I wasn’t high -never have been and never will, drugs aren’t for me- but I had Echoes in my iTunes list for years and never listened to it for whatever reason.Īnyway, two and a half years ago I moved to the United States and once my large speakers finally made it across by boat I decided to just turn on Echoes, with volume set to thermonuclear and just let all 23+ minutes wash over me. (Interesting moments aside, the less said about Nick Mason’s “Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast”, the better.) The low place of Atom Heart Mother on this list is less an indictment of the album than a testament to the extraordinary music Pink Floyd would produce in the coming decades.I’ve mentioned it here before, but Echoes is what made me fall in love with Pink Floyd. All three are decidedly pleasant pop tunes that warrant a good listen. “If” is followed by Richard Wright’s “Summer ‘68” and David Gilmour’s “Fat Old Sun”. Roger Waters’ deliciously sweet “If” is one the band’s best least known tracks. Following the rough structure of Ummagumma, side two offers three pop rock tracks composed by each of the band’s members. If you’re not feeling the suite, you’re likely to change the record before finding the second side’s slick 1-2-3 punch. Yet it also serves as a roadblock to the album’s semi-hidden treasures. It’s not the kind of song one throws on casually, but it’s truly an impressive work. A chorus sings gibberish as washes of psychedelic errata zoom in and out. It rises, falls, and offers slick guitar, swinging bass, and organ work. The titular suite is over 23 minutes of stunning orchestral bombast. The greatest weakness of Atom Heart Mother is also its greatest strength.
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