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{{Infobox album
| name         = Love over Gold
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Dire Straits]]
| cover        = dslogr.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = {{start date|1982|9|24|df=yes}}
| recorded     = 8 March – 11 June 1982
| studio       = [[Power Station (recording studio)|Power Station]] (New York City)
| genre        =
* [[Jazz rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/brothers-in-arms-mw0000650079|title=Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|website=[[AllMusic]]|quote=the atmospheric, jazz-rock inclinations of Love Over Gold|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref>
| length       = 41:10
| label        =
* [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]]
* [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer     = [[Mark Knopfler]]
| prev_title   = [[Making Movies]]
| prev_year    = 1980
| next_title   = [[ExtendedancEPlay]]
| next_year    = 1983
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Love over Gold
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Private Investigations (song)|Private Investigations]]
 | single1date = 27 August 1982
 | single2     = [[Industrial Disease (song)|Industrial Disease]]
 | single2date = November 1982
}}
}}

'''''Love over Gold''''' is the fourth studio album by British rock band [[Dire Straits]], released on 24 September 1982<ref>{{Cite web|title=Timeline {{!}} DireStraits.com|url=https://www.direstraits.com/about/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=www.direstraits.com|archive-date=28 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128095618/https://www.direstraits.com/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref> by [[Vertigo Records]] internationally and by [[Warner Bros. Records]] in the United States. 

The album featured two singles: "[[Private Investigations (song)|Private Investigations]]", which reached No. 2 on the [[UK singles chart]], and "[[Industrial Disease (song)|Industrial Disease]]", which reached No. 9 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart in the United States. The [[Love over Gold (song)|title track]] was never released as a single, but two years later a live version from ''[[Alchemy: Dire Straits Live]]'' reached #15 in [[France]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2010/06/0621first-lp-released/|title=First LP released|magazine=wired.com|access-date=5 March 2017|archive-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408113753/https://www.wired.com/2010/06/0621first-lp-released/|url-status=live}}</ref> #29 in New Zealand, #43 in the Netherlands<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/b889/Dire-Straits-Love-Over-Gold-(Live)|title=Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (Live) - ultratop.be|website=www.ultratop.be}}</ref> and #50 in the band's native [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19840219/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 &#124; Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> 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.

==Background==
Following the end of the [[On Location Tour]] on 6 July 1981 in [[Luxembourg]], [[Mark Knopfler]] began writing songs for Dire Straits' next album. Keyboard player [[Alan Clark (keyboardist)|Alan Clark]] and Californian guitarist [[Hal Lindes]], who both joined the band at the end of 1980 for the On Location Tour, would also be involved with the new album. This was also the last album to feature drummer [[Pick Withers]].

Knopfler was inspired to write "[[Telegraph Road (song)|Telegraph Road]]" after Dire Straits' tour bus drove for miles along [[U.S. Route 24 in Michigan|Telegraph Road]] in [[Detroit]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/dire-straits-alan-clark-2014/ |title=Dire Straits Keyboardist Alan Clark On His New Project, The Straits |last=Wardlaw |first=Matt |date=2014-05-12 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |publisher=Townsquare Media |access-date=2020-12-09 |quote=We were driving up that road and it's a big, long, straight road and I recall it had one slight kink in it, but other than that it was perfectly straight and it went on for miles and miles and miles into the city of Detroit. The whole song was based around that journey and how somebody else might be making that journey in the early days when the road wasn't there and how the road came about. So it just fired Mark’s imagination, sitting in the front of the tour bus.}}</ref>

{{blockquote|I was reading a book at the time called ''[[Growth of the Soil|The Growth of the Soil]]'' and I just put the two together...it's the same road, and it just went on and on and on forever, it's like what they call [[linear development]], and I just started to think. I wondered how that road must have been when it started, what it must have first been...I was actually sitting in the front of the tour bus at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.superseventies.com/faq_direstraits.html |title=Dire Straits FAQ Listing |version=1.1 |date=1994-04-06 |website=Super Seventies RockSite |access-date=2021-02-14}}</ref>}}

==Recording==
''Love over Gold'' was recorded at the [[Power Station (recording studio)|Power Station]] in New York from 8 March to 11 June 1982.{{cn|date=May 2024}} Knopfler produced the album, with [[Neil Dorfsman]] as his engineer—the first in a long line of collaborations between the two.

