Alchemy (live album) by Dire Straits

Alchemy by Dire Straits
(Live album)
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 2,273rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 217 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (36th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (343rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,273rd)
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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 216 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,808.

Dire Straits album bestography « Higher ranked (1,967th) This album (2,273rd) Lower ranked (4,045th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 217 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.6.

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From 01/16/2022 10:51
Excelente álbum de Dire Straits en su cima.
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From 10/07/2019 11:57
One of the best live album
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From 08/07/2019 00:29
Best live album after pulse...underrated
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From 07/25/2019 14:36
Dire straits at its finest
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From 03/07/2018 02:55
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!
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From 06/18/2015 20:04
The best live album I have ever heard
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From 06/15/2015 14:43
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!
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From 05/14/2015 16:43
One of the best live albums ever!!! Simply perfect!!
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From 02/16/2015 09:47
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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From 04/08/2014 21:24
i wish i could have been there. the live version of sultans of swing is so epic that it hurts.
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Best Albums of 1984
1. Purple Rain by Prince And The Revolution
2. Ride The Lightning by Metallica
3. The Smiths by The Smiths
4. Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen
5. Let It Be by The Replacements
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