Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd

Advantages: brilliantly creative
Disadvantages: short track listing

...What other band could you expect to create such a fantastically creative and musically blinding album...none, because it would seem in this world the task is only in the capabilities of Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother provides a stunning colabiration between soft rock and the honest style of classical and progressive music. Despite being blaitantly contrasting to earlier efforts from Pink Floyd (i.e. Relics, the acid induced trip through seemingly random, but clearly well structured music in the form of a debut album), this change in "genre" has allowed Pink Floyd to develop their style to an extent whereby they have successfully introduced a powerful array of vocal and instrumental ideas into pretty much every track on the album...It results in some stunning originality and a great sound. Further to the actual musical content... Read review

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Advantages: It's Floyd
Disadvantages: Alans Breakfast

...Atom Heart Mother Issued in 1970, Atom Heart Mother was Pink Floyd's first album to top the album chart, yet it is probably the most hated by the band's members, this is mainly due to the albums 27 min long title track, which the band found difficult to perform live, as they often forgot where they were in the song. Yet with the Floyd faithful, it is a must!! Personally, I feel that the title track is an excellent piece of work, although some of the brass instruments sound rather harsh, and the piece has dated somewhat, over the years. But, as an orchestral/rock piece it works well. Two other rock bands; Deep Purple and Uriah Heep both had dabblings with rock/orchestral composotions at that time, so it was not something that would have taken the nation by surprise. The other tracks on the album seem to be just filling up the second... Read review

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Advantages: Pink floyd
Disadvantages: Strange

...Possibly the oddest album ever to top the charts, this opus consists of a 23-minute tune, complete with grandiose horns in the form of the title track. On top of this, add one effort from each songwriting-singing Floyd and a less than essential three-part track, interspersed with the sounds of a roadie having breakfast, and you have an album you`ll either love or hate. It is personally one of my favourites, and I cannot get enough of the title track and its superb rise and fall sequences and climatic interludes. I also think that Rick Wright`s `Summer `68` and David Gilmour`s `Fat Old Sun` are some of their best efforts ever. However, a lot of people (Pink Floyd included) do not agree with me and see it as very self indulgent and boring. My advice would be to give it a go - you may be pleasantly surprised.... Read review

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