Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits (compilation album) by Dire Straits
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Dire Straits bestography
Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits is ranked 12th best out of 16 albums by Dire Straits on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dire Straits is Brothers In Arms which is ranked number 222 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,285.
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Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits rankings
All 16 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1998 | 34/100 | - |
| 2025 | mrmcrook | Top 40 Music Albums of 1998 | 38/40 | 0 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1990s Pt 4 | 51/100 | - |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 39 Music Albums of 1998 | 4/39 | 5 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 1998 | 34/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Decade 1990s Pt 4 | 70/100 | - |
| 2025 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2022 |  Goliath | Essential Collections | 17/60 | - |
| 2019 | pago82 | Top 60 Music Albums of 1998 | 53/60 | 1 |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | Best-ofs / Greatest Hits Albums | 82/100 | - |
| 2018 |  NowhereMan | Desert Island Discs: Top 100 | 77/100 | - |
| 2015 | mistarjones | Top 25 Greatest Music Albums | 17/25 | - |
| 2013 |  sheep21 | Top 18 Music Albums of 1998 | 16/18 | 1 |
| 2012 | davebarker05 | Top 60 Greatest Music Albums | 35/60 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 23 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 09/04/2025 23:44 |  nextorgd | | 84/100 |
80/100 | 04/13/2025 15:53 | traistboar | | 80/100 |
65/100 | 03/07/2025 05:11 | stevengnz | | 73/100 |
70/100 | 01/09/2025 02:54 | BorderFreeAndrew | | 74/100 |
80/100 | 12/10/2023 23:33 | Peio72 | | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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jeremy9 04/01/2020 16:09
Very good compilation
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