can i just say "Skin" is fucking incredible 10/10 all time shit
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Friday, 5 February 2010 04:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Got a link; will download tomorrow. Which other Sade albums does this remind you of?
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 February 2010 04:08 (fourteen years ago) link
"Slave Song" on Lovers Rock is a motherfucker. A motherfucker
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Friday, 5 February 2010 04:09 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah this album is way darker than i expected
not sure if you mean this in a good way or a bad way
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 5 February 2010 04:20 (fourteen years ago) link
(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
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Friday, 5 February 2010 04:21 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, that's . . . great. much edgier lyrically than i remember sade. and the music is tougher and grittier, too.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 5 February 2010 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Thursday, February 4, 2010 11:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
yeah. early favorite for me.
― Moreno, Friday, 5 February 2010 05:06 (fourteen years ago) link
hmmm
taking me some time to get into this
― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Friday, 5 February 2010 09:04 (fourteen years ago) link
This is endearing. Apparently Sade told a radio DJ how much she loved Raekwon's stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxl7fvAEkAg
― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 5 February 2010 11:28 (fourteen years ago) link
From a few days ago -- very informative, detailed story:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7005060.ece
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 5 February 2010 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i <3 her
As we talk, she rolls her own cigarettes and blows the smoke up the chimney above the empty fireplace
awesome
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 5 February 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha :)
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Friday, 5 February 2010 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda boring on first listen
― saaberonixx (baaderonixx), Sunday, 7 February 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
u rong
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Sunday, 7 February 2010 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 7 February 2010 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Album really kinda just makes me want to listen to Lovers Rock :-/
― The Reverend, Sunday, 7 February 2010 20:28 (fourteen years ago) link
u need to listen to "skin" again rev
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Sunday, 7 February 2010 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i think i'd have been disappointed if this album had been immediate, that is not what sade DOES
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
deej is right about "skin" btw - also "the safest place" immediately afterwards is just lovely
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― saaberonixx (baaderonixx), Sunday, 7 February 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
This is pretty boring on first listen.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 February 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
my teeth grit so badly every time i have to say that sade is not boring
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I like Sade and I think this is boring. Usually there's a lot more tension to her stuff.
― jesus is radric (The Reverend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 22:59 (fourteen years ago) link
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, 7 February 2010 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Saying it's boring is boring. Explanation, please?
― Spinspin Sugah, Sunday, 7 February 2010 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean, did you expect a club banger thrown in there?
― Spinspin Sugah, Sunday, 7 February 2010 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
well she was working with fatboi...
― hoos n nem (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 7 February 2010 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
― 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
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