Alchemy (live album)
by Dire Straits
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Dire Straits bestography
Alchemy is ranked 6th 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 221 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,125.
(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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Alchemy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Alchemy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2025 11:45 | acoustic-horn | 192 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2025 07:03 |  nextorgd | 1,127 | 84/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2025 23:05 | Invader666 | 2,623 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2025 13:17 | Kettwig | 1,303 | 90/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2025 22:34 | cicadelic | 11,425 | 73/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.5.
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Jboy56 05/27/2024 16:18 | #303722
Listen to the band and the man play, six string fireworks all the time . I saw Straits sometime in 1982 so this is probably the same set they played then. Great to see a band in their prime. Tunnel of Love and Sultans wow...
Excelente álbum de Dire Straits en su cima.
jeremy9 10/07/2019 11:57 | #243491
One of the best live album
Best live album after pulse...underrated
Dire straits at its finest
One of the best live albums ever, if not the best. Still hugely underrated with a 74/100 and 1253th place? I mean come on. Knopfler is on fire on this one!
travelful 06/18/2015 20:04 | #144095
The best live album I have ever heard
Normally I prefer studio versions, but some of the songs here (e.g. Sultans of Swing and Telegraph Road) are so great that I never play the studio versions anymore. Mark Knopfler at his best!
One of the best live albums ever!!! Simply perfect!!
Sad that so few appreciate this album - simply the finest LIVE recording I've heard.
Mark Knopfler is, in my opinion, a true musical genius. His guitar-playing here is beyond remarkable.
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