Knopfler used several guitars during the sessions, including four [[Schecter Guitar Research|Schecter]] [[Stratocaster]]s—two red, one blue, and one sunburst—a black Schecter [[Telecaster]], an [[Ovation Guitar Company|Ovation]] classical guitar on "Private Investigations" and "Love over Gold", a custom Erlewine Automatic on "Industrial Disease" and his 1937 [[National String Instrument Corporation|National]] [[steel guitar]] on "Telegraph Road". Knopfler also used Ovation [[Twelve-string guitar|twelve-]] and six-string acoustic guitars during the recording.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

A few songs were written and recorded during the ''Love over Gold'' sessions that were not released on the album. "[[Private Dancer (Tina Turner song)|Private Dancer]]" was originally planned for the album, with all but the vocal tracks being recorded. Knopfler decided that a female voice would be more appropriate and handed the song to [[Tina Turner]] for her comeback album, ''[[Private Dancer]]''.<ref>[https://www.mark-knopfler.co.uk/affiliated/turner.aspx Official Community of Mark Knopfler]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Accessed 3 June 2007</ref> "The Way It Always Starts" ended up on Knopfler's soundtrack to the film ''[[Local Hero (1983 film)|Local Hero]]'', with vocals sung by [[Gerry Rafferty]]. "Badges, Posters, Stickers, T-Shirts" was cut from the album and later released in the UK as a B-side to "Private Investigations" and in the United States as the B-side to "Industrial Disease". It was subsequently released in the United States as the third track on the ''[[ExtendedancEPlay]]'' EP.

==Release==
''Love over Gold'' was released on 24 September 1982 initially on vinyl LP and cassette, and later on compact disc. "[[Private Investigations (song)|Private Investigations]]" was released as the lead single from the album in Europe. It reached the number 2 position in the United Kingdom, despite its almost seven minute length, and was Dire Straits’ first single in the UK to reach the top 5. In the United States the shortest track "[[Industrial Disease (song)|Industrial Disease]]" was released as a single, reaching the 75 position on the ''[[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard]]'' Hot 100 in 1983.

The album was remastered and reissued with the rest of the Dire Straits catalogue in 1996 by Vertigo Records internationally, and in 2000 by Warner Bros. records in the United States. The remastered CD features slightly altered cover art; the album title is rendered underneath the band name, both in larger type, rather than arranged across the top. The image of lightning is also somewhat zoomed in and made brighter, making for a more purple color. It remains the only remastered Dire Straits CD with altered cover art (the U.S. remastered CD still retains the original vinyl LP art).

''Love over Gold'' was the final album to feature original drummer [[Pick Withers]], who was replaced by former [[Dave Edmunds]] / [[Rockpile]] drummer [[Terry Williams (drummer)|Terry Williams]]. Dire Straits then embarked on the eight-month-long [[Love Over Gold Tour]] which finished with two sold-out concerts at London's [[Hammersmith Odeon]] on 22 and 23 July 1983. In January 1983 a four-song [[Extended play|EP]] titled ''[[ExtendedancEPlay]]'' was released while ''Love over Gold'' was still in the album charts. The double album ''[[Alchemy Live]]'' was a recording of excerpts from the final two concerts of the tour and was reportedly released without studio [[overdubs]].<ref>David Drucker (1991) [https://books.google.com/books?id=0rF6bYzmQCUC&q=dire+straits+alchemy Billboard's Complete Book of Audio] ''[[Billboard Books]]'' Retrieved: 29 December 2010.</ref> The concert was also issued on VHS and Laserdisc, and was remastered and released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2010.

"Private Investigations" continued to be played throughout the ''[[Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits album)|Brothers in Arms]]'' and ''[[On Every Street]]'' tours, while "Telegraph Road" returned to the band's set list in 1991 during Dire Straits' final 1991-92 tour, and Knopfler continued to perform the track during his tours as a solo artist.

