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Atom Heart Mother is the fifth by the English band . It was released by and 2 October 1970 in the UK, and by Harvest and on 10 October 1970 in the US. It was recorded at 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 chart, eventually going there. A remastered CD was released in 1994 in the UK and the United States, and again in 2011. , who had already influenced and collaborated with , made a notable contribution to the album and received a then-rare outside songwriting credit.

This was the first Pink Floyd album to be specially mixed for four-channel as well as conventional two-channel . The SQ quadraphonic mix was released on LP in a matrix format compatible with standard stereo record players. There was also a release of the quadraphonic version in the UK in fully discrete four-channel form on the "Quad-8" format, a four-channel variant of the stereo cartridge.

The cover was, like earlier albums, designed by , and was significant in that it was the first one to not feature the band's name on the cover, or contain any photographs of the band anywhere. This was a trend that would continue on subsequent covers throughout the 1970s and beyond.

Although it was commercially and critically successful on release, the band, particularly Waters and , have expressed several negative opinions of the album in more recent years. Nevertheless, it remained popular enough for Gilmour to perform the title track with Geesin in 2008.