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Welcome to the Machine
"Welcome to the Machine" is the second song on Pink Floyd's 1975 album "Wish You Were Here". It features heavily processed synthesizers and acoustic guitars, as well as a wide range of tape effects. Both the music and the lyrics were written by bassist Roger Waters.
Similar to "Have a Cigar", the song criticizes the music industry at the time, its control of musicians and additionally criticizes the youth's rebellion against establishment.
Recording.
The track was
of the "100 best albums from 1983 to 2008". "Rolling Stone" included "Tidal" as number 83 on its 2011 list of the "100 Best Albums of the Nineties". The "Rolling Stone" Reader's Poll for 2005 ranked "Extraordinary Machine" at number five for "Best Album"; in the same poll, Apple was ranked number three for "Best Female Performer" and number one for "Most Welcome Back". In 2011, the magazine included the album as number 49 on