Atom Heart Mother
by Pink Floyd

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Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-10-02
Overall rank: 670th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,303 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (22nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (150th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (670th)

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Pink Floyd bestography

Atom Heart Mother is ranked 9th best out of 38 albums by Pink Floyd on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pink Floyd is The Dark Side Of The Moon which is ranked number 2 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 55,688.

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Atom Heart Mother track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Atom Heart Mother: A. Father's Shout / B. Breast Milky / C. Mother Fore / D. Funky Dung / E. Mind Your Throats Please / F. Remergence
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Average Rating: 83 (271 votes)Comments: View 2
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Summer '68
Average Rating: 86 (284 votes)Comments: View 6
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Fat Old Sun
Average Rating: 85 (278 votes)Comments: View 5
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Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast: A. Rise And Shine / B. Sunny Side Up / C. Morning Glory
Average Rating: 75 (247 votes)Comments: View 6

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Atom Heart Mother rankings

Atom Heart Mother rankings summary
Overall rank: 670th | 1970s rank: 150th | 1970 rank: 22nd  Overall chart history
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From 02/10/2011 16:51 | #16289 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Critics hated this, Pink Floyd members themselves hate this, but I (like many fans I guess) love it! The suite is very experimental - and long - but very listenable (for what it is), the three songs by band members are all very good (my favourite is Summer 68 by Wright) and Alan's Pyschedelic breakfast features beautiful instrumental music - though i'd prefer to hear it without some guy eating and talking about food in the background :) ... (Edited)
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From 01/08/2011 12:11 | #17424 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album was maligned by many but in typical fashion is kind of a 'cult favourite' among PF afficionados now. The Atom Heart Mother suite is great in concept. A shame that Nick Mason drummed the whole piece in one go, as the timing is very erratic. I really enjoy Gilmour's bluesy solo in the middle. I used to listen to this on the drive to work to get me in a good mood! Rest of the album was pretty pedestrian but still a great collection in my opinion. (Edited)
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From 05/29/2012 15:31 | #43212 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Underappreciated album by many, including Floyd themselves. “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast” gets a bad rap; it’s a pretty mood piece. The rest of Side 2 is solid Floyd, especially “Fat Old Sun.” But the title suite is the highlight—possibly my favorite piece of music—dramatic, powerful, jarring and touching, all at once. There’s a horn-section countering beautiful melody lines, a chilling choir interlude, some amazing slide guitar from Gilmour, some electronic wizardry from Wright, and nice support from the rhythm section of Waters and Mason. An acquired taste, to be sure, but worth looking into. (Edited)
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From 08/16/2010 01:55 | #14417 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Why is this album hated so?

Is it because the suite song has a 5 minute choir part? Perhaps.

This album is really good, and Atom Heart Mother Suite is one of Floyd's most epic and melodic pieces. (Edited)
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From 02/28/2019 14:54 | #232773 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I never realized that Pink Floyd apparently had quite a bit of influence on Twee Pop, including Belle & Sebastian (one of my favorite bands). Atom Heart Mother is case in point. Summer of 68, with it's chipper, whispered cadence and baroque horns, sounds like it could have been on any B&S album. It's uncanny. The other 2 tracks are not far behind. The opening and closing tracks are epic, glorious psychedelia, but let's just say not everyone's cup of English Breakfast ;) (Edited)
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