Mother (track)
by The Police
Mother appears on the following album(s) by The Police:
- Synchronicity (track #4) (this album) (1983)
- Message In A Box (track #64) (compilation) (1993)
- Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings (track #47) (compilation) (2018)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 04/18/2026 15:49 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 04/02/2026 14:57 |  HoldenM | 9,408 | 91/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2026 22:27 | wizardalien | 9,789 | 61/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 18:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,534 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 04:16 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 62.7/100, a mean average of 62.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 21.2.
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buzzdainer 07/12/2021 02:29 | #271553
Not funny, not clever, not insightful, and not really even disturbing. An ill-conceived experiment. It diminishes Synchronicity a little bit, but it's still one of the great albums of the eighties.
teague 01/28/2021 20:53 | #265227
I didn't think this song would be so hated. It was my absolute favorite from the album.
tgarritsen 01/21/2021 19:46 | #264792
I think it would be better if they didn't include this on a otherwise great album. It just doesn't fit with all the rest of the songs.
llibnanoon 06/08/2020 15:26 | #253075
This kinda through me off!
A masterpiece. Here Andy shows the results of his musical experience with Robert Fripp.
If this album was an experimental album.
I bet this would be the magnum opus of it
travelful 08/08/2015 19:02 | #147353
This song doesn't fit the album well at all. Just not a good song in general.
Different, but it just doesn't sound well at all
eclab 02/14/2014 11:01 | #103115
Wow. And I thought "Every Breath" was a creepy song.
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