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The Best of Sade

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Recorded
  
1984–93

The Best of Sade (1994)
  
Lovers Rock (2000)

Release date
  
31 October 1994

Producers
  
Robin Millar, Mike Pela

Length
  
73:50

Artist
  
Sade

Label
  
Epic/Sony Records

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Released
  
10 July 1994 (1994-31-10)

Studio
  
Various Ameraycan Studios, Conway Studios (Los Angeles) Compass Point Studios (Nassau, Bahamas) The Hit Factory, The Power Plant (London) Ridge Farm (Surrey, England) Studio Condulmer (Venice) Studio Marcadet (Paris) Studio Miraval (Le Val, France)

Genres
  
Soul music, Jazz, Pop music, Rhythm and blues, Contemporary R&B

Similar
  
Sade albums, Pop music albums

The Best of Sade is the first greatest hits album by English band Sade. It was released in the United Kingdom on 31 October 1994 and in the United States on 4 November 1994 by Epic Records. The retrospective was digitally remastered in 2000. The Best of Sade chronicles Sade's first four albums, while also including non-single songs "Jezebel", "Like a Tattoo" and "Pearls", as well as "Please Send Me Someone to Love", which appeared in the soundtrack for the film Philadelphia.

Contents

The singles from Diamond Life, as well as Stronger Than Pride's "Paradise" and "Nothing Can Come Between Us", are presented in their 7" edit forms; "Never as Good as the First Time" and "Cherish the Day" are remixes produced by Sade, also taken from their respective singles. None of this information is listed within the packaging.

Track listing

Notes
  • ^a signifies a co-producer
  • Personnel

    Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Best of Sade.

    Sade
  • Sade – production (tracks 7–13, 15, 16); arrangement (tracks 8–13, 15, 16)
  • Sade Adu – vocals
  • Andrew Hale – keyboards
  • Stuart Matthewman – guitar, saxophone
  • Paul S. Denman – bass
  • Additional personnel

    Songs

    1Your Love Is King3:42
    2Hang on to Your Love4:31
    3Smooth Operator4:18

    References

    The Best of Sade Wikipedia