SADE
The Best
(1993)
Sade (Helen Folasade ADU) was born in Nigeria on January 16, 1959,
and was raised in London. Although Sade originally began studying fashion
design, her desire for music led her to a jazz-funk group named PRIDE.
Sade, the woman, and SADE, the band, became staples on the pop
and R&B charts from the mid-80's and into the 90s.
By selling millions of LPs around the world,
Sade brought a level of class and a smooth jazz sound the ears of pop radio,
always maintaining a high level of quality.
The longevity of Sade's music best represents the uniqueness of its sound.
SADE, the band, was formed with Adu,
and former PRIDE members Stuart MATTHEWMAN (on sax and guitar),
Andrew HALE (on keyboards),
and Paul Spencer DENMAN (on bass). SADE's musical style has been described
as "smoky faux-jazz."
As Stephen HOLDEN observed in the NEW YORK TIMES,
" ... in a pop climate obsessed with changing sounds and the language of the street,
Sade has shown herself to be a pop classicist more interested in creating
a durable body of work than in keeping up ... (her) best songs find fresh images
for expressing time-honored sentiments and placing them in settings that distill
particular moods with a special intensity."
1. Paradise 4'01
(Sade Adu / Andrew Hale / Stuart Matthewman / Paul S. Denman)
From Stronger Than Pride, 1988
2. Why Can't We Live Together 5'29
(Timmy Thomas)
From Diamond Life, 1984
3. Jezebel 5'29
(Sade Adu / Stuart Matthewman)
From Promise, 1985
4. Like A Tattoo 3'39
(Sade Adu / Andrew Hale / Stuart Matthewman)
From Love Deluxe, 1992
5. Siemre Hey Esperanza 5'16
(Sade Adu / Stuart Matthewman / Leroy Osbourne)
From Stronger Than Pride, 1988
6. Is It A Crime 6'20
(Sade Adu / Stuart Matthewman / Andrew Hale)
From Promise, 1985
7. Hang On To Your Love 6'01
(Sade Adu / Stuart Matthewman)
From Diamond Life, 1984
8. No Ordinary Love 7'20
(Sade Adu / Stuart Matthewman)
From Love Deluxe, 1992
9. Haunt Me 5'51
(Sade Adu / Stuart Matthewman)
From Stronger Than Pride, 1988
10. I Will Be Your Friend 4'42
(Sade Adu / Stuart Matthewman)
From Diamond Life, 1984
11. The Sweetest Taboo 4'37
(Sade Adu / Paul S. Ditcham)
From Promise, 1985
12. Feel No Pain 5'08
(Sade Adu / Andrew Hale / Sturt Matthewman
From Love Deluxe, 1992
13. Turn My Back On You 6'04
(Sade Adu / Andrew Hale / Sturt Matthewman
From Stronger Than Pride, 1988
14. Fear 4'09
(Sade Adu / Stuart Matthewman
From Promise, 1985
Total Time: 74:06
Sade Adu - Vocals, Producer
Stuart Matthewman - Guitar, Saxophone
Andrew Hale - Keyboards
Gordon Hunte - Guitar
Paul S. Denman - Bass
Terry Bailey - Trumpet
Pete Beachill - Trombone
Paul Cooke - Drums
Trevor Murrell - Drums
Karl Van Den Bossche - Percussion
Dave Early - Percussion, Drums
Martin Ditcham - Percussion
Leroy Osbourne - Vocals
Jake Jacas - Vocals
Gordon Matthewman - Trumpet
Tony Pleeth - Cello
SADE - Arranger, Producer
Mike Pela - Producer, Production Engineer
Robin Millar - Producer
Nick Ingman - Arranger, String Arrangements
Phil Legg - Assistant Engineer
Ben Rogan - Engineer
Marc Williams - Assistant Engineer
Gavyn Wright - Orchestra Leader
Hein Hoven - Producer, Mixing
Ian Cooper - Mastering
Peter Brown - Assistant Engineer
Olivier De Bosson - Assistant Engineer
Frank Segarra - Assistant Engineer
Melanie West - Assistant Engineer
Adrian Moore - Assistant Engineer
Alain Lubrano - Assistant Engineer
Vince McCartney - Assistant Engineer
Albert Watson - Photography
1. Paradise
I'd wash the sand off the shore
Give you the world if it was mine
Blow you right to my door
Feels fine
Feels like
You're mine
Feels right
So fine
I'm Yours
You're mine
Like Paradise
I'd give the world if it was mine
Feels fine
Feels like
You're mine
I'm Yours
So fine
Like Paradise
I'd wash the sand off the shore
Give you the world if it was mine
Blow you right to my door
Feels fine
Feels like
You're mine
Feels right
So fine
I'm Yours
You're mine
Like Paradise
Oooh what a life
Oooh what a life
Oooh what a life
Oooh what a life
I wanna share my life
Wanna share my life with you
Wanna share my life
I wanna share my life
Wanna share my life with you
Wanna share my life
Oooh what a life
Like paradise
2. Why Can't We Live Together
Tell me why tell me why tell me why
Umm why can't we live together
Tell me why tell me
Umm why can't we live together
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together
No more war no more war no more war
