Best Of Sade CD

MUSIC

R&B / SOUL

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Your Love Is King ~ Sade

2. Hang On To Your Love ~ Sade

3. Smooth Operator ~ Sade

4. Jezebel ~ Sade

5. Sweetest Taboo, The ~ Sade

6. Is It A Crime ~ Sade

7. Never As Good As The First Time ~ Sade

8. Love Is Stronger Than Pride ~ Sade

9. Paradise ~ Sade

10. Nothing Can Come Between Us ~ Sade

11. No Ordinary Love ~ Sade

12. Like A Tattoo ~ Sade

13. Kiss Of Life ~ Sade

14. Please Send Me Someone To Love ~ Sade

15. Cherish The Day ~ Sade

16. Pearls ~ Sade

1. Your Love Is King 2. Hang On To Your Love 3. Smooth Operator 4. Jezebel 5. Sweetest Taboo, The 6. Is It A Crime 7. Never As Good As The First Time 8. Love Is Stronger Than Pride 9. Paradise 10. Nothing Can Come Between Us 11. No Ordinary Love 12. Like A Tattoo 13. Kiss Of Life 14. Please Send Me Someone To Love 15. Cherish The Day 16. Pearls

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Sade: Sade Adu (vocals); Stuart Matthewman (guitar, saxophone); Andrew Hale (keyboards); Paul S. Denman (bass).
	Additional personnel includes: Leroy Osbourne, Jake Jacas (vocals); Gordon Hunte (guitar); Tony Pleeth (cello); Terry Bailey, Gordon Matthewman (trumpet); Pete Beachill (trombone); Dave Early, Martin Ditcham (drums, percussion); Paul Cooke, Trevor Murrell (drums); Karl Vanden Bossche (percussion).
	Producers: Robin Millar, Ben Rogan, Mike Pela, Sade, Hein Hoven.
	Engineers: Mike Pela, Ben Rogan.
	Digitally remastered by Tom Coyne (Sterling Sound, New York, New York).
	Nigerian vocalist Sade Adu has carved out a cosmopolitan niche for herself over the past decade, gathering together elements of cool jazz, samba, reggae, funk, and pop all under the pastoral umbrella of her suede-and-velvet voice. A pop stylist with a musical universe all her own, Sade has endured and matured over the past decade, seemingly unaffected by changes in taste and fashion; a movement unto herself. As her most recent single (Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone to Love" from the Philadelphia soundtrack) illustrates, Sade's coy, caressing voice speaks more of commitment and trust, of relationships in flux ("Nothing Can Come Between Us") than of the heat of the moment: from the the coy duplicity of "Smooth Operator" to the positive reinforcement of "The Sweetest Taboo" and the sweet ambiguities of "Love Is Stronger Than Pride." Outside of Sade's mentholated vocals, it is the serene, understated quality of her arrangements that lend The Best of Sade its classic touch of elegance. Delicate washes of percussion and acoustic guitar, the coiled intensity of Stuart Matthewman's tenor saxophone counterpoint, Andrew Hale's suave, elusive keyboard colorations, and Paul S. Denman's discretely dancing bass provide a maximum of smoke, but precious little fire. The simmering aftermath of Sade's music is as deceptively powerful as a mixed drink: smooth and sweet going down, but with a surprisingly potent kick.

Compilation Appearances

	Ultimate Grammy Collection: Contemporary R&B
	2011 Grammy Nominees

Associated Artists and Works

Chancellor, Walter, Jr.

Technical Info

	Release Date : 04/03/2001
	Original Release Date : 1994
	Catalog ID : 85287
	Label : Sony Music Distribution (USA)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00696998528727

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (11/18/94, p.108)
- "...Among these soulful, moody treasures...from her four platinum discs, there is one particular jewel:...Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone To Love"....a grand reminder of why the silky-voiced chanteuse's love is king...." - Rating: A

BloomReach Content

Best Of Sade (1994)

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