The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations
by Dire Straits
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Dire Straits bestography
The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations is ranked 10th 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 220 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,165.
(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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The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  arthur237 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 68/100 | 33 |
| 2025 | Junomoogmello | Top 38 Music Albums of the 2000s | 11/38 | 15 |
| 2023 |  CharlieBarley | Top 64 Music Albums of 2005 | 21/64 | 3 |
| 2020 | Junomoogmello | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 95/100 | 3 |
| 2019 | glynspsa | Compilations or Best Of Best Ofs | 70/100 | - |
| 2015 | Barza94 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 28/40 | - |
| 2012 |  ponkine | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 32/50 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 54 | |||
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The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/09/2026 10:28 | Leginlists | 2,252 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2025 02:54 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,853 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2023 23:33 | Peio72 | 202 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2023 20:40 | Stevo796 | 1,137 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2022 23:06 | Moondance | 20,068 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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You have to give it to them, they wrote some damn fine songs
This double vinyl offering is excellent. It is the only Dire Straits album I own, I wanted a compilation to capture the best of Dire Sraits and Mark Knopfler and this does just that.
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