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Badfinger - Wish You Were Here Audio CD

A fair review of the Badfinger "Wish You Were Here" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Badfinger reviews here, or go back to the Badfinger tabs.

Badfinger Band: Badfinger
Title: Wish You Were Here
Rating:
Release Date: 2007-09-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Just a Chance 2: You're So Fine 3: Got to Get out of Here 4: Know One Knows 5: Dennis 6: In the Meantime/Some Other Time 7: Love Time 8: King of the Load 9: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch/Should I Smoke

Just superb
Buy it. This is perfect. It will make you understand why we never needed Oasis in the first place.


A classic
Shades of the Beatles and ELO. It may take a listen or two to get used to the tracks, but once you do there is no looking back. This album is as good as Abbey Road. A tragic story about this talented band, but if you like their four hits heard all over 'oldies' radio then you will love all these new songs. 'Meanwhile Back at the Ranch- Should I smoke? will bring you back to that classic British sound. I can't put this CD away.


An Overlooked Gem
In my opinion, the band's best album. Nothing short of a pop/rock masterpiece. Unfortunately it was overlooked by just about everyone and received very little or no airplay in the US during a time when airplay was crucial to an album's sales and success.


Wish badfinger was still here
And for my money the greatest Badfinger album EVER. Wish you were here is one of the top 5-6 classic rock albums of the 1970's. It has the feeling of, "hey let's just let it all out, the hell with the record execs. "

No pre-packaged ideas here. No let's try hard to write a top 40 single here (although there are a few gems). This is Straight Up on amphetamines. No Dice rolling lucky 7's!! This is classic rock at it's classic best. Breathtaking musicianship, some great orchestra arrangements and even the Average White Band horn section lending to the genius.

Wish you were here is a MUST buy for classic rock fans, or just fans of great music period. Obviously never straying too far from the nurturing tree, Wish You Were here, has that Beatles sound here and there, what do you expect " the Snoop Dog sound"?? But this is a powerful, passionate record that if you like the genre, you will like Badfinger's Wish you were here. Makes me wish the Band was still here. Sadly they are not, so don't miss this opportunity to purchase a piece of Rock history.


Great album by an overlooked band
It's as good as I remembered it. I had this one on vinyl when it was first released, but misplaced it years ago so I hadn't listend to it in years. "Just a Chance" should have been a hit, it rivals any of their earlier hits on Apple records. Highly recomennded.


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