Love Deluxe

This article is about the Sade album. For the British group, see Love De-Luxe.
Love Deluxe
Studio album by Sade
Released 26 October 1992 (1992-10-26) (US)
1 November 1992 (1992-11-01) (UK)
Recorded 1992
Studio Studio Condulmer
(Venice)
Ridge Farm
(Surrey, England)
The Hit Factory
(New York City)
Image Recording
(Los Angeles)
Genre
Length 45:07
Label Epic
Producer
Sade chronology
Stronger Than Pride
(1988)		 Love Deluxe
(1992)		 The Best of Sade
(1994)
Singles from Love Deluxe
  1. "No Ordinary Love"
    Released: 8 October 1992
  2. "Feel No Pain"
    Released: 28 November 1992
  3. "Kiss of Life"
    Released: 12 April 1993
  4. "Cherish the Day"
    Released: 31 July 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[1]
NME7/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
The Village VoiceB−[5]

Love Deluxe is the fourth studio album by English band Sade. It was released in the United States on 26 October 1992 and in the United Kingdom on 1 November 1992 by Epic Records.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at number three on the US Billboard 200[6] and has sold 3.4 million copies in the United States.[7] The album was later certified four times platinum by the RIAA for shipments of four million copies.[8] The album was also commercially successful else where reaching number one in France,[9] and reaching the top ten in New Zealand,[10] Sweden,[11] Switzerland[12] and the UK.[13] The album went on to be certified Gold in the United Kingdom.

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau felt that half of the album cannot qualify with Sade's most memorable songs and particularly panned the lyric about a Somalian woman who "hurts like brand-new shoes" on the song "Pearls".[5] Amy Linden of Entertainment Weekly stated that the album "surges with emotion, but the mostly lush ambient music on Love Deluxe is low on the oomph meter."[1] In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Ron Wynn wrote that it "marked a return to the detached cool jazz backing and even icier vocals that made her debut album a sensation" with an "urbane sound."[2]

Aftermath

Following the release of Love Deluxe the band would embark on a seven-year hiatus, during this time she came under media scrutiny with rumors of depression and addiction and later went on to give birth to her first child.[14] During this time the other members of the band Matthewman, Denman, and Hale went on to other projects, including the low-key Sweetback, which released a self-titled album in 1996. Matthewman also played a major role in the development of Maxwell's career, providing instrumentation and production work for the R&B singer's first two albums.[15]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "No Ordinary Love"  
 7:20
2. "Feel No Pain"  
  • Adu
  • Andrew Hale
  • Matthewman
 5:08
3. "I Couldn't Love You More"  
 3:49
4. "Like a Tattoo"  
  • Adu
  • Hale
  • Matthewman
 3:38
5. "Kiss of Life"  
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
  • Hale
  • Denman
 5:50
6. "Cherish the Day"  
  • Adu
  • Hale
  • Matthewman
 5:34
7. "Pearls"  
  • Adu
  • Hale
 4:34
8. "Bullet Proof Soul"  
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
  • Hale
 5:26
9. "Mermaid"  
  • Hale
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
  • Denman
 4:23

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love Deluxe.[16]

Sade
Additional personnel

  • Peter Brawne – design
  • Tom Coyne – remastering
  • Martin Ditcham – drums ("Kiss of Life"); percussion ("No Ordinary Love", "Kiss of Life")
  • Sandro Franchin – assistant engineering
  • Nick Ingman – string arrangements ("Kiss of Life", "Pearls")
  • Chris Lord-Alge – engineering, mixing ("Mermaid")
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Adrian Moore – assistant engineering
  • Leroy Osbourne – vocals
  • Mike Pela – co-production, engineering
  • Tony Pleeth – solo cello ("Pearls")
  • Albert Watson – photography
  • Marc Williams – assistant engineering
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992–93) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[17] 13
Austrian Albums Chart[18] 11
Canadian Albums Chart[19] 16
Dutch Albums Chart[20] 10
French Albums Chart[21] 1
German Albums Chart[22] 14
Hungarian Albums Chart[23] 38
Italian Albums Chart[24] 2
Japanese Albums Chart[25] 10
New Zealand Albums Chart[26] 5
Spanish Albums Chart[27] 6
Swedish Albums Chart[28] 7
Swiss Albums Chart[29] 6
UK Albums Chart[30] 10
US Billboard 200[6] 3
US Top R&B Albums[6] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Italian Albums Chart[24] 15
Chart (1993) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[31] 12
US Top R&B Albums[32] 3
Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Top R&B Albums[33] 51

