Mother (track)
by Pink Floyd

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Mother by Pink Floyd
Year: 1979
From the album The Wall (track #6)

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89/100 (from 753 votes)

     

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Mother appears on the following album(s) by Pink Floyd:

• The Wall (track #6) (this album) (1979)
• Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 (track #7) (2000)
• Shine On (track #33) (compilation) (1992)

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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.2/100, a mean average of 88.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.0.

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From talinhosgameplay 04/03/2025 16:04 | #308306

Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?

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From Squonk007 03/21/2022 20:26 | #283180

Concludes a flawless side one of the LP, brilliant lyrics.

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From ross93 02/15/2015 16:39 | #135034

Check out the live version with Sinead O'Conner

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From GandalfORiley345 06/25/2014 23:35 | #115292

Mother should I trust the government, incredible, no?, one of the most beautiful songs from this album, just excellence in everyway listened

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From Ochurch25 04/15/2013 19:42 | #73275

Great lyrics

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From JMan 03/24/2013 22:10 | #69799

Pink is now opressed by his overly protective mother.

It's like a little kid that's not sure what to think.

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From Jasonconfused 12/11/2012 04:03 | #57383

One of my favorite songs on the album. The lyrics are really clear and stir so many emotions.

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