Dire StraitsBest Dire Straits Albums Ranked
8.3
Avg Score
53
Opinions
19
Albums
15
Reviewers
Summary from 53 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Dire Straits’s catalog across 19 albums from 53 opinions, with an overall average of 8.3/10. The top-rated Dire Straits album is Brothers In Arms (1985) with a 8.4/10 average from 7 ratings, followed by Dire Straits and Making Movies. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1978 to 1991. Money for Nothing ranks as the highest-rated Dire Straits song on Rate.fm with a 9.4/10 average.
Love Over Gold
“Love Over Gold is not just the title of Dire Straits’ fourth album, it is a statement of purpose. In almost suicidal defiance of commercial good sense, singer-songwriter-guitarist Mark Knopfler has chosen to follow his muse, fashioning a collection of radically expanded epics and evocative tone poems that demand the listener’s undivided attention. Certainly a […]”
Making Movies
“Singer, songwriter and ace guitarist Mark Knopfler is the impressive sum of several very appealing parts. His voice is a smoky mixture of Bob Dylan’s acidic whine, Tom Waits’ tubercular snore and J.J. Cale’s breathy, marbles-in-the-mouth whisper. He writes such songs as "Sultans of Swing" and "Once upon a Time in the West" with the […]”
On Every Street
“Five years ago, Dire Straits was threatening to become the biggest band in the world — and/or an extended arena-rock cliché — when Mark Knopfler whipped off his headband, put down his guitar and hopped off the "money for nothing, chicks for free" treadmill. After an extended hiatus, Knopfler has made an album that falls […]”