Sade: Classic or Dud?

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

we watched the video for "sweetest taboo" again over the weekend - it's aged very well imo.

agree those records do just seem to age better and better. so very, very classic.

if anybody wants that b-sides collection upthread as a download, lmk.

and yes re:the visuals with the band. just, everything, like i said: so very, very classic.

truly wonderful band.

xps just watched

when she gets up from the windowsill at 1:56 and starts dancing whaaaaaaat

life promise pride love is an essential dvd imo

https://www.discogs.com/master/204977-Sade-Life-Promise-Pride-Love

Thanks for getting me to watch her videos, few of which I had ever seen. Great and timeless indeed ('Turn My Back on You' and 'When Am I Gonna Make a Living' could have come out today).

sade on horseback is magic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfzmVUrZplw

Love that Thin Lizzy cover, thanks for posting

I don’t have anything to add on Sade, except that I once saw a mean tweet from Tracy Thorne about “Soldier of Love”, and it has basically made me dislike TT forever since

Tracey's a big fan though

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

I love Sade's singing more and more as time goes by. And I already loved it a lot.

— Tracey Thorn (@tracey_thorn) January 9, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx_BZ5VfyWQ

I didn't appreciate her nearly enough when Diamond Life came out (it got overplayed at our record store), but her records have aged remarkably well. In addition to a fantastic voice and amazing presence, she's just cool as hell. A star.

sade on horseback is magic

(Swoon)

this was posted a few days ago. sad news but also makes me hopeful that something new will show up eventually.

https://scontent.fslc3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/295694383_597681398390594_5659744349417744772_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=1kueaRPbKAkAX-mMQns&_nc_ht=scontent.fslc3-2.fna&oh=00_AT93KaQfdFnmHvnyx73XUn3lMf9B3aL1igjsy4EhVr_QSg&oe=62E8127F

i found stronger than pride in the glove compartment of my boyfriends car a few weeks ago while we were driving around with the windows down. so good and tbh i've never felt cooler.

rest well mp☮️🕉

thank you for sharing that news, map and big co-sign on stronger than pride. that one's probably aged the best of her catalogue by this point. "turn my back on you" is such a standout no matter where or when i hear it.

great music to listen to with a person you love

Lovers Rock and Love Deluxe have really been doing it for me the past years but I am now enjoying Stronger Than Pride

does "no ordinary love" ever lose its power

Just relistened and nope, still great. The stereo panning on the palm-muted electric guitar under Sade's silken vocals is such a great textural touch.

They continue to be one of the few artists my dad and his friends love that I also love. Their production makes them tower way above the rest.

"All About Our Love" is a song i dream about sweetly slow dancing to my spouse 10-20-30 years down the line.

^That's one of my favorites, too. In fact, all of 'Lovers Rock' is sublime.

who programmed the drums on Lovers Rock and Love Deluxe?

they are perfect

for some reason I had the impression it was the drummer, but apparently no

I'm going to guess Andrew Hale.

Thought the thread bump was going to be about this:

Brad Pitt reopens Miraval Studios at Provence wine estate

Award-winning Sade has become the first artist to record new music in the refurbished studios at Château Miraval, co-owned by Pitt and which previously hosted sessions for Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’.https://t.co/LBR5zMfryk

— Decanter (@Decanter) October 11, 2022

do we have a release date?

no & there's not even really much news here, they've been working on the new album since at least 2018. who knows when it'll be done

I think the consensus is that Soldier of Love was a bit underwhelming?

I'd be very (happily) surprised if they reach former heights on a new release

I think the consensus is that Soldier of Love was a bit underwhelming?

No way.

Alfred otm

i guess i'll pay whatever i have to when she tours

absolutely the best arena show i've ever seen, definitely do so.

haha I just knew Alfred would be into it

not for me

"Soldier of Love" (the song) ruled live. As did Sade on that last tour.

haha I just knew Alfred would be into it

not for me

― corrs unplugged

Ha. Does anyone else think Diamond Life their weakest? Apart from the singles and Timmy Thomas cover it's hard to remember how the tracks go when I look at the listing.

I think Lovers Rock and Love Deluxe tower over the rest

diamond life is so amazing it feels wrong to call it the weakest anything but it is my least favorite sade record yes

absolutely the best arena show i've ever seen, definitely do so.

I saw the Love Deluxe tour. Life-changing.

I'm sure I've detailed it upthread somewhere but I saw her live at MSG and was up in the cheap seats with my friends, having just bought hot dogs and beer, when out of nowhere somebody in a hi-vis vest started handing out free floor tickets. We were agog. Eventually we were led down to the floor, where folding metal chairs had been set up in rows, and waiters wearing waistcoats were swanning around with trays of plastic champagne flutes with strawberries floating in them. Every time we stood up to dance we got yelled at by the people behind us. Well excuuuuuuuse me! Afterwards somebody was telling me that she's famous for leaving the building before the last notes of the encore have even finished playing. GOAT

Afterwards somebody was telling me that she's famous for leaving the building before the last notes of the encore have even finished playing

oh man what a power move, absolute queen.

it's a huge ask for me to go to anything, i hate crowds and i live in the fucking wilderness and everything is sign-over-your-car-title expensive now etc, but if she ever makes a stop in l.a. and i still have a grand on my credit card i would at least make an attempt to get tickets and airfare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaD3SgPuccE

no reason, this simply rules.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51ptJw8uWE0

"love is stronger than pride (mad professor remix)" (1992)