![]() ![]() The piece was fashioned out of found sounds, with its composer ranting in a Scottish accent. This lack of focus means Atom Heart Mother will largely be for cultists, but its unevenness means there’s also a lot to cherish here” (Erlewine).Pink Floyd in 1971 (Image credit: Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)įloyd’s next release, 1969’s double album Ummagumma, included Roger Waters’ musique concrète experiment, Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In a Cave And Grooving With A Pict. That it lasts an entire side illustrates that Pink Floyd was getting better with the larger picture instead of the details, since the second side just winds up falling off the tracks, no matter how many good moments there are. “So, there are interesting moments scattered throughout the record, and the work that initially seems so impenetrable winds up being Atom Heart Mother’s strongest moment. Group composition Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast, “the 12-minute opus that ends the album, does the same thing, floating for several minutes before ending on a drawn-out jam that finally gets the piece moving” (Erlewine). “Then, on the second side, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and Rick Wright have a song apiece…Of these, Waters begins developing the voice that made him the group’s lead songwriter during their classic era with If, while Wright has an appealingly mannered, very English psychedelic fantasia on Summer ‘68, and Gilmour’s Fat Old Sun meanders quietly before ending with a guitar workout that leaves no impression” (Erlewine). Still, it may be an acquired taste even for fans, especially since it kicks off with a side-long, 23-minute extended orchestral piece that may not seem to head anywhere, but is often intriguing, more in what it suggests than what it achieves” (Erlewine). If anything, this is the most impenetrable album Pink Floyd released while on Harvest, which also makes it one of the most interesting of the era. ![]() ![]() “Appearing after the sprawling, unfocused double-album set Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother may boast more focus, even a concept, yet that doesn't mean it's more accessible. ![]()
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