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"No Ordinary Love" won the 1994 Grammy Award for "Rhythm-and-Blues Duo or Group With Vocal."
With her smooth, smoky, soul-pop sound and elegant image, Sade became a ubiquitous figure in the mid 1980s, turning out hit after hit with her first three albums. After an unusually long gap of four years, she delivered the final album of her career's initial phase, LOVE DELUXE.
None of the songs here radically depart from the style Sade established on her earlier recordings; her soft, cooing, breathy vocal style--sort of a Julie London for the '80s--and mellow, jazz-tinged arrangements are still at the forefront. If anything, there's an even more languorous feel to such tunes as "No Ordinary Love" (which would be her last Top 40 hit) and "Cherish the Day." No matter how close to slow-jam/quiet-storm heaven things get, though, the low-key funk inflections that pop up periodically still keep things percolating--simmering but never boiling over. Sade wouldn't release another album until 2000's LOVER'S ROCK, but she left her fans plenty to remember her by with LOVE DELUXE.
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All tracks have been digitaly remastered.
Recorded at Studio Condulmer, Venice, Italy; Ridge Farm, Surrey, England; The Hit Factory, London, England; Image Recording, Los Angeles, California.
Sade: Sade Adu (vocals); Stuart Matthewman (guitar, saxophone); Andrew Hale (keyboards); Paul Spencer Denman (bass).
Personnel: Leroy Osbourne (vocals, background vocals); Sade Adu (vocals); Stuart Matthewman (guitar, saxophone); Tony Pleeth, Anthony Pleeth (cello); Andrew Hale (keyboards); Martin Ditcham (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Chris Lord-Alge.
Audio Remasterer: Tom Coyne.
Recording information: Image Recording, Los Angeles, CA; Ridge Farm, Surrey, England; Studio Condulmer, Venice, Italy; The Hit Factory, London, England.
Photographer: Albert Watson .
Unknown Contributor Role: Nick Ingman.
Arrangers: Sade; Nick Ingman.
Additional personnel: Leroy Osborne (vocals); Tony Pleeth (cello); Martin Ditcham (drums, percussion).
Re-MasteredVillage Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #31 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. Stereo Review (3/93, p.83) - "...reason to rejoice: The sultry British-Nigerian diva is back in excellent style...Sade is intoxicating...this girl sizzles..." NME (Magazine) (11/28/92, p.29) - 7 - Very Good - "...a fine album... the songs drift by and have proper tunes and neat arrangements...a good thing in a wicked world and, quite literally, the soul of subtlety..."
SMOOTH AND SEXY WITH SADE'S DEEP AAND SMOOTH VOICE, THIS ALBUM CAN ONLY BE SMOOTH. IT'S NOT VERY LONG, BUT THE CONTENT IS SO RICH. IF YOU LIKE GOOD MUSIC, THIS CD IS A MUST OR IF YOURE NEW TO SADE. THEY WILL BLOW YOU AWAY! TRUST ME! Submitted by sergio17 (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 1 found this helpful.
Timeless classics Sade's amazing voice can quite a whole room
Best R&B/Blues singer of my time Submitted by LuvasRocK (Houston Tx) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Excellent CD! Start to finish both Sade and the band are excellent! Submitted by a reviewer (Charlotte, NC, USA") Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Sensuous Sade A friend let me borrow this CD. It is beautiful - Sade is sensuous with her talents of sound and songwriting. I intend on purchasing a copy for myself.
Highly recommend this CD. Submitted by a reviewer (Ocean Springs, MS, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
UNIQUE, MOVING AND TIMELESS This music is timeless and FULL of soul. All Sade's albums are awesome but this is a personal favourite. Check out "Bullet proof soul",- listen to it again and again and feel it grow on you. In true Sade style the lyrics are an enigma but the structure and smoothness of the vocals and harmony is unsurpassed. Music full of colour but dark with emotion. Submitted by a reviewer (London England) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo This review is for a different format.
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