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Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
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Atom Heart Mother has always been my favourite Pink Floyd album, even though the members
of the band are rather embarrassed by the pomposity of it. However I'm not the only one who thinks this
is a great soundscape.
"If you
were to ask anyone to name a Pink Floyd LP their immediate reaction would no doubt be Dark Side of The Moon or
The Wall (- two very superb LPs). However, I can't remember the last time I heard anyone mention this LP,
which is a shame...but in that respect it makes Atom Heart Mother
a true gem; something that is overshadowed in many ways yet shines through, in my opinion, perhaps
more than many other acclaimed Pink Floyd work.
The title track is a 25-minute opus of avant garde rock...(Here is a 7 minute section,
combined with the 'stargate' sequence at the end of 2001 A Space Odyssey). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfK4HoZYDEQ from
stirring strings, to grunting engines...marching brass...Gilmour throwing in some slide guitar and, at the other
end of the spectrum, some pounding drums from Nick Mason. This really is an epic track..........At the core of
the album are three very delightful songs - the touching "If", Gilmour's idyllic "Fat Old Sun" (great solo at
the end...), and Wright's "Summer '68", which contains some great uplifting piano work and melancholic
brass!" .......by Lukenors @ Amazon.co.uk.

It's not just the music that inspires, I also like the powerful simplicity of the cover. It
has no words to identify the band. Just a photo of a cow in a field, looking at the camera lense.
Storm Thorgerson who designed the cover said he simply went into fields near Potters Bar, and photographed the
first cow he saw.
I've always thought that this would make a good Pop Art image, and here is my first attempt
using oils on canvas. Hope you like it!
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Atom Heart
Mother - Oils on Canvas (12" x 12")
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