Love over Gold

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Love over Gold

Studio album by Dire Straits
Released	September 16, 1982
Recorded	1981-1982
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	40:59
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Mark Knopfler
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Dire Straits chronology
Making Movies (1980)	Love over Gold (1982)	ExtendedancEPlay (1983)

Love over Gold is the fourth album by British rock band Dire Straits. It has been called the band's attempt at producing a progressive rock album.^[1]

It was remastered and released with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 for most of the world on Vertigo Records outside the U.S. and on September 19, 2000 in the United States.

It is also the last album on which drummer Pick Withers played.

1 Track listing
2 Members
- 2.1 Additional Members
3 Trivia
4 Charts
5 Certifications
6 References

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Mark Knopfler.

"Telegraph Road" – 14:15
"Private Investigations" – 6:45
"Industrial Disease" – 5:49
"Love over Gold" – 6:16
"It Never Rains" – 7:54

[edit] Members

[edit] Additional Members

Michael Mainieri: marimba, vibraphone
Ed Walsh: synthesizer

[edit] Trivia

One song originally planned for the album, "Private Dancer", was recorded by the band except for the vocals. Mark Knopfler decided that a female voice would be more appropriate and handed the song to Tina Turner for her comeback album of the same name.
Another song written during the "Love Over Gold" sessions, "The Way It Always Starts" ended up on Knopfler's soundtrack to "Local Hero" with vocals sung by Gerry Rafferty.
The jazzy "Badges, Posters, Stickers and T-Shirts" was cut from the album, released in the UK as a B-side, and subsequently released in the U.S. as the 4th track on the ExtendedancEPlay EP.

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard Pop Albums	19

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1982	"Industrial Disease"	Billboard Mainstream Rock	9
1983	"Industrial Disease"	Billboard Pop Singles	75

[edit] Certifications

Organisation	Level	Date
BPI – UK	Gold	September 27, 1982
CRIA – Canada	Gold	November 1, 1982
CRIA – Canada	Platinum	November 1, 1982
BPI – UK	Platinum	November 15, 1982
BPI – UK	Double Platinum	August 5, 1985
CRIA – Canada	Double Platinum	November 12, 1985
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	April 1, 1986