The Best of Sade

The Best of Sade
Greatest hits album by Sade
Released 10 July 1994 (1994-31-10)
Recorded 1984–93
Studio
Length 73:50
Label Epic
Producer
Sade chronology
Love Deluxe
(1992)		 The Best of Sade
(1994)		 Lovers Rock
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyA[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

The Best of Sade is the first greatest hits album by English band Sade. It was released in the United Kingdom on 31 October 1994 and in the United States on 4 November 1994 by Epic Records. The retrospective was digitally remastered in 2000. The Best of Sade chronicles Sade's first four albums, while also including non-single songs "Jezebel", "Like a Tattoo" and "Pearls", as well as "Please Send Me Someone to Love", which appeared in the soundtrack for the film Philadelphia.

The singles from Diamond Life, as well as Stronger Than Pride's "Paradise" and "Nothing Can Come Between Us", are presented in their 7" edit forms; "Never as Good as the First Time" and "Cherish the Day" are remixes produced by Sade, also taken from their respective singles. None of this information is listed within the packaging.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Your Love Is King" (from Diamond Life)
Robin Millar3:41
2."Hang On to Your Love" (from Diamond Life)
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
Millar4:29
3."Smooth Operator" (from Diamond Life)
Millar4:16
4."Jezebel" (from Promise)
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
Millar5:23
5."The Sweetest Taboo" (from Promise)
  • Adu
  • Martin Ditcham
Millar4:25
6."Is It a Crime" (from Promise)
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
  • Andrew Hale
Millar6:16
7."Never as Good as the First Time" (from Promise)
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
3:58
8."Love Is Stronger Than Pride" (from Stronger Than Pride)
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
  • Hale
4:17
9."Paradise" (from Stronger Than Pride)
3:36
10."Nothing Can Come Between Us" (from Stronger Than Pride)
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
  • Hale
3:52
11."No Ordinary Love" (from Love Deluxe)
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
7:19
12."Like a Tattoo" (from Love Deluxe)
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
  • Hale
3:36
13."Kiss of Life" (from Love Deluxe)
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
  • Hale
  • Denman
4:10
14."Please Send Me Someone to Love" (from Philadelphia)Percy Mayfield
  • Sade
  • Hein Hoven
3:40
15."Cherish the Day" (from Love Deluxe)
  • Adu
  • Matthewman
  • Hale
6:17
16."Pearls" (Love Deluxe)
  • Adu
  • Hale
4:35
Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Best of Sade.[5]

Sade
Additional personnel

  • Terry Bailey – trumpet (tracks 1–7)
  • Pete Beachill – trombone (tracks 4–7)
  • Karl Van Den Bossche – percussion (track 14)
  • Olivier de Bosson – assistant engineering (tracks 8–10)
  • Peter Brawne – design
  • Pete Brown – assistant engineering (tracks 1–7)
  • Paul Cooke – drums (tracks 1–3)
  • Ian Cooper – mastering
  • Roger Davies – management
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion (tracks 1–11, 13); drums (tracks 8–10, 13)
  • Simon Driscoll – assistant engineering (tracks 1–7)
  • Dave Early – drums, percussion (tracks 1–7)
  • Sandro Franchin – assistant engineering (tracks 11–13, 15, 16)
  • Hein Hoven – mixing, production (track 14)
  • Gordon Hunte – guitar (tracks 9, 14)
  • Nick Ingman – string arrangements (tracks 13, 16)
  • Jake Jacas – vocals (track 7)
  • Phil Legg – assistant engineering (tracks 4–7)
  • Alain Lubrano – assistant engineering (tracks 8–10)
  • Gordon Matthewman – trumpet (tracks 1–3)
  • Vince McCartney – assistant engineering (tracks 8–10)
  • Robin Millar – production
  • Adrian Moore – assistant engineering (tracks 11–13, 15, 16)
  • Trevor Murrell – drums (track 14)
  • Leroy Osbourne – vocals (tracks 7–13, 15, 16)
  • Mike Pela – production (track 7); co-production, engineering (tracks 8–13, 15, 16); production engineering (tracks 4–7)
  • Tony Pleeth – solo cello (track 16)
  • Ben Rogan – production (track 7); co-production, engineering (tracks 8–10)
  • Franck Segarra – assistant engineering (tracks 8–10)
  • Jo Strettel – photography
  • Jean-Christophe Vareille – assistant engineering (tracks 8–10)
  • Albert Watson – photography
  • Melanie West – assistant engineering (tracks 8–10)
  • Marc Williams – assistant engineering (tracks 11–13, 15, 16)
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader (tracks 11–13, 15, 16)

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[32] Platinum 60,000*
Australia (ARIA)[33] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[34] Gold 25,000*
Brazil (ABPD)[35] Gold 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[36] Platinum 100,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[37] Gold 34,474[37]
France (SNEP)[38] 2× Gold 200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[39] Gold 250,000^
Italy (FIMI)[40] Platinum 100,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[41] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[42] 2× Platinum 600,000^
United States (RIAA)[43] 4× Platinum 4,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[44] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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