Lovers Live

Infobox Album
Name = Lovers Live
Type = live
Artist = Sade


Released = 5 February 2002 (U.S.)
18 February 2002 (UK)
Recorded = September 2001 at
Arrowhead Pond
(Anaheim, California)
Great Western Forum
(Inglewood, California)
Genre = Soul, R&B, jazz
Length = 116:19 (DVD)
Label = Epic
Producer = Mike Pela
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fbfwxq90ldte link]
Last album = "Lovers Rock"
(2000)
This album = "Lovers Live"
(2002)
Next album =

"Lovers Live" is the first live album (seventh overall) by the English group Sade. It was recorded at one of the shows on their Lovers Live Tour in 2001. The recording was taken from two concerts, held respectively at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California and at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. The CD features only thirteen tracks while the DVD is packed with twenty-two tracks plus special features. The album debuted and peaked at number ten on the "Billboard" 200, and became Sade's first album to miss the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

CD

#"Cherish the Day" (Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman) – 6:37
#"Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Paul S. Denman) – 5:13
#"Smooth Operator" (Adu, Ray St. John) – 4:16
#"Jezebel" (Adu, Matthewman) – 6:44
#"Kiss of Life" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:58
#"Slave Song" ¹ (Adu, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:35
#"The Sweetest Gift" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 2:32
#"The Sweetest Taboo" (Adu, Martin Ditcham) – 6:01
#"Paradise" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:32
#"No Ordinary Love" (Adu, Matthewman) – 6:09
#"By Your Side" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 4:54
#"Flow" (Adu, Hale, Matthewman, Denman) – 5:01
#"Is It a Crime" (Adu, Matthewman, Hale) – 8:23

¹ Contains an excerpt of The Abyssinians' "African Race" written by Donald Manning.

DVD

#"Cherish the Day"
#"Your Love Is King"
#"Somebody Already Broke My Heart"
#"Cherry Pie"
#"Pearls"
#"Every Word"
#"Smooth Operator"
#"Redeye"
#"Jezebel"
#"Kiss of Life"
#"Slave Song"
#"Sweetest Gift"
#"The Sweetest Taboo"
#"Lovers Rock"
#"Immigrant"
#"Paradise"
#"King of Sorrow"
#"No Ordinary Love"
#"By Your Side"
#"Flow"
#"Is It a Crime"
#"It's Only Love That Gets You Through"
#Backstage Footage
#Message to Sade
#"King of Sorrow" (Video)
#Tour Photo Gallery

Personnel

Musicians

ade

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

Additional musicians

*Pete Lewinson – drums
*Tony Momrelle – vocals
*Leroy Osbourne – flute, guitar, vocals
*Karl Vanden Bossche – percussion
*Ryan Waters – guitar

Production

*Mike Pela – mixing
*Andrew Nichols – assistant mixer
*Howard Page – engineer
*Eric Johnston – assistant engineer
*Charlie Bouis – recording engineer
*Ian Duncan – digital editing
*Sophie Muller – image design
*Lynn Jeffrey – personal assistant

Charts

{| class="wikitable"!align="center"|Chart (2002)!align="center"|Peak
position
-
align="left"|Italian FIMI Albums Chart
align="center"|16
-
align="left"|Norwegian Albums Chart
align="center"|25
-
align="left"|Swedish Albums Chart
align="center"|50
-
align="left"|Swiss Albums Chart
align="center"|27
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" 200
align="center"|10
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
align="center"|5
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" Top Internet Albums
align="center"|10

Certifications

*Gold::flagicon|USA RIAA: 500,000 [cite web |url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |title=RIAA – Searchable Database |accessdate=2008-06-05 |date=7 March 2002 |work=RIAA]

References