Wright's contribution is notable for featuring the last Pink Floyd he'd ever write all by his lonesome, but the music's really what sells the song, anyway, as it's a lovely piece of pop that features harmonies which owe no small debt to the Beach Boys.
Once you flip the record, you'll find four additional tracks: one each by Roger Waters (“If”), Richard Wright (“Summer '68”), and David Gilmour (“Fat Old Sun”), and one group composition (“Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast”).
This sonic development is one which plays particularly well on the title track, which opens the album and - at nearly 24 minutes - rather unsurprisingly fills the entire first side of the LP. (Besides, surely a 45th anniversary is worth celebrating even if it's a few days late or a few days early.)Ītom Heart Mother is also notable for providing Pink Floyd with another career first: it was their first album to be specially mixed for four-channel quadraphonic sound. Atom Heart Mother was released in the UK on October 2, 1970, but it didn't see release in the US until October 10, and since October 10 is on a Saturday this year, this is about as close to middle ground as we could find. The reason we're celebrating the week of the anniversary rather than the specific date is simple enough to explain: we're splitting the difference. 45 years ago this week, Pink Floyd released the album that would give them their first #1 album in the UK while giving cow fans something to smile about every time they flipped through the “P” section at their local record store.
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