Recorded 1984–2011 Artist Sade Label RCA Records | Length 133:03 Release date 29 April 2011 | |
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Released 29 April 2011 (2011-04-29) Genres Soul music, Jazz, Contemporary R&B Producers Robin Millar, Mike Pela, 40 Similar Sade albums, Soul music albums | ||
The intermission
The Ultimate Collection is the second greatest hits album by English band Sade, released on 29 April 2011 by RCA Records. The album includes several singles from the band's career, including the hit singles "Your Love Is King", "Smooth Operator", "By Your Side", "No Ordinary Love" and "Soldier of Love". It also contains four previously unreleased tracks—a cover of Thin Lizzy's 1974 song "Still in Love with You", a remix of "The Moon and the Sky" featuring Jay-Z, and the songs "I Would Have Never Guessed" and "Love Is Found". The band promoted the album with their first concert tour in ten years, Sade Live. The album was later released as The Essential Sade under the Sony Legacy umbrella.
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Commercial performance
The Ultimate Collection debuted at number eight on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 15,184 copies, becoming Sade's seventh top-10 album in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number seven with 38,000 copies sold in its first week, earning the band their ninth consecutive top-10 album on the chart.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Ultimate Collection.
Songs
1Your Love Is King3:41
2Smooth Operator (Remastered)4:16
3Hang on to Your Love (Remastered Version)4:29