Reviews by mailia

Perfectly listenable but quite generic.

More enjoyable than I would've guessed but at the same time it's quite long with way too many interludes.

I think the best I can say about this is that it didn't hurt my ears or offend my senses. But it certainly isn't an interesting album. Perhaps it was influential back in 1968 but does nothing for me in 2026.

It's not that interesting.

I wouldn't have thought it to be my cup of tea, but even for a 70-year-old album, it's still pretty fantastic.

Relaxing listen.

Was quite worried when I saw "The Cure" pop up, since I've already been given Pornography, and that album wasn't that good. However, this was actually a lot more pleasing to listen to.

I am sure there is an audience for this album, but I mostly found it a chore to listen to.

Very middle of the road, slightly sleep-inducing.

Uninspiring. And when it comes to rating this as an album, the remastered digital release I listened to is padded out with several versions of every song, diluting the experience further. Could've left that to a special edition or something.

It's been a while since I listened to all of Wish You Were Here and I remembered it being a solid 4/5. But relistening to it, it's actually even better than I remembered.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond is way better than I remembered, Welcome to the Machine is fantastic, Have a Cigar is one of my all-time favourite Floyd songs and Wish You Were Here is absolutely beautiful. Zero filler even though Shine On You Crazy Diamond runs for 26 minutes in total, and I'm generally not a fan of extremely long tracks.

I think I'd be lying to myself I gave this anything less than 5/5 when everything about it is so great. Even the cover art is iconic.

It's not awful but "Must Hear Before You Die"? If we're limited to 1001, then there are definitely better candidates not yet included. My dislike for this album is also greatly enhanced by the fact that the digital versions of this album basically repeat themselves, making it even worse for listening to in an album format.

I actually listened to Hunky Dory right before I started my 1001 Albums Generator project and quite liked it. I've yet to listen to everything by Bowie, but from all of the albums that I've listened to, I think Hunky Dory might actually be my favourite one. Not sure if I would say that everything on it is great, but rather everything is good with individual standouts like Changes or Life on Mars.

Fairly relaxing.

I’m generally not the biggest fan of tracks with a runtime of >10 minutes and I hadn’t ever heard of Czukay, so I went into this with relatively low expectations – but this album was a pleasant surprise.

Extremely average.

I quite liked Lexicon Devil but rest of the album was more in the "eh" range.

Not really a thing I would seek out, but it's extremely pleasant to listen to. The RevOla remastered release also sounds great for a 66-year-old record.

The music's alright, probably a 3/5 on that front, but the recording quality is quite poor and that distracts from the experience quite a bit.

Not really the type of music that I'd normally seek out, but it's a pleasant listen. I think the remaster version might be padding out the thing though.