Love Over Gold (studio album) by Dire Straits
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Dire Straits bestography
Love Over Gold is ranked 4th best out of 15 albums by Dire Straits on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dire Straits is Brothers In Arms which is ranked number 229 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,527.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Love the first two albums and this also has some very good tracks on it. One of the big differences for me is in the production. On this one Knopfler takes control of production and it's very polished and hitting that sound that would conquer the world and test your new cd player to the max. Give me the first two anyday, even though this has plenty merits, it's too shiny and adult for it's own good which is a shame as there is some of their best stuff under the artifice.

"I don't use to listen dire straits regulary but every time i spin them i always realize they are one of the greatest bands ever."
Translation: "I don't particularly enjoy it, but it ticks all my boxes of what I think good music is."

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My second favorite after, wait for it.... their second album.
Don't play with me this album is one of the best ever

Favourite track: "Private Investigations"
Least-liked track: "It Never Rains"

Easily my favorite Dire Straits album. Telegraph Road is one of the greatest songs of all time, in any genre. Industrial Disease is wonderfully witty, and the rest is worthy as well.
An ambitious album that you wouldn't expect to get from a band like Dire Straits. Although they don't stick the landing all the time Knopfler and Co made a good album and definitely an underrated one. Shouldn't be glossed over! Telegraph Road and Private Investigations belong to their best material.
90/100

Almost progressive songs combined with Dire Straits; a lot better to what you might think.
Mark Knopfler goes for the epic on Dire straits fourth album. Love over gold, only consists of five songs, but they are all excellent. Telegraph road, is a stunning opening track, and it's followed by the atmospheric, private investigations. Side gives us the enjoyable, industrial disease, the lovely title track, and, it never rains, which always seems to be the forgotten track. Love over gold, is arguably Dire straits' best album.
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