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Astral  ·  4315 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Great "listen straight through" albums

Wish You Were Here, also Pink Floyd, has to be listened to as a full album, with headphones on or with surround speakers. Shine On You Crazy Diamond may be too long for some, but for me, every riff on the guitar, and the ambiance and emptiness of it all truly builds up to the three "traditional" songs. Part attack on the music industry, part the feelings that come with making the music and aspects of life itself, Welcome To The Machine comes next, followed by (but not fading into; you have to flip the record) Have a Cigar, another attack on the music industry. Ending with Wish You Were Here, a song we should all be able to appreciate, and the spaced out bookend, Wish You Were Here has to be my favorite album.