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Rating: Atom Heart Mother
If phrases can make a review
and almost all then filled with praise
to talk about what people love
this time I'll try to sing it in rhymes
So here I am about to play the record
a bountiful source of thieving emotions
I've been listening for years and I'm amazed
in front of the Atomic Heart of Mother
For me, perhaps, this is the most coherent
work of Pink Floyd, and the most choral
from the suite (there's not a sour note),
to their three songs, all special.
To close the concept then is placed
the puzzling collage of sounds and noises
It's Alan having breakfast,
psychedelic are his flavors
Era and school from '70 made
It reached the first position in the chart
Brass and choirs make an impact
Quadraphonic, and I'm scattered in the room
Bucolic its presentation
Lulubelle III looks at me menacingly
"You man, accustomed to reason
let yourself be fascinated by my pose"
And A Fat Old Sun was already shining
in that Summer of beautiful Sixty-Eight
Blessed were those it warmed
Ah, If only I could go there too
To Atom Heart Mother I am tied
and I think you can well understand
from these verses I have so flaunted
whether you find fault or not
Tracklist and Videos
01 Atom Heart Mother: a) Father’s Shout / b) Breast Milky / c) Mother Fore / d) Funky Dung / e) Mind Your Throats Please / f) Remergence (23:44)
05 Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast: a) Rise and Shine / b) Sunny Side Up / c) Morning Glory (13:00)
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By Ummagumma72
"'Atom Heart Mother', written by Waters, is simply majestic; 24 minutes of orchestra and apocalyptic choirs envelop you in total trance."
"It’s a work executed to step somewhat out of their purely experimental style ... while still preserving their imprint."
By FLOYDMAN
Atom Heart Mother is an extremely varied album, capable of moving from the orgasmic explosion of sounds mixing brass and electric guitars to bare and raw acoustic guitar.
The album is structured on two long suites, placed at the beginning and the end, around which the other short and sweet compositions revolve.
By Viva Lì
Atom Heart Mother is more definable as a 'musical work at the limits of lyricism' rather than pop music or, worse yet, sophisticated psychedelia.
Waters' bass and David Gilmour's guitar are, as always, a guarantee of genius and perfection.
By Sharkste
If humanity possessed a video of the Big Bang and music had to be introduced for a documentary, I would use the finale of Atom Heart Mother.
Pink Floyd was the greatest band that ever existed is not enough. Because even just defining them as a 'band' is reductive in proportion to what they were.
By david81
Pink Floyd managed to create a work worthy of their name despite being far from the perfect structure of later albums.
The suite is a colossal audio creation capable of conjuring epic visions in the human mind.
