Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (Full album 1970)

“Atom Heart Mother” is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was released by Harvest on 2 October 1970 in the UK, and by Capitol on 10 October 1970 in the US. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, and was the band's first album to reach number 1 in the UK, while it reached number 55 in the US, eventually going gold there. A remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the United States, and again in 2011. Ron Geesin, who had already influenced and collaborated with Roger Waters, contributed to the title track and received a then-rare outside songwriting credit.
The cover was designed by Hipgnosis, and was the first one to not feature the band's name on the cover, or contain any photographs of the band anywhere. This was a trend that would continue on subsequent covers throughout the 1970s and beyond.
Although it was commercially successful on release, the band, particularly Waters and David Gilmour, have expressed several negative opinions of the album in more recent years. Nevertheless, it remained popular enough for Gilmour to perform the title track with Geesin in 2008.

“Atom Heart Mother” este al cincilea album de studio al trupei engleze de rock progresiv Pink Floyd. A fost lansat de catre Harvest pe 2 octombrie 1970 in Marea Britanie si de catre Capitol pe 10 occtombrie 1970 in Statele Unite. A fost inregistrat la Abbey Road Studios in Londra, Anglia si a fost primul album al trupei care a ajuns pe locul 1 in Marea Britanie, in timp ce in Statele Unite a atins locul 55, dar a fost certificat cu aur totusi. Un CD imbunatatit a fost lansat in 1994 in Marea britanie si Statele Unite si din nou in 2011. Ron Geesin, care deja influentase si colaboarse cu Roger Waters, a contribuit la melodia de titlu si a primit, rar pentru acea vreme, recunoastere oficiala la scrierea lui.
Coperta a fost realizata de Hipgnosis si a fost prima care nu a avut nule trupei pee a sau continut si fotografii despre trupa pe undeva. Aceasta a fost o moda care va continua pe urmatoarele coperte din anii ’70 si mai departe.
Desi la lansare a fost un succes comercial, trupa si in special Waters si david Gilmour, au exprimat cateva pareri negative despre album in anii din urma. Cu toate acestea, a fost popular pentru Gilmour  sac ante impreuna cu Geesin in 2008 piesa de titlu.

List of tracks

Side 1

1."Atom Heart Mother"    Nick Mason, David Gilmour, Roger Waters,

   Rick Wright, Ron Geesin        wordless vocals by the John Alldis Choir 23:44

I. "Father's Shout"                       2:50

II. "Breast Milky"                          2:33

III. "Mother Fore"                         4:50

IV. "Funky Dung"                         5:15

V. "Mind Your Throats Please"   2:28

VI. "Remergence"                        5:48

Side 2

2."If"     Waters         Waters                              4:31

3."Summer '68"         Wright          Wright        5:29

4."Fat Old Sun"        Gilmour       Gilmour       5:22

5."Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast"

I. "Rise and Shine"

II. "Sunny Side Up"

III. "Morning Glory"

Waters, Mason, Gilmour, Wright         
Instrumental, speech by Alan Styles            13:00

Personnel

Pink Floyd (all instrumentation uncredited)

Roger Waters – bass guitar, acoustic guitar and vocals on "If", tape effects, tape collages

David Gilmour – guitars, vocals, bass and drums on "Fat Old Sun"[72]

Rick Wright – keyboards, vocals on "Summer '68"

Nick Mason – drums, percussion, tape effects, tape collages, engineering on "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast"

Additional musicians

EMI Pops Orchestra – brass and orchestral sections (uncredited)[5]

Hafliði Hallgrímsson – cello (uncredited)[73]

John Alldis Choir – vocals

Alan Styles – voice and sound effects on "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" (uncredited)

Production

Peter Bown – engineering

Alan Parsons – engineering (misspelled as "Allan Parsons" on the original sleeve)

Ron Geesin – orchestration and co-composition on “Atom Heart Mother” (uncredited on sleeve)[74]

James Guthrie – 1994 remastering