Down To The Waterline (track)
by Dire Straits
Year: 1978
From the album Dire Straits (track #1)
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Down To The Waterline appears on the following album(s) by Dire Straits:
- Dire Straits (track #1) (this album) (1978)
- Money For Nothing (track #2) (compilation) (1988)
- Live At The BBC (track #1) (1995)
- The Studio Albums 1978–1991 (track #1) (compilation) (2013)
- Dire Straits (1981) (track #1) (compilation) (1981)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/03/2026 14:18 | Siromynian | 18,365 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 17:09 |  DommeDamian | 77,237 | 51/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 06:43 | Foxforce5 | 5,052 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2026 22:46 | wizardalien | 10,002 | 60/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 21:53 | mhgeurts | 17 | 72/100 |
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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 85.6/100, a mean average of 85.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.
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This track should receive more recognition. I hadn't heard about it till I listened to this album while I knew other tracks from Dire Straits which aren't as great as this one, maybe it's because it was shadowed by the extraordinary "Sultans of Swing".
Romanelli 01/25/2012 00:11 | #35836
This excellent track should be rated higher than the 14th best Dire Straits song. It really should.
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