Skateaway (track)
by Dire Straits
Year: 1980
From the album Making Movies (track #3)
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Skateaway appears on the following album(s) by Dire Straits:
- Making Movies (track #3) (this album) (1980)
- The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (track #6) (compilation) (2005)
- The Studio Albums 1978–1991 (track #21) (compilation) (2013)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2026 11:19 | mash | 4,640 | 92/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 10:59 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 12:50 | Jonboy | 1,188 | 81/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.3/100, a mean average of 82.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.3.
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/07/2018 21:53 | #226471
This is Knopfler's wry delivery at its very best. My second favorite Dire Straits song after Telegraph Road.
Squonk007 01/18/2024 16:40 | #301299
This is their best song along with Telegraph Road. I love its delivery, the drums are superb. (Edited)
