Shangri-La
by Mark Knopfler
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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 5531 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 249.
(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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Shangri-La track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Shangri-La rankings
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Shangri-La ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/22/2025 10:59 | TonySayers61 | 25,105 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2023 21:27 | Stevo796 | 1,153 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2023 03:13 | dhbarrett | 8,604 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2023 18:40 |  Graeme2 | 4,905 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2022 06:49 | Moondance | 20,729 | 72/100 |
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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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This is one of Knopfler's best albums, best songs are Boom Like That, Postcards From Paraguay and Our Shangri-La.
Great album. Knopfler deserves so much more than the usual "background music" stamp he has some put on him.
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