Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (1975)

At times, I think I like this record more that The Dark Side of the Moon. I love DSOTM, but this is a close second, and sometimes, it seems better. It was many years after I heard this record that I realized that Have a Cigar was sung by Roy Harper. I have no idea what I hadn't noticed before.

I have a Canadian CD from 1994 and an a Canadian vinyl pressing from 1975. The notes from Dicosgs state: "Released with an inner cardboard lyrics-sleeve and a postcard insert." Alas, I bought my copy used, and the postcard is long gone. Of course, in the early days, I listened to a tape that my friend, Pete loaned to me. He said that he was a closet Pink Floyd fan. I am not sure why he would have hidden that fact, but I am kind of a closet fan of Hall and Oates, so there's that. 

Check this out, from Wikipedia, and scratch your head:

Wish You Were Here received mixed reviews from critics on its release, who found its music uninspiring and inferior to their previous work. It has retrospectively received critical acclaim, hailed as one of the greatest albums of all time, and was cited by keyboardist Richard Wright and guitarist David Gilmour as their favourite Pink Floyd album. It reached number one in the US and UK, and Harvest's parent company, EMI, was unable to keep up with the demand. Since then, the record has sold over 20 million copies.

And, this more specific idiocy:

On release, the album received mixed reviews. Ben Edmunds wrote in Rolling Stone that the band's "lackadaisical demeanor" leaves the subject of Barrett "unrealised; they give such a matter-of-fact reading of the goddamn thing that they might as well be singing about Roger Waters's brother-in-law getting a parking ticket." Edmunds concluded the band is "devoid" of the "sincere passion for their 'art'" that contemporary space rock acts purportedly have. Melody Maker's reviewer wrote: "From whichever direction one approaches Wish You Were Here, it still sounds unconvincing in its ponderous sincerity and displays a critical lack of imagination in all departments. [source]

Critics are idiots.