Making Movies (album) by Dire Straits 

This album At A Glance Making Movies by Dire Straits (1980) Average Rating:  76/100 (from 125 votes)    Accolades: Top 10 albums of 1980 (9th) Top 100 albums of the 1980s (84th) Top 1,000 albums of all time (596th) Buy album             Use the iTunes, Amazon or eBay buttons to safely buy this item from one of the world's top online stores.

Making Movies is an album by Dire Straits. It is ranked number 596 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,931 from 71 greatest album charts.

Making Movies is ranked number 9 in the best albums of 1980 and number 84 in the best albums of the 1980s.

In total, there are 12 music albums by Dire Straits which appear in the greatest album charts and Making Movies is NOT ranked as the best. The best album by Dire Straits is Brothers In Arms which is ranked number 213 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,926.

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Making Movies track list

#		Track	Rating
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1.		Tunnel Of Love	83/100 (33 votes)
2.		Romeo & Juliet	82/100 (31 votes)
3.		Skateaway	80/100 (22 votes)
4.		Expresso Love	77/100 (17 votes)
5.		Hand In Hand	75/100 (13 votes)
6.		Solid Rock	78/100 (16 votes)
7.		Les Boys	69/100 (15 votes)

The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated.)

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Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:

Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2013	Aramis	Top 30 Music Albums of 1980	16/30	3
2013	Johnnyo	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	54/100	9
2013	bluefox4000	Top 40 Greatest Music Albums	3/40	95
2013	247joelnetwork	Top 27 Music Albums of 1980	25/27	1
2013	peterjanssens	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	27/100	15
2013	Bork	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	36/100	13
2013	jac	Top 20 Greatest Music Albums	5/20	80
2013	stevengnz	Top 25 Music Albums of 1980	19/25	1
2013	BasdeWit97	Top 30 Music Albums of the 1980s	15/30	11
2013	Johnnyo	Best Ever Albums 201 - 300	96/100	-
2013	Romanelli	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	53/100	10
2013	missionbeach99	Top 40 Greatest Music Albums	8/40	83
2013	temment	Top 50 Music Albums of 1980	42/50	1
2013	iii25	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	42/100	59
2013	paladisiac	Top 34 Music Albums of 1980	24/34	2
2013	Shadow23	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	89/100	12
2013	Robert Anton Wilson	Top 32 Music Albums of 1980	23/32	2
2013	onefriedchicken	Top 25 Greatest Music Albums	7/25	76
2013	Romanelli	My Overall Chart: 301-400	65/100	-
2013	subtleman22	Top 17 Music Albums of 1980	9/17	3
		Total Charts:   The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		71
		Total Rank Score:   The total rank score.		1,931

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80/100

06/04/2013 18:20

kurthomas

   477 ratings

85/100

 

70/100

06/02/2013 14:21

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47/100

 

70/100

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85/100

05/11/2013 20:20

labvakar

   279 ratings

83/100

 

60/100

05/10/2013 12:45

ihwar2000

   968 ratings

68/100

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From subtleman22 03/10/2013 13:21

Much better record than Communiqué. I can live without “Les Boys,” but everything else is strong, especially “Solid Rock,” “Skateaway” and “Solid Rock.”

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From Bork 08/24/2010 00:06

As good as Brothers in Arms is, I still hold this one as Dire Straits finest album.

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