Love Deluxe
by Sade
- Type: Album
- Released: 26聽October聽1992
- Label: Epic
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 45:39
- Community rating: 4.4/5 from 31 ratings
Artists on this release: Chris Lord-Alge, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman, Leroy Osbourne, Paul S. Denman, Gavyn Wright, Nick Ingman, Stephen Marcussen, Sade Adu, Marc Williams, Albert Watson, Mike Pela, Martin Ditcham
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Love Deluxe' marked a significant evolution in Sade's sound, shifting from live instrumentation to a modernized, programmed aesthetic with lush, dark production. [2] The album's minimalist and artfully arranged compositions fuse the band's fluid dynamics with spacious, trip-hop adjacent beats, providing a sophisticated backdrop for Sade Adu's exacting lyrics on desire, social observation, and heartache. [2, 4]
Genres
Descriptors: sophisticated, soulful, velvety, elegant, downtempo, atmospheric, slow
Tracklist
- No Ordinary Love (7:20)
- Feel No Pain (5:09)
- I Couldn't Love You More (3:48)
- Like a Tattoo (3:38)
- Kiss of Life (5:50)
- Cherish the Day (5:32)
- Pearls (4:33)
- Bullet Proof Soul (5:25)
- Mermaid (4:24)
Credits
- Paul S. Denman - bass
- Sade Adu - vocals, production, arrangements
- Andrew Hale - keyboards
- Stuart Matthewman - guitars, saxophone
- Leroy Osbourne - vocals
- Martin Ditcham - drums (track 5), percussion (tracks 1, 5)
- Nick Ingman - string arrangements (tracks 5, 7)
- Gavyn Wright - orchestra leader
- Tony Pleeth - solo cello (track 7)
- Mike Pela - co-production, engineering
- Chris Lord-Alge - engineering, mixing (track 9)
- Sandro Franchin - engineering assistance
- Adrian Moore - engineering assistance
- Marc Williams - engineering assistance
- Stephen Marcussen - mastering
- Albert Watson - photography
- Peter Brawne - design
- Quest Typesetting - production