Dire Straits (studio album)
by Dire Straits
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Dire Straits bestography
Dire Straits is ranked 4th 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 7,180.
(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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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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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35/100  | 4 days ago | NYAndreas | | 55/100 |
80/100 | 11/04/2025 22:35 | mrmcrook | | 77/100 |
75/100 | 10/06/2025 10:47 | markl73 | | 79/100 |
60/100 | 09/30/2025 17:57 |  Rhyner | | 59/100 |
85/100 | 09/15/2025 09:06 | Jun_Res | | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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I never took much notice of Dire Straits when they were popular as I was a tad anti-commercial music. I owe then an apology. Great album with some top finger pickin' goodness. They deserved the fame and accolades they received.
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One of the best debut albums, all the tracks are jewels, the guitar is unique.....
Great record
Incredible album, it has this atmosphere of being drunk late at night in pub. Sultans Of Swing is amazing on its own, but it's even better in the context of the whole album.
Uno de los mejores debuts de la historia del rock.
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a personal favorite since its release.
The rating on the tracks of the album is way to low. Their second best imo, I like pretty much every song.
teague 06/28/2020 18:25
Dire Straits' self-titled debut is often labelled as "pub rock". Whoever saw these guys play in a small club/pub/bar/whatever should be considered extremely lucky. Excellent guitar work throughout. I love the combinations of genres; folk, blues, rock 'n' roll, little bit of country. Sultans of Swing is an amazing song, one of my favorites to play on guitar (even if I can't keep up during the solo).
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