Poles Apart (track)
by Pink Floyd

Poles Apart by Pink Floyd
Year: 1994
From the album The Division Bell (track #3)
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 194 votes)
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What Do You Want From Me
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Poles Apart
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Marooned

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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 194 votes)
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03/12/2026 07:44 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  97,71171/100
 
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08/24/2025 19:17 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  12,71485/100
 
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06/04/2025 07:45 steve397  Ratings distribution  5,21874/100
 
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03/21/2025 09:40 AndyLish79  Ratings distribution  13,15684/100

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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 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.8.

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From 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.
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From 12/27/2017 00:45 | #203939
What a great track. The lyrics are just beautiful, especially with the whole grand sound of this song, and a classic Gilmour solo too.
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From 06/18/2017 16:22 | #192836
Another great hommage to Barrett. Really good song (but bad album)
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