Is Atom Heart Mother good?

Riffiter listeners rate Atom Heart Mother 3.5/5 from 10 ratings.

When was Atom Heart Mother released?

Atom Heart Mother was released in 1970 on Pink Floyd Records.

How many tracks are on Atom Heart Mother?

Atom Heart Mother has 7 tracks, with a runtime of 89 minutes.

What genre is Atom Heart Mother?

Atom Heart Mother is catalogued under Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Rock.

What BPM is Atom Heart Mother?

Atom Heart Mother runs at a median tempo of 145 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.

What albums are similar to Atom Heart Mother?

Listeners of Atom Heart Mother also rate Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin, The Doors by The Doors, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie.

Who produced Atom Heart Mother?

Pink Floyd produced 5 of the 7 tracks on Atom Heart Mother.

Album · 1970

Atom Heart Mother

by Pink Floyd

Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 progressive rock album by Pink Floyd. It runs 7 tracks across 89 minutes on Pink Floyd Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.5/5 from 10 ratings.

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Pink Floyd

Progressive Rock · Psychedelic Rock · Rock

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#4 in Best albums of 1970 · #21 in Best progressive rock albums

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Tracks: 89 min
Runtime: 145 bpm
Tempo: F minor
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Atom Heart Mother is the fifth studio album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1970 by Harvest and EMI Records in the UK and Harvest and Capitol in the US. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England, and was the group's first album to reach number 1 in the U.K., while it reached number 55 in the U.S. chart, eventually going gold there. A remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the US, and again in 2011. Ron Geesin, who had already influenced and collaborated with Roger Waters, made a notable contribution to the album and received a then rare outside songwriting credit. This was the first Pink Floyd album to be specially mixed for 4-channel quadraphonic sound as well as conventional 2-channel stereo. The SQ quadraphonic mix was released on LP in a matrix format compatible with standard stereo record players. There was also a release of the quadraphonic version in the UK in fully discrete 4-channel form on the "Quad-8" format, a 4-channel variant of the stereo 8-track tape cartridge.

The album cover was, again, designed by Hipgnosis, and was significant in that it 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 commercially and critically successful on release, the band have expressed several negative opinions of the album in more recent years, particularly from Waters and David Gilmour. Nevertheless, it remained popular enough for Gilmour to perform the title track with Geesin in 2008.

In brief

Is Atom Heart Mother good?: Riffiter listeners rate Atom Heart Mother 3.5/5 from 10 ratings.
When was Atom Heart Mother released?: Atom Heart Mother was released in 1970 on Pink Floyd Records.
How many tracks are on Atom Heart Mother?: Atom Heart Mother has 7 tracks, with a runtime of 89 minutes.
What genre is Atom Heart Mother?: Atom Heart Mother is catalogued under Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Rock.
What BPM is Atom Heart Mother?: Atom Heart Mother runs at a median tempo of 145 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Atom Heart Mother?: Listeners of Atom Heart Mother also rate Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin, The Doors by The Doors, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie.
Who produced Atom Heart Mother?: Pink Floyd produced 5 of the 7 tracks on Atom Heart Mother.

Atom Heart Mother at a glance

Label: Fontana Records
Recorded at: Abbey Road Studios

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Credits

Produced by: Pink Floyd
Engineered by: Alan ParsonsPeter BownNick Mason
Played by: David Gilmour Roger WatersRichard WrightNick MasonAbbey Road Session Pops Orchestra
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Alan Styles
Vocals by: David Gilmour Roger WatersAlan StylesRichard WrightThe John Alldis Choir

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