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)

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