Shangri-La
by Mark Knopfler

Shangri-La by Mark Knopfler
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-09-27
Overall rank: 11,594th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 33 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2004 (179th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,034th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,594th)

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Mark Knopfler bestography

Shangri-La is ranked 3rd best out of 18 albums by Mark Knopfler on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Mark Knopfler is Sailing To Philadelphia which is ranked number 5404 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 254.

Mark Knopfler album bestography « Higher ranked (8,915th)
The Ragpicker's Dream
This album (11,594th)
Shangri-La
Lower ranked (11,594th) »
Shangri-La

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Shangri-La rankings

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Overall rank: 11,594th | 2000s rank: 2,034th | 2004 rank: 179th

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Shangri-La ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 33 votes)
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75/100
 
08/22/2025 10:59 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,74164/100
 
75/100
 
09/02/2023 21:27 Stevo796  Ratings distribution  1,14873/100
 
65/100
 
09/02/2023 03:13 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,48865/100
 
85/100
 
04/03/2023 18:40 Graeme2  Ratings distribution  4,90280/100
 
75/100
 
03/09/2022 06:49 Moondance  Ratings distribution  20,50572/100

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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.

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From 05/25/2013 12:55 | #77131
This is one of Knopfler's best albums, best songs are Boom Like That, Postcards From Paraguay and Our Shangri-La.
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From 09/06/2012 19:22 | #50125
Great album. Knopfler deserves so much more than the usual "background music" stamp he has some put on him.
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