There are some moving and tender aspects certainly, but it’s not until David Gilmour’s mermaid sounding slide guitar comes in after four minutes that I stubbornly become interested. The title track, which opens side one, is pretty tedious of you ask me. Because if there was one thing Pink Floyd could never be, it was a traditional pop band. And while Syd wasn’t himself all that ambitious, that didn’t stop the other members from attempting to find a niche for themselves, musically speaking, and in a way that was meaningful, not only to them, but to their audience. (their first number one record as a matter of fact), which meant that while everyone under the age of thirty had it in their vinyl collection, didn’t necessarily mean that they were listening to it more than once or twice.Ītom Heart Mother was Pink Floyd’s fifth album, and one which saw them in a seemingly endless state of transition after their founding member dropped out and struggled to keep his head together. That didn’t stop it from going to number one in the U.K. ![]() Ultimately this album is more famous for its cover than for its contents. That Pink Floyd had wandered off course in comparison to their earlier more psychedelic period with Syd Barrett must have seemed as a betrayal. When this LP was originally performed live some music critics derided the group’s decision to blend art-rock with orchestration.
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