wall" was one of the single biggest albums of the 70's and proved to be a commercial landslide for Pink Floyd. The two album concept piece is Roger Waters masterpiece about a musician named "Pink" and the wall he builds around himself.

The album is primarily autobiographical and served as the final link in the Waters takeover of the band. It is also the last album with the Waters, Gilmour, Mason, and Wright lineup (Keyboard player Richard Wright would be fired shortly after the albums completion).

The album was an unlikely smash hit with the band getting airplay on top 40 radio stations for the first time in their long career. "Another Brick In The Wall", "Comfortably Numb", "Hey You", and "Run Like Hell" are still staples of classic rock stations to this day. The album was also made into a movie in the mid - 80's.

As overplayed as this album was and as much as I have listened to it over the years, I still enjoy it and think it is a great piece of work. David Gilmour's guitar solo on "Comfortably Numb" can still send chills up my spine and is one of the great melodic solos of all time in my opinion. "The Wall" is one of the classic progressive rock albums of all time.
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