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Title: Wish granted
Review: Cut-for-cut, this is probably the best album Pink Floyd ever released: passionate, pained, straightforward, and even powerful in a way that doesn't require the listener to be hyped up and out of their mind on LSD. The merits of "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" might be debatable (less so the second half), but there's no debating the power of the rolling satire "Have a Cigar" or the even poignant "Wish You Were Here." The effects-heavy "Welcome to the Machine" even hits the spot. It's ironic that the band members have said that they weren't really "here" during the recording sessions, because they've never sounded more "here" on any other album.
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