Sade: Classic or Dud?

Wow. Can’t wait to hear it

And here's said song

https://audiomack.com/song/no-id-4/flower-of-the-universe

It's very nice, I just wish the drums were mixed a little lower. They're a bit distracting.

the drums feel like a callback to Soldier Of Love, I love this

never forget the quantization discourse

Stellar piece on her by Tracey Thorn

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2018/03/queen-quiet-storm-tracey-thorn-return-sade

WHAT

As a singer, Sade sounds like no one else. There’s a plangent tone to her voice, a liking for the long-held note, almost vibrato-free. A precision of diction. No melisma, no swooping octave leaps. And there are two very distinct tones – softness with just a slight husk in the bottom range, and above that, a more strident note, bringing a hardness which is vital, adding the only sharp edge.

It's just a brilliant piece. That Chet Baker comparison Sade gave her! Astounding.

Great piece, with a very good final paragraph as kicker.

i'm astounded

that piece is so fucking excellent

to get compared to chet baker's playing by sade

https://www.nts.live/shows/test-pressing/episodes/test-pression-w-andrew-hale-9th-june-2018

Andrew Hale (from the band) was on Test Pressing's radio show at the weekend for a Sade special. They only seem to have recorded the first hour but I went into the chatroom and asked what was happening with a new Sade album and near the end of the show he confirmed it is being actively worked on.

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

I think about the live show I saw a few years back all the time.

In the wikipeida article about Sade (band) it says Eric B and Rakim referenced Smooth Operator in Paid In Full. I can't find the sample or lyrical reference. Can someone point out what i'm missing?

that statement on wikipedia seems to be based on a misreading of the quote from rakim that is cited.

Thanks, finally clicked the link to the source of that reference and I can see where someone would be confused by his quote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4H9T3iFfWg

new song

https://store.sade.com/products/this-far-boxset

forthcoming boxset of all six albums remastered on vinyl

I moved cities a couple of months ago and didn't bring my record player (or much of anything else besides my clothes and laptop) and tbh i doubt i'll ever get a record player because i feel less attached to physical media by the day (yes, I know that the cloud and digital isn't forever and physical media is Actually Good for preservation etc) but i still want this set so badly

diamond life and promise were dollar bin staples a few years ago, super easy to find great copies for cheap. don't know if that's still the case. i've never seen anything from tld onward in a bin. used cds on the other hand are plentiful iirc.

what i would personally kill for otoh is a complete set of remixes on vinyl.

this sade at live aid vid is probably humanity reaching a peak it'll never regain?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDjJP_l5AY

you can still find lots of their records in used bins cheap yes, and they sound great. tough to think of another act less in need of a remastering job.

i actually just got used copies of diamond life and stronger than pride back in June! I'd never heard stronger than pride before and i just love how vaporous the record is

Paradise and Siempre Hay Esperanza are two of my absolute favourites

murgatroid otm
maybe setting aside a week or two for a nonstop sade listening party isn't a bad idea

two things in life will never change: 1) the sun will always be hot and 2) sade will always rule.

and yes, stronger than than pride is probably the most overlooked sade album. after love deluxe (which will never be topped by anyone), pride has always been my #2 pick, easily.

also, here's an old podcast of non-album sade material for your throwback thursday.

have you got a tracklisting for that?

you can still find lots of their records in used bins cheap yes, and they sound great. tough to think of another act less in need of a remastering job.

― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Wednesday, September 2, 2020 9:36 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

yes, found promise in my mother-in-law's record collection recently, sounds amazing

can't think of many other things in life that match the dollar to pure joy ratio of buying an 80s sade lp secondhand

you too can be in the presence of a goddess for $1

have you got a tracklisting for that?

― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, September 3, 2020 12:41 PM

fuck! i'm sorry, mixcloud has really gone overboard with the efforts to not get copyright dinged. the tracklist used to be there. i didn't write it down anywhere else, so hang tight, i'm gonna dig through discogs info and see if i can get it compiled again.

Haha lol ok thanks. Am listening now. Love the vinyl crackles :)

here's the tracklist for that mix and where the tunes first appeared:

1. Love Affair With Life (Your Love is King b-side)
2. Smooth Operator/Red Eye (Smooth Operator 12")
3. Should I Love You (Hang on to Your Love b-side)
4. Wired (Is it a Crime? b-side)
5. Love Is Stronger Than Pride [Mad Professor Remix] (Feel No Pain b-side)
6. Super Bien Total [Extended Mix] (Paradise b-side)
7. Spirit (Smooth Operator b-side)
8. Keep Hanging On [Live] (Paradise b-side)
9. Make Some Room (Nothing Can Come Between Us b-side)
10. Room 55 (Kiss of Life b-side)

enjoy.

all credit due to my homie tREBLEFREE for putting that mix together. it was just an idea i had; he did all of the actual work. check him out on mixcloud for monthly r+b mixes that will feed your soul: https://www.mixcloud.com/treblefree

Awesome! Thank you!

Birthday wishes to Sade Adu who turns 62 years young today pic.twitter.com/aAPz1NuVl3

— Barney Hurley (@barneyhurley1) January 16, 2021

62 today!

there was a really good video essay recently on the trash theory youtube channel that got into some specifics about the early years of the band that i didn't know about.

anyway, that's fine i'm just on my sunday evening bullshit and wanted any reason to post a general appreciation of the thin lizzy cover that came out to entice folks to buy that ultimate collection set. i bought just the track on itunes lol. crazy to think that was a decade ago. nothing revelatory and still absolutely magic. big sigh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW8HHw8kpfM

no expectations for a next record at this point, but it's silly to deny my desire in wanting to see that happen. which it probably won't. but gee whizz, if it did!

they are supposed to be have been working on a new album for a bit now actually

indeed, but i won't hold my breath — in a nice way.

same feelings i have about people like andre3000, maxwell, and erykah badu releasing new records. "be nice if it happens."

with sade though the obstacle has usually just been them all being ready to work on a new album, so i'm not too worried now that it's in progress

https://www.nts.live/shows/test-pressing/episodes/test-pression-w-andrew-hale-9th-june-2018

Andrew Hale (from the band) was on Test Pressing's radio show at the weekend for a Sade special. They only seem to have recorded the first hour but I went into the chatroom and asked what was happening with a new Sade album and near the end of the show he confirmed it is being actively worked on.

― boxedjoy, Monday, 11 June 2018 14:14 (three years ago)

big sigh.

― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), Sunday, November 14, 2021 7:39 PM (yesterday)

lol they've always taken forever? it's going to happen unless one of them keels over and even then it will probably happen. like planting tulip bulbs.

i want it to happen and i'm willing to wait.

sigh.

all those early records are an endless horizon i just keep going back to them over and over, constant rotation

i don't think i'll ever tire of them