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Love Over Gold

July 4th, 2010 by aussieboy63

Love Over Gold by Dire Straits.  Where do I begin?  To me this album means as much as the diehard fans of Mike Oldfield and his Tubular Bells album.  It is not so much just listening to an album, but taking in a musical experience.  Dire Straits, for those who don’t know was an English band that basically dominated the 80′s and early 90′s with great music built around the extraordinary guitar work of Mark Knopfler

The A side has two songs, “Telegraph Road” and “Private Investigations”, yes that is right, only two songs.  “Telegraph Road” goes for 14 minutes and is just breathtaking, with low and haunting sounds combined with some great guitar work.  “Private Investigations” follows the same theme, and if you put the CD on and listen without watching the clock it is amazing how 20 minutes flies.

“Industrial Disease” was the the USA hit and “Love Over Gold” and “It Never Rains” round off a great album.  This album is not packed with hits like their others, but I think it shows what great musos can do when allowed to express themselves properly.  Nearly 30 years on I still love this album and the pureness of the sound.  If you haven’t heard of it before, I would suggest you at least give it a go.

An interesting sideline is that Tina Turner’s comback Private Dancer was written by Knopfler and was going to be on this album, but he felt it needed a female voice.

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  1.    Chandler Mortgage said,

    on July 4th, 2010 at 10:10 pm   

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