Atom Heart Mother
by Pink Floyd
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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 56,449.
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Atom Heart Mother track list
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 rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  NickVolos | Vinyl Collection, Pt. 4 | 57/99 | - |
| 2026 |  serpico | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 89/99 | 2 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 42 Music Albums of 1970 | 14/42 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 6/50 | 5 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 36 Music Albums of 1970 | 3/36 | 5 |
| 2026 | zsolti | Top 66 Music Albums of the 1970s | 26/66 | 12 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 26/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 20 Music Albums of 1970 | 3/20 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 534 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,620 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/20/2026 18:30 |  JR | 1,120 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2026 18:13 | TonySayers61 | 25,402 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 02:08 | stryker700 | 295 | 90/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Apparently Kubrick wanted to use music from this for A Clockwork Orange. Completely different film and interest in this album if actually happened (Edited)
All the songs on this album are very good. It's not among my favorites from the band, because there are others that I like even more. However, it is a very well done job, with very few low points and many successes. Perhaps it would have received greater recognition if Pink Floyd hadn't released Meedle and The Dark Side Of The Moon shortly after. (Edited)
With Pink Floyd's 1970 album "Atom Heart Mother" you sense a group that has not quite found a direction after the loss of songwriter Syd Barrett, who had to left the group in 1968. As songwriters, there are signs that both Gilmour, Waters and Wright are growing as songwriters, but it is especially in the instrumental area that "Atom Heart Mother" shows signs of what would come later of great albums.
The long 23-minutes title track suite, is in many ways akin to the long tracks on "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here". The composition is almost symphonically built up around a very strong horn which is presented early, and which along the way is touched upon several times. And in its full extents is repeated towards the end. There are many different parts, some of which are subdued and melodic, while others are more harsh and noisy. The whole group is credited as writers of the track, just like the somewhat trippy final track "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast", which is also an extended track with a running time of 13 minutes.
Waters, Gilmour and Wright deliver one song each as solo-writer. Personally I find Wright's "Summer 68" the most interesting. This is almost classic Pink Floyd of the psychedelic period with Barrett. Also Gilmours near folky "Fat Old Sun" is quite solid, while Waters’ "If" is somewhat dull.
https://www.angelfire.com/nv/Badfinger/BANDpinkfloyd.html (Edited)
The last track is actually quite bad, that´s a shame, cause I really like the rest of the album, specially the symphoinic first half
Great record
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