Sade The Ultimate Collection

• Your Love Is King
• Smooth Operator
• Hang On to Your Love
• The Sweetest Taboo
• Is It a Crime
• Never as Good as the First Time
• Jezebel
• Love Is Stronger Than Pride
• Paradise
• Nothing Can Come Between Us
• No Ordinary Love
• Kiss of Life
• Feel No Pain
• Bullet Proof Soul
• Cherish the Day
• Pearls
• By Your Side
• Immigrant
• Flow
• King of Sorrow
• The Sweetest Gift
• Solider of Love
• The Moon and the Sky
• Babyfather
• Still in Love With You
• Love Is Found
• I Would Never Have Guessed
• The Moon and the Sky (Remix Featuring Jay-Z)
• By Your Side (Neptunes Remix)

The time between releases has grown steadily since Sade debuted in 1984 with Diamond Life. While the band kept their output steady through 1992's Love Deluxe, their fans began to play the waiting game from then on. It would be eight years before Lovers Rock and then another decade before Soldier of Love dropped in 2010. And even though The Ultimate Collection isn't necessarily a proper effort, it's arriving a lot quicker than Sade diehards are used to. The compilation includes a slew of fan favorites from Lovers Rock and Soldier of Love along with four new, never-before-heard tunes. The biggest of those is a remix of "The Moon and the Sky" that features a guest verse from Jay-Z.

Abstract by Andrew Martin