About the song: Telegraph Road is a track from the 1982 album Love over gold. With over 14 minutes this is by far the longest song in their repertoire, and probably their clearest flirt with the by then almost obsolete progressive rock genre. The lyrics describe the rise and fall of a colonist town in detail. It is not easy to keep the listener interested over such a long time, but they do so effortlessly, mainly because of Knopfler's inspired guitar playing. Run time 14:16.
