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. Ron Geesin, who had already influenced and collaborated with Roger Waters, contributed to the title track and received a then-rare outside songwriting credit. It was recorded at 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.Ī remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the United States, and again in 2011.
It was released by Harvest on 2 October 1970 in the UK, and by Capitol on 10 October 1970 in the US. Very few of any of these images were produced.Atom Heart Mother is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. These photographs were produced as signed, open editions and were only briefly available for sale as they were intended only for the anniversary celebration. In 2008, Storm and SFAE celebrated Pink Floyd's 40th anniversary with an exhibition of signed photographs of images that he had created for the band over the years both as a founding member of the design collective Hipgnosis, and as an independent designer with StormStudios. Still, nobody knows the nature of the link between sales and design, if one exists at all." - Storm Thorgerson The cow was, in fact, more eye-catching than I had ever dared imagine it was so different because it was so normal: so ordinary it stood out a mile.Atom Heart Mother was the big breakthrough in the UK despite the fact that the record company hated the cover.
Not shocking, not mind altering, just unexpected.
Photography by Hipgnosis."I wanted to design a non-cover, something that was not like other covers, particularly not like other rock or psychedelic covers – something that one would simply not expect. This was the front cover of Atom Heart Mother, Pink Floyd's fourth studio album, recorded at Abbey Road Studios.Image courtesy of Pink Floyd.
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