Private Investigations (track)
by Dire Straits
Private Investigations appears on the following album(s) by Dire Straits:
- Love Over Gold (track #2) (1982)
- Alchemy (track #4) (this album) (1984)
- Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of Dire Straits (track #5) (compilation) (1998)
- The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations (track #7) (compilation) (2005)
- On The Night (track #5) (1993)
- Sydney 1986 (track #4) (2020)
- The Studio Albums 1978–1991 (track #27) (compilation) (2013)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 02/06/2025 11:21 | AndyLish79 | 13,218 | 84/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2024 16:16 |  Jboy56 | 39,183 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2023 20:43 | Aaron98 | 7,024 | 90/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2023 22:32 | Phmus84 | 16,455 | 100/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2022 08:06 | MrOlan | 6,963 | 79/100 |
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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 86.5/100, a mean average of 88.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.1.
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