Dire Straits – Love Over Gold (CD)

Released in 1982, *Love Over Gold* marked a deliberate turn toward longer, more ambitious compositions, opening with "Telegraph Road," a sprawling 14-minute epic that stands among Mark Knopfler's finest guitar showcases. The album's five tracks reward patience, prioritizing texture and dynamics over radio accessibility. For collectors picking this up at brick-and-mortar, it remains one of the definitive arguments for why Dire Straits always operated on a scale beyond their contemporaries.