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
― jesus is radric (The Reverend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
spinspun: I've only listened to it twice, sorry if I don't have all my close readings prepared
― jesus is radric (The Reverend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 23:36 (fourteen years ago) link
nothing boring about, say, 'moon and the sky' imo
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Sunday, 7 February 2010 23:46 (fourteen years ago) link
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxhkdw7l5S1qz6g6ao1_500.jpg
― jaxon, Monday, 8 February 2010 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/arts/music/07sade.html
― jaxon, Monday, 8 February 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
this album is working well for me at the moment
― you have to forgive me (surm), Monday, 8 February 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
lolz, this photo is from 2001, i woulda guessed 1985
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/02/07/arts/07sade4/07sade4-popup.jpg
― jaxon, Monday, 8 February 2010 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Saying it's boring is boring. Explanation, please?
The album is boring?
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 February 2010 02:53 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Moreno, Monday, 8 February 2010 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
what's the verdict on Babyfather so far?
― saaberonixx (baaderonixx), Monday, 8 February 2010 07:10 (fourteen years ago) link
i dont understand the lyric tbh -- 'your daddy knows you're a fling'?
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Monday, 8 February 2010 07:14 (fourteen years ago) link
"Babyfather" is the one song I kind of actively dislike at this point.
― jesus is radric (The Reverend), Monday, 8 February 2010 07:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i like it musically, i just dont get the lyrics
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Monday, 8 February 2010 07:32 (fourteen years ago) link
It's "flame," not "fling."
I doubt I will ever feel an urge to listen to anything but "Soldier of Love" itself.
― Andy K, Monday, 8 February 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
british accents are weird.
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
on GMA right now
― max, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 13:52 (fourteen years ago) link
An earlier version of a picture caption with this article misstated the date the picture was taken. The photograph featuring Sade with her band members, Paul Denman, Andrew Hale and Stuart Matthewman, was taken in the 1980s, not in 2001.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 14:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I was gonna say: those suspenders are totally Culture Club.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200/drp100/p176/p17627beprm.jpg
(1996, so, yeah)
― Andy K, Tuesday, 9 February 2010 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
just getting acquainted w/this (I'm a sade stan) but so far I'd say that "soldier of love" is one of her best-ever tracks
― the mighty the mighty BOHANNON (m coleman), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 11:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Saw her do it on Letterman last night. Not bad
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 14:11 (fourteen years ago) link
TMI
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 14:32 (fourteen years ago) link
HA
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 15:24 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeSADY4poAU
― i think ur a contraristan (The Reverend), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I was just about to post that Letterman performance. Was so so great.
― Emily's Cheese, Thursday, 11 February 2010 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Expect the smooth sounds of Sade to overtake the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 album chart next week, as industry sources project the group's new effort "Soldier of Love" could sell between 375,000 to 400,000 by week's end on Feb. 14.
Billboard Reviews Sade's New Album, 'Soldier Of Love' It will be the act's second No. 1 album -- its first came way back in 1986 with "Promise." "Soldier of Love" is the first studio effort from the band -- led by vocalist Sade Adu -- since "Lovers Rock" was released in 2000. That set debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 370,000 sold in its first week. Since its release, "Lovers Rock" has sold 3.9 million in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. The new album's title track recently became Sade's eighth top 10 hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart -- its first since "Kiss of Life" reached No. 9 in 1993.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 February 2010 14:07 (fourteen years ago) link
wow! i'm surprised. that's great, tho.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 11 February 2010 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link
that's pretty weird. Album doesnt strike me as no. 1 material
― saaberonixx (baaderonixx), Thursday, 11 February 2010 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm with the "love the title track, not really getting into the rest of it" crowd.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 11 February 2010 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Sunday, February 7, 2010 6:46 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
OTM x 1,000,000 - devastating track
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Thursday, 11 February 2010 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
― saaberonixx (baaderonixx), Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:07 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
are you guys kidding? shes been doing platinum sales to middle aged ppl since forever ... if anything was gonna be number one this was.
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:52 (fourteen years ago) link
most predictable #1 in ages maybe
Yes. My friend and I speculated in December that she would stand to benefit most from depressed sales; she brings out the boomers.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 February 2010 01:04 (fourteen years ago) link
never mind that she always sold huge numbers regardless
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Friday, 12 February 2010 01:14 (fourteen years ago) link
has the kind of cross-format appeal where she was would hit smooth jazz, hip-hop, pop fans.
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Friday, 12 February 2010 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I know she's always sold -- her worst selling album is certified triple platinum here -- but she seemed most likely to score her second #1 album in this climate.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 February 2010 01:21 (fourteen years ago) link
What climate?
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 12 February 2010 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link
the one where young people don't really buy records
― birdman mumia (J0rdan S.), Friday, 12 February 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
ah. some of us old guys don't often buy records -- just download them. legally, i mean.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 12 February 2010 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
does timing a release (like Sade, for Valentine's) affect sales?
― pobrecito (outdoor_miner), Friday, 12 February 2010 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 12 February 2010 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
**heads to the corner and looks up "inculcate"...**
― pobrecito (outdoor_miner), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:11 (fourteen years ago) link
did she land no. 1 in physical album sales or does that include downloads?
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Legal downloads have been included in the Billboard chart for a few years now.
― GRIZZLY! GRRR! GRRR! So Indie Entertaaaaiiiinmeeent! (The Reverend), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
point taken. I just meant above that the actual content of the album seemed a bit challenging for mass appeal.
― saaberonixx (baaderonixx), Friday, 12 February 2010 07:15 (fourteen years ago) link
strongo reviewing this in p4k
― saaberonixx (baaderonixx), Friday, 12 February 2010 07:19 (fourteen years ago) link
also i'm pretty sure that there's been a quiet critical re-evaluation of her to the extent where her critical rep and general standing are way higher than i remember for her last album
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 12 February 2010 08:38 (fourteen years ago) link
both Love Deluxe and Lovers Rock placed in P&J
― GRIZZLY! GRRR! GRRR! So Indie Entertaaaaiiiinmeeent! (The Reverend), Friday, 12 February 2010 08:44 (fourteen years ago) link