Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd > Reviews

Advantages: Ground breaking, unique
Disadvantages: not a good background music CD

This Op, for some, will be a history lesson, for others pure nostalgia and yet for all I hope its enjoyable. Cast your mind back, further, further, bit more! Stop! Here we are 1970… Lets explore shall we. *Ooo! Heathrow see’s its first landing of a Jumbo jet! A 747 Pan American/ *Betrand Russell (Philosopher) Dies at the ripe old age of 97! *Trudy Sellick is the becomes the first teenager to cast a vote when the age of voting came down to ... Read review

Advantages: Has an orchestral slash psychadelia mix which is unique to pink floyd
Disadvantages: First track is Pink floyd's longest and is long winded,may drive people crazy if you sat them down an forced them to listen to the opening track for half an hour

...get your money back. ATOM HEART MOTHER- The opening track is about 30 seconds longer than echoes on MEDDLE the later albumn making it Pink Floyds longest studio song.It is divided into 5 parts which are based supposedly around the experiences of a cow but is hard to believe.A vast rushing array of instruments and sound effects including piano,trumpet,trombone,french horn and of couse a backing strings orchestra of violins and chellos through certain ... Read review

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 ... Read review

Advantages: brilliantly creative
Disadvantages: short track listing

...though, the good points to Atom Heart Mother outweigh the bad points, and although it can get a bit cyclic, and lacks some of the energy that Syd Barret would have no doubt bought to the record, it does provide an ejoyable 52mins. Track Listing and times for "Atom Heart Mother" "Atom Heart Mother" - 23:45 "If" - 4:31 "Summer '68" - 5:29 "Fat Old Sun" - 5:24 "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" - 13:01 Please leave a comment! ... Read review