Umm just a little peace
No more war no more war all we want
Is some peace in this world
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together
No matter no matter what color
Umm you are still my brother
I said no matter no matter what color
Umm you are still my brother
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together
Everybody wants to live
Everybodys got to be together
Ooh everybody wants to live
Everybodys got to be together
Ooh Ooh laaa laa laa laa
Everybodys got to be together
Everybody wants to be together
I said no matter no matter what color
Umm you are still my brother
I said no matter no matter what color
You are still my brother
Everybody wants to live together
Why can't we be together
Goitta live together
Together !
3. Jezebel
Jezebel wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth
She probably had less than every one of us
But when she knew how to walk she knew
How to bring the house down
Can't blame her for her beauty
She wins with her hands down
Jezebel, what a belle
Looks like a princess in her new dress
How did you get that
Do you really want to know, she said
It would seem she's on her way
It's more, more than just a dream
She put on her stockings and shoes
Had nothing to lose - she said it was worth it
Reach for the top
And the sun is gonna shine
Every winter was a war she said
I want to get what's mine
Jezebel Jezebel
Won't try to deny where she came from
You can see it in her pride
And the raven in her eyes
Try show her a better way
She'll say you don't know what you've been missing
And by the time she blinks you know she won't be listening
Reach for the top she said
And the sun is gonna shine
Every winter was a war she said
I want to get what's mine
4. Like A Tattoo
He told me sweet lies of sweet love
Heavy with the burden of the truth
And he spoke of his dreams
Broken by the burden
Broken by the burden of his youth
Fourteen years he said
I couldn't look into the sun
She saw him laying at the end of my gun
Hungrey for life
And thirsty for the distant river
I remember his hands
And the way the mountains looked
The light shot diamonds from his eyes
Hungry for life
And thirsty for the distant river
Like the scar of age
Written all over my face
The war is still raging inside of me
I still feel the chill
As i reveal my shame to you
I wear it like a tattoo
I wear it like a tattoo
I wear it like a tattoo
5. Siemre Hey Esperanza
6. Is It A Crime
It may come, it may come as some surprise
but I miss you
I could see through, all of your lies
But I stll miss you
He takes her love, but it doesn't feel like mine
He tastes her kiss, her kisses are not wine, they're not mine
He takes, but surely she can't give what I'm feeling now
She takes, but surely she doesn't know how
Is it a crime
Is it a crime
That I still want you
And I want you to want me too
My love is wider, wider than vitoria lake
My love is taller, taller than the empire state
It dives and it jumps and it ripples like the deepest ocean
I can't give you more than that, surely you want me back
Is it a crime
Is it a crime
That I still want you
And I want you to want me too
My love is wider than vitoria lake
Taller than the empire state
It dives and it jumps
I can't give you more than that, surely you want me back
Is it a crime
Is it a crime
That I still want you
And I want you to want me too
It dives and it jumps
And it ripples like the deepest Ocean
I can't give you more than that
Surely you want me back
Tell me
Is it a crime
7. Hang On To Your Love
In heaven's name why are you walking away
Hang on to your love
In heaven's name why do you play these games
Hang on to your love
Take time if you're down on luck
It's so easy to walk out on love
Take your time if the going gets tough
It's so precious
So if you want it to get stronger
You'd better not let go
You gotta hold on longer
If you want your love to grow
Gotta stick together
Hand in glove
Hold tight, don't fight
Hang on to your love
In heaven's name why are you walking away
Hang on to your love
In heaven's name why do you play these games
Hang on to your love
Be brave when the journey is rough
It's not easy when you're in love
Don't be ashamed when the going gets tough
It's not easy don't give up
If you want it to get stronger
You'd better not let go
You gotta hold on longer
If you want your love to grow
Gotta stick together
Hand in glove
