On The Night
by Dire Straits
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Dire Straits bestography
On The Night is ranked 11th 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 225 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,914.
(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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On The Night track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
On The Night rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1993 | 6/33 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1993 | 64/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1993 | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1993 | 76/90 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2024 |  Leonard | Liverecording | 81/100 | - |
| 2023 | Stevo796 | Top 13 Music Albums of 1993 | 11/13 | 1 |
| 2023 | joathome | Best Live Albums | 48/57 | - |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2020 |  wooolf | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2019 | BasMeijer | Top 58 Greatest Music Albums | 38/58 | 9 |
| 2018 | Fischman | Dire Straits Albums Ranked | 8/8 | - |
| 2018 | wooolf | Top 15 Music Albums of 1993 | 14/15 | 1 |
| 2016 |  Eastwood | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 42/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 48 | |||
On The Night collection
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On The Night ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/10/2026 03:38 | RetoK | 102 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/03/2026 14:53 | Squonk007 | 758 | 24/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2026 06:04 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2025 23:44 |  nextorgd | 1,216 | 84/100 |
| ! | 09/15/2024 01:36 | Fischman | 11,855 | 66/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.5/100, a mean average of 68.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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Ok performance, not even close to the Alchemy (Live) album. Not a fan of the steel guitar (played by Paul Franklin) which is too prominent on this album (for me). Nice version of Brothers in Arms though.
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