Making Movies (album) by Dire Straits 

This album At A Glance Making Movies by Dire Straits (1980) Average Rating:  77/100 (from 124 votes)    Accolades: Top 10 albums of 1980 (10th) Top 100 albums of the 1980s (85th) Top 1,000 albums of all time (594th) 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 594 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,898 from 70 greatest album charts.

Making Movies is ranked number 10 in the best albums of 1980 and number 85 in the best albums of the 1980s.

In total, there are 10 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 211 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,962.

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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	~SMiLE~	Top 44 Music Albums of 1980	22/44	3
2013	labvakar	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	81/100	20
2013	subtleman22	Top 81 Music Albums of the 1980s	71/81	3
2013	ryanbrun1	Top 7 Music Albums of 1980	3/7	4
2013	HugoHeinen	Top 50 Greatest Music Albums	17/50	68
2013	Johnnyo	Top 50 Music Albums of 1980	3/50	5
2013	BasdeWit97	Top 4 Music Albums of 1980	3/4	3
2013	sheep21	Top 24 Music Albums of 1980	8/24	4
2013	Aramis	Top 30 Music Albums of 1980	16/30	3
2013	enswal	Top 40 Greatest Music Albums	35/40	15
2013	Johnnyo	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	54/100	9
2013	rafaellaxer	Top 20 Greatest Music Albums	19/20	10
2013	247joelnetwork	Top 25 Music Albums of 1980	23/25	1
2013	bluefox4000	Top 40 Greatest Music Albums	3/40	95
2013	peterjanssens	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	27/100	15
2013	stevengnz	Top 25 Music Albums of 1980	19/25	1
2013	jac	Top 20 Greatest Music Albums	5/20	80
2013	Romanelli	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	53/100	10
2013	BasdeWit97	Top 26 Music Albums of the 1980s	15/26	9
2013	Johnnyo	Best Ever Albums 201 - 300	96/100	-
		Total Charts:   The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		70
		Total Rank Score:   The total rank score.		1,898

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90/100

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96/100

 

70/100

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247joelnetwork

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70/100

 

85/100

05/11/2013 20:20

labvakar

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83/100

 

60/100

05/10/2013 12:45

ihwar2000

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68/100

 

75/100

05/09/2013 18:38

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81/100

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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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85/100

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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