Alchemy (live album) by Dire Straits
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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 224 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,080.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 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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85/100 ![]() | 03/18/2023 12:18 | PurplePiePete | ![]() | 80/100 |
60/100 ![]() | 01/31/2023 16:16 | MickLord | ![]() | 70/100 |
80/100 ![]() | 11/28/2022 21:00 | MetalMan67 | ![]() | 72/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 11/23/2022 17:34 | aussietazza | ![]() | 78/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 11/04/2022 08:11 | MrOlan | ![]() | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.5.
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Excelente álbum de Dire Straits en su cima.

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!

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.

i wish i could have been there. the live version of sultans of swing is so epic that it hurts.
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