- rock, pop rock, classic rock, rock_classic rock
- 41 min
- 5 tracks
- Vertigo
Love over Gold is the fourth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 24 September 1982 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideC+
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography6/10
- Mojo5/5 ★
- MusicHound3.5/5
- Pitchfork8.7/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Smash Hits7/10
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Tracks
- 1Telegraph Road14:17
- 2Private Investigations6:46
- 3Industrial Disease5:51
- 4Love Over Gold6:17
- 5It Never Rains7:57
5 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Dire Straits
- Label
- Vertigo
- Released
- 1982
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- GB
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