Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Džez, Fank i Soul, Pop, R&B
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

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Studio album by Sade
Released 5 February 2010
Recorded 2009
Studio
Real World (Box, England)
El Cortijo (San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain)
Genre Pop-soul
Length 41:58
Label Epic
Producer
SadeMike Pela
Sade chronology
Lovers Live
(2002) Soldier of Love
(2010) The Ultimate Collection
(2011)

Soldier of Love is the sixth studio album by English band Sade, released on 5 February 2010 by Epic Records. Following the release of Lovers Rock (2000), the band went into a 10-year hiatus. In 2008, the band regrouped in order to begin work on their sixth album, making it the first time each member had been together. The recording of the album primarily took place at the Real World Studios in Box, England, with additional sessions at El Cortijo in San Pedro de Alcántara, Spain. The album`s recording began in 2009 and was completed in the summer of that year.

The album produced three singles. The first single `Soldier of Love` premiered on US radio on 8 December 2009,[1][2] and was released digitally on 11 January 2010.[3] Subsequent singles `Babyfather` and `The Moon and the Sky` were serviced to US urban AC radio on 13 April and 24 August 2010, respectively.[4][5]

The album debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart. It also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 502,000 copies in the United States, marking Sade`s first number-one debut on the chart in 25 years since 1985`s Promise while also spending three weeks at the top of the chart. Upon its release, Soldier of Love received generally positive reviews from most music critics and won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The band promoted the album with their first concert tour in 10 years, Sade Live.[6]

Background
Following an eight-year hiatus, Sade released their fifth studio album, Lovers Rock, in November 2000, which became a commercial success, selling 3.9 million copies in the United States by February 2010.[7] To promote the album, the band embarked on their fifth concert tour, the Lovers Rock Tour.[8] Following the release of Lovers Rock, the group took a 10-year hiatus. During this time, Sade made only one rare public appearance in 2002 to accept an Order of the British Empire (OBE) at Buckingham Palace for services to music. She then moved to rural Gloucestershire where, in 2005, she bought a run-down, stone-built cottage to renovate near Stroud.[citation needed] Sade stated that she was in no rush to release music and was not interested in releasing music just for the sake of selling a product.[9]

All lyrics are written by Sade Adu.

No. Title Music Length
1. `The Moon and the Sky`
AduStuart MatthewmanAndrew Hale
4:28
2. `Soldier of Love`
AduMatthewmanHalePaul Denman
5:59
3. `Morning Bird`
AduMatthewmanHale
3:55
4. `Babyfather`
AduMatthewmanJuan JanesAndrew Nicholls
4:40
5. `Long Hard Road`
AduJanesNicholls
3:03
6. `Be That Easy`
AduMatthewman
3:41
7. `Bring Me Home`
AduMatthewmanHale
4:09
8. `In Another Time`
AduMatthewmanHale
5:06
9. `Skin`
AduMatthewmanHaleDenman
4:13
10. `The Safest Place`
AduHale
2:46
Total length: 41:58
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Soldier of Love.[57]

Sade
Sade Adu – vocals, programming
Stuart Matthewman – guitar, saxophone, programming
Andrew Hale – keyboards, programming
Paul S. Denman – bass
Additional musicians
Tony Momrelle – vocals
Leroy Osbourne – vocals
Martin Ditcham – percussion, drums
Pete Lewinson – drums
Everton Nelson – violin
Ian Burdge – cello
Gordon Matthewman – trumpet
Noel Langley – trumpet
Ila Adu – vocals (track 4)
Clay Matthewman – vocals (track 4)
Juan Janes – guitar (track 5)
Sophie Muller – ukulele
Technical
Sade – production
Mike Pela – co-production, engineering (all tracks); mixing (tracks 2, 3, 5–7, 9, 10)
Mark `Spike` Stent – mixing (tracks 1, 4)
Michael Brauer – mixing (track 8)
Andrew Nicholls – additional pre-production engineering (tracks 4, 5)
John Davis – mastering
Artwork
Sophie Muller – photography, art direction
Tom Hingston Studio – design