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic-log"/>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev2score = C+<ref name="christgau">{{cite book |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |year=1990 |chapter=Dire Straits |title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s]] |publisher=[[Pantheon Books]] |isbn=0-679-73015-X |chapter-url=https://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Dire+Straits |access-date=14 September 2024 |via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=Dire Straits|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=dire+straits|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|year=2011|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Great Rock Discography]]''
| rev4score = 6/10<ref>{{cite book|last=Strong |first=Martin C.|author-link=Martin C. Strong|chapter=Dire Straits|title=[[The Great Rock Discography]]|date=2004|publisher=[[Canongate Books]]|isbn=1-84195-615-5|edition=7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/425/mode/1up 424-425]}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Work of Life|url=https://archive.org/details/mojo-may-2015/page/47/mode/1up|magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue=258|date=May 2015|last=Sheehan|first=Tom|page=47|access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[MusicHound]]''
| rev6score = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite book|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/343/mode/1up 342-344]|chapter=Dire Straits|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7score = 8.7/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |date=23 September 2020 |title=Dire Straits: Dire Straits Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/dire-straits-the-studio-albums-1978-1991/ |access-date=23 September 2020 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="rs-log"/>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Dire Straits|last=Considine|first=J. D.|author-link=J. D. Considine|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/242/mode/2up 242–243]}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
| rev10score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hepworth|first=David|magazine=[[Smash Hits]]|title=Dire Straits: Love over Gold|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/51106090117/|issue=101|date=14 October 1982|access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref>
}}

In a contemporary review for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[David Fricke]] called ''Love over Gold'' "an ambitious, sometimes difficult record that is exhilarating in its successes and, at the very least, fascinating in its indulgences." Fricke remarked that the album more deeply and at times more dramatically explores a dichotomy present on Dire Straits' earlier albums, between fiery angst and soft sensitivity. He concluded that "in a period when most pop music is conceived purely as product, ''Love over Gold'' dares to put art before airplay."<ref name="rs-log">{{cite magazine|last=Fricke |first=David |title=Dire Straits: Love Over Gold |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=11 November 1982 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/love-over-gold-19821111 |access-date=5 December 2012}}</ref>

In a retrospective review for [[AllMusic]], [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] said that the addition of a new rhythm guitarist "expands [Dire Straits'] sounds and ambitions". Erlewine added, "Since Mark Knopfler is a skilled, tasteful guitarist, he can sustain interest even throughout the languid stretches, but the long, atmospheric, instrumental passages aren't as effective as the group's tight blues-rock, leaving ''Love over Gold'' only a fitfully engaging listen."<ref name="allmusic-log">{{cite web|last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=Love Over Gold |work=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-over-gold-mw0000189679 |access-date=5 December 2012}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline        = Side one
| all_writing     = Mark Knopfler
| title1          = [[Telegraph Road (song)|Telegraph Road]] 
| length1         = 14:18
| title2          = [[Private Investigations (song)|Private Investigations]]
| length2         = 6:46
}}
{{Track listing 
| headline        = Side two
| title3          = [[Industrial Disease (song)|Industrial Disease]]
| length3         = 5:50
| title4          = [[Love over Gold (song)|Love over Gold]]
| length4         = 6:17
| title5          = It Never Rains
| length5         = 7:59
| total_length    = 41:10
}}

== Personnel ==
'''Dire Straits'''
* [[Mark Knopfler]] – vocals, guitars
* [[Hal Lindes]] – guitars
* [[John Illsley]] – bass
* [[Alan Clark (keyboardist)|Alan Clark]] – keyboards 
* [[Pick Withers]] – drums

'''Additional musicians'''
* Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming
* [[Mike Mainieri]] – [[vibraphone]] and [[marimba]] (2, 4)

'''Production'''
* Mark Knopfler – producer
* [[Neil Dorfsman]] – engineer
* Barry Bongiovi – assistant engineer
* [[Bob Ludwig]] – mastering at [[Masterdisk]] (New York City, New York, USA)
* Peter Cunningham – photography<ref name="album-notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Love over Gold |others=Dire Straits |year=1982 |pages=2, 11 |type=booklet |publisher=Warner Bros. Records |id=947772-2 |location=Burbank, California}}</ref>
* Alan Lobel – photography
* Michae Rowe – sleeve design
* Damage Management – management

