<Tr> <Td> The Rolling Stone Album Guide </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Village Voice </Td> <Td> A--</Td> </Tr> <P> The album was released on 12 September 1975 in the UK, and on the following day in the US . In Britain, with 250,000 advance sales, it went straight to number one, and demand was such that EMI informed retailers that only 50 percent of their orders would be fulfilled . With 900,000 advance orders (the largest for any Columbia release) it reached number one on the US Billboard chart in its second week . Wish You Were Here was Pink Floyd's fastest - selling album ever . </P> <P> On release, the album received mixed reviews . Ben Edmunds wrote in Rolling Stone: </P>

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