Love Over Gold by Dire Straits

What makes Love Over Gold particularly significant in the context of early 1980s rock is how it represented a conscious rejection of prevailing commercial trends. Rather than pursuing the arena-oriented rock direction that had proven successful with Making Movies, Dire Straits executed what can only be described as a leftward artistic detour, abandoning any lingering pub-rock vestiges for a full immersion into progressive territory. This wasn't mere experimentation for its own sake, but rather a natural evolution of the sophisticated musical sensibilities that had been percolating beneath the surface of their earlier work.
Featured songs:
Telegraph Road
Private Investigations
Industrial Disease
Love Over Gold
It Never Rains
I have more to say about the album in this article (medium.com/the-riff/album-review-love-over-gol…) on Medium.