Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Album Cover Art
Themes of absence and void of meaning play out as an executive looking gentleman greets his doppelgänger with a.
Pink floyd wish you were here album cover art. An artist has told how he made one of pink floyd s most renowned album covers. The waters written musical film based on the wall album pink floyd the wall 1982 won two. Pink floyd did the same with wish you were here an album that served not only as a scathing music industry critique but also as a moving tribute to original lead singer syd barrett. The image of a nude woman emerges from a red veil.
Wish you were here a rueful meditation on absence and loss is as memorable for its artful packaging as it is for its music. A diver breaks the waves of a lake without creating a splash or ripple in the water. The ninth studio album by english rock band pink floyd was released on september 1975 and was titled wish you were here the album contains mostly material that had been written while the band was touring in europe and was recorded in london s abbey road studios throughout several sessions earlier that year. 24 2018 got us thinking about the making of pink floyd s wish you were here album cover.
This past week s photo gag that accompanied seven days story about floydian slip the great gig by ken picard jan. The album s iconic cover images featuring two men standing across from one another while one is on fire were photographed by aubrey po powell storm s partner at the pink floyd design studio hipgnosis. Aubrey powell had worked with the band on album art for their most famous album the dark side of the moon.