
They headed back to London in early 1970 for rehearsals.
Pink Floyd started work on the album after completing their contributions to the soundtrack for the film Zabriskie Point in Rome, which had ended somewhat acrimoniously. James Guthrie, Joel Plante – 2011 remastering at das boot recording.Doug Sax, James Guthrie – 1994 remastering at The Mastering Lab, L.A.Alan Parsons – engineering (misspelled as "Allan Parsons" on the original sleeve).Ron Geesin – orchestration and co-composition (1) (uncredited).
Alan Styles – voice and sound effects (5) (uncredited). Hafliði Hallgrímsson – cello (1) (uncredited). EMI Pops Orchestra – brass and orchestral sections (uncredited). Pink Floyd (all instrumentation uncredited) Taken from sleeve notes. Track numbers noted in parenthesis below are based on CD track numbering. This was a trend that would continue on subsequent covers throughout the 1970s and beyond.Īlthough it was commercially successful on release, the band, particularly Roger Waters and David Gilmour, have expressed several negative opinions of the album in more recent years. A remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the United States, and again in 2011. Ron Geesin, who had already influenced and collaborated with Waters, contributed to the title track and received a then-rare outside songwriting credit. The cover was designed by Hipgnosis, and was the first one not to feature the band's name on the cover, or contain any photographs of the band anywhere. It was released by Harvest on 2 October 1970 in the UK, and by Capitol on 10 October 1970 in the US. It was recorded at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London, England, and was the band's first album to reach number 1 in the UK, while it reached number 55 in the US, eventually going gold there. Atom Heart Mother is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd.