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| Allmusic Biography : Since debuting with the Top Ten U.K. hit "Your Love Is King" (1984), Sade have remained, across four ensuing decades of intermittent activity, shrewd synthesists of classic jazz, cutting-edge R&B;, and mature pop. Although theyre known most for stylishly seductive ballads, including the international hits "Smooth Operator" (1984), "The Sweetest Taboo" (1985), "No Ordinary Love" (1992), and "By Your Side" (2000), theyve also recorded poignant songs regarding slavery, immigration, parenthood out of wedlock, and everyday struggles, often through Sade Adus third-person narratives. From Diamond Life (1984) through Soldier of Love (2010), breaks between Sade albums have increased in duration from a year-and-a-half to a decade, but each return has been warmly greeted. All six of Sades albums have entered the U.K. Top 20, placed within the U.S. Top Ten, and in both countries have achieved platinum status. Additionally, Sade are four-time Grammy winners, having invalidated the Best New Artist curse with subsequent wins for "No Ordinary Love," Lovers Rock, and "Soldier of Love." Seven years after the latter took the award for Best R&B; Performance, they returned with contributions to the soundtracks of A Wrinkle in Time and Widows. Sade are named after singer and songwriter Helen Folasade Adu. Born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, Adu moved with her mother and brother to southeast England outside Colchester at the age of four. A lover of early-70s soul, Adu tentatively became involved with music after enrolling at Saint Martins School of Art to study fashion, when friends asked her to help with their groups vocals. After she finished her course work in 1981, she joined the band Pride and into 1983 toured the U.K. with the act. Their gigs eventually featured a mini-set during which Adu was granted the spotlight, backed by some of her bandmates on intimate jazz-inspired material. These segments, specifically "Smooth Operator" -- composed by Adu and the bands Ray St. John -- drew attention from label representatives. Adu was pursued as a solo act, but she signed with Epic after demanding to bring along some of her partners in Pride: bassist Paul S. Denman, keyboardist Andrew Hale, and saxophonist and guitarist Stuart Matthewman. The London-based quartet made their recorded debut in February 1984 with the controlled yet expressive ballad "Your Love Is King," which soon entered the U.K. singles chart and the following month peaked at number six. Another single, the down-but-not-out soul anthem "When Am I Going to Make a Living," preceded the July release of the full-length Diamond Life. Produced by Robin Millar, the album was written primarily by Adu and Matthewman in tandem, finished off with a cover of Timmy Thomas 1972 hit "Why Cant We Live Together." Reinforced with the number 19 U.K. single "Smooth Operator," Diamond Life -- itself falling just short of the top spot on the U.K. albums chart -- became one of the biggest mid-80s debuts. In the U.S., it was issued on Epic subsidiary Portrait in early 1985 and reached number five that June, with "Smooth Operator" doing most of the heavy lifting as a crossover smash that climbed to number five on the pop and R&B; charts and topped the adult contemporary chart. Diamond Life eventually went quadruple platinum in the U.K. and U.S. and earned sales certifications in several other territories. Sade continued to gradually refine and expand their cosmopolitan mix of jazz, R&B;, and pop, and continuously decelerated their writing and recording process. Working again with Robin Millar, they started recording their second album around the time Diamond Life was distributed in the U.S., issuing it internationally that November as Promise. On its way to international multi-platinum success, Promise topped the U.K. and U.S. pop charts, led by "The Sweetest Taboo," which went Top 40 U.K. and peaked at number five in the U.S. the week after the band won Best New Artist at the 28th Annual Grammy Awards. Shortly thereafter, "Never as Good as the First Time" strengthened their hold on urban and adult contemporary radio. Despite a gap of nearly two-and-a-half years between full-lengths, Sade remained a major commercial force with third album Stronger Than Pride. This time, production was handled by the band with help from Mike Pela and Ben Rogan, established Sade associates who played comparatively minor roles beforehand. Carrying some of the bands airiest arrangements and deepest rhythms -- exemplified respectively by the title song and "Paradise," two of its four singles -- the album climbed to the third spot on the U.K. and U.S. charts. A longer studio-release break ensued and was broken in October 1992 with Love Deluxe, produced by the band with Pela. More electronic and atmospheric than the bands previous albums, it entered the Top Ten in the U.K. and missed the top of the U.S. chart by two slots. "Feel No Pain," "Kiss of Life," and the pulsing trip-hop precursor "Cherish the Day" all charted, but the LPs biggest single was easily its first, "No Ordinary Love" -- it hit number 14 in the U.K. and U.S. and won another Grammy award, this time for Best R&B; Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The song had a lingering effect strong enough to keep the parent release on the Billboard 200 for almost two years. The band responded in kind with their longest hiatus to that point. In 1996, Matthewman resurfaced as a co-writer and co-producer on Maxwells Urban Hang Suite, thereby beginning a lasting close association with the albums maverick namesake. Later that year, Matthewman, Denman, and Hale released Sweetback, titled after the name of their new side project. Maxwell, Amel Larrieux, and Bahamadia were among the guests on the album, a stylistic successor to Love Deluxe that went a little farther out with no concern for hitmaking. Toward the end of the decade, Sade reconvened to record their fifth album, Lovers Rock. Distinguished by some dubwise rhythms and a greater emphasis on Matthewmans acoustic guitar, the LP cracked the U.K. Top 20 and was yet another number three U.S. hit upon its November 2000 arrival, supported with "By Your Side" (number 17 U.K. pop, number 75 U.S. pop). The Recording Academy awarded it Best Pop Vocal Album at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards. Following a customary album-promoting tour, the band appeased fans in February 2002 with Lovers Live. A second project from Sweetback, Stage [2], followed two years later. In December 2009, "Soldier of Love" ended a period of silence during which Adu raised her daughter and was honored with an OBE (Order of the British Empire). The songs stark, swaggering theatricality made it feel like more of an event more than any other Sade re-entry. An album of the same title was released the following February, entering the U.K. chart at number four and the U.S. chart at the top. The song made the band Grammy winners for a fourth time, again taking the award for Best R&B; Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. A 2011 catalog release, The Ultimate Collection, summarized the bands discography and included a handful of previously unreleased songs. Seven years passed before Sade released new recordings, both of which were made for soundtracks: "Flower of the Universe" for Disneys A Wrinkle in Time, and "The Big Unknown" for Widows. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 16 Title: Diamond Life Released: 1984-07-28 Tracks: 9 Duration: 44:59 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Smooth Operator (04:58) 2 Your Love Is King (04:01) 3 Hang on to Your Love (06:01) 4 Frankies First Affair (04:38) 5 When Am I Going to Make a Living (03:26) 6 Cherry Pie (06:19) 7 Sally (05:22) 8 I Will Be Your Friend (04:44) 9 Why Cant We Live Together? (05:29) |
| Diamond Life : Allmusic album Review : When Sade released Diamond Life in their native U.K., they were already a kind of sensation. The band had scored hits with their first singles, the smoldering Top Ten ballad "Your Love Is King" and the perseverant soul anthem "When Am I Going to Make a Living," both of which only faintly resembled anything else on the chart. Magazines such as The Face and Smash Hits had published cover features, intensifying anticipation for the album. Diamond Life not only distanced Sade farther outside any context in which they were placed, whether it was the sulking sophisti-pop fraternity or the increasingly mechanized realm of contemporary R&B, but also fulfilled the promise of the singles that preceded it. Rhythms that sensitively ripple and pulse at their most active, topped with deceptively cool vocals from Sade Adu -- all coated with a luster -- have a way of obscuring the depth of the material to casual listeners. "Smooth Operator," the first in a series of sketches about various characters, regards a jet-setting playboy who leaves his conquests as amnesiacs and (much like the band) "moves in space with minimal waste." Elsewhere is the turnabout tale "Frankies First Affair," where Adus disappointment with the protagonist verges on anguish, and the grim "Sally," a nickname/metaphor for the Salvation Army, sheltering broken men ruined by addiction and poverty. Adu breaks from third-person narratives with "Cherry Pie," lamenting the loss of a lover who was "as wild as Friday night." When Adu belts "You broke my heart!" its but one of many lines expressed with enough purpose and force to invalidate the belief that she is an aloof performer. A sinewy and compatible cover of Timmy Thomas 1972 hit "Why Cant We Live Together" affirms that Sade are indeed soul aesthetes concerned with more than creating a mood and projecting glamour. | ||
 | Album: 2 of 16 Title: Promise Released: 1985-11-16 Tracks: 11 Duration: 54:18 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Is It a Crime (06:21) 2 The Sweetest Taboo (04:37) 3 War of the Hearts (06:47) 4 Youre Not the Man (05:10) 5 Jezebel (05:30) 6 Mr. Wrong (02:52) 7 Punch Drunk (05:26) 8 Never as Good as the First Time (05:01) 9 Fear (04:11) 10 Tar Baby (03:58) 11 Maureen (04:18) |
| Promise : Allmusic album Review : Sades second album improved on the performance of her debut, as "Sweetest Taboo" was a huge hit and "Never as Good as the First Time" landed in both the R&B and pop Top 20. She was once again the personification of cool, laid-back singing, seldom extending or embellishing lyrics, registering emotion, or projecting her voice. This demeanor made her more desirable in the minds of many fans and was perhaps the ultimate misapplication of the notion of sophistication. But this album topped the pop charts and eventually went triple platinum. | ||
 | Album: 3 of 16 Title: The 12 mixes Released: 1988 Tracks: 5 Duration: 27:31 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Your Love Is King (04:02) 2 Smooth Operator (Extended Version (05:41) 3 Hang On To Your Love (Long Version) (06:04) 4 Is It A Crime (06:16) 5 The Sweetest Taboo (Extended Version) (05:28) |
 | Album: 4 of 16 Title: Stronger Than Pride Released: 1988-04-29 Tracks: 10 Duration: 47:28 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Love Is Stronger Than Pride (04:17) 2 Paradise (04:02) 3 Nothing Can Come Between Us (04:24) 4 Haunt Me (05:50) 5 Turn My Back on You (06:07) 6 Keep Looking (05:22) 7 Clean Heart (04:00) 8 Give It Up (03:53) 9 I Never Thought Id See the Day (04:14) 10 Siempre Hay Esperanza (05:17) |
| Stronger Than Pride : Allmusic album Review : After two LPs with little or no energy, Sade demonstrated some intensity and fire on her third release. Whether that was just an attempt to change the pace a bit or a genuine new direction, she had more animation in her delivery on such songs as "Haunt Me," "Give It Up," and the hit "Paradise." Not that she was suddenly singing in a soulful or bluesy manner; rather, Sades dry and introspective tone now had a little more edge, and the lyrics were ironic as well as reflective. This was her third consecutive multi-platinum album, and it matched the two-million-plus sales level of her debut. | ||
 | Album: 5 of 16 Title: Love Deluxe Released: 1992-10-23 Tracks: 9 Duration: 45:52 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 No Ordinary Love (07:20) 2 Feel No Pain (05:11) 3 I Couldn’t Love You More (03:50) 4 Like a Tattoo (03:38) 5 Kiss of Life (05:50) 6 Cherish the Day (05:34) 7 Pearls (04:35) 8 Bullet Proof Soul (05:27) 9 Mermaid (04:24) |
| Love Deluxe : Allmusic album Review : Sades fourth album, Love Deluxe, included the hit "No Ordinary Love" and marked a return to the detached cool jazz backing and even icier vocals that made her debut album a sensation. Although Sades style is more suggestive than hypnotic and her production and arrangements are in an urbane mode rather than a jazz one, she maintained her popularity among the fusion and urban contemporary audiences. This release also includes "Mermaid," "Pearls," and "Feel No Pain." | ||
 | Album: 6 of 16 Title: The Remix Deluxe Released: 1993-06-02 Tracks: 5 Duration: 27:15 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Feel No Pain (Nellee Hooper remix) (05:12) 2 Love Is Stronger Than Pride (Mad Professor remix) (04:28) 3 Make Some Room (05:00) 4 Paradise (Ronin remix) (05:43) 5 Super Bien Total (06:51) |
 | Album: 7 of 16 Title: The Best of Sade Released: 1994-10-31 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:14:10 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Your Love Is King (03:42) 2 Hang on to Your Love (04:30) 3 Smooth Operator (04:17) 4 Jezebel (05:25) 5 The Sweetest Taboo (04:26) 6 Is It a Crime (06:17) 7 Never as Good as the First Time (03:58) 8 Love Is Stronger Than Pride (04:17) 9 Paradise (03:37) 10 Nothing Can Come Between Us (03:52) 11 No Ordinary Love (07:20) 12 Like a Tattoo (03:38) 13 Kiss of Life (04:10) 14 Please Send Me Someone to Love (03:41) 15 Cherish the Day (06:19) 16 Pearls (04:35) |
| The Best of Sade : Allmusic album Review : By the time this was released in 1994, something unexpected happened. Sades early work became classic and the later additions boasted even better vocals and songs that nicely improved on the theme. The timeless sound and class always exhibited makes Sade Adu and her band a no-brainer for an appealing compilation. Like Al Greens Greatest Hits, The Best of Sade doesnt detract from the original albums and is a marker of time, not the end of the act. The ice-princess demeanor and detached vocals worked perfectly for the mid-80s singles and radio samples "Smooth Operator" and "Your Love Is King." The tracks from the make-or-break second album, Promise, seem less dolorous propped up and sequenced for a compilation. The sensual-to-a-fault "The Sweetest Taboo" and "Never As Good As the First Time" both retain their strength here. The songs from Stronger Than Pride -- "Love Is Stronger Than Pride," "Nothing Can Come Between Us," and the great "Paradise" -- all benefit from Ian Coopers mastering job. This set also includes tracks from Sades "comeback" CD, Love Deluxe, including "Kiss of Life" and "No Ordinary Love." As a bonus, The Best of Sade also includes a rare cover of "Please Send Me Someone to Love" from the Philadelphia soundtrack. Despite its riches, The Best of Sade doesnt include all of the best, since "Maureen" and or "Keep Looking" arent here. Its a small complaint and The Best of Sade is a great overview. | ||
 | Album: 8 of 16 Title: Best for Love Released: 1999 Tracks: 17 Duration: 1:19:14 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Jezebel (05:25) 2 No Ordinary Love (07:16) 3 Pearls (04:28) 4 Smooth Operator (04:17) 5 Haunt Me (05:47) 6 Cherish the Day (05:34) 7 Like a Tatoo (03:35) 8 Love Is Stronger Than Pride (04:17) 9 Fear (04:00) 10 Youre Not the Man (05:03) 11 Paradise (03:28) 12 Please Send Me (03:36) 13 Kiss of Life (04:05) 14 The Sweetest Taboo (04:19) 15 Hang on to Your Love (03:38) 16 I Never Thought Id See the Day (04:02) 17 Is It a Crime (06:17) |
| Best for Love : Allmusic album Review : This 17-track anthology appears to be a legitimate release, though its an ugly one. Released in Germany in 1999, Best for Love does contain a significant portion of Sades most notable songs through the groups first five albums. Among the selections are essentials such as "Smooth Operator," "The Sweetest Taboo," "No Ordinary Love," and "Cherish the Day." However, some deeper album cuts are picked in favor of superior and more-known singles such as "Never as Good as the First Time" and the 1984 debut single "Your Love Is King." Best of Sade, originally released in 1994, and the two-disc Essential Sade (2014), are far more preferable and feature appropriate packaging. | ||
 | Album: 9 of 16 Title: Lovers Rock Released: 1999-11-30 Tracks: 11 Duration: 44:02 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 By Your Side (04:34) 2 Flow (04:32) 3 King of Sorrow (04:51) 4 Somebody Already Broke My Heart (04:59) 5 All About Our Love (02:38) 6 Slave Song (04:11) 7 The Sweetest Gift (02:17) 8 Every Word (04:03) 9 Immigrant (03:47) 10 Lovers Rock (album version) (clean version) (04:12) 11 Its Only Love That Gets You Through (03:53) |
| Lovers Rock : Allmusic album Review : Lovers Rock, the title of Sades first album of the 21st century, could be taken on many levels. Never before has the singer infused more mainstream rock elements (prominent strummed guitars) into her music as evidenced by the first single, "By Your Side." Thats not to say that she has eschewed her own tried-and-true brand of smoky, dusky ballads. The singer/songwriter is reunited with co-producer Mike Pela and musician/songwriters Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman, and Paul S. Denman; and Lovers Rock finds them all in fine form. "Somebody Already Broke My Heart," "Every Word," and "Lovers Rock" are vintage Sade. | ||
 | Album: 10 of 16 Title: Grand Collection Released: 2001 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:15:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Smooth Operator (04:17) 2 Kiss of Life (04:10) 3 Your Love Is King (03:42) 4 Paradise (03:37) 5 The Sweetest Taboo (04:37) 6 No Ordinary Love (07:20) 7 Nothing Can Come Between Us (03:52) 8 Love Is Stronger Than Pride (04:17) 9 Jezebel (05:28) 10 Like a Tattoo (03:38) 11 Pearls (04:35) 12 Why Cant We Live Together? (05:29) 13 Hang on to Your Love (04:30) 14 Frankies First Affair (04:38) 15 Is It a Crime (06:17) 16 Sally (05:22) |
 | Album: 11 of 16 Title: Lovers Live Released: 2002-02-18 Tracks: 15 Duration: 1:17:47 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Cherish the Day (06:37) 2 Somebody Already Broke My Heart (05:13) 3 Smooth Operator (04:16) 4 Jezebel (06:44) 5 Kiss of Life (04:58) 6 Slave Song (04:35) 7 The Sweetest Gift (02:32) 8 The Sweetest Taboo (06:01) 9 Paradise (04:32) 10 No Ordinary Love (06:09) 11 By Your Side (04:54) 12 Flow (05:01) 13 Is It a Crime (08:23) 1 Immigrant (Live) (03:56) 2 It`s only love that gets you through (Live) (03:50) |
| Lovers Live : Allmusic album Review : Sade made a strong comeback in 2000 with Lovers Rock, her first album in eight years. She sealed the deal in 2002 with Lovers Live, a collection of performances from her very successful summer tour. Its proof that Sade hasnt lost a note and her fans havent missed a beat. Above all things, the record is smooth. Sades new songs mix seamlessly with classics from every stage of her career. An energetic eight-piece band breathes new life to the old tunes and offers another look at the Lovers Rock material. The highlight, of course, is Sades intoxicating voice and its clear that the audience is under her spell from her first breath. Lovers Live is a sum greater than any one of its parts, but there are some standout moments, like the rocking version of "Paradise," "The Sweetest Gift" (a song written for her daughter), and a haunting rendition of "Jezebel." Even though the recordings were taking from various performances throughout the tour, the album feels like one cohesive performance and makes for a great listen all the way through. | ||
 | Album: 12 of 16 Title: Downtempo Mixes 3 Released: 2003 Tracks: 9 Duration: 53:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Pearls (Somalia Mix) (08:46) 2 Feel No Pain (Nellee Hopper Mix) (05:08) 3 Turn My Back On You (Heffs Mix) (05:52) 4 Cherish The Day (Pal Joey Rmx) (06:42) 1 King Of Sorrow (Guru Mix) (03:47) 2 By Your Side (The Neptunes remix) (03:59) 3 Love Is Stronger Then Pride (Mad Professor Mix) (04:29) 4 Smooth Operator (Extended Jazz Mix) (08:56) 5 Sweetest Taboo (Extended Mix) (05:24) |
 | Album: 13 of 16 Title: Soldier of Love Released: 2010-02-05 Tracks: 10 Duration: 41:58 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 The Moon and the Sky (04:27) 2 Soldier of Love (05:58) 3 Morning Bird (03:55) 4 Babyfather (04:40) 5 Long Hard Road (03:02) 6 Be That Easy (03:40) 7 Bring Me Home (04:08) 8 In Another Time (05:05) 9 Skin (04:13) 10 The Safest Place (02:46) |
| Soldier of Love : Allmusic album Review : Sade’s longest absence yet did not prevent their return from being an event. It at least seemed eventful whenever “Soldier of Love,” released to radio a couple months prior to the album of the same title, was heard over the airwaves. Even with its brilliantly placed lyrical allusions to hip-hop past and present and its mature sound, the single stuck out on stations aimed at teens and twentysomethings, as well as points on the dial that court an older audience. It was the most musical and organic, while also the most dramatic yet least bombastic, song in rotation. Crisp snare rolls, cold guitar stabs, and at least a dozen other elements were deployed with tremendous economy, suspensefully ricocheting off one another as Sade Adu rewrote “Love Is a Battlefield” with scarred, assured defiance. While the song was an indication of its parent album’s reliance upon organic instrumentation -- the band’s use of synthesized