Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits
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 231 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,752.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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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 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1998 | 34/100 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 41 Music Albums of 1998 | 38/41 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1998 | 34/100 | - |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 40 Music Albums of 1998 | 4/40 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1990s Pt 4 | 52/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2601-2700 | 24/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1990s Pt 4 | 88/100 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 85 Music Albums of 1998 | 71/85 | 1 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 32/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 24 | |||
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Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2025 23:44 |  nextorgd | 1,242 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/13/2025 15:53 | traistboar | 1,807 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2025 05:11 | stevengnz | 2,611 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% 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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Romanelli 03/25/2026 21:51 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits comments
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jeremy9 04/01/2020 16:09 | #249407
Very good compilation
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