Atom Heart Mother
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Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 progressive rock album by British band Pink Floyd. The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. The album reached number 1 in the UK and number 55 in the US charts and went Gold in the US in March of 1994. A re-mastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and 1995 in the US.
The original album cover shows a very ordinary cow standing in a very ordinary pasture, with no text nor any other clue as to what might be on the record.
The longest two tracks are a progression from Pink Floyd's earlier instrumental pieces such as A Saucerful of Secrets; the first is split into six parts and features a full orchestra and the second is an instrumental in three parts with sound effects and speech between each part.
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Track listing
- "Atom Heart Mother Suite" - 23:39
- "Father's Shout"
- "Breast Milky"
- "Mother Fore"
- "Funky Dung"
- "Mind Your Throats Please"
- "Remergence"
- "If" - 4:30
- "Summer '68" - 5:28
- "Fat Old Sun" - 5:23
- "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" - 13:00
- "Rise and Shine"
- "Sunny Side Up"
- "Morning Glory"
Personnel
- David Gilmour - vocals and guitar
- Roger Waters - vocals and bass
- Richard Wright - vocals and keyboards
- Nick Mason - drums
- John Aldiss Choir - vocals
also:
- Alan Parsons - engineer
- Peter Bown - engineer
- Ron Geesin - orchestration and co-composition on title track.
Quotes
"Atom Heart Mother is a good case, I think, for being thrown into the dustbin and never listened to by anyone ever again! [...] It was pretty kind of pompous, it wasn't really about anything."
- - Roger Waters - Rock Over London Radio Station - March 15, 1985, for broadcast April 7/April 14, 1985.
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1970 | Pop Albums | 55 |
External link
- Lyrics, quotes, trivia (http://www.pinkfloyd-co.net/disco/ahm/ahm_album.html)