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Atom Heart Mother

Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 progressive rock album by British band Pink Floyd.

The lengthier two tracks are a progression from Pink Floyd's earlier instrumental pieces such as "A Saucerful of Secrets"; the first is split into six parts and features a full orchestra and the second is an instrumental in three parts with sound effects and speech between each part.

Track listing

Atom Heart Mother has a running time of 52 minutes spread over five tracks, of which the central three are relatively short songs:

  1. Atom Heart Mother Suite (23:39)
    1. Father's Shout
    2. Breast Milky
    3. Mother Fore
    4. Funky Dung
    5. Mind Your Throats Please
    6. Remergence
  2. If (4:30)
  3. Summer '68 (5:28)
  4. Fat Old Sun (5:23)
  5. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast (13:00)
    1. Rise and Shine
    2. Sunny Side Up
    3. Morning Glory