| Love over Gold is the fourth album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1982.
Due to its lengthy atmospheric instrumental passages, it has been cited as the band's only album that resembles progressive rock, although not quite achieving it.
Love over Gold sold 4.4 million copies in Europe and reached the gold status, in the U.S., only in 1986.
It was remastered and released with the rest of the Dire Straits catalog in 1996 for most of the world on Vertigo Records outside the US and in 2000 in the United States.
It is also the last album on which drummer Pick Withers played.
"Private Dancer", a song originally planned for the album, 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 ("Private Dancer").
"The Way It Always Starts", another song written during the "Love over Gold" sessions, ended up on Mark Knopfler's soundtrack to "Local Hero" with vocals sung by Gerry Rafferty.
"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.
Mark Knopfler guitar, Vocals
Alan Clark Organ, Piano, Synthesizer
John Illsley bass
Hal Lindes rhythm guitar
Pick Withers drums
Additional personnel
Mike Mainieri marimba, vibraphone on 2 4
Ed Walsh synthesizer
Released 20 September 1982
Recorded 8 March - 11 June 1982
Genre Rock
Length 40:59
Label Vertigo
Warner Bros. (US)
Producer Mark Knopfler Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. |