Hold tight, don't fight
Hang on to your love
In heaven's name why are you walking away
Hang on to your love
In heaven's name why do you play these games
Hang on to your love
Da da da dee dee da, da da da dee dee da, daaa (dee dee daa) Da da da dee dee da, da da da dee dee da, daaa (dee dee daa)
Da da da dee dee da, da da da dee dee da, daaa (dee dee daa) Da da da dee dee da, da da da dee dee da, daaa (dee dee daa)
So if you want it to get stronger
You'd better not let go
You gotta hold on longer
If you want your love to grow
Gotta stick together
Hand in glove
Hold tight, don't fight
Hang on to your love
In heaven's name why are you walking away
Hang on to your love
In heaven's name why do you play these games
Hang on to your love
When you find a love (to your love)
Don't let it walk away
When you find your love (to your love)
You've got to make it stay (hang on)
Hang on to your love
Don't let it walk away
When you find your love
Got to make him stay
You've got to hang on to your love (to your love)
You've got to hang on to your love (to your love)
Why are you walking away (why are you walking away)
Why do you play these games< (play these games)
Da da da dee dee da ( to your love), da da da dee dee da, daaa (to your love) Da da da dee dee da (to your love), da da da dee dee da, daaa (to your love ) Hang on to your love
8. No Ordinary Love
I gave you all the love I got
I gave you more than I could give
I gave you love
I gave you all that I have inside
And you took my love
You took my love
Didn't I tell you
What I believe
Did somebody say that
A love like that won't last
Didn't I give you
All that I've got to give baby
I gave you all the love I got
I gave you more than I could give
I gave you love
I gave you all that I have inside
And you took my love
You took my love
I keep crying
I keep trying for you
There's nothing like you and I baby
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
When you came my way
You brightened every day
With your sweet smile
Didn't I tell you
What I believe
Did somebody say that
A love like that won't last
Didn't I give you
All that I've got to give baby
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
I keep crying
I keep trying for you
There's nothing like you and I baby
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
This is no ordinary love
No ordinary Love
Keep trying for you
Keep crying for you
Keep flying for you
Keep flying I'm falling
I'm falling
Keep trying for you
Keep crying for you
Keep flying for you
Keep flying for you I'm falling
I'm falling
9. Haunt Me
Haunt me
In my dreams
If you please
You're breath is with me now and always
It's like a breeze
So should you ever doubt me
If it's help that you need
Never dare to doubt me
And if you want to sleep
I'll be quiet
Like an angel
As quiet as your soul could be
If you only knew
You had a friend like me
So should you ever doubt me
If it's help that you need
Never dare to doubt me
10. I Will Be Your Friend
I know that lately
Things haven't been so good
I always said
If I could ever help you I would
Ooh ooh ooh, Ooh ooh ooh, I love you
For a thousand years
Ooh ooh ooh, Ooh ooh ooh, I'm here
To wipe away the tears
I will be your friend till the end of time
I will be your friend I'm here to make you smile
When your fallin apart
I pick up each piece
Build a wall around your dreams
The punches to your heart
Melt away when you never thought they'd heal
So trust in me
These are the words I tattoo on you
If hercules can pick you up
I will I really am true
I will be your friend untill the end of time
I will be your friend I'm here to make you smile
Ooh ooh ooh, Ooh ooh ooh, I love you
For a thousand years
Ooh ooh ooh, Ooh ooh ooh, I'm here
To wipe away the tears
You've got so much to give
I'll tell you just when you need to know
Get out and live
Pick you up when you're feeling low
So here's my hand
Trust in me I really am true
You've got to understand
There's nothing
I wouldn't do
I will be your friend untill the end of time
I will be your friend I'm here to make you smile
I will be your friend untill the end of time
I will be your friend I'm here to make you smile
You've got so much to give
Ooh Ooh ooh Ooh
Get out and live
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
I will be your friend untill the end of time
I will be your friend I'm here to make you smile
The Punches to your heart
When your falling apart..
