It was recorded at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London, and was the band's first album to reach number 1 in the UK, while it reached number 55 in the US, eventually going gold there. It was released by Harvest on 2 October 1970 in the UK, and by Capitol on 10 October 1970 in the US. But still nowhere near the level of the truly inspired masterpieces that came after that album.Atom Heart Mother is the fifth studio album by the English band Pink Floyd. Part of the reason it was cool is they played Atom Heart Mother’s best parts and trimmed a lot of the bloated horns & repetition that goes nowhere. I just saw Nick Mason’s tour with the If > AHM > If medley and it was really cool. You can love it as much as you like - it’s totally up to you. This should be as obvious to anyone who knows these albums as is the sky being blue or grass being green. Atom Heart Mother does NOT possess the artistic merit that Meddle, Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, Animals or The Wall do on multiple levels - it’s not even close. I can say I have a recording of a Syd Barrett fart that is my favorite Pink Floyd recording, and I wouldn’t be “wrong” since it’s my opinion, but would that be an objectively ignorant opinion? Of course it would. I frequently say everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not all opinions are created equally, and if you post a deeply flawed one in a public forum that has up and down votes built right into the interaction you must expect you’ll get toasted. This is not your fault, but the amount of discussion here about an album that is CLEARLY the work of a band experimenting and figuring out their direction (not debatable) is starting to make me actively push back. But I never would have thought about it much if I hadn’t joined this subreddit.
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