Atom Heart Mother

Atom Heart Mother is a 1970s 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.

Track listing

1. "Atom Heart Mother Suite" – 23:39
   • "Father's Shout"
   • "Breast Milky"
   • "Mother Fore"
   • "Funky Dung"
   • "Mind Your Throats Please"
   • "Remergence"
2. "If" – 4:30
3. "Summer '68" – 5:28
4. "Fat Old Sun" – 5:23
5. "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)

External link

• Lyrics, quotes, trivia

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn |  A Saucerful of Secrets |
Ummagumma |
Atom Heart Mother |
Meddle

Dark Side of the Moon |
Wish You Were Here |
Animals |
The Wall |
The Final Cut

A Momentary Lapse of Reason |
The Division Bell