I enjoy most types of music, although i prefer indie etc. I also take part in the running of a promo...
I enjoy most types of music, although i prefer indie etc. I also take part in the running of a promotion business for small bands and a small recording facility, as well as being in a band myself....basically i'm into most things musical!
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What other band could you expect to create such a fantastically creative and musically blinding album...none, because it would seem in this world the task is only in the capabilities of Pink Floyd:
Atom Heart Mother provides a stunning colabiration between soft rock and the honest style of classical and progressive music. Despite being blaitantly contrasting to earlier efforts from Pink Floyd (i.e. Relics, the acid induced trip through seemingly random, but clearly well structured music in the form of a debut album), this change in "genre" has allowed Pink Floyd to develop their style to an extent whereby they have successfully introduced a powerful array of vocal and instrumental ideas into pretty much every track on the album...It results in some stunning originality and a great sound. Further to the actual musical content of the album is the innovative cover art, which probes deeply into the image Pink Floyd create for themselves. The cow standing in a very stereotypical field gives no insight as to what the actual content of the album may be, and consequently acts almost as a metaphor for the ideal of not wanting to be pinned to any specific approach to music. This is something Pink Floyd can pride themselves with on all of their records.
A slight drawback is the elasticity between the short amount of tracks, but the length of each track as an individual component. This still provides the buyer with a suitable amount of music (52:44 total length), but it can start to get tiresome to listen to the same track for such a meaty amount of time. An example of this is the opening song, also called "Atom Heart Mother", which is produced at an impressive 23mins. Also, there is a basic impression of no real definition between all the tracks - they all appear to be a bit lacking in diversity. This doesn't take away from the principle of originality and resourcefulness of the composition, but it does further the effects of the long track lengths mentioned above.
Overall though, the good points to Atom Heart Mother outweigh the bad points, and although it can get a bit cyclic, and lacks some of the energy that Syd Barret would have no doubt bought to the record, it does provide an ejoyable 52mins.
Production Year: 1992 - Music / Performing Arts - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Extreme, Elton John, Bob Geldof
Good review but could do with a bit more depth about those groovalicious sounds... Tony :0)
mental_infestation 20.01.2006 18:55
This needs a lot more information to get a higher rating. I have been generous and given you a helpful. Though a fan of Pink Floyd I can think of various bands who have equal or more talent than them.
chrisxcore 20.01.2006 18:07
Nice review, could have done with being a bit lnoger and with a bit more about the actual music / tracks though.
In the grand, colour-bending tradition of psychedelic experimentalism, Pink Floyd'sAtom ... more
Heart Mothertakes as its title an inscrutable phrase and under the title launches a similarly inscrutable--or at least dense--musical concatenation. The title suite...
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Advantages: Has an orchestral slash psychadelia mix which is unique to pink floyd Disadvantages: First track is Pink floyd's longest and is long winded,may drive people crazy if you sat them down an forced them to listen to the opening track for half an hour
Advantages: Has an orchestral slash psychadelia mix which is unique to pink floyd Disadvantages: First track is Pink floyd's longest and is long winded,may drive people crazy if you sat them down an forced them to listen to the opening track for half an hour
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Jan 20th, 2006
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