Love Deluxe

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Love Deluxe
Sade - Love Deluxe.png
Studio album by
Sade
Released26 October 1992 (1992-10-26)
Recorded1992
Studio
Genre
Length45:47
Label Epic
Producer Sade
Sade chronology
Stronger Than Pride
(1988)		Love Deluxe
(1992)		 The Best of Sade
(1994)
Singles from Love Deluxe
  1. "No Ordinary Love"
    Released: 28 September 1992
  2. "Feel No Pain"
    Released: 16 November 1992
  3. "Kiss of Life"
    Released: 26 April 1993
  4. "Cherish the Day"
    Released: 19 July 1993

Love Deluxe is the fourth studio album by English band Sade, released by Epic Records in the United Kingdom on 26 October 1992 and in the United States on 3 November 1992. [5] [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Calgary Herald B+ [7]
The Daily VaultA− [8]
Entertainment Weekly B [2]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME 7/10 [10]
Pitchfork 9.3/10 [11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
The Village Voice B− [13]

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 Somali woman who has a life that "hurts like brand-new shoes" on the song "Pearls". [13] 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." [2] 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." [3]

In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album 247th on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". [14] In September 2022, Pitchfork ranked Love Deluxe as the 52nd best album of the 1990s. [15]

Commercial performance

Love Deluxe peaked at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart, [16] and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 1 June 1993. [17] In the United States, the album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, [18] and as of May 2003, it had sold 3.4 million copies. [19] The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it four-times platinum on 9 November 1994, denoting shipments in excess of four million copies. [20] The album was also commercially successful elsewhere, reaching number one in France and the top 10 in Belgium, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. [21] [22] [23] [24] By April 1993, the album had sold three million copies worldwide, including 220,000 copies in Italy. [25]

Aftermath

Following the release of Love Deluxe, the band had a seven-year hiatus, during which Sade Adu came under media scrutiny with rumours of depression and addiction and later gave birth to her first child. [26] During this time, the other members of the band, Matthewman, Denman, and Hale, went on to other projects, including 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. [27]

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
Total length:45:47

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love Deluxe. [28]

Sade

Additional musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Love Deluxe
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [51] Platinum70,000^
Belgium (BEA) [52] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [53] Platinum100,000^
France (SNEP) [54] Platinum300,000*
Germany (BVMI) [55] Gold250,000^
Italy—220,000 [25]
Japan (RIAJ) [56] Platinum200,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [57] Gold50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [58] Gold7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [59] 2× Platinum200,000^
Sweden (GLF) [60] Gold50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [61] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Gold120,000 [52]
United States (RIAA) [20] 4× Platinum3,400,000 [19]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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