Mother (track)
by Pink Floyd

Mother by Pink Floyd
Year: 1979
From the album The Wall (track #6)
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89/100 (from 749 votes)
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Average Rating: 
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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 89.3/100, a mean average of 88.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.2.

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From 04/03/2025 16:04
Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?
#308306 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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From 03/21/2022 20:26
Concludes a flawless side one of the LP, brilliant lyrics.
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From 02/15/2015 16:39
Check out the live version with Sinead O'Conner
#135034 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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From 06/25/2014 23:35
Mother should I trust the government, incredible, no?, one of the most beautiful songs from this album, just excellence in everyway listened
#115292 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 04/15/2013 19:42
Great lyrics
#73275 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 03/24/2013 22:10
Pink is now opressed by his overly protective mother.

It's like a little kid that's not sure what to think.
#69799 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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From 12/11/2012 04:03
One of my favorite songs on the album. The lyrics are really clear and stir so many emotions.
#57383 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

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