Poles Apart (track)
by Pink Floyd
Year: 1994
From the album The Division Bell (track #3)
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Poles Apart appears on the following album(s) by Pink Floyd:
- The Division Bell (track #3) (this album) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/08/2026 18:09 |  Squonk007 | 3,354 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 09:37 |  Purplepash | 35,561 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/30/2026 16:25 | Siromynian | 18,580 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 07:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,927 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2025 19:17 |  ExTeaSea | 13,223 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 80.9/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.8.
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Squonk007 08/08/2026 18:10 | #315597
Best track on the album, perfect. (Edited)
ChlebHead 06/22/2024 00:10 | #304039
This song makes me want to cry and I don’t know why. Still a excellent song and definitely one of the best songs on the album. (Edited)
What a great track. The lyrics are just beautiful, especially with the whole grand sound of this song, and a classic Gilmour solo too.
Another great hommage to Barrett. Really good song (but bad album) (Edited)
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