Scatting: The 'Funky Dung' section in 'Atom Heart Mother'.Sampling: The gunnery and motorbike sounds on the album.Psychedelic Rock: 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast'.Once an Episode: 'If', 'Summer '68', 'Fat Old Sun'.Ominous Latin Chanting: At around 13 minutes into the title track.Non-Appearing Title: The album title doesn't appear in any of the lyrics.Longest Song Goes First: The album kicks off with the Title Track, which takes up the entire first side.Nick Mason spotted a newspaper headline about a pregnant woman who had been fitted with an atomic-powered pacemaker. Line-of-Sight Name: How the album and the suite got its title.

Granola Girl: In 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast', Alan jokes about the macrobiotic food popular among hippies in Los Angeles at the time.įrom your bed I gained a day and lost a bloody year.Instrumental: 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast', ' Atom Heart Mother'.Epic Rocking: The Title Track (23:44) and 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast'.Book Ends: While the album itself lacks them, 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' begins and ends with a drip tap, which is cut into the run-out groove on the original vinyl so it will repeat endlessly on turntables without an auto return.Richard Wright - lead vocals, keyboard, organ, mellotron, piano.Roger Waters - lead vocals, bass, guitar, tape effects.Nick Mason - drums, percussion, tape effects.David Gilmour - lead vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion.'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' (13:00?) note The dripping faucet that closes out the song is part of a locked groove on LP releases, which would technically make the song's runtime 'however long it takes for you to lift the needle off the record if your turntable doesn't automatically stop when it gets to the end.'.The album has major contributions from Ron Geesin, whom had previously worked with Roger Waters on the soundtrack for the documentary film The Body. Atom Heart Mother is the fifth studio album by Pink Floyd, released in 1970 through Harvest Records.

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