Today we have another repeat band in the Top Ten of the 100 Greatest Prog Albums: Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here comes in at number 7. Songs on the album explore feelings of absence and alienation, the cut-throat nature of the music business, and the mental health decline of former member Syd Barrett.The title track is the fourth track on the album:
Welcome To The Machine is about the band's disillusionment with the music business, how it was becoming more about making money than artistic expression (see Miley, Justin, Pink!, the entire country music business, and we could find a host of other current examples):
Split into two parts (which are further divided into 5 and 4 parts, respectively), Shine On You Crazy Diamond bookends the other tracks and is a tribute to former member Syd Barrett:
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