The band wanted to explore all sorts of music without being limited to a particular image or style of performance. The original album cover shows an ordinary cow standing in a pasture, with no text or any other clues as to what's on the record.Abbey Road Session Pops Orchestra - brass, orchestral sections.Alan Stiles - voice on ' Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast'.Ron Geesin - orchestration, co-composition on Atom Heart Mother Suite.Nick Mason - drums, percussion, tape edits, tape collage, additional engineering on ' Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast'.Richard Wright - vocals, keyboards, orchestration, piano on ' Summer '68', bass on ' If'.Roger Waters - vocals, bass, acoustic guitar on ' If', tape effects, tape collage.David Gilmour - vocals, guitar, bass, drums on ' Fat Old Sun' and ' Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' (Morning Glory).Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' (13:42) (Some Editions: 13:00).The cover was designed by Hipgnosis and was the first album of Pink Floyd's to not feature the band's name on the cover, or contain any photographs of the band anywhere.

This album was commercially successful on it's release, but the band members, especially Roger Waters and David Gilmour, have had several negative opinions on it. This was Pink Floyd's first album to reach #1 in the UK Charts.Ī remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the United States, and again in 2011. It was released by Harvest on 2 October 1970 in the UK and by Capitol Records on 10 October 1970 in the US. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Atom Heart Mother is the fifth studio album by Pink Floyd.

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