<P> The album's back cover depicts a faceless "Floyd salesman", in Thorgerson's words, "selling his soul" in the desert (shot in the Yuma Desert in California again by Aubrey' Po' Powell). The absence of wrists and ankles signifies his presence as an "empty suit". The inner sleeve shows a veil concealing a nude woman in a windswept Norfolk grove, and a splash-less diver at Mono Lake--titled Monosee (the German translation of Mono Lake) on the liner notes--in California (again emphasising the theme of absence). The decision to shroud the cover in black plastic was not popular with the band's US record company, Columbia Records, who insisted that it be changed (they were over-ruled). EMI were less concerned; the band were reportedly extremely happy with the end product, and when presented with a pre-production mockup, they accepted it with a spontaneous round of applause . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Professional ratings </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Review scores </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Source </Th> <Th> Rating </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> AllMusic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Blender </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Encyclopedia of Popular Music </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Great Rock Discography </Td> <Td> 10 / 10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Music Story </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> MusicHound Rock </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Rolling Stone Album Guide </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Village Voice </Td> <Td> A--</Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Professional ratings </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Review scores </Th> </Tr>

Pink floyd wish you were here vinyl 1975