The Best Of Sade

love sade

Is amazing pressing and sound quality. LP itself is heavy, solid and perfectly clean. Every track is a hit.

Bought this because I had lost the original which I bought years ago. Still sounds amazing.

Great songs sung by a beautiful voice

What have Lady Gaga, Adele, Shirley Bassey, Amy Winehouse, Gloria Estefan, Etta James, Annie Lennox, Sarah Vaughan, Tina Turner, Dione Warwick, Debbie Harry, Lisa Stansfield and Sade all got in common?They all have ‘Contralto’ voices!Sade has made 6 studio albums to date, 1984 – 2010, all of which have featured in the UK top 10. She has had 4 top 20 singles here with ‘Your Love is King’ reaching Number 6.Aside from having the most wonderful voice, her music is the epitome of romantic easy listening. I love the almost hypnotic but subtle back beat to her music. The only very small critique I can offer is that all the very best songs are in the early part of the listen and that some of the others don't quite live up to that standard - but over all ... lovely!

I have now replaced my original pressing of this LP (a Legacy 180G) with this new pressing being sold by Amazon. They have been keeping a secret! It is a half speed Abbey Road Mastering. "This rare and specialised technique transforms difficult to cut high-end frequencies into relatively easy to cut mid-range frequencies. The result is a cut with excellent high frequency response and very solid and stable stereo images. In short, half-speed mastering produced a master of the highest quality that enables the pressing plant to produce a superlative record." The code for the LP is the same - but the secret lies in the etching on the vinyl. Someone who clearly respects Sade has produced these with utter care and love. VERY, V*E*R*Y special pressing. Faultless. Will the record company (EPIC?) please, PLEASE, listen and re-release the whole back catalogue on vinyl, preferably mastered in the same way so we can stop having to pay £100 plus for second hand copies, most of which were poorly mastered. The rumour is that Sade is working on a new album - hopefully that will bring the re-releases as matter of course - but we need them now! This may sound sad, my life would not be complete with Sade's music. It is astonishing beautiful and her care with words and production takes your breath away. We may have to wait 10 years until Sade is ready, but you know, just know, that what comes will be worth it. Please do not wait and buy this album now before they are gone. It is truly WOW! I do not have a more perfectly cut and mastered piece of vinyl in my collection. Thank you to whoever has done this. Thank you Sade.

This is a brilliant double album -for me the only minor improvement would to be to bolster side 4 up with ‘Morning Bird and The Safest Place but hey that’s my personal choice. On the technical side I think this is a set 180g pressings though I can’t find anything on the album sleeve or record to confirm this - it’s just feels as heavy as my other 180g pressings, so I guess it’s not a 120g. Again there is nothing on the album sleeve or record to state this a half speed pressing so I don’t know BUT the audio quality is excellent and tracks like No Ordinary Love send shivers though you on my Cambridge Edge system 😎 Sade has such a unique voice and the band are excellent musicians - a rare treat of proper music.

Absolutely beautiful CD was magnificent, beautiful voice very happy and the delivery was fast