Sultans Of Swing (track)
by Dire Straits
Sultans Of Swing appears on the following album(s) by Dire Straits:
- Dire Straits (track #6) (this album) (1978)
- Money For Nothing (track #1) (compilation) (1988)
- Alchemy (track #5) (1984)
- Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits (track #1) (compilation) (1998)
- The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (track #2) (compilation) (2005)
- Live At The BBC (track #5) (1995)
- Sydney 1986 (track #3) (2020)
- The Studio Albums 1978–1991 (track #6) (compilation) (2013)
- Dire Straits (1981) (track #10) (compilation) (1981)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/08/2025 06:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 76,796 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2025 05:20 |  marazico | 655 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2025 22:34 | mrmcrook | 11,389 | 78/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2025 10:28 | markl73 | 6,184 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2025 17:17 | gmessian | 1,472 | 55/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 92.0/100, a mean average of 91.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 92.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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Goliath 11/01/2018 11:11 | #223679
Classic track everyone should hear.
Masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!
Best song ever made.
Epic song... Can't give this less than 100, although the Alchemy live version is even better.
Evandar 07/01/2013 17:07 | #80175
I can't help but being reminded somewhat of Dylan when Knopfler sings. That's a good thing, mind you, I love Dylan. But anyway, this song is probably the best thing Dire Straits ever did. Great rhythm, great guitarplaying.
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