SadeThe Best Of Sade

Label:

Epic – 66686

Format:

CD , Compilation

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

Downtempo

Tracklist

1 Your Love Is King 3:41
2 Hang On To Your Love 4:29
3 Smooth Operator 4:16
4 Jezebel 5:23
5 The Sweetest Taboo 4:25
6 Is It A Crime 6:16
7 Never As Good As The First Time
ProducerSade
VocalsJake Jacas
3:58
8 Love Is Stronger Than Pride 4:17
9 Paradise
GuitarGordon Hunte
3:36
10 Nothing Can Come Between Us 3:52
11 No Ordinary Love 7:19
12 Like A Tattoo 3:36
13 Kiss Of Life
Arranged By [String Arrangements]Nick Ingman
Leader [Orchestra Leader]Gavin Wright*
4:10
14 Please Send Me Someone To Love
DrumsTrevor Murrell
GuitarGordon Hunte
Mixed ByHein Hoven
PercussionKarl Vanden Bossche*
ProducerHein Hoven
Written-ByPercy Mayfield
3:40
15 Cherish The Day
Remix [Uncredited]Sade
6:17
16 Pearls
Arranged By [String Arrangements]Nick Ingman
Cello [Solo Cello]Tony Pleeth*
Leader [Orchestra Leader]Gavin Wright*
4:35

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
  • Copyright ©Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
  • Mastered AtMetropolis Mastering
  • Published ByAngel Music Ltd.
  • Published BySony Music Publishing UK
  • Published ByEMI Blackwood Music Inc.
  • Published ByATV Music Corp.
  • Published ByVenice Music, Inc.
  • Recorded AtPower Plant Studios
  • Recorded AtStudio Miraval
  • Recorded AtCom Point Studios
  • Recorded AtStudio Marcadet
  • Recorded AtCondulmer Recording Studios
  • Recorded AtRidge Farm Studios
  • Recorded AtThe Hit Factory, London
  • Recorded AtConway Studios
  • Recorded AtAmeraycan Studios

Credits

  • Arranged BySade (tracks: 8 to 13, 15, 16)
  • BassPaul S Denman*
  • Co-producer, EngineerMike Pela (tracks: 8 to 13, 15, 16)
  • DesignPeter Brawne
  • DrumsPaul Cooke (tracks: 1 to 3)
  • Drums, PercussionDave Early (tracks: 1 to 7)
  • Engineer [Assistant]Vince McCartney (tracks: 8 to 10)
  • Engineer [Production Engineer]Mike Pela (tracks: 1 to 7)
  • Guitar, SaxophoneStuart Matthewman
  • KeyboardsAndrew Hale
  • Management [Manager]Roger Davies
  • Mastered ByIan Cooper
  • PercussionMartin Ditcham (tracks: 1 to 11, 13)
  • Photography By [Andrew / Stuart / Paul]Jo Strettel
  • Photography By [Sade Adu]Albert Watson
  • ProducerSade (tracks: 7 to 16)
  • TrombonePete Beachill (tracks: 4 to 7)
  • TrumpetTerry Bailey (tracks: 1 to 7)
  • VocalsSade Adu
  • Written-ByMatthewman* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 13, 15)

Notes

Similar to The Best Of Sade but was manufactured before the 1994 implementation of SID codes.
Similar to The Best Of Sade but there is no white ink on the disc face.

Catalog number on the spine and disc is EK 66686.
Catalog number on the booklet and tray inlay is 66686.

All songs published by Angel Music Ltd./Sony Music Publishing UK (PRS), . by Sony Tunes, Inc. (ASCAP) except 14 published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc./ATV Music Corp./Venice Music, Inc. (BMI)

© 1994 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
1 to 7 ℗ 1985 / 8 to 10 ℗ 1988 / 11 to 13, 15, 16 ℗ 1992 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
14 ℗ 1993 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

1 to 3 taken from Diamond Life; recorded at The Power Plant, London/1984
4 to 7 taken from Promise; recorded at The Power Plant, London/Studio Miraval, /1985
8 to 10 taken from Stronger Than Pride; recorded at Com Point, Nassau/Studio Miraval,
/Studio Marcadet, Paris/1987
11 to 13, 15, 16 taken from Love Deluxe; recorded at Studio Condulmer, Venice/Ridge Farm, Surrey/The Hit Factor, London/1992
14 recorded at Conway Studios and Ameraycan Studios, Los Angeles/1993

Matrix/runout variant 2 has the same information (i.e. sticker with catalog number, spine catalog, face of disc information, etc) except for the last two digits of matrix/runout.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 7464-66686-2 7
  • Barcode: 074646668627
  • Rights Society (Tracks 1 to 13, 15, 16): PRS
  • Rights Society (Tracks 1 to 13, 15, 16): ASCAP
  • Rights Society (Track 14): BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 1A EK66686 09 D3
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): C3 1A EK66686 09 28
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): D2 A1 EK66686 27
  • Other (Front Cover Sticker): EK 66686-S1
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): 1A EK66686 14 D3

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
The Best Of Sade (CD, Compilation, Stereo) Epic 477793 2 Europe 1994
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The Best Of Sade (2×LP, Compilation, Stereo) Epic 477793 1 Europe 1994
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The Best Of Sade (CD, Compilation) Epic 2.32.477793 Venezuela 1994
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The Best Of Sade (Minidisc, Compilation, Stereo) Epic 477793 8 Europe 1994
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The Best Of Sade (2×LP, Compilation, Gatefold) Epic 238.010-11/1-477793 Brazil 1994

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