Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother - Released Year 1970
Side one
1. "Atom Heart Mother"
I. "Father's Shout"
II. "Breast Milky"
III. "Mother Fore"
IV. "Funky Dung"
V. "Mind Your Throats Please"
VI. "Remergence" 23:44
Total length: 23:44
Side two
1. "If" 4:31
2. "Summer '68" 5:29
3. "Fat Old Sun" 5:22
4. "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast"
I. "Rise and Shine"
II. "Sunny Side Up"
III. "Morning Glory" 13:00
Total length: 28:22
Atom Heart Mother is the 1970 album that marked Pink Floyd’s full dive into progressive rock and orchestral experimentation. Featuring the epic title suite and a mix of pastoral, atmospheric tracks, the album bridges the band’s psychedelic past with their future symphonic sound.
The 23-minute title track is a landmark piece, blending rock, classical, and avant-garde styles, while the rest of the album offers a charming mix of folk, blues, and Floydian weirdness.
🎶 Fun Facts about Atom Heart Mother:
🎹 The title suite was recorded with a full brass section and choir, a rare move for rock bands at the time.
🎸 The album cover famously features a lone cow (no title or band name!), designed to stand out in record stores.
🎧 The title track’s name was inspired by a newspaper headline about a woman fitted with a nuclear-powered pacemaker!
🎤 “If” is a haunting ballad by Roger Waters, while “Fat Old Sun” is a pastoral gem by David Gilmour.
🥁 The band initially found the suite challenging to recreate live, requiring extra musicians on stage.
Atom Heart Mother is a must-listen for Pink Floyd fans, offering a unique and ambitious chapter in the band’s history. It’s the album that paved the way for the progressive rock masterpieces of the 1970s.
Atom Heart Mother is the 5th studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was released by Harvest on 2 October 1970 in the UK, and by Capitol on 10 October 1970 in the US. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, and was the band's first album to reach number 1 in the UK, while it reached number 55 in the US, eventually going gold there. A remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the United States, and again in 2011. Ron Geesin, who had already influenced and collaborated with Roger Waters, contributed to the title track and received a then-rare outside songwriting credit.
The cover was designed by Hipgnosis, and was the first one to not feature the band's name on the cover, or contain any photographs of the band anywhere. This was a trend that would continue on subsequent covers throughout the 1970s and beyond.
