Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2018. GOT ALL HER MUSIC ! Unable to add item to List. Ultimately, it's about going your own way, and few have been as unconcernedly resolute in that as Sade. I bought this albums because of one song I heard back in the day on the movie True Lies. $8.99 — Audio CD, March 24, 2014 "Please retry" $5.59 . Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2020. The writing takes on a mantric bent as Adu reuses phrases and words from previous verses and repeats them by herself or alongside background singer (and secret weapon) Leroy Osbourne, whose rich voice adds warmth to her cool melodies. GOT ALL HER MUSIC ! “Wanna share my life/Wanna share my life with you,” they duet on the upbeat “Paradise.” “Nothing can come/Nothing can come/Nothing can come/Between us,” they incant on “Nothing Can Come Between Us.” These chants aren’t particularly catchy, but their repetition imbues the record with a quiet anguish. “Haunt me/In my dreams/If you please,” she beckons nervously. HAD THIS ON VINYL. Exclusive discount for Prime members. Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2019. Please try again. This was purchased to add to my Sade collection, I wasn't disappointed. Fantastic album with the best sound from CD you can get, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2020. Verified Purchase. The pause is everything. Today on Pitchfork, we are taking a critical look at the UK band Sade—from quiet storm mainstays to defining a generational vibe—with new reviews of four of their records. Strongly recommended. I grew up on her music as a young child because my parents always had their music playing in the car during road trips and at home. I love her beautiful voice and it's as good as ever on this fab collection. Label: Epic - EPC 460497 1 • Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Stereo • Country: Europe • Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Pop • Style: Downtempo, Smooth Jazz, Soul 30. Congrats !!! One of the few contemporary artists whose homages to Sade have done her justice is Dawn Richard, who as one-third of Diddy Dirty Money and as a solo artist has frequently referenced the original soldier of love in constructing her own warrior narrative. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2020. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. 30. Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2019. Fantastic album with the best sound from CD you can get, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2020. After releasing and touring their first two records in quick succession, the band took a breather for Stronger Than Pride. WALKED OFF ? Paradise. I went overboard in some reviews as whatever I don't have to give excuses, but anyway I find it funny how the shadow of this album (and previous from Sade) were everywhere in the downtempo and electronica during the 90s and 00s. Her writing is noticeably less scenic and moody, treating love as more of a concept than an embodied experience. Particularly, a triangulation that has come to define them: if love is something to luxuriate in, and sadness also something to luxuriate in, then love and sadness are inextricably commingled. “To turn my back on you/Now would I turn my back on me?” she asks on the dubby “Turn My Back on You,” perhaps the only Sade song that could be described as hard. Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2016. Beautiful music for the heart, as all Sadé’s music is. Yes, you could argue that wallowing in sadness is the point of listening to Sade, but their way of picking you up is with another irresistibly strutting bassline and a breezy fuck-the-haters lyric. “I wanted it to be more basic and less embellished, with the quiet songs quieter and the harder songs harder,” band leader Sade Adu said at the time. Sitting here wasting my time Be like, waiting for the sun to rise It's all too clear Things come and go. Indeed, so synonymous with a specific vibe have Sade been that their evolution over the years is startlingly disparate when their discography is listened to back-to-back: though sorrow has always been at the heart of their songs, early albums such as Diamond Life and Promise sound veritably light-hearted in comparison to the vast emotional density of their masterpiece, Love Deluxe. Helen Folasade Adu--better known by her mononynm Sade--and her magnificent band--is truly a rare diamond in musical gem quality. This has got to be one of my favorite albums by Sade. And it's no wonder that it's captivated so many, from Dawn Richard to Michael Mayer to the xx. She sounds utterly alone. Absolutely superb album. Stronger Than Pride tells the story of four college friends who, from all different backgrounds, form a bond of lifelong friendship. If you like beautiful soft relaxing sounds buy it, you won't be disappointed. I bought this albums because of one song I heard back in the day on the movie True Lies. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Catch up every Saturday with 10 of our best-reviewed albums of the week. I love her beautiful voice and it's as good as ever on this fab collection. Includes printed inner sleeve. All her work is great, but again this is my favorite. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. GOT ALL HER MUSIC! LOVE. The music on Stronger Than Pride is reduced on all fronts: softer rhythms, lighter melodies, fleeter verses. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. It's oddly fitting, in a backwards sort of way, that the King of Sorrow herself, an artist who touches almost every subject with melancholy, should deliver one of her most uncomplicatedly upbeat songs about her dead best childhood friend. Hearing the B-side to Sade's debut single 'Your Love Is King' for the first time is startling in retrospect. And whilst we may know her luxurious music intimately, 30 years later we’re still left spellbound and confounded by the artist behind the curtain. Cat # on vinyl label: E 44210 Cat # on album cover spine: OE 44210 1987 sound recording copyright. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2015. Helen Folasade Adu--better known by her mononynm Sade--and her magnificent band--is truly a rare diamond in musical gem quality. Guitarist and saxophonist Stuart Matthewman recalled it as the first time the band composed songs piecemeal rather than as a collective, an approach perceptible in the looseness of the compositions. Every crack and strain in Sade's voice is on show, backed just by piano and a distant sax, as the song, addressed to a fickle playboy, morphs from confusion to defiance to threat. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Is there a line that skewers solipsistic reactions to global tragedy more than Sade gazing upon a starving woman and murmuring: "I would like to be that brave"? LOVE.--yet another classic and timeless treat. As she sings of a love that endures a betrayal, the weightlessness of the arrangements sells her candor. Unable to add item to List. Pitchfork is the most trusted voice in music. The most sonically gorgeous song on Sade's most luxurious album is, paradoxically, the one that weaponises that opulence against itself. LOVE.--yet another classic and timeless treat. Strongly recommended. Im so Glad to do business with you. Dispensing with the nightclub swing and louche, haunted characters of Diamond Life and Promise, Sade’s third album turned the band’s elegant, composed music into meditation, exploring romance as an interior experience. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2020. LOVE. Absolutely superb album. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. LOVE. Audio CD, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, November 14, 2000. GOT ALL HER MUSIC! How do you magnify the emotion of one of Sade's most devotional hymns of desire? Unable to add item to List. Most of the time, Sade exists in the realm of the otherworldly divine - but on 'Keep Looking', she descends to earth to deliver an oddly off-brand pep talk to anyone wallowing in sadness. So much of the focus is on Sade the singer that Sade the band don't quite get their due, at least not in the same way; indeed, if she brings an ineffably divine quality to their sound, it's often as a counterpoint to the impeccably polished arrangements that made them suited to the yuppie wine bars of stereotype. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Sign up for the 10 to Hear newsletter here. On the fourth single from Stronger Than Pride, Paul Denham's bassline is a star of the swaying, swishing show; indeed, as a song it's a wisp of a thing, Sade opting to vamp around the title phrase and various ad libs - perhaps why it didn't place in either the UK or Billboard charts. Used cd came very quickly. When the latter move further into the spotlight, though, it's evident that they're not just her foil. To find out more, click here. Life has moved on, and it's fitting that the trigger for these reminiscences is newfound contentment. If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. The band, especially Adu, is sometimes mocked for being risk-averse and even-keeled—never breaking stride or cutting loose like the divas, heartthrobs, and pop rockers they adjoined on the charts—but in a way, their faith in each other is their gamble. 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