ATOM HEART MOTHER

I don't agree. I think this album is great. It is a fantastic album in itself. Both sides are awesome. And it is a major stepping stone to the Pink Floyd we all know so well.

My journey with Pink Floyd started in the early eighties, I was about 14 years old. Atom Heart Mother quickly became one of my favourites. It started with the Atom Heart Mother suite. It was so overwhelming. I never had heard something like this before. This was so great, so creative. So fantastic.

I learned to love the tracks on the B-side later. It's such a contrast to the A-side. Simple songs, but oh so beautiful. The only thing I never understood was Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast.

Atom Heart Mother Suite - A masterful track. I can only love it very much 10/10

If - A simple Roger Waters song. The quiet after the storm 7/10

Summer '68 - Perhaps the best track from the B-side. I love the trumpet part, the bombast 9/10

Fat Old Sun - Gilmour's part on the B-side is the simplest of blues ballads. Elevated by a fantastic guitar solo at the end. Gilmour gives us a glimpse of what is to come here. 9/10

Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast - Too weird for my taste. 5/10

Is this a 5-star album? Is it comparable with Wish You Were Here? With In the Court? With Close to the Edge? I don't think so. It deserves 4 stars, just like Fragile.

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