Name	Artist	Time	Price
1.	Is It a Crime	Sade	6:21	$1.29
2.	The Sweetest Taboo	Sade	4:37	$1.29
3.	War of the Hearts	Sade	6:47	$0.99
4.	You're Not the Man	Sade	5:10	$0.99
5.	Jezebel	Sade	5:29	$1.29
6.	Mr Wrong	Sade	2:51	$0.99
7.	Punch Drunk	Sade	5:25	$0.99
8.	Never As Good As the First Time	Sade	4:59	$1.29
9.	Fear	Sade	4:09	$0.99
10.	Tar Baby	Sade	3:58	$0.69
11.	Maureen	Sade	4:20	$0.99

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Our Review

Where Diamond Life focused on Sade’s patented brand of taut, stealthy funk, Promise is more of a smoky jazz outing. “Punch Drunk” and “You’re Not the Man” come close to traditional nightclub jazz. Bolstered by double bass and wandering piano, these songs give Sade the opportunity to play the nightclub chanteuse. Of course, the band has not lost its feel for velvet funk, as evidenced by the album’s big hits, “Never As Good As the First Time” and “The Sweetest Taboo.” While Sade is generally known for her seductive powers, Promise is notable for its portraits of other women. “Maureen” and “Jezebel” show females in the midst of loss and transformation, and each song assumes a stunningly empathetic point of view. Most striking of all is “Tar Baby,” which delves into a portrayal of heroin addiction: “Like a brand new blade / You cut into my life / Cut through two decades / Like a hot coal on ice.”

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Customer Reviews

Awesome! (5 stars)
This is possibly Sade's best work as a whole project. She proved herself a genuine artist and did not fall prey to the "sopmore jinx" that has beset so many. While the "airplay" songs are great, all of the additional tracs are equally incredible. If you have never listened to this entire work, you should!!!

all time greats (5 stars)
absolutely one of the best albums of all time. If you sit in a dark room and let yourself transend into the songs as if you were the character, you will find this to be some of the best written and sung music ever

Heartache, Heartbreak and Hope... (5 stars)
Nobody combines and refines them better than Sade, with her crackerjack backup team of Denman, Matthewman and Hale. Sounds like a law firm, as long as their specialty is the legislation and navigation of lost love. There are three huge hits here: "The Sweetest Taboo", "Jezebel" and "Never As Good As The First Time" (though I think the Single version, available on "THE BEST OF SADE" is vastly superior.)

Biography

Formed: 1983 in England
Genre: R&B/Soul
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

When singer Sade and her band of the same name were establishing themselves, their record company, Epic, made a point of printing "Pronounced Shar-day" on the record labels of their releases. Soon enough, the music had no problem with the correct pronunciation. With the breakthrough Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten single "Smooth Operator" propelling the debut Sade album, Diamond Life, to the same spot on the Billboard 200 chart in 1985, the band fast came to epitomize soulful, adult-oriented, sophisti-pop....

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Top Songs By Sade
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	By Your Side	Lovers Rock	4:34	$1.29
2.	No Ordinary Love	The Best of Sade	7:20	$1.29
3.	Soldier of Love	Soldier of Love	5:56	$1.29
4.	Smooth Operator (Single Version)	The Best of Sade	4:18	$1.29
5.	The Sweetest Taboo	The Best of Sade	4:36	$1.29
6.	Your Love Is King	The Best of Sade	3:39	$1.29
7.	Kiss of Life	The Best of Sade	4:10	$1.29
8.	Smooth Operator	Diamond Life	4:54	$1.29
9.	The Moon and the Sky	Soldier of Love	4:27	$1.29
10.	Cherish the Day	The Best of Sade	6:17	$1.29

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