Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd (CD, Mar-1987, Capitol/EMI Records)

I listened to this album back in the day, when we called them albums. when I heard it again recently, I had to come out here to Ebay for my own. This recording has its strange and harsh parts, its Pink Floyd, but it also has the most pleasant and soothing sound of anything they did, kind of like its name. I am grateful.

Most consider this to be the worst of the 14 original recordings of Pink Floyd. I do not agree. Even though, most of Pink Floyd's records are meant to be listened to from start to finish to get the full sense of what they were meaning, this CD is not like that. There are two, traditional long instrumental pieces. The six part Atom Heart Mother and the three part Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast are the bookends for this recording. My favorite part is the three 5 minute songs that were written by each of the principal song writers, Waters, Wright and Gilmour.
Water's song "If", is a beautiful piece of music about self analysis. Roger's voice is soft on this piece, unlike the harder vocals that he is traditional known for.
Wright's song "Summer of 68", has great instrumental and seems very biographical of what Rick may have gone through during their 2nd US tour in the summer of 68.
Gilmour's song "Fat Old Sun", is amazing. If one wants music to be visual and to escape into, this is the piece. Will put me in a good mood no matter what my day has been like. Gilmour plays this on his solo tours in a little different arrangement, and that is also amazing, but the original recording is my favorite.
I believe any of the three songs could have been released as singles at the time of the original release of the albumn. If someone only knows Pink Floyd by their radio songs, they probably wouldn't guess any of these individual songs were Floyd.

I ordered the cd at a great price but whenever usually a cd is listed at a considerably lower price difference than the others listed, I always begins to wonder "Wheres the Catch?" But when I arrived the cd in good time I was extremely happy to see that cd was exactly as stated and shipped safely.

This seller states the products accurately with no nasty surprises. Very pleased.

this music artist is a great music group that has phinomiumal tracks which i enjoy for those who love music of the past this is a must buy

A must have for any Pink Floyd fans. All you would expect from a Pink Floyd Album. Used to have the records/tapes, updating my library to get all Pink Floyd on CD.

i wanted to buy it cause i like pink floyd i reallyreally really really really really really really really really really really really like their music

Big fan of pink floyd.I thought the cd was great.Thanks for shipping
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Perry Bajza

I bought the album because I like pink floyd music. I didn't find any bad tracks. It was a good buy. I bid on it and won the bid. I was happy to get this pink floyd album.

I used to listen to this album all the time. I am so glad I bought it! It sounds even better as a CD. This album is a great example of classic Pink Floyd at its best. Don't hesitate to buy this one.

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Atom Heart Mother often scares the average listener but those of us who are not afraid of different and unusual sounds love it. It's hard to figure out what to compare it to and the closest I can come is to say that it reminds me of a funky/Avant-Garde rock opera nightmare. Actually, I think that sums it up very well. If you like the strange side of Pink Floyd you should really appreciate this. If you only like the Floyd that you hear on the radio you might want to pass. 5 Stars.

This 1994 Remastered Release of Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother is the 4th Pressing for this Album...The first pressing from 1985 with disc made in Japan; second pressing from 1987 with disc made in the USA; and the third pressing being the Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs (MFSL) Gold Ultradisc II CD from January of 1994, also made in the USA...

I believe the sound quality of this 1994 4th Pressing to be superior to that of the first two pressings...The CD booklet is 24 pages, with complete lyrics and additional photographs not in any previous release...The MFSL release only had 12 pages in the CD booklet...

The vinyl album was originally released in 1970 and is the album preceding Meddle from 1971...Avant Garde composer Ron Geesin is considered by some fans to be the 5th member of Pink Floyd for Atom Hear Mother, since Geesin arranged all the orchestral parts and the choir for this seminal album in Pink Floyd's early phase of creating unusual and psychedelic music...Geesin also composed the Soundtrack for the Motion Picture "The Body" with Roger Waters, also in 1970...

As any loooong time fan of any band or of great music, everyone has an album that really opens up new worlds of feeling and imagination. In my case with the great Pink Floyd, it happens to be this album.

"The Wall" may have been the first Pink Floyd album I ever experienced in my home country of Guatemala back in 1979/1980, but it's this album that takes my cake as my absolute favorite in the long, distinguished, and oh so rich discography of the supreme band that is Pink Floyd.... thanks, one of my best purchases this year!!!! Great album!!!

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