Mother (track)
by Tori Amos
Mother appears on the following album(s) by Tori Amos:
- Little Earthquakes (track #9) (this album) (1992)
- The Official Bootlegs (track #7) (compilation) (2005)
- Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL 4/15/05 (track #7) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/21/2026 18:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 171,785 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 17:01 |  HoldenM | 9,989 | 90/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2026 15:29 | alexandermause | 17,992 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 9% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.0.
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/14/2023 13:56 | #296947
I find it interesting Mother is one of lowest rated tracks on the album for this site, additionally at the time of this comment, the song with the least amount of votes as well.
It’s very clearly one of the more centerpiece songs across the album and the best song in a few tracks and it’s well sequenced. Not my favorite track but I can’t help but think it’s pretty underrated here.
