   love over gold is the fourth studio album by british rock band dire straits, released on 20 september 1982 by vertigo records internationally, and by warner bros. records in the united states. the album produced two singles: "private investigations", which reached the number 2 position on the uk singles chart, and "industrial disease", which reached the number 9 position on billboard's hot mainstream rock tracks in the united states. the fourteen-minute opus "telegraph road" has gone on to become a big favorite of fm radio world-wide. the album reached the number one position on album charts in australia, austria, italy, new zealand, norway, and the united kingdom, and the number 19 position in the united states. love over gold was certified gold in the united states, platinum in france and germany, and double-platinum in canada and the united kingdom. ==background== following the end of the on location tour on 6 july 1981 in luxembourg, mark knopfler began writing the songs for dire straits' next album. alan clark (keyboards) and hal lindes (guitar), who joined the band for the on location tour, would also be involved with the new album. ==recording== love over gold was recorded at the power station in new york from 8 march to 11 june 1982. knopfler produced the album, with neil dorfsman as his engineerâthe first in a long line of collaborations between the two. knopfler used several guitars during the sessions, including four schecter stratocastersâtwo red, one blue, and one sunburstâa black schecter telecaster, an ovation classical guitar on "private investigations" and "love over gold", a custom erlewine automatic on "industrial disease", and his 1937 national steel guitar on "telegraph road". knopfler also used ovation twelve- and six-string acoustic gui
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