Atom Heart Mother

For the title track, see Atom Heart Mother (suite). For the Iranian film, see Atom Heart Mother (film).

Atom Heart Mother
A cow in a field, with its back in the view. The head of the cow is seen facing towards the camera.
Studio album by
Pink Floyd
Released2 October 1970
Recorded1 March – 26 July 1970[1]
StudioEMI, London
Genre
Length52:06
LabelHarvest
ProducerPink Floyd
Pink Floyd chronology
Ummagumma
(1969) 		Atom Heart Mother
(1970) 		Meddle
(1971)

Atom Heart Mother is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released by Harvest on 2 October 1970 in the United Kingdom, and on 10 October 1970 in the United States.[3] 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.[4]

The cover was designed by Hipgnosis, and was the band's first not to feature their name, or have photographs of them on any part of it. This was a trend that would continue on subsequent covers throughout the 1970s. The cover shows a Holstein cow on a meadow landscape.

Although it was commercially successful on release, the band – particularly Roger Waters and David Gilmour – have expressed negative opinions of the album. A remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the US, and again in 2011. Ron Geesin, who had influenced and collaborated with Waters, co-composed the title track.

  1. ^ Povey, Glenn (2007). Echoes. Mind Head Pub. ISBN 9780955462405.
  2. ^ a b "Pink Floyd: The Story Behind Atom Heart Mother". TeamRock. 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  3. ^ Povey 2006, p. 137.
  4. ^ "Record Research (advertisement)". Billboard magazine. 15 March 1997. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2012.