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
''Love over Gold'' spent 200 weeks in the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="chart stats">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/ |title=Love over Gold |work=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=22 June 1996 |access-date=19 January 2012 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1982–83)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]]){{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{album chart|Austria|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=Love over Gold|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany|4|artist=Dire Straits|album=Love over Gold|id=6217|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Italy|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=Love over Gold|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=Love over Gold|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=Love over Gold|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Dire Straits|album=Love over Gold|rowheader=true}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Spanish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|2|artist=Dire Straits|album=Love over Gold|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19820926|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|19|artist=Dire Straits|rowheader=true}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1982)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1982|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1982|website=austriancharts.at|access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|20
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1982&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1982|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1982-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1982 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1983)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1983|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1983|website=austriancharts.at|access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|18
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1983&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1983|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|91
|-
! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1983|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|26
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1983-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1983 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1986)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1986-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1986 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 42
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Dire Straits|title=Love Over Gold|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1982|certyear=1982|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YyQEAAAAMBAJ|title=1982 Was A Big Year|magazine=Billboard|via=Google Books|page=TIA-57|date=25 December 1982|access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Austria|artist=Dire Straits|title=Love Over Gold|award=Platinum|relyear=1982|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-12-26.pdf|title=Gold & Platinum Awards 1987|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|pages=42–46|date=26 December 1987|access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Belgium|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1983/1983-03-12-Billboard-Page-0008.pdf|title=An album so electric it's taken the world by storm - Dire Straits Lover Over Gold|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=March 12, 1983|page=8}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Brazil|artist=Dire Straits|title=Love Over Gold|nocert=true|salesamount=60,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite news|author=Tarik de Souza|url=http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/docreader.aspx?bib=030015_11&pasta=ano%20199&pesq=communique%20dire%20straits&pagfis=52567|newspaper=[[Jornal do Brasil]]|title=Volta os campeões de audiência|language=pt|date=12 September 1991|page=38|via=[[National Library of Brazil]]|quote=Alam da platina tripla pelos 750 mil copias de Brothers in Arms, a banda de Mark Knopfler garimpou entre nos duas platina dimples de 250 mil cada (Alchemy, o primeiro que estourou, em 84, e coletânea Money for Nothing, de 8) e um disco de ouro (no LP de estreia  Dire Straits, de 79)|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Dire Straits|title=Love Over Gold|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1985|relyear=1982|access-date=July 13, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Denmark|award=Silver|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>|salesamount=25,000|salesref=<ref name=SCAND>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-01-13.pdf|access-date=August 30, 2024|title=Scandinavian Statistics-Norway|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|date=January 13, 1990|page=28}}</ref>}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Finland|artist=Dire Straits|title=Love Over Gold|award=Platinum|certyear=1982|relyear=1982|salesamount=64,912}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=Dire Straits|title=Love Over|award=Platinum|relyear=1982|certyear=1984|certref=<ref>{{cite web|title=Les Certifications depuis 1973: Albums|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Certifications.php |publisher=Infodisc.fr |access-date=2 March 2019}} (select "Dire Straits" from drop-down list)</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Dire Straits|title=Love Over Gold|award=Platinum|certyear=1987|relyear=1982}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Israel|award=Silver|nosales=true|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Italy|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>|salesamount=100,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-12-26.pdf|title=Gold & Platinum Awards 1987|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|page=44|date=26 December 1987|access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref>|note=original release}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Italy|artist=Dire Straits|title=Love Over Gold|award=Gold|certyear=2020|relyear=1982|note=sales since 2009|accessdate=26 October 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Netherlands|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>|salesamount=364,501|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1989/1989-soul-Billboard-Page-0143.pdf|title=Group Has Sold More Than 2 Mil Disks - Dutch Delight In Dire Straits - Dutch Delight in Dire Straits|publisher=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]|page=67|first=Willem|last=Hoos|date=16 December 1989|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Norway|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|certref=<ref name=BILLBOARDREF/>|salesamount=50,000|salesref=<ref name=SCAND/>}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Spain|artist=Dire Straits|title=Love over Gold|award=Gold|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|certref=<ref>{{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |url= http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8 |edition= 1st |date= September 2005 |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2}}</ref>}}
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.markknopfler.com/music/discography/cd/MK_DireStraitsDetails.aspx?AlbumId=fab8ba89-9923-48d3-8622-2eb354418a44 ''Love over Gold''] at Mark Knopfler's website

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