

Of these, Waters begins developing the voice that made him the group's lead songwriter during their classic era with "If," while Wright has an appealingly mannered, very English psychedelic fantasia on "Summer 68," and Gilmour's "Fat Old Sun" meanders quietly before ending with a guitar workout that leaves no impression. Then, on the second side, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and Rick Wright have a song apiece, winding up with the group composition "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" wrapping it up. Still, it may be an acquired taste even for fans, especially since it kicks off with a side-long, 23-minute extended orchestral piece that may not seem to head anywhere, but is often intriguing, more in what it suggests than what it achieves. If anything, this is the most impenetrable album Pink Floyd released while on Harvest, which also makes it one of the most interesting of the era. Originally written in July 2018.Appearing after the sprawling, unfocused double-album set Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother may boast more focus, even a concept, yet that doesn't mean it's more accessible. These are the reflections of the aforementioned duality, and Atom Heart Mother, an ode to this absurdity that perpetuates our lives ad infinitum, achieves something nobody else has achieved: the musical manifestation of humanity’s desired cosmic balance. Our lives are drawn between the edges of “wake up, eat, sleep” and “commit suicide because you have no purpose”. However, starting with societies of just 3 millennia ago, we concern our minds with questions such as humanity’s purpose, or the will of the gods. Inspired by a pregnant woman who had been fitted with a heart peacemaker, Atom Heart Mother provokes the subject of sapiens-made devices enabling the -still?- unexplained miracle of this world: life, soul, consciousness.Īpart from the two lyrics in English, all other are spoken out of authentic exclamation for the duality of our nature in the cosmos thus the absence of any specific language, and the presence of the universe-al one.įrom animals and early humans stems the intrinsic notion of survival eat, live. Such is the transcendence, that the band has been now criticizing this piece of their work, many years after its release. 【Live】原始神母2016「Atom Heart Mother」(pinkfloyd George Pink Floyd’s epic masterpiece in an out-of-this-world cover, by the Japanese cover band GENSHI SHINBO.
