The Thin Ice (track)
by Pink Floyd
The Thin Ice appears on the following album(s) by Pink Floyd:
- The Wall (track #2) (this album) (1979)
- Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 (track #3) (2000)
- Shine On (track #29) (compilation) (1992)
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| ! | 45 hours ago | philschmil | 427 | 88/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2026 11:31 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 20:17 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 02:19 | mrmcrook | 11,440 | 78/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 15:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,161 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.6/100, a mean average of 84.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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Squonk007 03/21/2022 20:13 | #283177
The lyrics...amazing.
GandalfORiley345 06/25/2014 23:20 | #115285
The Thin incredible 2nd track
Jasonconfused 12/11/2012 03:53 | #57379
Such a beautiful song. Really interesting how Gilmour does the singing parts while Waters does the talking parts that seem to progress the story of the concept album.
Mother Nature's Son 10/21/2012 22:43 | #53068
This is one out of really many songs of "The Wall" that have a really big emotional impact on me. I actually don't like the piano that's introduced in the "If you should go skating on the thin ice.."-part, it makes the song sound silly in a way, but it's fortunately saved by Gilmour's haunting solo.
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