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Product Details

  • Audio CD (November 22, 1994)
  • Original Release Date: 1994
  • Label: Epic
  • ASIN: B000002AV7
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #522,862 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

 
1. Your Love Is King
2. Hang on to Your Love
3. Smooth Operator
4. Jezebel
5. Sweetest Taboo
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

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With her exotic beauty and steamy voice, Sade couldn't help but be a star. Taking the more sensuous elements of island beats, smooth jazz, and R&B, Sade scored major hits with the continental feel of "Smooth Operator" and the sultry stylization of "Your Love Is King." Her voice was often criticized for being thin, yet she made it work to her advantage with songs like the haunting "Jezebel," on which her delivery added the vulnerability necessary to the song. Sade sounded best when she stuck to the lower register, and there is nothing thin about her dynamic handling of her torch song "Is It a Crime." "The Sweetest Taboo" was one of her last great moments before years of mediocrity, chronicled here by the lifeless "Stronger Than Pride" and the limp "Nothing Can Come Between Us." "No Ordinary Love" was a return to form with the smoky richness back in her vocals and the urban/island feel of her first release. Best of Sade goes right up to her hit "Pearls," which, remixed, became a dance floor hit. The nicest surprise here is "Please Send Me Someone to Love," with Sade proving that although her range may be limited vocally, she doesn't suffer the same fate artistically. --Steve Gdula


Product Description

1999 reissue of this best-selling title in 48 page digi-book packaging featuring many unpublished photos and a careeranalysis written by some of today's finest music critics. The CD contains all 16 of the tracks from the orginal release, including 'Smooth Operator', 'The Sweetest Taboo', 'Love Is Stronger Than Pride' and 'Paradise'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars All Her Best Songs, October 31, 2000
By MarvelousMarla "MarvyM" (Way down in Dixie) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: The Best of Sade (Audio CD)
I didn't need to buy this CD because I already have all four of Sade's releases, but a friend left this laying around the house, so I gave it a listen. This is a greatest hits compilation that lives up to its billing. Usually, on this type of collection, the listener gets maybe 4 or 5 truly great hits and some filler. Such is not the case here because all 16 tracks are fabulous. The only songs that are missing are "Maureen" and "I Couldn't Love You More," but I suppose there had to be some cut-off point.

Sade is one of my all time favorite artists because she is just so smooth and mellow. Her songs may be a little tortured, but that delivery is always flawless. And the inclusion of some of her uptempo cuts should silence critics who claim that she is monotonous. My top picks are "Is it a Crime" "Jezebel" "No Ordinary Love" and "The Sweetest Taboo."

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars no ordinary diva., November 12, 1998
This review is from: The Best of Sade (Audio CD)
sade is truly amazing. possessing the captivating beauty of iman and naomi, more recluse than the artist formerly known as prince and exhibiting musical skills that unite roberta flack and astrud gilberto, sade is a legend in her own time, though we know nothing about her. the mystery that shrouds sade is reflected in the sixteen tracks selected as her best. present are her more popular songs like "smooth operator", "the sweetest taboo" and "no ordinary love", but it would seem that it is not lost on sade that some of her "best" work never saw the light of day, so to speak. true fans of the diva are privy to the sheer beauty of "jezebel", a third-person narrative about inner strength and beauty of a very uncommon streetwalker. similarly, "is it a crime", a jazz-infused song about the longing of a love that is over, but not yet dead, has attained cult status among sade's loyal supporters. the beauty of sade, the group, goes well beyond their front-woman's silky, soaring vocals and the band's undeniable skill. rather, like the spanish group mecano, what keeps fans waiting anxiously for the next release from the less-than-prolific sade is the lyrical depth of the material. ironically, the same thing that has prevented sade from achieving the cursory pop icon status of such stars as madonna and whitney is the same thing that has ensured that her records will always sell rapidly and consistently to fans who yearn for music that dips deep beneath the surface. if you can't be bothered to buy each of sade's albums...well, shame on you...buy this album. if you own all of sade's album...as well you should...buy this one anyway for easy-access to her best work (thus far).
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Misunderstood by some, this CD is an all-timer., April 2, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: The Best of Sade (Audio CD)
MAN!! When I first started listening to Sade a while back, some friends warned me not to listen to her in the wrong mood, as her songs such as "Jezebel", "Is It A Crime", "No Ordinary Love", and "Pearls" will have you sitting in a dark room with a loaded gun(jokingly). I was somewhat skeptical at first, thinking this songstress would be crooning about the horrors of love. WAS I EVER WRONG!!! Well, they were wrong more, but that's another story. One of my top 5 songs of all time will allways be "Sweetest Taboo". This CD captures all of her famous sound with her trademark voice (personally, this collection would be complete if it had "Keep Looking" from her "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" CD and "I Couldn't Love You More" from her "Love Deluxe" CD, but that's like wanting to take back a Mercedes-Benz because it had a scratch on the bumper). She may not have the vocal range of a Teena Marie, but I still consider her to be one of the best female artists the 80's and 90's have ever seen. Combine her vocal talents with the pure talent of her musical accompanyment, and this becomes a must have. Get this CD if you're looking for a lot of replay value.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Sade

I always been a Sade fan. I lost this cd long time ago & I wanted to get it again! I love it! I strongly recommend it!
Published 2 days ago by Maria A. Remon

5.0 out of 5 stars Relaxing with Sade
This CD has all her greatest hits...If you want to relax and just set your mind at ease. I would recommend this CD..
Published 9 months ago by Tony W. Underwood

5.0 out of 5 stars "Your Love Is King"
While in grad school in Kingston, in the early 1990s, I listened to this album repeatedly. I found the album to still have all its charm...no bad notes anywhere. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Richard W Little

4.0 out of 5 stars The Marchioness de Sade
There was a time in the mid-`90s when this CD was in permanent rotation at any watering hole sophisticated and snoochy enough to charge $15 for a drink. Read more
Published on May 26, 2007 by El Lagarto

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Sade, indeed
When I decided to purchase the CD, I had a mild interest in Sade after hearing her classic hits like Smooth Operator and No Ordinary Love. Read more
Published on February 27, 2007 by Robert Norman

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Of SADE!!!
Some critics in the past have said that SADE is an overhyped/overrated singer! This CD proves otherwise in my opinion! This is a great collection of her music. Read more
Published on January 21, 2007 by Jerry Anderson

5.0 out of 5 stars That sexy 4 head......................
This is the only Sade album you'll ever need. Great from beginning to end.
Published on November 24, 2006 by The Specialist

5.0 out of 5 stars All areas of love covered in one cd.
I can only say one thing, I love this cd. You can feel every emotion with each song. I know you will love it, trust me.
Published on November 17, 2006 by Keith D. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Sultry, Sexy Sade
Sade's voice should be in the dictionary as a definition of sultry. When she sings in the style she does best she is absolutely phenomenal. Read more
Published on September 11, 2006 by Lonnie E. Holder

5.0 out of 5 stars She's Marvelous! Of course. . .
I rolled around on my floor like a Bohemian Sex Godess dancing and being lulled by the voice of this marvel (and often unappreciated beauty) we know as Sade. I love her. Read more
Published on July 5, 2005 by D. Ward

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