The Essential Sade

~ Release by Sade (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Your Love Is King recording of: Your Love Is King lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman publisher: Angel Music Ltd., SM Publishing (UK) Limited (current name of Sony Music Publishing UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部	4	3:41
2	Smooth Operator recording of: Smooth Operator lyricist and composer: Sade Adu and Raymond St. John publisher: Angel Music Ltd., Peermusic (UK) Limited, Peermusic Ltd. (BMI), SM Publishing (UK) Limited (current name of Sony Music Publishing UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 and ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)	4.6	4:16
3	Hang On to Your Love recording of: Hang On to Your Love lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman publisher: Angel Music Ltd., SM Publishing (UK) Limited (current name of Sony Music Publishing UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部	4	4:29
4	The Sweetest Taboo recording of: The Sweetest Taboo lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu and Martin Ditcham publisher: Angel Music Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (Japan), Inc., A Division, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Sony/ATV Songs LLC	5	4:25
5	Is It a Crime recording of: Is It a Crime lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman publisher: Angel Music Ltd., SM Publishing (UK) Limited (current name of Sony Music Publishing UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部	4	6:20
6	Never as Good as the First Time recording of: Never as Good as the First Time lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman publisher: Angel Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部	3	3:56
7	Jezebel recording of: Jezebel lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman publisher: Angel Music Ltd., SM Publishing (UK) Limited (current name of Sony Music Publishing UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部	2	5:26
8	Love Is Stronger Than Pride engineer: Mike Pela and Ben Rogan co-producer: Mike Pela and Ben Rogan producer: Sade (group w/ singer of same performance name) bass guitar: Paul S. Denman keyboard: Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) vocals: Sade Adu and Leroy Osbourne (vocalist guitarist, songwriter.) arranger: Sade (group w/ singer of same performance name) recording of: Love Is Stronger Than Pride lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman	3.85	4:17
9	Paradise vocals: Leroy Osbourne (vocalist guitarist, songwriter.) arranger: Sade (group w/ singer of same performance name) recording of: Paradise lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman	4.5	3:36
10	Nothing Can Come Between Us vocals: Leroy Osbourne (vocalist guitarist, songwriter.) arranger: Sade (group w/ singer of same performance name) recording of: Nothing Can Come Between Us lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman	4	3:52
11	No Ordinary Love vocals: Leroy Osbourne (vocalist guitarist, songwriter.) arranger: Sade (group w/ singer of same performance name) part of: The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 459) recording of: No Ordinary Love lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman	4	7:18
12	Kiss of Life recording of: Kiss of Life lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman	3	4:10
13	Feel No Pain recording of: Feel No Pain writer: Sade Adu, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman	3.35	5:08
14	Bullet Proof Soul recording of: Bullet Proof Soul writer: Sade Adu, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman	3	5:25

▼CD 2
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Cherish the Day recording of: Cherish the Day writer: Sade Adu, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman	4	6:18
2	Pearls vocals: Leroy Osbourne (vocalist guitarist, songwriter.) strings arranger: Nick Ingman arranger: Sade (group w/ singer of same performance name) recording of: Pearls writer: Sade Adu and Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer)	3.5	4:32
3	By Your Side phonographic copyright (℗) by: Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment) (in 2000) recording of: By Your Side lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Andrew Paul Hale (keyboardist/composer), Paul Spencer Denman and Stuart Colin Matthewman	4	4:39
4	Immigrant recording of: Immigrant lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu and Janusz Podrazik	3.5	3:47
5	Flow recording of: Flow lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman	3.5	4:33
6	King of Sorrow recording of: King of Sorrow lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman	3	4:45
7	The Sweetest Gift recording of: The Sweetest Gift lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman		2:19
8	Soldier of Love recording of: Soldier of Love lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman publisher: Angel Music Ltd.	3	5:56
9	The Moon and the Sky recording of: The Moon and the Sky lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman publisher: Angel Music Ltd.	3	4:27
10	Babyfather recording of: Babyfather lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Juan Janes, Stuart Matthewman and Andrew Nicholls publisher: Angel Music Ltd.	5	4:38
11	Still in Love With You cover recording of: Still in Love With You lyricist and composer: Phil Lynott	3	4:24
12	Love Is Found recording of: Love Is Found lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman	3	4:08
13	I Would Never Have Guessed recording of: I Would Never Have Guessed lyricist and composer: Sade Adu, Anthony Momrelle and Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer)	2	2:55
14	The Moon and the Sky (remix) recording of: The Moon and the Sky lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) and Stuart Matthewman publisher: Angel Music Ltd.		4:26
15	By Your Side (Neptunes remix) recording of: By Your Side lyricist: Sade Adu composer: Sade Adu, Andrew Paul Hale (keyboardist/composer), Paul Spencer Denman and Stuart Colin Matthewman		3:59

Credits

Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/5791834 [info]

Release Group

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/341091 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Sade/The-ultimate-collection [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/g3gw [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/sade/the_ultimate_collection/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/429104/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002132521 [info]
Wikidata:	Q3989760 [info]

Release information

Barcode:: 888430347526
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 2:12:05

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data Quality:: Normal

Labels

Epic
88843034752

Release events

United States
2014

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