Skateaway (track)
by Dire Straits
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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| ! | 11/18/2025 23:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 30,539 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2025 10:34 |  doombringer | 12,131 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2025 10:21 |  luigybetis | 13,185 | 89/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2024 11:59 | Jboy69 | 833 | 78/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2024 16:24 | AndyLish79 | 12,743 | 84/100 |
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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 83.4/100, a mean average of 82.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.0.
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Squonk007 01/18/2024 16:40 | #301299
This is their best song along with Telegraph Road. I love its delivery, the drums are superb.
Great song !
Fischman 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.
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