Mother (track)
by Pink Floyd
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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/08/2025 15:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 45,423 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/26/2025 09:35 |  Norshammar | 1,040 | 90/100 |
| ! | 10/21/2025 14:03 | Grachus | 305 | 87/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2025 17:03 | gmessian | 1,400 | 55/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2025 14:30 |  Igtonumama | 31,393 | 81/100 |
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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 88.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.2.
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talinhosgameplay 04/03/2025 16:04 | #308306
Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?
Squonk007 03/21/2022 20:26 | #283180
Concludes a flawless side one of the LP, brilliant lyrics.
Check out the live version with Sinead O'Conner
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
Great lyrics
Pink is now opressed by his overly protective mother.
It's like a little kid that's not sure what to think.
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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