Wish You Were Here [Import]

Badfinger | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B00000885H
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,750 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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

Customer Reviews

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Abbey Road SIDE #3, maybe!?!?!?!??!, July 10, 2004

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C. Bennett "CB" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wish You Were Here (Audio CD)

Well, I'm sure you all have heard the problems this band went through, so I won't even go into that. I will say this though, this recording seems to be focused on what was going on around the band at the time....tough pill to swallow..... Just over 30 minutes, this album broke new ground, a different approach then previous releases. I won't sit here and insult anyone's intelligence by stating this is their greatest work. Personally, its my favorite. From start to finish, no bad tracks, some medley's (including important contributions from Mike), some excellent choices of intruments never used before on a Badfinger record. This is by all means, the last record of the Classic Badfinger lineup. The comparisons to Abbey Road are prevelent.....but it stands to this day as a Classic Lost Album that will go down in history as just that.....Lost. No hit songs here, no tradmark sounds, just pure brilliance.

If I could possibly improve this great release, I would have included "Timeless" (similar time signature to "I Want You, She's so Heavy") somewhere in between the original's release first side and second. Would have been a nice compliment to the Abbey Road theory?!?

This document should not be overlooked by any casual, hardcore or any Beatle fan!




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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only poor management kept this from being a huge success, March 4, 2004

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William J. Eichelberger "I will not go quietly" (Ft. Thomas, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wish You Were Here (Audio CD)

The two albums that Badfinger recorded for Warner Brothers after leaving Apple were among the easiest to find in the days before cd's. They could usually be found languishing in used bins for relatively low prices, and it was this that initially threw me off. Finally, faced with the prospect of little known Badfinger over no Badfinger at all, I went ahead and purchased both albums. Imagine my surprise when I got home and found that both albums were loaded with songs on par with, and at times better than, the songs that the band did while with Apple. The whole album is strong, with leadoff shouldabeenahit "Just A Chance" Pete Ham is in fine voice, and one is left to wonder what could have been. "Know One Knows" and "Dennis" are equally strong, but it's the rather odd cut and paste songs "In The Meantime/Some Other Time" and "Meanwhile Back At The Ranch/Should I Smoke" that show the band's true brilliance. Within months Pete Ham would be dead and with his passing rock and roll lost one of the truly great songwriters as well as a hugely underrated guitarist. This album demands and deserves a listen and it's a risk you won't regret.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Overlooked Gem, February 24, 2004

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Don Nichols (Broomfield, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wish You Were Here (Audio CD)

I've picked up all of Badfinger's album and this one is the best. My favorite tracks include Got To Get Out of Here, Dennis, In the Meantime, and Meanwhile Back at the Ranch. The Production is fantastic - Big thanks to Chris Thomas - and the band is tight! The guitar ending to Meanwhile Back is thrilling. The songwriting of the group throughout the album stands head and shoulders above any of the other albums. Any potential hit singles to go along with Day After Day or No Matter What? No, but there's not a weak song in the whole album. It flows perfectly, pulling you along with its sound, craftsmanship, and melody. What a crime it was for Warner Brothers to pull it after only 3 weeks! A definite overlooked gem.