ATOM HEART MOTHER

This album was Pink Floyd's bridge from their experimental phase over to their signature sound. Musically it can be compared to both 'Meddle' and the studio sides of 'Ummagumma', only less interesting in my opinion. However, the title track is a fine work that still sends shivers down my spine but the individual tracks written by each member of the band doesn't move me much. The last track, 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast' is a very interesting tune structured almost as a radio play with charming interludes inbetween and foreshadows their 'sound collage'-isms in later songs. It really doesn't go anywhere but is nice nevertheless. This album never was a favorite of mine (or Pink Floyd themselves) but it's still a good piece of work. Surely good enough for fans of their earlier material.