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#BREASTMILKY Episode 29 covers the fifth Pink Floyd studio album, 1970’s “Atom Heart Mother.” Although a commercial success on release, the band, particularly Roger Waters and David Gilmour, have expressed several negative opinions of the album in more recent years.
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Quick Reviews
Mark It’s like season 2 or 3 of a great TV show that’s just about to find it’s footing. Riker hasn’t yet grown the beard. Walter White hasn’t yet become the villan. A key character has yet to be introduced. We’re getting there.
Chris More constructive with the Avant-garde, but the middle of the album under performs.
Alex Stick to the melodic shorter songs here, guys.
Kevin Ambitious, but rubbish?
Love It or Flush It
| M | C | A | K | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Atom Heart Mother" | 23:44 | B | L | F | F | |
| 1 | "If" | 4:31 | T | T | L | F | |
| 2 | "Summer '68" | 5:29 | B | B | B | B | |
| 3 | "Fat Old Sun" | 5:22 | L | F | L | L | |
| 4 | "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" | 13:00 | F | F | T | T |
Love It or Flush It Legend
L = Love. As many as you like.
F = Flush. Must flush at least one track per album.
B = Buy. Purchased for the ultimate LTS “Best Of” playlist for each of us. One per album.
T = Terminate. Should have never even existed. One per album.
The Rules
Each of us must Love, Flush, Buy, and Terminate AT LEAST ONE track on an album, no matter how great or terrible the album is. Whoever wins the “7 for the Buy” section gets an extra Buy or Terminate to use on the album. Because Chris hosts this section and thus cannot win, he gets an extra Buy or Terminate every 4 albums.
Album Information
Atom Heart Mother is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was released by Harvest on 2 October 1970 in the UK, and by Capitol on 10 October 1970 in the US.[2] It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, 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.[3] A remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the United States, and again in 2011. Ron Geesin, who had already influenced and collaborated with Roger Waters, contributed to the title track and received a then-rare outside songwriting credit.
The cover was designed by Hipgnosis, and was the first one to not feature the band’s name on the cover, or contain any photographs of the band anywhere. This was a trend that would continue on subsequent covers throughout the 1970s and beyond.
Although it was commercially successful on release, the band, particularly Waters and David Gilmour, have expressed several negative opinions of the album in more recent years.[4][5] Nevertheless, it remained popular enough for Gilmour to perform the title track with Geesin in 2008.
One of my favorite PF albums. I rate it 7.5 because I love weird Floyd. Enjoying the podcast. But, going with your system : ATOM HEART MOTHER (B), IF (F), SUMMER ’68 (B), ALAN’S PSYCHEDELIC BREAKFAST (L). I can’t terminate any here.