11. The Sweetest Taboo
If I tell you
If I tell you now
Will you keep on
Will you keep on loving me
If I tell you
If I tell you how I feel
Will you keep bringing out the best in me
You give me, you give me the sweetest taboo
You give me, you're giving me the sweetest taboo
Too good for me
There's a quiet storm
And it never felt like this before
There's a quiet storm
That is you
There's a quiet storm
And it never felt this hot before
Giving me something that's taboo
( Sometimes I think you're just too good for me )
You give me the sweetest taboo
That's why I'm in love with you
You give me the sweetest taboo
Sometimes I think you're just too good for me
I'd do anything for you, I'd stand out in the rain
Anything you want me to do, don't let it slip away
There's a quiet storm
And it never felt like this before
There'a a quiet storm
I think it's you
There'a a quiet storm
And I never felt this hot before
Giving me something that's taboo
You give me the sweetest taboo
That's why I'm in love with you
You give me, you're giving me the sweetest taboo
Too good for me
You've got the biggest heart
Sometimes I think you're just too good for me
Every day is Christmas, and every night is new years eve
Will you keep on loving me
Will you keep on, will you keep on
Bringing out the best in me
12. Feel No Pain
Mamma been laid off
Pappa been laid off
My brother's been laid off
For more than two years now
Ooh can't get a job
Billy can't get a job
Ooh they gotta listen to the blues
Help them to strive
Help them to move on
Help them to have some future
Help them to live long
Help them to live life
Help them to smile
Don't let them stay home and listen to the blues
Pappa been laid off
Mamma been laid off
Billy can't get a job
For too long too long
Don't let them lose
We gotta give them a chance
It's gonna come back on everyone
If you don't make them dance
Don't let them stay home and listen to the blues
There's nothing sacred (why why why))
breathing hatred
We have to face it (why why why)
No one can take it
And feel no pain
Mamma been laid off
Pappa been laid off
My brother's been laid off
For more than two years now
Ooh can't get a job
Billy can't get a job
Ooh they gotta listen to the blues
Help them to strive
Help them to move on
Help them to have some future
Help them to live long
Help them to live life
Help them to smile
Don't let them stay home and listen to the blues
One day we're gonna wake up
And the ghetto's all around
All over my friend
Have you ever seen a man break down
Do you know how that feels
To walk the streets with your head held high
Why, why, why
Oh Lord, have mercy
Did you ever see a man break down
There's nothing sacred
Breathing hatred
We have to face it
No one can take it (how can they take that much)
And feel no pain
Ooh did you ever see a man break down
13. Turn My Back On You
To turn my back on you
Now would I turn my back on me
To turn my back on you
Now would I turn my back on me
No (don't say) I'm not gonna turn my back on you
You know I'll never let you down (ah ha)
No way
I'll never let you down
I'll never let you down, no way
Try to tell you that it's alright
Ooo I'm not playingYou are my religion
To turn my back on you
Now would I turn my back on me
To turn my back on you
Now would I turn my back on me
No (don't say) I'm not gonna turn my back on you
You know I'll never let you down (ah ha)
No way
I'll never let you down
I'll never let you down, no way
Try to tell you that it's alright
Ooo I'm not playingYou are my religion
To turn my back on you
Now would I turn my back on me
To turn my back on you
Now would I turn my back on me
14. Fear
Blue is the color of the red sky
Will he, will he come home tonite
Blue is the color that she feels inside
Matador, I can't hide my fear anymore
Azul es el color del rojo cielo
volvera volvera a mi esta noche
Azul es el color que siente a dentro
matador no puedo esconder mi temor
Can she tame the beast that is her fear
puede domar la fiera que es su temor
Waiting for her matador
Will they bring the bad news
Blue is the color that she feels inside
Matador I can't hide my fear anymore
Azul es el color del rojo cielo
volvera, volvera a mi esta noche
Azul es el color que siente a dentro
Matador no puedo esconder mi temor
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