They took a step back, but it has it's moments.
Another strange album from Pink Floyd. Not that it's that bad, by any means, it's just that they still don't know what sound they want. This is Pink Floyd's peak as a progressive band, but Pink Floyd are not known for being progressive now, are they? They're known for being spacey and out there. This isn't that out there. Well, the title track definetly is. Written in collaboration with Ron Geesin, a avantgarde composer. The suite is fairly impressive to be perfectly honest, and it does paint the way for future epics, but it loses momentum after a while. The main theme is terrific, very epic sounding and paves the way for The Wall even. Gilmour contributes more solos on this album, which is fine by me, I love me some Gilmour solos. Breast Milky, the second part, is kinda cheesy but still listenable. But, the middle parts are crap. They don't merge with the earlier parts at all, and for the most part, are noisemaking. Bah, Floyd, no more noise! The second side is ok though. If is a good song, another folky one from Waters. Summer 68 is a bit clumsy sounding, no real direction, but it has a decent melody. Fat Old Sun is my favorite, a nice pleasant song about childhood with a ripping guitar solo from Mr. Gilmour. Yay. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast is boring, 3 completly different parts once again making a big suite with no real substance. Oh well. Yet another mediocre Floyd album. However, it would take another year before things finally gelled.

The Best Pink Floyd EVER
"Atom Heart Mother", i think is brilliant. It uses things that can't be found on any other Floyd album.
1. Atom Heart Mother: The Best song the album and PF's longest song ever (Not Considering Shine on you crazy Diamond Parts 1 & 2) Its amazing, it barely has any fillers
2. If, isnt that great. Its boring, really. Just Arpegios.
3. Summer of '68, OMG that song is amazing, the 2nd best song on the album horns guitar bass drums keyboard
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wtf
i own it and i like it. this is a damn good recording. reguardless of what the members of pink floyd say about it.
i like it and if they dont like it they can kizzmyazz
just reach for a peach as they said on their album meddle

Searching for identity
3 1/2

Captures Floyd beginning to merge their psychedelic pathos with more constructed orchestrations, this splendid combination with next year's Meddle feels like a great double-disc (after all, many themes from the bloated Classical homage title track do reappear on the equally extended Echoes). Still, Beatles-channeling and all, Atom Heart is a worthy pre-DS addition.

Experimental and excellent
This is definitely one of Floyd's wierder albums, but the Atom Heart Mother Suite is one of the best pieces they ever wrote period! Most bands struggle to write more than 20 minutes of worthwhile music in their whole career. Pink Floyd managed to do it on a single album.

Even the psychadelic breakfast has its perks, strange as it may be.