The album's title is a euphemism for the sex act that band members picked up from their early days in Cambridge.

According to the Echoes FAQ, a pict is 'a member of a possibly non-Celtic people who once occupied Great Britain, carried on continual border wars with the Romans, and about the 9th century became amalgamated with the Scots.' The album also holds the distinction of containing one of the strangest titled Floyd songs: Roger Waters' 'Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict.' There's been much debate on what, in fact, a pict is. 'Ummagumma' was also the first Floyd album to break the top 100 album chart in the United States. 'Pulse,' released in late-spring 1995, was the group's third live work, followed by 'Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live' released April 18, 2000. It would be nearly 20 years before the band would put out its second live album, 1988's 'Delicate Sound of Thunder,' after Roger Waters' exodus. Secondly, the live disc constituted the group's first live album.

For the studio work, Floyd turned to Norman Smith, who had produced the group's first and second albums. The other platter was a studio work, intended to allow each member of the band to shine in his own light, a result of keyboardist Rick Wright's concern that individual group members were confined by writing and playing in a strict 'rock group' format. One disc was composed of live material recorded at Mother's Club in Birmingham, England, and at the Manchester College of Commerce. To begin with, it was the group's first double-album. 'Ummagumma' marked several firsts for Pink Floyd:

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