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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80/100  | 12/01/2024 11:59 | Jboy69 | | 78/100 |
85/100 | 11/27/2024 16:24 | AndyLish79 | | 85/100 |
85/100 | 08/18/2024 10:22 | KleinerPico | | 81/100 |
90/100 | 07/12/2024 20:29 | ErLollo | | 95/100 |
55/100 | 05/21/2024 14:53 |  hoyquarlow | | 80/100 |
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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 83.6/100, a mean average of 82.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.8.
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Squonk007 01/18/2024 16:40
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
This is Knopfler's wry delivery at its very best. My second favorite Dire Straits song after Telegraph Road.
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