textures and programming is greatly diminished -- it merely hinted at the dark, even fatalist, depth of heartache conveyed throughout the set. On “Bring Me Home,” Adu is content in resignation (“Send me to slaughter/Lay me on the railway line”), while on “The Moon and the Sky,” she projects a bruised and angered bewilderment (“You lay me down and left me for the lions”). The focus at least switches temporarily to a loved one on “In Another Time,” in what resembles a love letter to (what is likely) a young daughter mistreated by members of both sexes (“Their whispers are hailstones in your face”; “Soon they’ll mean nothing to you”). Although the bleakness is tempered with themes of survival and recovery, and (just) one song that is truly sweet (“Babyfather”), a fair portion of the album’s lyrical content comes off as drained-sounding, only echoed with vanilla arrangements that are merely functional, restrained to a fault, greatly outstripped by “Soldier of Love.” Lacking rhythmic hypnotism and relatable most to those who are experiencing solitude created by romantic desertion, this is not your mothers Sade album. | ||
 | Album: 14 of 16 Title: The Remix Collection Released: 2011 Tracks: 11 Duration: 1:19:12 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Smooth Operator (DANCE MIX) (07:10) 2 Hang On to Your Love (CLUB MIX) (07:35) 3 Love is Stronger Than Pride (HOUSE MIX) (7:08)) (07:08) 4 By Your Side (UNRELEASED CLUB MIX) (09:00) 5 Solider Of Love (KONRAD REMIX) (05:32) 6 Love Is Found (GARETH WYN REMIX) (06:30) 7 Removable Tattoo (UNRELEASED MIX) (08:08) 8 I Never Thought I Would (REMIX) (07:48) 9 Paradise (CLUB MIX) (05:43) 10 Cherish The Day (BONUS BEATS MIX) (07:00) 11 Pearl (HOUSE MIX) (07:38) |
 | Album: 15 of 16 Title: The Ultimate Collection Released: 2011-05-09 Tracks: 29 Duration: 2:12:42 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Your Love Is King (03:42) 2 Smooth Operator (04:17) 3 Hang on to Your Love (04:30) 4 The Sweetest Taboo (04:26) 5 Is It a Crime (06:21) 6 Never as Good as the First Time (03:58) 7 Jezebel (05:26) 8 Love Is Stronger Than Pride (04:19) 9 Paradise (03:37) 10 Nothing Can Come Between Us (03:53) 11 No Ordinary Love (07:20) 12 Kiss of Life (04:13) 13 Feel No Pain (05:11) 14 Bullet Proof Soul (05:25) 1 Cherish the Day (06:19) 2 Pearls (04:34) 3 By Your Side (04:34) 4 Immigrant (03:49) 5 Flow (04:34) 6 King of Sorrow (04:52) 7 The Sweetest Gift (02:18) 8 Soldier of Love (05:58) 9 The Moon and the Sky (04:27) 10 Babyfather (04:40) 11 Still in Love With You (04:24) 12 Love Is Found (04:08) 13 I Would Never Have Guessed (02:55) 14 The Moon and the Sky (remix) (04:26) 15 By Your Side (The Neptunes remix) (03:59) |
| The Ultimate Collection : Allmusic album Review : An update of the 1994 compilation The Best of Sade, The Ultimate Collection contains all but two of the Sade singles -- "When Am I Going to Make a Living" and, unfortunately, "Turn My Back on You" -- released through the first six studio albums. There are six well-chosen album cuts, highlighted by the exceptionally spacious Love Deluxe ballads "Bullet Proof Soul" and "Pearls." For some Sade followers, the one rarity (a restrained Neptunes mix of "By Your Side") and four new songs will be enough to justify re-acquiring the old material. The best of the new songs is a cover of Thin Lizzys anguished ballad "Still in Love with You," a surprising but strikingly appropriate choice that is granted a hint of sweetness. On the opposite end, a remix of Soldier of Loves "The Moon and the Sky," featuring Jay-Z, marks Sades first and hopefully last collaboration with an MC. The greater part of this two-hour anthology condenses a rich catalog of impeccably sophisticated and subtly stimulating pop, from 1984s seductive "Your Love Is King" to 2009s chilling "Soldier of Love." In 2014, this was re-released as The Essential Sade. | ||
 | Album: 16 of 16 Title: Bring Me Home | Live 2011 Released: 2012-05-22 Tracks: 13 Duration: 1:07:20 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Soldier of Love (06:17) 2 Skin (03:57) 3 Kiss of life (05:03) 4 Love is Found (04:04) 5 In Another Time (04:34) 6 Jezebel (06:57) 7 All About Our Love (02:38) 8 Paradise/Nothing Can Come Between Us (06:22) 9 Morning Bird (04:39) 10 The Moon and the Sky (04:28) 11 No Ordinary Love (05:50) 12 By Your Side (Live 2011) (04:53) 13 Cherish The Day (Live 2011) (07:34) |