Sade - Soldier of Love

i only rarely check that email address but i found a link anyway so

yeah this album is way darker than i expected

there's some pretty deep shit on this album. couldn't give the whole thing the attention it deserved but i blasted it in my car driving home for the second or third time and couldn't help noticing babydaddy for instance had some pretty real lyrics (par for the course really but nice to know she hasn't lost her touch)

bonus: lovers rock is on the playlist right after this much-too-short (and therefore perfect length) album and i keep going "oh damn soldier is over.... wait a minute, lovers rock is mad underrated, i'm gonna give this another listen too, again." ...damn! i'm listening to king of sorrow now... sade (and her band/producer/guitarplayer/lover) is/are really fucking quality, amirong?

jesus, lovers rock. and i was thinking soldier kinda blew it out of the water too when it was on before, which means soldiers pretty much bound to become another all-time-fave innit. i can't believe my 50 year old uncle hipped me to this band in the 80's, but i guess that speaks to her universal appeal doesn't it?

can i just say "Skin" is fucking incredible 10/10 all time shit

Got a link; will download tomorrow. Which other Sade albums does this remind you of?

"Slave Song" on Lovers Rock is a motherfucker. A motherfucker

yeah this album is way darker than i expected

not sure if you mean this in a good way or a bad way

(generally, fwiw, i like more brooding albums/songs, so i'm taking it in a good way)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDTeCt-d7BQ

<3

yeah, that's . . . great. much edgier lyrically than i remember sade. and the music is tougher and grittier, too.

can i just say "Skin" is fucking incredible 10/10 all time shit

― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Thursday, February 4, 2010 11:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

yeah. early favorite for me.

hmmm

taking me some time to get into this

This is endearing. Apparently Sade told a radio DJ how much she loved Raekwon's stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxl7fvAEkAg

From a few days ago -- very informative, detailed story:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7005060.ece

i <3 her

As we talk, she rolls her own cigarettes and blows the smoke up the chimney above the empty fireplace

awesome

Haha :)

kinda boring on first listen

u rong

I haven't successfully gotten into this other than the single, but it's nice that it's spurred me to listen to more older Sade.

Album really kinda just makes me want to listen to Lovers Rock :-/

u need to listen to "skin" again rev

i think i'd have been disappointed if this album had been immediate, that is not what sade DOES

deej is right about "skin" btw - also "the safest place" immediately afterwards is just lovely

yeah to be fair I remember being underwhelmed by lovers rock for quite a long time. But for the time being there seems to be a bit of a dull tunnel in the middle of the album, where the songs all kinda sound like light throwaway closers à la "It's Only Love That Gets You Through" from the last one.

This is pretty boring on first listen.

my teeth grit so badly every time i have to say that sade is not boring

I like Sade and I think this is boring. Usually there's a lot more tension to her stuff.

can't say every song has stuck with me but i've only listened to it twice properly, holding off on judgment for now - already what has stuck with me is amazing though

im curious if you guys who dont like it dig her more ballad-y stuff on her older albums

Saying it's boring is boring. Explanation, please?

I mean, did you expect a club banger thrown in there?

well she was working with fatboi...

im curious if you guys who dont like it dig her more ballad-y stuff on her older albums

― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Sunday, February 7, 2010 3:06 PM Bookmark

yes, and the ballads here don't really live up to them

spinspun: I've only listened to it twice, sorry if I don't have all my close readings prepared

nothing boring about, say, 'moon and the sky' imo

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxhkdw7l5S1qz6g6ao1_500.jpg

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/arts/music/07sade.html

this album is working well for me at the moment

lolz, this photo is from 2001, i woulda guessed 1985

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/02/07/arts/07sade4/07sade4-popup.jpg

Saying it's boring is boring. Explanation, please?

The album is boring?

i'd say low-key but not boring. a lot of the songs that i ignored at first are starting to seep in. basically there's only one or two at this point that i'm not really digging.

what's the verdict on Babyfather so far?

i dont understand the lyric tbh -- 'your daddy knows you're a fling'?

"Babyfather" is the one song I kind of actively dislike at this point.

i like it musically, i just dont get the lyrics

It's "flame," not "fling."

I doubt I will ever feel an urge to listen to anything but "Soldier of Love" itself.

british accents are weird.

surprised you think SoL is the best track andy k

Yeah, I thought it was "fling" until I read the booklet.

I fell instantly for "SoL" and love the longer album version (those panning probes!) even more. Maybe my second or third favorite song of theirs.

on GMA right now