Private Investigations (track)
by Dire Straits
Year: 1982
From the album Love Over Gold (track #2)
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Private Investigations appears on the following album(s) by Dire Straits:
- Love Over Gold (track #2) (this album) (1982)
- Alchemy (track #4) (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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| ! | 07/03/2026 14:14 | Siromynian | 17,869 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 15:49 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 20:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,076 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2025 21:20 | Jonboy | 727 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 13:16 | steve397 | 5,591 | 74/100 |
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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 86.6/100, a mean average of 85.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.3.
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Simply brilliant!
Squonk007 10/05/2022 16:49 | #290200
An excellent track. The acoustic guitar is fantastic.
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