Love over Gold

Love over Gold
Studio album by
Dire Straits
Released24 September 1982 (1982-09-24)
Recorded8 March – 11 June 1982
StudioPower Station (New York City)
Genre
Length41:13
Label
ProducerMark Knopfler
Dire Straits chronology
Making Movies
(1980) 		Love over Gold
(1982) 		ExtendedancEPlay
(1983)
Singles from Love over Gold
  1. "Private Investigations"
    Released: 27 August 1982
  2. "Industrial Disease"
    Released: November 1982

Love over Gold is the fourth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 24 September 1982[3] by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album featured two singles: "Private Investigations," which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Industrial Disease," which reached No. 9 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the United States. The title track was never released as a single, but two years later a live version from Alchemy: Dire Straits Live reached #15 in France,[4] #29 in New Zealand, #43 in the Netherlands[5] and #50 in the band's native United Kingdom.[6] The album reached number one on album charts in Australia, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom, as well as number 19 in the United States. Love over Gold was later certified gold in the United States, platinum in France and Germany and double-platinum in Canada and the United Kingdom.

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