Love Deluxe

Infobox Album
Name = Love Deluxe
Type = studio
Artist = Sade


Released = 11 November 1992 (UK)
21 November 1992 (U.S.)
Recorded = Studio Condulmer
(Venice, Venice, Italy)
Ridge Farm
(Surrey, England)
The Hit Factory
(London, England)
Image Recording
(Los Angeles, California, United States)
Genre = Soul, R&B, jazz
Length = 45:07
Label = Epic
Producer = Sade Adu, Mike Pela
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ihjx7ipjg75r link]
*Review-Christgau|B-|name=Sade
*"Entertainment Weekly" (B) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312347,00.html link]
Last album = "Stronger Than Pride"
(1988)
This album = "Love Deluxe"
(1992)
Next album = "The Best of Sade"
(1994)
Misc = Singles
Name = Love Deluxe
Type = studio
Single 1 = No Ordinary Love
Single 1 date = 10 October 1992
Single 2 = Feel No Pain
Single 2 date = 28 November 1992
Single 3 = Kiss of Life
Single 3 date = Spring 1993
Single 4 = Cherish the Day
Single 4 date = July 31 1993

"Love Deluxe" is the fourth studio album by the English group Sade, released in 1992 on Epic Records.

Track listing

#"No Ordinary Love" (Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman) – 7:20
#"Feel No Pain" (Adu, Andrew Hale, Matthewman) – 5:08
#"I Couldn't Love You More" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Paul S. Denman) – 3:49
#"Like a Tattoo" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman) – 3:38
#"Kiss of Life" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 5:50
#"Cherish the Day" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman) – 5:34
#"Pearls" (Adu, Hale) – 4:34
#"Bullet Proof Soul" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman) – 5:26
#"Mermaid" (Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:23

Personnel

Musicians

ade

*Sade Adu – vocals
*Andrew Hale – keyboards
*Stuart Matthewman – guitar, saxophone
*Paul S. Denman – bass

Additional musicians

*Martin Ditcham – drums, percussion
*Leroy Osbourne – vocals
*Anthony Pleeth – cello
*Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader

Production

*Sade Adu – producer, arranger
*Mike Pela – producer, engineer
*Chris Lord-Alge – engineer, mixing
*Sandro Franchin – assistant engineer
*Adrian Moore – assistant engineer
*Marc Williams – assistant engineer
*Stephen Marcussen – mastering
*Tom Coyne – remastering
*Nick Ingman – string arrangements
*Albert Watson – photography

Charts

Certifications

*4× platinum::flagicon|USA RIAA: 4,000,000 [cite web |url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |title=RIAA – Searchable Database |accessdate=2008-05-31 |date=9 November 1994 |work=RIAA]

*Platinum::flagicon|Canada CRIA: 100,000 [cite web |url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |title=CRIA: Search Certification Database |accessdate=2008-05-31 |date=18 March 1993 |work=CRIA]
*Gold::flagicon|Switzerland IFPI: 25,000 [cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=1992 |title=Swiss Certifications – Awards 1992 |accessdate=2008-05-31 |work=SwissCharts.com] ::flagicon|Netherlands NVPI: 30,000 [cite web |url=http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=61112&documentid=1236265&zoekform=60463&formposted=yes |title=Goud/Platina |accessdate=2008-05-31 |work=NVPI |language=Dutch] ::flagicon|UK BPI: 100,000 [cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=3085 |title=UK Certified Awards |accessdate=2008-05-31 |date=1 June 1993 |work=BPI] ::flagicon|Germany IFPI: 100,000 [cite web |url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank.html |title=Gold/Platin-Datenbank |accessdate=2008-05-31 |work=Bundesverband Musikindustrie |language=German]

References