Sailing To Philadelphia
by Mark Knopfler

Sailing To Philadelphia by Mark Knopfler
Year: 2000
Overall rank: 5,077th   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 75 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2000 (88th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (873rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,077th)

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Sailing To Philadelphia is ranked as the best album by Mark Knopfler.

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Sailing To Philadelphia track list

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Sailing To Philadelphia rankings

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Overall rank: 5,077th | 2000s rank: 873rd | 2000 rank: 88th

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

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85/100
From 06/20/2015 08:35 | #144243
Maybe his best solo album, some great songs here: Speedway to Nazareth, Silvertown blues, What it is, and the title track. Note the listing is for the US version, the international version has "13. One More Matinee" instead of "6. Do America"
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From 02/27/2013 13:33 | #66319
A fine album made only finer due to contributions from James Taylor and Van Morrison. A bit of a dropoff from my personal favorite Knopfler album, Golden Heart, but still quite good, and better than anything he's done since, in this listener's opinion.
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From 09/06/2012 19:26 | #50127
A good one but Kopfler had not really found his perfect solo sound here. The two first tracks are amazing though!
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