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[34] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[35] Platinum 100,000^
France (SNEP)[36] Platinum 578,500[36]
Germany (BVMI)[37] Gold 250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[38] Gold 50,000^
Sweden (GLF)[39] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[40] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[41] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[42] 4× Platinum 4,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. 1 2 3 Linden, Amy (13 November 1992). "Love Deluxe (1992)". Entertainment Weekly (144). Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Wynn, Ron. "Love Deluxe – Sade". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sade – Love Deluxe CD". CD Universe. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 712. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (23 November 1993). "Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 "Love Deluxe – Sade | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (May 7, 2003). "Ask Billboard: Keith Caulfield Answers Readers' Questions about Shania Twain, Mya, and Sade". Billboard. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "RIAA's Gold & Platinum Program > Love Deluxe". Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "Les Albums (CD) de 1992 par InfoDisc" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sade – Love Deluxe". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Sade – Love Deluxe". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Sade – Love Deluxe". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
  13. ↑ "1992 Top 40 Official Albums Chart UK Archive". Official Charts Company. 7 November 1992. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  14. ↑ Eshun, Ekow (Winter 2000). "Sade's Complex Relationship With Fame Can Still Teach Us Something, 15 Years Later". The Fader (6). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "iTunes Preview - Sade - Biography". iTunes. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  16. ↑ Love Deluxe (CD liner notes). Sade. Epic Records. 1992. 472626 2.
  17. ↑ "Sade – Love Deluxe". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  18. ↑ "Sade – Love Deluxe" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  19. ↑ "RPM100 Albums". RPM. 57 (4). 6 February 1993. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  20. ↑ "Sade – Love Deluxe" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  21. ↑ "Les Albums (CD) de 1992 par InfoDisc" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  22. ↑ "Sade, Love Deluxe" (in German). charts.de. Media Control. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  23. ↑ "Top 40 album- és Válogatáslemez-lista – 1993. 24. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
  24. 1 2 "Gli album più venduti del 1992" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  25. ↑ シャーデーのアルバム売り上げランキング [Sade album sales ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  26. ↑ "Sade – Love Deluxe". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  27. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard. 104 (48): 61. 28 November 1992. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  28. ↑ "Sade – Love Deluxe". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  29. ↑ "Sade – Love Deluxe". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
  30. ↑ "1992 Top 40 Official Albums Chart UK Archive". Official Charts Company. 7 November 1992. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  31. ↑ "Sade – Chart history: Billboard 200 Albums (Year end)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  32. ↑ "R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – 1993". Billboard.biz. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  33. ↑ "Sade – Chart history: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Year end)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  34. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  35. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Sade – Love Deluxe". Music Canada. 18 March 1993. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  36. 1 2 "Les Albums Platine" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  37. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sade; 'Love Deluxe')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  38. ↑ "Goud/Platina: Sade – Love de luxe" (in Dutch). NVPI. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  39. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. 10 November 1993. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  40. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Sade; 'Love Deluxe')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  41. ↑ "British album certifications – Sade – Love Deluxe". British Phonographic Industry. 1 June 1993. Retrieved 31 March 2014. Enter Love Deluxe in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  42. ↑ "American album certifications – Sade – Love Deluxe". Recording Industry Association of America. 9 November 1994. Retrieved 31 March 2014. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.