album · October 10, 1970
Atom Heart Mother
Pink Floyd RecordsSee this day
prog rockpsychedelic rockrock
The title track is a 23-minute suite featuring brass band and a children's choir, a sprawling epic that pushed the boundaries of rock music. The album as a whole is a transitional work, balancing experimental tendencies with more conventional song structures.
- The album cover, featuring a swimming pig, was photographed at Battersea Power Station and became one of Pink Floyd's most iconic images.
- The album reached number 1 in the UK charts but failed to chart in the US upon its initial release.
- The album's working title was 'The Massed Gadgets of Huge and Pretty Lovely Outwardly Imperceptible'', before being changed at the last minute.
Pink Floyd were a British rock band formed in London in 1965, pioneering the psychedelic and space rock genres. By 1970, they had moved beyond their early experimental phase into a more structured, ambitious style of progressive rock.
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